Decoding your baby’s cries
Newborns cry because they don’t have any other way to tell us what they need or if something is wrong. But how are you supposed to understand them when you don’t speak their language? Katie Thomas explains.
Getting to know your newborn is so sweet. Advice for new mums and dads about newborn care, crying, breastfeeding, baby bathing and skincare, newborn sleep, baby health, first immunisations, colic, reflux and more!
7 lovely ways to bathe baby naturally (and spend less!)
Babies may be exposed to several products at bath time, such as bath wash, shampoo, conditioner, and baby lotion every day, in addition to other chemical exposures in the home.
Advice and how to ignore it
But when helpful strangers tell me how I must treasure everything — even when witnessing the foot stamping that occurs when I break the cheese the wrong way — all this does is compound the mother’s guilt that we/I should be doing more.
Does your baby have reflux
Does your baby cry and cry and cry, seemingly inconsolable? He might be suffering from reflux, says Midwife Cath in this extract from her book After the First Six Weeks.
Are you friend-zoning your partner?
When you’re pregnant, sex and connecting with your partner might be the last thing on your mind.
Getting off to a plastic free start
In their natural state, before they are packaged up neatly in disposable nappies and cute outfits, babies and toddlers are messy. The magic of disposable nappies, which draw moisture away from delicate skin and feature leak guards, has transformed early parenting.
50 ways to make your baby smarter
The first year of your baby’s life is critical to his or her development. Here are 50 fun ways to stimulate their learning.
50 shades of poo
So you’ve never actually changed a nappy before, and you’re not sure if what you’re seeing in there is, well… Normal? Welcome to the wacky world of baby poo.
Express yourself: All your questions answered!
If you’re thinking about expressing breast milk, you may not know where to begin. Here’s our guide to FAQs about expressing breast milk.
What does “expressing” breast milk mean?
What does it actually mean to express breast milk? And why would you do it?
I don’t know how she does it! For overloaded mums
Do you have a newborn and older kids in the house? How do you get anything done at all? Here is some good advice for overworked, overloaded, and stressed-out mums.
