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Here’s How You Can Enjoy A Safe and Stress-Free Start to Baby-Led Weaning

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Weaning is one of the most exciting stages in every baby’s development, where they can start to play a bigger part of the family as they get stuck in at mealtimes, and learn the useful skills and movements that come with eating and feeding yourself.

While lots of us might have been used to the old spoon-as-a-helicopter routine when we were growing up, baby-led weaning has been taking the lead in recent years, giving your babies a chance to play and discover food themselves.

Those first steps at getting to grips with meal-time can seem a little daunting, but by paying attention to a few key things, you can make weaning fun and stress-free activity.

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Best 5 Fruits That Can Help a Baby Sleep Better

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Best 5 Fruits That Can Help a Baby Sleep Better

Everyone wants to get the best sleep possible. As adults, we know that getting enough sleep is important to properly functioning in our daily lives. Babies need their sleep even more. Their minds and bodies are rapidly growing and developing, so sleep helps them recharge and refresh. Not to mention that when a baby is getting sound sleep, the parents are sleeping deeply, too. 

As a parent, you know the tribulations of trying to get your baby on a regular sleep pattern. You might be able to catch some shut-eye while the baby is asleep, but if they are tossing and turning, waking up often, or not falling asleep quickly, it can drive you crazy. What you may not know, however, is how foods can factor into your baby’s quality of sleep. We want our babies to eat the best possible food to help them stay healthy. There are even foods that can help with sleep. As fruit is a great food choice for babies, here are the best five fruits that can help baby sleep better. 

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Top Tips for Losing Baby Weight

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While you may be wishing to shed the extra pounds quickly after having a baby, the reality is that it just doesn’t happen immediately. For many women, weight loss can be quite challenging as it’s probably the very last thing on your mind when adjusting to life with a newborn and recovering from birth. However, if you feel as though you’re lacking in confidence due to your body weight, it’s always worth looking at ways you can get back on track, so you start to feel better in yourself.

Here are 7 tips on how to successfully lose your baby weight:

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Common Pregnancy Health Conditions for Mums-to-be : Gestational Diabetes

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Pregnancy is such a special and exciting time, but it often comes along with a few worries too – including health worries. There are lots of health conditions that can be really common during pregnancy, some more serious than others so it’s always worthwhile knowing what to expect and what to look out for. It’s definitely worth checking any symptoms with your midwife if there’s anything you’re not sure about, and I also found it helpful to get advice from other mums, or from websites like Emma’s Diary.

Emma’s diary have put together this helpful infographic to explain some of the most common pregnancy health conditions, including morning sickness, antenatal depression, anaemia, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and back pain.

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A Simple Guide to the Best Baby Products that You’ll Need

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Babies are very sensitive and delicate. So, whenever you are choosing any products for your baby, you must consider different factors. Some of the main factors are comfort, safety and quality. Besides the essentials, there are some luxury products that you must get for your baby. Of course, like every parent, you will want to provide the best to your bundle of joy. Here are some of the most important products that you’ll want to consider when preparing for your new baby…

1: Baby Bouncer

One of the best baby products that you can buy for your baby is a top-quality baby bouncer. This can be a perfect combination of relaxation as well as fun for your baby. These bouncers have a chair that can rock whenever the baby kicks it with their legs, or may come with battery powered vibrations. Often, these also come with inbuilt music features which can be relaxing as well as fun for the babies, as well as hanging toys for baby to bat at and help develop their coordination skills as they grow. All baby bouncers will come with safety belts too, which is really important for when your little one starts to wriggle around and become more active. Make sure to buy something with soft padding throughout for utmost comfort.

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Why buying a diamond made from your baby’s hair might be a great addition?

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Did you know that you can make a diamond using hair? Well, it’s true, and it has become quite a trend. More and more people tend to use this new technique to create a diamond that will be more valuable to them than any other diamond out on the market. They regard them as heirlooms and preserve them in a special place.

In the following paragraphs, you will find out why buying a diamond that is made from your baby’s hair can be a great choice for you.

  • Unique memories

First of all, let’s talk a little bit about humans. Humans are different from other beings on this planet because of the unconditional love that they have for other members of the family or even pets. There are multiple ways of showing this love. Some may choose flowers, while others may choose chocolate, but there are some people who embrace this new idea of diamonds made from baby hair.

With this new addition, you will surely have a priceless connection to your baby. We all know that certain people prefer a tattoo that will stay with them forever to remind the joy of giving birth. However, choosing a diamond of this kind will be less painful. In addition to that, it will mean so much to you, because it will play the same role as a tattoo. Moreover, it will never need to be remade, because it will literally live forever due to the technique that it is used to create it.

