7 Top Tips For New Mums
Having a baby is a very obvious life changing event - no-one can quite prepare you for the rollercoaster of emotions you will feel or the gob-smacking amount of nappies you will change in the coming months!
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A Survival Run Down For The Summer Holidays
For some the summer holidays is a great time free from the school run routine, homework and early mornings to spend time being with your children and having lots of fun. For others it can seem to stretch ahead as an endless period of time in which children need to be entertained. Here are some ideas to help you out, and best of all most of them are free!
Avoiding Post Natal Depression Naturally
I could never have imagined how wonderful, and challenging, having a new baby could be until I had my little angel Ana Mary last year. She is now 1 and although I haven’t had a full nights sleep since she was born, I have transformed from a woman to a mother.My question is are we really informed enough during our pregnancy of this woman to mother transformation that like it or not is going to take place? Do we give ourselves enough space during our pregnancy to grieve our old lives and lifestyles? Is it therefore possible that postnatal depression is a grieving process, and or lack of preparation physically and emotionally, that on top of the marathon of birthing our babies, we are knocked over the edge and therefore classified as having postnatal depression (PDD)?
Breastfeeding - What Could Be More Natural?
National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (NBAW) has been run annually by the Department of Health since 1993. Their main aim is to raise awareness of the health benefits for both mother and baby, and to try and increase social acceptance and support for breastfeeding.
