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Introducing Solids

A complete guide to starting solids: here’s what you need to know

Ah – parenthood, just as you feel like your feet are on solid ground, up comes a brand new hurdle to knock you back over. One of these hurdles, iconically being starting solids… Because there is so much information out there to learn, different products to buy and important things to look out for. It can definitely be a little LOT overwhelming. But hey, you’ve made it through all the hurdles thus far – and...

Fashion

How to find your style again after having a baby

You’re tired, you’re sore, you’re emotional – and the last thing on your mind when you’ve got a tiny newborn who relies on you for their very survival is what you look like. Until one day you catch your reflection in the mirror and you’re not quite sure who is staring back at you. So many of us mums have been there, so we promise you, you’re not alone. Those early days with a baby...

Behind the brand

Growbright’s Natalie Norman is on a mission to make families ‘sleep like babies’

Founder of Growbright, Natalie Norman, was born into the sleep industry, her family owning one of the biggest mattress manufacturing companies in Australasia. Perhaps not surprisingly, when Natalie became a mum, sleep was one of her biggest concerns – and the reason she wanted to help other families by spreading the sleep love with products and advice. Growing up around factories and working in the ‘sewing line’ at 14 – a ‘hobby’ she now speaks...

Expressing

How to choose which breast pump is right for you?

Bringing a baby into this world and caring for them can truly feel like the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do. As soon as that tiny baby is placed into your arms, one of the biggest new skills you need to grasp (and quick) is feeding. No big deal, right? If you choose and are able to breastfeed, then something you may want to consider is expressing milk with a breast pump. Thankfully, technology...

Development Milestones

12 Simple ways you can super-charge your child’s brain development

As parents, we just want to know we are doing everything we can to support our children as they grow. But it really doesn’t need to be complicated. Finding simple, practical tips you can do every day to boost your child’s brainpower will set your little one up with the foundations they need to thrive. You don’t need to enrol them in piano lessons before they can walk, or sign them up for weekend language...

Your Support Network

How to cope when you don’t love being pregnant…

Culturally there is almost this expectation that pregnancy should be the happiest time of our lives… In books, TV shows and on Insta we constantly hear about the pregnancy glow, or just how amazing and beautiful pregnancy is. And don’t get us wrong – many things about pregnancy are beautiful and amazing…but the reality is that many women don’t like being pregnant, or don’t enjoy every aspect of pregnancy. And this feeling can take them...

Expressing

Care for mama: how to make expressing work for you!

Let’s be real – after the initial novelty of pumping or expressing milk wears off, it can sometimes start to feel like a bit of a chore. A necessary one, but a tedious one. Just another *thing* that we women and our bodies endure in the name of ‘nature’… Amiright…? (Why don’t dads have boobs again?) But let’s flip the script! And start taking advantage of what expressing has to offer. After all, as soon...

Your Partner

The go-to guide for partners during the first year of parenting

Bringing a baby home from the hospital is one of the most significant moments of your life. It’s been 9 months of your partner being pregnant… hours of watching them in labour and giving birth, and well frankly, a baptism by fire for those first few days in the hospital. There’s so much build-up and so much focus on the baby’s arrival – that the reality of bringing the baby home can be a shock...

Returning to Work

Returning to work after baby number two (and why it’s OK to ugly-cry at drop off)

It’s the age-old question that plagues parents and caretakers all over the world: when will you wrap up your mat or pat leave and return to work? On any given day, I probably change my mind at least 20 times. “Forget having a career. I want to be a stay-at-home mum forever! It’s so rewarding looking after my baby and watching her grow!” Fast forward to five projectile vomits later (from her, not me) and...

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The relationship between roleplay and empathy

How good is it to be a kid? They have the power to make any situation a time for play (and of course, fun!) From the everyday moments like doing the grocery shopping or riding in the car to sitting around the dinner table, they can roleplay what it’s like to be a farmer who cares for animals around the farm. Life with little ones is never dull that’s for sure! Genevieve Muir from Connected...

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