Sleep training….Eureka!

Okay so I have some BIG news to share, ground shattering, life-changing news for our little family of three….. ……my 4 month old son sleeps through the night! Before we left for our trip to France to visit both my in-laws and my mum, we were exhausted (as anyone reading my earlier posts will know) [...]

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Two great posts from my favourite blogger

I was checking in on one of my favourite blogs, Pacing the Panic Room, which I’ve been hooked on since I discovered his gorgeous pregnancy series he shot of his wife Cole. Ryan is such a great, honest and funny writer and his latest post, ‘Slowly But Surely’ about his post-baby sex life made me [...]

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Weaning – great posts from Oz of Knocked Up

Oz Spies asks the question ‘When to Wean? on her Babble blog as she’s been finding it tricky to block off time at work to pump. I really like her writing and her humour especially in the face of a somewhat belligerent commenter ironically called ‘Honey’. Sometimes, it just feels like too much.  I forgot [...]

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The wean machine

This gadget looks pretty nifty for making instant baby-sized portions from either cooked or soft food…as Babygadget says it’s “Nothing you couldn’t do yourself with other kitchen implements to hand, but it’s nice to have it all in one place.” There is a video here on how it works

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Why so many women are stopping breastfeeding early

There is an interesting article on Yahoo Health which discussed a study, “Juggling Work and Life During Pregnancy”, published in Pediatrics on how “growing percentage of American moms start their infants on human milk, relatively few continue breast-feeding for the baby’s first six months of life, let alone an entire year” Another article this time [...]

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