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Campaign launched to ensure parents know how to recognise common lung infection
By Kimberley Smith on 30/09/2011 14:31:32
A third of children will catch bronchiolitis before their first birthday – know the signs
Awareness is being raised for a common lung infection that most parents are unaware of. The British Lung Foundation (BLF) is backing the campaign by health care company Abbott, to help parents recognise when their child has something more than
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Recognising 'false labour' signs
By Sarah Lawson on 17/05/2009 01:09:28
Most women only have two or three babies at most, so how are we expected to know the difference between a false alarm and the real thing? Here's how to read the signs.
Every woman is different. Your best friend might have had her waters break and be holding her new baby in her arms in less than five hours. You on the other hand, might get symptoms that feel a bit like contractions for weeks before anything happens.Understand the Signs of Labour...
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Babies can recognise numbers before they can talk
By Jayne Braithwaite on 17/06/2011 14:47:21
How amazing babies are learning more than we think from day one
Did you know your little baby is already a numbers expert? By the age of six months, though your little one can’t yet talk, his brain has already learned to recognise numbers and can do basic maths.New research has found that babies can understand
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Charting basics - recognising your fertile phase
By ThinkBaby on 06/05/2007 01:19:35
Your fertile phase can fluctuate from cycle to cycle, but charting ovulation/fertility indicators will help you know when's what
The text book menstrual cycle with its 28-day length and 14-day luteal phase (post-ovulation phase) has days nine through fourteen, leading up to ovulation, as the optimal days for babymaking, and for some women that will generally be the case. But in the real world ovulation do...
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Brainy babies recognise mum’s speech in the womb
By Kimberley Smith on 06/05/2010 14:25:21
Your unborn baby can hear words and language, research finds
A study at US Northwestern University has suggested that babies begin to develop language skills before they’re even born.“We think the very first processes of language development are actually starting in the womb because they are overhearing their mother’s speech,” said Profess...
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Charting: the how and why
By ThinkBaby on 07/06/2009 01:58:21
From downloadable charts to recognising your fertile phase
Charting adviceWhat is charting?Charting basics - recognising your fertile phaseWhen am I fertile? Charting toolsDownloadable charts - In Word, Excel and image formats, simply print off and fill out. Useful forum threads Find threadsAll threads
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Start them early with ABC prints in the nursery
By Kimberley Smith on 16/09/2011 14:26:43
Decorate your nursery with canvases to help your baby recognise the alphabet
These gorgeous canvas prints arrived in the office today. They’re by Ella & George at John Lewis and we’ve discovered that come Christmas, you will be able buy the entire alphabet in colourful illustrations to adorn the walls of your nursery.And if the first three that we've rece...
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Dealing with PND
By ThinkBaby on 17/08/2005 07:12:15
The first step towards recovery is recognising the illness and seeking help
Post Natal Depression is a relatively common illness affecting between 1 in 10 and 1 in 7 of mothers. Even if wholly untreated PND will usually clear up in time, but the first step towards a faster recovery and limiting its impact is to recognise
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10 things a man should never say to his partner once she becomes a mum
By Daniella Delaney on 11/10/2011 12:41:31
But he probably does, and more than once too, how many of these do you recognise?
You've got to love your other half for opening his mouth and putting his foot straight in it. And at no time in his life is he likely to make more man bloopers than when you've just had a baby. How many of these do you remember your other half saying...?
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Babies grasp number, space and time concepts at just 9 months!
By Kimberley Smith on 16/06/2010 13:02:10
Babies may recognise physical concepts better than previously thought, finds study
Babies have been found to be sensitive to the ideas of “more than” or “less than” and relate numbers, sizes and duration at just 9 months, a new study has found.The research has contradicted the long held idea that a baby’s impression of the world is “one great blooming, buzzing ...
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