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Life With Baby: How to Get Everything Done

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During the first year or two of being a parent, you will likely have many moments where you feel you just cannot do everything you need to do. In addition to all your old responsibilities, including work duties, chores, and family obligations, you now have to tend to a helpless child’s every need, which can be a full-time job in itself.  But if you take advice from people who have been through it before and also find your own ways of coping, you will find that balancing parenting with everything else, while difficult, is not impossible. Life can be manageable. If you feel unsure how to cope with Read More

Baby’s First Steps: When Should it Happen, and What Can Parents Do?

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The weeks before and after a baby’s first birthday are a momentous time, with milestones happening on what seems like a daily basis. Perhaps the most exciting milestone in this period is learning to walk, and if you read the parenting books and magazines, you have probably heard that this is supposed to happen around the first birthday. So when the first birthday passes and the baby does not seem close to walking, many parents are Read More

Weaning Baby From the Bottle

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Most pediatricians recommend that babies be weaned from the bottle by the first birthday or soon thereafter. But for a host of reasons, many parents do not meet this milestone. Bottles are comforting to the baby, and they can be excellent sleep aids. They are also simple and convenient and produce minimal mess. For these reasons, it is not uncommon to see two- or three-year-olds who are still on the bottle. Although the reasons why parents and babies resist weaning from the bottle are all understandable, there are some very important points in favor of weaning by the first birthday, including Read More

Preparing to Wean Your Baby

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You may have decided that it is now time to begin feeding your baby solids. If so, here is some handy advice about preparing foods and feeding your little one. You want to preserve as many of the vitamins in your baby’s food as you can so prepare her food just before she eats it. Once you have cooked and puréed her food vitamins B and C will begin to deplete. If you want to Read More

Your Baby’s Motor Skills Development

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All babies are unique and develop their motor skills according to their own timeline. However there are warning signs to look for in case these skills such as sitting and crawling are too delayed and you need to seek advice from your paediatrician. Newborn Babies to Three Months Old – at three months old your baby should be able to Read More

What is SPD?

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A condition which causes women to experience recurring pelvic pain and mobility difficulties during their pregnancy is known as PGP (Pelvic Girdle Pain) and was formerly referred to as SPD (Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction). This is a fairly common pregnancy complication and the pain it causes can Read More

Developing Your One-Year-Old’s Social Skills

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Most babies under a year old are perfectly content to spend most if not all of their time with their parents. In fact, their social habits during this time are so unpredictable that trying to get them out among other people is sometimes more trouble than it is worth. Toward the end of that first year, though, while separation anxiety and nervousness around strangers are still major concerns, babies do become Read More

Coming Home With Your New Baby

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There is so much to think about when you are preparing for a new baby. The first week is full of joy and exhaustion so to help yourself and your family, here is a simple guide of things to do before and after your little one has arrived. If you are having a hospital birth remember to have the car seat all strapped in and ready to be used as you will not be able to drive back with your baby without it. First of all be prepared to Read More