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From restoring energy levels, to the building blocks of brain connection. Sleep, it’s crucial for her development. But if sleep is so essential, why doesn’t she sleep more soundly?
On average, from 2 weeks - 3 months of age your little cherub will sleep 15-17 hours across a 24 hour period. That’s a load of sleep hours to be clocked up in order for your bub to grow best, but sometimes getting baby that sleep is difficult.
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As a first time mum, motherhood can be a labyrinth of well-meaning advice and anecdote. There is so much information out there and much of it is simply picking and choosing what resonates and what is personal preference. However, when it comes to safe sleeping, we need to be well-informed. The lines here are not blurry and, as research has shown us over the years, there are guidelines that help us keep baby safe.
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Did you ever see that Simpson’s episode where Homer’s brother invents a baby translator? It goes on to make sense of Maggie’s baby talk. ‘Lavish attention on me and entertain me’ she’s translated to say.
It would be nice if one of these was on the market. I know our family would have done whatever it took to have one in our home. Perhaps one for the mum of a mumbling teenager too.
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Baby carriers are a must-have baby item for parents. They offer so much more than just the possibility of carrying an infant. With bonding and attachment made simple with one of these purchases and with some even offering the potential to breastfeed baby on-the-go.
Before purchasing one of these, (often expensive!) First of all, you need to know what is out there and what questions to ask, before you choose one. So, first things first...
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The call arrived late one afternoon in August 2010. Similar phone calls had been made for thousands of other babies across NSW over the years, and would continue to do so. But for us, this was our family’s first experience of such a request.
Becoming foster carers had felt like a long wait, but now all our training was complete, we were considered accredited for the task.
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It might be the inspiration for some, but Miranda Kerr’s post-baby ‘body-bounce’ makes most new mums want to hurl... yet we’re told that she does enjoy a burger.
Her ‘addiction’ for Melbourne’s Mikoshi burger has me ROTFL. You know the burger I mean... chicken, wrapped in lettuce. Come on, Miranda, we all know you’re professionally good lookin’, but that’s NOT a burger!
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When talking with expectant mums, I’ve always majorly under-played the extent to which their life is about to change.
Sure, there’s going to be lots of new joy, wonder and excitement, but a newborn, by nature, can leave you a little... rattled, scratching your head, wondering how the heck you got yourself here (although I’m sure your memory isn’t quite that bad).
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Wondering whether you’ll survive your newborn?
If your breasts are swollen and tender, your top has a sour-milk pong, and the word ‘sleep’ is only associated with one other... ’depravity’, you’re most likely homing a newborn.Life with a tiny human is tough work, but what can be hard to fathom at the time, is that it really does get easier... However, whilst you’re waiting for these hollow-sounding words to prove bonafide, I’m offering these tips in the hope that they’ll pull you through.
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Staying home and snuggling down with your newborn is bliss. But, what happens when cabin fever sets in and you need some fresh air (and a loaf of bread)? Getting out is essential for everyone’s well-being, but if you’re more shackled than delighted by the notion, it’s understandable.
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As soon as you discover you’re pregnant, there’s a world of adjustment that’s required and much of it is to be relished and delighted in. However, you may have been so enchanted by these that you haven’t considered the biggest and most imminent of changes to your lifestyle yet to come - when baby arrives!
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A manual! That’s what I needed when I brought my first bub home from hospital. I couldn’t believe the nurses were actually going to entrust me with the life of another. Surely, they knew I was completely clueless.
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As a mum to both biological children (of the womb) and foster-children (of the heart), the issue of ‘bonding’ with each baby/child has been a topic I’ve held close.
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Stop eating those strawberries! They cause strawberry-skin blemishes on your newborn.
Baby born with a flock of hair? It’s because you experienced heart-burn and indigestion whilst pregnant.
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For centuries past, parents have been getting by with absolutely none of the below... and we survived as a species too, you might say... True!
But, in a post-agrarian society, today as a culture, we demand safe, functional and optimal outcomes for our children and we expect to have the tools to help us get there.