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      Breaking Dad

      As I lie on the floor trying to write this, with my 7 month year old daughter crawling all over me, clawing at my note pad, shrieking in my ear and doing her best to be impossibly cute, I’m asha
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      Melatonin- The reason baby’s stop sleeping at 8 weeks

      Why is it you get home with your newborn baby and for the first few days/weeks they sleep? This is easy as pie, you think ? feeling smug, I have struck gold with a “sleeper”. Then as the weeks tic
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      Breastfeeding Tips for New Mums

      Whoever said breastfeeding was a walk in the park LIED!! Well at least for lots of women anyway. That latch that midwives go on about sooooo much is so important because… ▪️ If the latch isn
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      This baby of mine so small and new knows nothing more than me.

      Her whole face lights up when she looks in my eyes, like my eyes are the best thing she’s ever seen. When she hears my voice, even when it’s just a whisper, she stops to hear me. And even though s
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      Manage your expectations and not your baby

      THE most challenging thing that I find as a parent are the expectations. Every new mother expects the “feeds every 3-4 hours, long napping, 12 hour night time sleeping, loves the tummy time, happy i
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      The Unexpected Trimester- Nancy’s Early Arrival

      It was a Saturday, I had just come home from my baby shower, and put my eldest 2 children to bed. Although there was copious amounts of yummy food at the baby shower, being a glutenous pregnant woman
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