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Stories and insights that we hope will help you parent with ease.
School Readiness Course
SensoBaby is now offering a 4-week course for children who are making the transition between nursery and primary school, and need support with school readiness skills. Each session will focus on playful learning. Through carefully selected games and activities we will...
Positive Behaviour Nanny Training Course
SensoBaby is now offering you the chance to actively invest in your nanny to help them in their role as a key caregiver for your child/children. We're offering a half-day nanny training course to introduce core concepts of respectful childcare, including: P.E.T....
Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.)
Whether you’re the parent of a toddler or a teenager, you know that parenting can be challenging—even overwhelming at times. Unfortunately, children don’t come with an instruction manual. And, being a parent doesn’t always mean that you automatically or instinctively...
Engaging The Senses Through Story Time!
It's easy to make your own story telling baskets at home! At SensoBaby we use books and stories as inspiration for our sensory classes. It's never too early to read to your little one and cultivating a love of reading is one of the best gifts you can give your child....
Dance With Me, Baby!
Dancing with your baby is a lovely activity to do right from the earliest weeks after birth. Its a good transition activity for the fourth trimester, since dancing is a repeat of the rocking and swaying motion your baby experienced for nine months inside mum. Holding...
A Trip To The Dentist
A trip to the dentist can be a daunting experience for some, but caring for our child's teeth is essential. As parents we are thrilled to see that first tooth and know that we need to care for our children's teeth, but when does good oral hygiene start? From the...
Giraffes Can’t Dance
The new SensoBaby term starts this week and we are bringing the magic of story telling to all of our classes! Sessions will be inspired by much loved children's books and authors and we'll be exploring different ways to tell stories and communicate with our little...
5 Ways to Improve Wellbeing
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is 'Relationships'. Positive relationships with others are integral to maintaining good mental health and wellbeing and this becomes even more important when you embark on your adventure as a parent. Why not make...
Baby Massage
Baby Massage is a fantastic way to stimulate your baby's development and promote bonding. This is why we are thrilled to be starting off our 'Cuppa Support' sessions with Neo Miraj Raphoto, (CNMT) who will be chatting to parents about the benefits of baby and toddler...
Newborn Development in the First Three Months
Your newborn develops so much in the first three months of life and can be expected to reach a number of important milestones. Time flies by in a whirlwind of feeds, nappy changes and sleepless nights. Suddenly it's hard to remember just how tiny that precious bundle...
Health Update: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Hand, foot and mouth (HFM) disease is a common viral illness that usually affects infants and children younger than 5 years old. And it’s currently making the rounds in Gaborone. It’s not as horrendous as it sounds. While it is highly contagious, it is not dangerous....
Why Join a Baby Play Group?
When I had my first child, I was dying to get out of the house and join a baby play group so I could meet some other mums with babies the same age. The solution? Kindermusik. It was the only mummy & me class in Gaborone. Suddenly I was meeting mums who provided me...
Two’s Company: Newborn And Siblings Can Play Together
At SensoBaby we understand that play is important from birth, and playing with your newborn is a great way to help their development. The challenge the second time round is finding activities that both a newborn and siblings can play together! Our family is expanding...
3 Unexpected Ways to Help A New Mother
Everyone’s heard how difficult the first few weeks with a newborn usually are. The sleepless nights, constant feeds, and overall turmoil in the house as you get used to being a newly-expanded family of 3 or 4 or more. And as a result, the advice to “accept help from...
Teaching Your Baby to ‘Play Nicely’ With Others
Right from birth, babies start to develop their social skills and build relationships with the people around them. But the process of learning to communicate, share, and interact with others takes many years to develop. They’ll build their social-emotional skills not...
A New Mother’s Needs
Once you have a newborn around, your time will be consumed with taking care of your baby and many mums forget that they need to take care of themselves (and possibly others in the family) too. A new mother's needs are just as important as your baby's. By preparing...
Term 1 Client Feedback Survey
Our team is hard at work planning the schedule, themes and activities that we'll be hosting in the next term at SensoBaby. Now we need your feedback and input. Please take a moment to answer this very quick survey about your experience at SensoBaby. Complete...
SensoBaby Activity Roundup – March
What a fun month this has been! Thank you to all of our parents for bringing their little ones out to play with us at our baby and toddler development classes this month. Here’s a quick recap of the things that we’ve done. SensoNana & SensoBaba Baby Sensory...
Infant First Aid Could Save Your Child’s Life
If your baby stopped breathing, would you know how to perform infant CPR? The scary truth is that only about a quarter of parents know how to. The UK charity St. John Ambulance put together an easy how-to video on infant CPR in the form of a video with famous nursery...
Developing and Encouraging Positive Behaviour
Again, Again! One of the most frustrating parts of parenting can be when your child asks to do something ‘again, again!’ for the millionth time, or you have to pick that feeding cup up one more time after it’s been repeatedly thrown to the floor… but responding to...