Category: Parenting
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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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Common screw-ups you don’t want to make in the labour ward
No longer the cigar-pending, jumpy but blameless and innocent bystander. Labour is a massive task, requiring the greatest support and it’s dad that’s expected to be up-to-date and on-task. Having complete and comprehensive labour know-how, whilst remaining entirely peace-loving is dad’s duty. Sounds supernatural, and it is. However, as much as your partner might strive…
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About Babywearing (a.k.a baby carrier / baby sling)
What is baby wearing? Baby wearing is a way of carrying or wearing your baby, it can be in a baby sling or in another form of carrier. In recent years, the popularity of baby wearing is growing, and most of the parents prefer to use baby sling or baby carrier to wear their babies…
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COMMON MISTAKE OF BABY WEARING (a.k.a baby sling / baby carrier)
Baby wearing seems to be very simple (yeah it does look simple), and baby wearing (a.k.a baby sling / baby carrier) has been practicing by a great population of parents over the world. Some of them might find that it’s hard at the first time; and usually there are some common mistakes that parents made…
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Six Kids – on a road trip
We recently took the kids on a road trip to Noosa, the happiest place on earth. From our house in Sydney, that means approximately a 14-hour drive straight (not including bladder-related interruptions). Being a little inclined to take on a challenge, we thought this could be fun. We were dying for some warmth and what…
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10 New Mum Must-haves From Mum With Six Kids
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.…
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First Birthday Party – Who’s it for?
It was a stiletto-shod, champagne-pouring, ribbon sandwich, mini quiche-type affair. You know the one – complete with the multi-layered fondant-lacquered cake, metallic pink helium balloons, and floral arrangements with lengths (and lengths) of pink… bunting. Just a regular snotty-nosed kid’s first birthday, but one that would make a Kardashian blush. As stunning as the food,…
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8 Mistakes you’re probably making with your newborn
Even the best-intentioned mums make mistakes, and when you become a mum for the first time, it’s all new and can feel quite daunting. Whilst your motives are always what’s best, mistakes are made and you muck it up a bit, and that needs to be OK.It’s not about being a Stepford-Mum, but we’d all…
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A six kid family – Big is beautiful
Wondering whether your family’s officially plus-size? If you can relate to the below, I think we can safely say you have ‘arrived’. 1. Your tribe hunts as a pack If there’s a bully in your midst, he’s mincemeat. Your tribe sticks together and has a sharp radar for each other’s business. Pick on this kid,…
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Survival tactics for a new mum
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…