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The emotional load of being a new parent is high, and even though you’ve had time to really get to know your baby, it can feel like each new developmental step is a huge change to routine. It’s also a time when a lot of the support you were being offered as the parent of a newborn seems to fade away...

In these moments, having something on hand to reassure you that you’re not alone in your feelings can make all the difference. 

The Little Book of Calm for New Mums: Grounding words for the highs, the lows and the moments in between by Anna Mathur is a brilliant book to have nearby and dip into when you need it.  

Mirror play is great for babies and promotes a number of early developmental processes. You might notice your baby studying their own image in the mirror as well as observing and responding to their own movements.

Your toddler might be realising the reflection in the mirror is them, and this is thought to show that their self-awareness is developing. The experiment that shows this involves putting a dot on a child’s face without them noticing. If they touch their face when they look in the mirror, it is thought that they understand that the reflection is them.