  • “Freeze” the special moments

Secondly, many parents say that they wish they can freeze the time for a little while when their baby is new-born. Although the sleepless nights and painful delivery can make parents suffer, the smile of the newborn brings them pure happiness. Choosing to get a diamond that is made from your baby’s hair will, somehow, freeze that time for you. Those beautiful moments of you and your baby will be all combined in this new magic diamond. This way, you will be able to keep it with you forever. In fact, many parents say that the diamond made from their baby’s hair is as precious as their lives.

  • It can be passed from generation to generation

Finally, this kind of diamond can mean a lot for the next generations of your family. Many families pass down heirlooms from generation to generation. While times passes, these heirlooms will acquire a special value, meaning a lot for every member of the family. Moreover, every diamond contains a part of the person you care for the most, so it’s definitely an option that many would embrace.

Final words

In conclusion, getting a diamond made from your baby’s hair can really be a great addition because it’s a way to keep a part of the current happiness and make it last forever. Moreover, the chances are that when your kid will grow up to be an adult, he or she will be very thankful to you.

Finding the Right Shoes for Your Early Walker

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“What shoes should I buy for my cruising baby?” or “When should I buy my baby his first pair of shoes?” are questions you hear again and again in parenting groups. It can be really hard to know what’s right, with lots of conflicting advice around, and all kinds of shoes available in the shops.

When my eldest was a baby, I came across Dotty Fish leather shoes (although at the time known by a different name), and they were amazing! My boys were all on the later side in walking (at 15 months, 18 months and 14 months) so they spent quite a while in that stage where as non-walkers, they weren’t quite ready for “proper” shoes but still needed something to protect their feet so that they could explore in places like the park.

Nine years and four kids later, I’m still loving Dotty Fish shoes and have a few different pairs for N. I got her first pair at 7 months once she was cruising around and wanting to stand, to prevent her from slipping while in tights or socks, but still giving her freedom not to be restricted or weighed down by heavy shoes.

Dotty Fish have been working with The London Podiatry Centre, one of the most advanced podiatric clinics in the world. They looked closely at the effects of soft-soled footwear on a child who is learning to walk and taking those crucial first steps.

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Ideas to photograph baby from newborn to six months old

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Guest Post from Eve of Eden Photography

Ideas to photograph baby from newborn to six months old

While I’d say it’s definitely worth having your baby’s newborn and older photographs taken by a professional photographer who understands baby posing and lighting, it’s never been so easy to take your own pretty photos. By using your own phone or camera with the use of editing tools / filters for you to play around with can create some lovely shoots. So I thought I’d share some tips and tricks to get some beautiful photographs capturing your baby’s developmental stages, to document each important milestone, from newborn to six months.

When to Take

If you want to take photos to document your baby’s development it might be a good idea to take a photograph, maybe on the same day/date as your baby’s birthday, every month.

Baby at Newborn

In photography babies are classed as newborn if they are under and month old. At this stage newborns are asleep most of the time and curl up tightly so you can get some photos of baby asleep on their side, belly and laying on their front with chin first. It’s also nice to document newborn features for years to come like tiny toes, fingers, eyelashes, curls etc. so take close up shots of these.


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New HiPP Buddies Pouches

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Meet the HiPP Buddies – the new addition to the HiPP Family! They’re a group of hard working furry friends who have one ultimate goal – to make the finest organic pouches. Each has their own task on the HiPP farm – they pick the fruit and vegetables, mash them, stir them and finally fill the pouches.

I’ve been using some of the HiPP jars with Baby N since we first started weaning her onto solid food at around the 6 months mark, so I was really interested to try out the new HiPP buddies pouches with her – especially with the cute new characters to add a bit of fun to mealtimes.

We like all of the characters (N loves all animals!) but Finley the Fox is my personal favourite as I find him very cute.

There are sweet and savoury pouches, with a good range of choices available.

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Sensitive Moisture Range from Baby Dove

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In sponsorship with Baby Dove

Winter is always a difficult time for babies with the weather and all of the colds and bugs around. Poor little N has been under the weather recently, and is just coming out the other side of a horrible cold. But Winter weather doesn’t only bring more illnesses, it can also dry out your little one’s skin more easily.

During winter’s cold temperatures, it’s important to take extra care of your little one’s skin. This is due to the cold temperatures resulting in very little water evaporating into the air, creating an atmosphere with low humidity. This dry air combined with regular movement between hot indoor temperatures and the colder outdoor environment dries skin out even faster during the winter months, especially babies.

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