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Post-baby body: What should you do about it?
Continue ReadingMany women can get pretty down about their post-baby body. Rather than worrying about how you look at what you should do, read the guidance below.
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Apps for Mums
Continue ReadingThere are lots of apps on the market for soon-to-be mums, and new mums. Where you want to track your baby’s development and progress, or have some time to yourself, or losing the baby weight, there’s apps for everything. Apps on the market The bump, which is available in both iTunes and Android, is an […]
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Can what you eat in pregnancy affect how your child will eat?
Continue ReadingIts not a secret that eating and mealtimes with my children is the Bain of my life. I hate mealtimes and sadly they are getting worse. Little Bean is dropping more and more foods off her list of acceptable foods. Today for lunch whilst on a shopping trip to Ikea she ate three chips and […]
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Elastolabo®: New product launched to help prevent perineal trauma during childbirth
Continue ReadingEvery year, up to 55% of women (approximately 330,000) suffer from perineal trauma, damage to the area between the vagina and anus, during childbirth. The statistics around this incredibly common and painful side effect of childbirth aren’t widely discussed but a medical product does exist for pregnant women to help prevent tearing or the need […]
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Review: Cussons Mum & Me range
Continue ReadingTaking care of yourself is always important if you want to look good for as long as possible but never more so than when you are pregnant or have just had a baby. Growing a super-cute little bundle of joy definitely takes its toll on your body, dry skin and stretch marks are just some […]
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5 Tips for settling a newborn
Continue ReadingI am in no way suggesting that i am an expert when it comes to newborns but now that i am on baby number 3 i have discovered a few things which do help to settle a newborn in the early weeks. Swaddling With each baby I have had the advice from the hospital has […]
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Looking after your gums when pregnant . . .
Continue ReadingA common complaint of pregnancy is bleeding gums, I know, pregnancy is full of the fun stuff! Just add it to the list of morning sickness, constipation, piles and varicose veins. Pregnancy gingivitis occurs because of the hormonal changes which make the gums extra sensitive to bacteria present in plaque. When it comes to bleeding […]
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Jelly Bean’s Birth Story
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to believe that Jelly Bean has been here over three weeks already and yet in some ways it’s hard to imagine the days before he arrived, it just feels normal to have him here. My readers will not be surprised to learn that I was getting a little impatient towards the end of […]
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Introducing the new baby on the blog!
Continue ReadingHow can it be that my little Jelly Bean is already 1 week old?! It doesn’t seem 5 minutes since I was waddling around with a huge bump, inadvertently rolling my eyes every time someone commented to me “isn’t it time you had that baby yet?”. As it turned out, Jelly Bean was only 5 […]
