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Encouraging your child's language development
By Maria Meunnich on 08/04/2009 01:56:54
You can do plenty to help your baby or toddler's speech development - right from day one
When do I start?Encouraging your baby's speech development starts from your baby's earliest days. While your baby's first words are still months away, newborns recognise their mother's voice at birth and learn incredibly quickly from the words
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Study encourages active pregnancies
By Sarah Lawson on 26/11/2007 01:37:08
New research suggests that women who are more active during pregnancy give birth to children who are more healthily active
, however, that the reason for this is not biological, but that these women, who continued to be active after they had their children, were leading by example, which naturally encouraged their children to be more active.There was also a small link
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Women encouraged to continue breastfeeding from the office
By Kimberley Smith on 29/11/2010 15:22:49
Government asks employers to provide facilities for their breastfeeding mums to feed their babies or express milk at work
The Government has announced that employers should be expected to provide facilities for breastfeeding mums in their workforce. Measures would include providing private areas where mums could breastfeed or express milk and storage facilities for the expressed breastmilk, such as ...
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Encouraging good body use in your baby
By Brita Forsstrom, MSTAT on 28/04/2008 12:26:52
Getting your baby off to a good start with the Alexander Technique can be invaluable, explains STAT teacher Brita Forsstrom
, but to let them learn at their own pace. For example it is important that the baby is not encouraged to stand and walk until they can sit and crawl. The way we use our musculature is a total pattern so poor coordination in early years will determine our
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NICE obesity guidelines encourage doctors to help mums’ manage weight
By Kimberley Smith on 28/07/2010 13:56:09
Doctors to give more info help to overweight mums-to-be and new mums, to lose weight between pregnancies
maintain a healthy weight in the long-term,” said Professor Mike Kelly, from NICE.Women who are trying to conceive should be encouraged to get to a healthy weight up to six months before pregnancy, and new mums should be helped lose baby weight from
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Giant sperm cycles round US city
By Kimberley Smith on 04/11/2011 13:02:42
A sperm bicycle with a refrigerated storage compartment goes on tour to encourage donations
A specially designed sperm bicycle is making its way around the US city of Seattle, in an effort to drum up more sperm donors. The bike, which has a white fiberglass sperm fitted to it, is 10ft long and refrigerated to allow the safe transportation of sperm donations.The marketin...
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Book review: How to Raise an Amazing Child
By Sarah Lawson on 25/12/2006 01:00:05
Advice and ideas on how to encourage your child's development along the Montessori method.
How to Raise an Amazing Child by Tim Seldin A beautifully presented book of ideas, observations and advice on how to encourage good development in the first six years of lifeNot much to fault, though frazzled parents might wonder if their children
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Fun and learning with Noddy
By Sarah Lawson on 12/10/2006 01:14:24
The new Noddy website encourages the many social and developmental advantages of play for young children.
As part of a relaunch of the Noddy website, www.noddy.com, over 6000 parents were asked what they considered to be the main benefits of play for children.Over 35 per cent said they thought that acquiring social skills was the most important benefit of play, with another 27 per ce...
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Pregnancy supplements unnecessary?
By Kimberley Smith on 07/07/2010 15:25:24
Encouraging mums-to-be to take vitamins is not needed, says nutrition expert
The recommendations for mums-to-be to take vitamin supplements during their pregnancy are unnecessary, claims nutrition expert Professor Maria Makrides. She claims the pressure on mums is due more to money-making plans from the supplement industry than for the good of the baby.“A...
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Tips to help start labour naturally
By Kimberley Smith on 14/10/2010 14:37:22
Encourage labour to start with sex and curry? Being overdue doesn't sound so bad...
SexIt might be the last thing you feel like doing, but sex can help to get labour going in a couple of ways once your baby is at full term and you're ready for labour. Male sperm contains prostaglandin, the hormone that is naturally produced by the uterus lining to ripen the cerv...
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