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Sleep training baby for a good nights sleep
It is extremely important to set the stage for your baby to get to sleep on their own and then to settle themselves back to sleep when they wake up at night. Effective sleep training requires taking their age, growth and lots of other factors into account.
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Everything Kids Expo – An Unforgettable Family Weekend Out!
Everything Kids Expo will be featuring brands, products and services related to Pregnancy, Babies, Kids and Families so that you can make the informed decision in one place. And with great kids entertainment, Live Shows, Market, Great Food, Prizes & Surprises – it will certainly be one show not be missed!
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New V Tech toys are educational and fun!
Toddlers and children can keep you busy, and that’s because they crave stimulation, learning new things, exploring and expanding their curious minds and motor skills. With this in mind technology toy company V Tech has developed a range of age appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children of various ages.
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To co-sleep or not to co-sleep?
Where babies sleep is a hot topic. Many modern day parents are set on their babies sleeping in their own beds and own rooms ASAP. Others, especially breastfeeding moms, would love to co-sleep with their babies but are scared of the risks involved. What is safe practice…
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10 questions to ask a potential nanny for your child
This is always a very difficult decision for a mom. You have been at home for thee months on maternity leave or maybe even longer and now its time to return to work. You are now tasked with finding someone that will love and care for your child the same way that you do.
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How much stimulation does a baby need?
Stimulating your baby correctly can be tricky business. That is why I sat down with Una Van Staden from Pikanini Baby Academy to get the details on what we should be doing with our babies.
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How babies learn language & how this affects later development
Babies at birth can already recognize a story that has been told to them in the womb, can distinguish between different languages and ecognize their mother’s voice. The sounds that they hear in the womb and in early life are literally changing the structure of their brains as they make new connections.
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Fever in babies and children
When a child has a fever we often reach for the meds to get rid of the high temperature and return our babies to normal…but is this the right approach?
Fever itself is not an illness. In fact, an increase in body temperature is a great indicator that your child’s immune system has switched on and is fighting off an infection
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What’s the deal with burping babies?
Do babies always have to be burped? How do I burp my baby and which babies need to be burped?
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Crawling
Somewhere between 6 and 8 months, babies become hugely curious about the world around them. So curious, in fact, that it spurs them on to move by themselves to explore it.
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Getting babies to sleep with Una Van Staden
I sat down with Sleep Coach Una Van Staden from Pikanini baby and picked her brain about how best to get our little ones into good sleep routines.
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What you need to know about breastfeeding
I was fortunate enough to get ‘The Baby Lady’ Samantha Crompton on episode 7 of The Easy Baby Podcast to talk about the big myths surrounding breastfeeding. The biggest secret to breastfeeding according to Sam is: “Manage your expectations and do it one step at a time.”
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