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Postnatal Support - 7 things you should know

June 16, 2011 – 9:55 am

What kind of postnatal support should you expect your doctor to provide you? Here are 7 items your doctor should discuss with you during your postnatal examination visits.
1.      The lochia, its color and duration
The doctor will want to know whether or not the uterine bleeding is persisting if you are breastfeed­ing, and if you are [...]

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Best Books for Preschoolers

July 8, 2010 – 9:51 am

Best books for preschoolers
Your child is now much more independent (or so he thinks!) and in possession of a strong imagination. He also knows that life can be both happy and sad and that the world both friendly and unfriendly so books that confront and solve problems happily are just what he needs. Look for [...]

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Best Books for Toddlers

July 7, 2010 – 10:38 am

Best books for toddlers
Your child will be starting to use a few words now and by the age of three will probably be a real chatterbox. So choose books which have these characteristics:

longer stories and more detailed pictures (toddlers enjoy examining pictures in detail so do not rush them)
rhyming text
stories about naughty children. Toddlers can [...]

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Baby Book Ideas

July 5, 2010 – 10:24 am

Baby Book Ideas
It is never too early to start your child looking at books and at this age babies adore bright and bold pictures that are simple but visually stimulating. The best type of  books to go for are those that have ei¬ther no text (for very young babies) or very short text centred around [...]

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Feeding a One Year Old

July 2, 2010 – 11:17 am

Feeding a one year old
It is important to prepare foods including vegetables to suit baby’s level of development. It is not unusual to find some babies rejecting their bowls of cereal or pureed food at one year of age as they look for something more challenging to experiment with. Also, if you keep feeding your [...]

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Feeding 7 month old baby

July 1, 2010 – 9:55 am

Feeding 7 month old baby
By the time baby turns six or seven months, he may be ready for something a little coarser in texture and that is when you can experiment with mashing food instead of straining it. At this stage, potatoes can be introduced. Remember to boil them such that they are soft and [...]

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Feeding Baby Food

June 30, 2010 – 10:58 am

When and how do you start feeding baby food?
Vegetables can form part of baby’s diet as early as the first months of weaning, which may be at the age of between four and six months. What is important is the method of preparation. At the onset of weaning, all vegetables, like other foods, should be [...]

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Child Obedience - John’s Blog - Asking Too Much

March 30, 2010 – 10:31 am

Child Obedience - This is one thing we have been really struggling with since the beginning of the year. Is Obedience too much to ask?

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My Children Cute? Especially when they are asleep!

March 22, 2010 – 11:07 am

My Children Cute? Especially when they are asleep!

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Children Sweet - My Sweetie Pie, John’s Blog

March 20, 2010 – 5:55 am

Children Sweet - My Sweetie Pie, just when you think I was going to write about sweets and lollies, think again, this is about my sweetie pie.

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