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New mum - And your older children
By Maria Muennich on 21/04/2011 01:15:17
Dividing your parental attentions between siblings can be a delicate balancing act, here's how to make it easier
together you not only make your other children feel proudly grown up and helpful, but you can also use the opportunity to share your attention between baby and child. Another way to foster sibling interest in a baby is to comment on how interested
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Your life as a new Dad
By Dave Oliver on 02/08/2010 08:06:14
So what happens now? Resident Dad Dave gives you the low-down on what to expect
So everything went okay, and now you have a beautiful new baby. Your life has changed, almost certainly for the better, but it might not seem that way at first…Centre of attentionIt might seem to be stating the obvious that your new baby is going
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'Going Home Packs' for Premature Babies
By Sarah Lawson on 03/11/2009 02:14:29
The baby charity Bliss offer special support for families when they leave hospital
When a child is born prematurely there is understandably a great amount of care and attention needed in the hospital, but as parents prepare to take their baby home, new challenges arrive.The charity Bliss works for improving care of premature
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Your thirteen-month-old
By Maria Muennich on 26/07/2007 07:40:15
Your newly upright baby is becoming ever more communicative by the day
-to-one attention then it's no time to take a stand.If he hasn't already done so, your baby may like to start to scribble with a crayon or felt-tip over the coming weeks. You can get super-washable felt-tips and crayons suitable from 12 months that are nice
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Baby development: Your twenty-two-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 05/10/2007 23:22:44
We're busy making things - even first friends...
, or it may be a demand for help or an insistence that you stop doing something. If pleases and thank-yous are important to you then now is a good time to remind her than you'll pay more attention if she's polite. And if you think your toddler is making
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Pushy Mothers fitness groups
By Laura Lee Davies on 08/11/2006 11:36:41
Get some exercise with other new mums, without the need to leave your baby and buggy at home!
When you have a newborn baby, there aren’t many activities that really appeal.You can sign up for baby massage sessions at your local church hall, and you can take your baby out for walks in the park, but apart from that, it’s mostly shopping trips
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Baby Cuddles
By Laura Lee Davies on 10/09/2009 02:04:05
Can you spoil your baby with too many cuddles or is it a vital part of parent-child communication?
a way to bond with their baby.Showing your baby that you careThere are many aspects to bonding that actually make up our day to day instinctive behaviour with our new babies.Talking to your baby, interactive playtime and even baby massage can quickly
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Baby development: Your seventeen-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 31/08/2007 08:12:01
Thrills, spills and trying times
your attention away for a few seconds and he's off to explore. If you have been wondering when you were finally going to lose your extra baby weight then now might be the time. It is though, a good idea not to always get up and run after your toddler
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New Mum - the importance of 'me time'
By Maria Muennich on 04/09/2007 08:57:50
If you want to provide the best support for the rest of your family, you need to make sure you get time to look after yourself
11am comes around and you still haven't showered or eaten anything resembling a proper breakfast, your clothes are usually the first thing you saw in the wardrobe and frequently covered in baby vomit. You put baby down to sleep and then dash about
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Know-how: Bonding with your baby
By Laura Lee Davies on 01/01/2009 02:09:41
Whatever the nature of the birth or your experience of feeding, sleeping and living with your newborn, bonding is a valuable experience for all of you.
attention and trying to understand what he is 'saying' to you.Skin to skinDuring breastfeeding, your baby will enjoy that closeness to your skin. If you are bottle feeding for whatever reason, try to keep the skin to skin experience if you can. Perhaps
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