There’s a saying about parenting by Elizabeth Stone: "Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." And it’s absolutely spot-on. You never know real worry until you become a...
Being a parent is already quite daunting and it can definitely be tough if you cannot make the best out of the opportunities presented to get some sleep. Night sweats can be terrible in the summer and stress will also lead to increased body temperatures, which could...
Giving birth might be a painful experience, but once you are holding the baby in your arms, that pain is forgotten. Most of the times, women are caught up in the excitement of having that first baby and they might neglect caring for themselves in the form of...
Whether you are breastfeeding exclusively or combining it with bottle feeding, it can still remain a very painful thing to do. Breastfeeding is fundamental when it comes to the well-being and nutrition of your baby, but for many women, it simply gets too painful to...
As parents, it is already a daunting task of waking up in the middle of the night to tend to your baby's needs. This could become a drawn-out affair and eventually leave you with minimal sleep and feel extremely fatigued throughout the day. Heating up water bottles...
As a mother, you might find yourself in a few precarious situations and also with a few tough challenges when it comes to breastfeeding and also rock your baby asleep. Since babies certainly get heavier as they grow older, you will start feeling the weight fatigue...
Pregnancy brings on a lot of changes to your body, and while some might be expected, like your growing belly, others are less so, like hairs sprouting out of your chin or other unusual places, and of course, Linea Nigra. Linea Nigra During Pregnancy When Does...
Pregnancy, especially during the third trimester, can be incredibly tired all the time! What with all the changes taking place inside your body and all the strangers offering well-meaning, sometimes overwhelming advice. The problem with this is no two pregnancies are...
Things can get kind of weird when you’re pregnant. You do weird things, want weird things, weird things go into you, and maybe, weird things come out of you. Sometimes, things happen that you don’t want to talk about, one of them being that strange green poop. So why...
For such a joyful event, pregnancy has one heck of a way to introduce itself. The absolute elation of finding out you’re going to be a mom goes down the toilet quicker than your first bout of morning sickness. Even though it is one of the most unpleasant symptoms,...
When you’re in the latter stages of pregnancy, your baby kicks all sorts of parts of your body, and many of them can be painful. I remember distinctly a fondness one of my children had for sticking his foot in between my ribs. But what if you feel like they are...
A lot of people will ask you in the last month of your pregnancy (when you’re massive and waddling and obviously very close to the end) if you’ve "dropped" yet. And if it’s your first pregnancy, you might look at them strangely and wonder if it is a new type of drug...
New moms may look for every opportunity to Instagram their beautiful baby to share with the world. But you may have come across a problem if your baby looks less angelic and more demonic when she’s sleeping because she has started frothing at the mouth. If you are new...
Sleep is a very tricky thing. We need desperately yet the harder we try to make it happen, the less likely it will. It is something we never really think about as a valuable commodity until we don’t have any. And we know so well that happy, healthy babies need sleep,...
Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the United States. In fact, the number of children affected by obesity has increased more than 200% since 1980. Today, more than 18% of children are obese, making this condition one of the most common — and preventable — health...
How many mothers have bought rice or another baby cereal for their precious little one, only to find that he or she hates it? It’s actually not that surprising if you taste it yourself – it’s pretty bland stuff. Well, I have found this great little recipe which is a...
Remember the movie Sixth Sense where the main character, Haley Joel Osment, saw dead people? Well, as far-fetched as it may seem, there is a high chance that most children and babies can see ghosts. However, an encounter with a spirit is usually no big deal for them;...
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a first-time parent and you’re looking for a definitive answer or the closest thing to "when to stop swaddling baby?" The rule of thumb is babies should stop being swaddled between three and four months old. However, the...
If you think back to your own childhood, there are a few moments that stand out in your memories. Certain golden days where life was magical and perfect. A holiday where everything sparkled with light. A birthday party that was so much fun, your friends didn’t stop...
Sometimes when talking about Intentional Parenting, there are misconceptions that because intentional parenting means to plan, that children will have their hand held, and everything planned and organised for them in a strict, structured regime. That couldn’t be...