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Babypractice Ilse: for English-speaking parents as well
Ilse can read baby’s and the best part of that: all babies speak the same language. Basically, they make the same sounds whether they’re hungry, tired, crancky, in pain of need comfort. It’s good to visit Babypractice Ilse, even if English is your tongue. Ilse adapts...
Discover the 8 essential tips for new and busy parents
Find out how new parents can maintain work/parenting balance and enjoy life and their child more with eight practical tips, including quality time planning.
Proud of Babyspa quality mark
Ilse looks back on a good year, where the corona peak was finally over and more and more babies came to enjoy a relaxing baby spa. Ilse saw competition grow but feels assured of a good reputation, having been awarded the Quality Mark. No rush felt "This past year has...
Surprising getaways for every wallet
Suppose you have young children and you want to do something fun. How nice then it would be to have a website where you could see all the activities in the region - and beyond. Oh, wait, that website exists! Go-Kids provides such an overview: from playgrounds to...
Find a baby specialist!
A consultation centre is an institution that provides basic medical care for infants aged 0 to 4 years. In the first month of your baby's life, the counselling centre monitors your baby's developments. You can also contact them with questions like "Is my baby drinking...
Added value through interaction
Charona Heylen is a baby osteopath under the name MamaBaby, in Lommel. A few months after her baby was born, she got in touch with Babypraktijk Ilse, for a baby language and baby massage course. There was a click both personally and professionally Today, Charona likes...
Cramps – how to recognise them and what to do about them?
Did you know that the intestines are the only organs that take at least 6 months to grow after birth? The child does not need its intestines in the womb, hence they do not fully develop until after birth. Once born, they need to start functioning - and this is quite...
Putting something down together – Lizette tells
For a few months now, Lizette Geukens has been working at Babypraktijk Ilse to support me in my work. For about six hours a week, Lizette is a welcome enthusiastic new recruit. With a background in (youth) care and a warm heart for children, she is the perfect...
Tips to avoid ‘parent burnout’
No doubt you will have heard it before and maybe you did it yourself when you had children: postpone your maternity leave as long as possible, so that afterwards you can have as long as possible off and enjoy your baby. After all, that period is tough enough! What...
Baby specialist
Ilse van der velden
Since 2007, Ilse has helped thousand of parents to strengthen the bond with their child. She is the most experienced babymassage teacher in the Netherlands.
She is also a certified teacher of Dunstan Baby Language and has taught baby swimming for years. Now she has a baby spa in her practice.
Ilse also offers coaching to parents who find it difficult to find a balance with their baby. She teaches parents to understand their child’s signals.
It is not without reason that midwives call her The Baby Specialist.
Our daughter enjoyed the massages and I still use them today. She also enjoys baby/toddler swimming every week. Really great!!!!
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