Author: mamaway
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Shaken Baby Syndrome – Never Shake A Crying Baby
Bringing a baby home is one of the most exciting yet terrifying moments in your life. This is what you’ve been waiting for the last nine months but now this tiny, little human is depending on you to meet all their needs. You may have been told or seen conflicting information about how to care for…
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My Metamorphs : Breast Changes During Pregnancy To Weaning
Oh my!! Did you have any idea your boobs would change this much?! It happens as soon as you discover you’re pregnant. In fact, the change in your breasts, may just be the first sign that you are pregnant. Let’s have a look at our lady lumps a little closer, and really understand what’s going…
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Let’s go, Mums! 10 things you need to have in your gym bag
Being a mother is a full-time job, and with such a busy schedule, we regularly forget to take some time off for ourselves. We are often too tired to do the things we enjoy and we are rarely motivated to get more physically active. Not only is working out extremely beneficial for your body, but…
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HOW TO INCREASE YOUR MILK SUPPLY
As a breastfeeding mom, I was often worried about whether I was producing enough milk for my baby. If I could have seen and calculated how much milk my baby was ingesting, I would have been so much happier. I was not on my own though, I was later to learn that most moms fret…
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Adjusting To Early Parenthood
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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Liquid Gold: How Best To Store Breast Milk
In most cases, feeding your baby breastmilk directly from your breast will be the most simple and efficient way to feed him, however, this is not always possible and let’s face it, there are many reasons why this might be the case. Life for us mums is busy! Perhaps you’re heading back to work outside…
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6 Reasons Why Mums Stop Breastfeeding
At no point have I ever called me a staunch breastfeeding advocate. When I was pregnant, I guess I just assumed that I WOULD breastfeed and that it would be as simple as that. A generally positive outlook on life (and the fact I was a little clueless) meant I never entertained the thought that breastfeeding…
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Secrets to a Seamless Sleep – How Do I Get My Baby To Sleep Through The Night?
Sleep. It’s that commodity for every parent, that’s more precious than gold. It’s not just that it’s very very important for a growing child, it’s for a parent that it matters too! As you might know already, we have six kids in our family. Yep, true story, and strangely, somehow, we’ve ended up with two…
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The Wonder Of Skin-to-skin Contact
Baby loves a snuggle and don’t we all, but what recent research shows us today is that cuddling our babies uninterrupted and skin-to-skin, directly after their birth, has some truly staggering benefits. So what is skin-to-skin contact? Skin-to-skin contact or Kangaroo Care (KC) is when a naked baby is popped tummy-down on the mum’s or…
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Six Kids – Cheaper By The (Half) Dozen
It’s budget time and the pollies are hard at work with their spin and rhetoric about how they’re going to spend the money that you and I worked hard for last year. When you have a big family, the money left over (after tax) needs to be spent a little thoughtfully. But, does life with a…