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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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      The big Q… How do I get my baby to sleep?

      Top 5 Tips for guiding baby into good sleep habits: • 1: My first tip would be swaddling! Sometimes, we try swaddling and baby gets cross and we think “My baby hates to be swaddled!”- For a few,
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      Breastfeeding – it’s a suckers’ game!

      For the purposes of this mini-piece, I have tried to imagine that I am a bearded, 5’9”, slightly-introverted, new father. I will be channelling my husband and trying to see the last 11 weeks of ou
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