Written by Sarah Hawker / Filed in Baby Bedding, Featured Articles
When you are preparing for your baby’s, you need to figure out where he or she is going to sleep, obviously. It’s not as easy as it is for an adult where you choose a bed frame and suitable mattress and you’re done. For babies there are a lot more options for you to choose [...]
Written by Sarah Hawker / Filed in Diet, Featured Articles, Feeding Your Baby
The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA), recommends breastfeeding mums need to eat an extra 2000kj a day on top of the recommended 8-10,000kj a day for a standard diet. Breastfeeding mums produce approximately 800ml of milk a day and the demands of producing that milk means that they need to keep an eye on their diet [...]
Written by Sarah Hawker / Filed in Fabulous Recipes, Featured Articles
It’s always fun to celebrate an occasion with a cocktail. When you’re pregnant, you don’t have to miss out, you can still have a great time drinking mocktails. Following are a few fun and easy mocktail recipes that you’re sure to enjoy when pregnant, breastfeeding or even when you’re not. Lava Flow 100ml pineapple juice [...]
Written by Sarah Hawker / Filed in Coping with a Newborn, Featured Articles, Parenthood
The term babymoon was created by well known birth and baby writer Sheila Kitzinger in 1996. A babymoon is generally thought of as a period of time after the birth of the baby that the parents stay in and spend their time bonding with the new baby. This can be a few days or up [...]
Written by Sarah Hawker / Filed in During Pregnancy, Featured Articles
When you are pregnant, as with any other time of your life, there is the possibility that you might become sick, you might catch a simple cold or become ill with an infection or some other condition. Ordinarily you could take medications to make you feel better or to heal the infection, however during pregnancy [...]
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