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How to regain your running legs whilst on mat leave
So you may feel like you have endured Bali belly for 6 months, delivered a watermelon and are currently partying on a nightly basis like it's 1999. So the bod may not be bouncing back just as you envisaged...
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Whether you love or you loathe cooking, when you have kids it’s pretty much impossible to avoid the kitchen. Making sure your kids are eating healthy, nourishing food every day can be overwhelming, for even the most seasoned chefs. We know that homemade food is best for our little ones, but life is busy, so we need to find ways to make this as simple as possible. A multi-use hand blender is one of the...
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What would you have loved to know… BEFORE your pregnancy? BEFORE giving birth? BEFORE the first nappy?… from those who’ve walked the path before you?
Through our funny video series, you will discover anecdotes from other parents about their parenthood journey. Let’s spread the word and ensure our future parents never enter into this thing blindly.
Baby Skin Types
At birth, babies have an immature skin barrier. Your baby’s skin is highly delicate and vulnerable to daily outside attacks, and does not reach the first stage of maturity until the age of two. Between birth and age two, a baby’s skin is not yet able to retain the proper level of moisture it needs for its cells to function properly. Since skin provides protection and aids sensory development, it needs specific care and your full attention from the time your baby is born. In order to give your baby’s skin the care it needs each day, you need to be able to recognize your baby’s skin type.Discover your baby’s skin type
Eczema-prone Skin
In Australia, eczema-prone skin affects 1 child in 3. Easy to identify, it translates by extremely dry skin and sometimes red patches. Hereditary factors are surely the most significant factors. This is valuable knowledge to have, since it will enable you to undertake preventive care, from birth onward, that could reduce the risk of your child developing eczema-prone skin by 33% to 50%1.Learn More
Cradle Cap
Discovering some small yellow patches on your baby’s lovely head? This is cradle cap. It is one of the common skin conditions in infants, so no need to worry! Around two thirds of babies1 are affected by it. Cradle cap can appear very early in the first weeks of life and last from a few days to a few months, then disappear completely at around 2 years of age, although sometimes it may last longer.Learn More
Nappy Changes
Urine, stools, rubbing nappies… The very sensitive skin of your baby’s bottom is subject to many external stresses, on a daily basis. It is therefore essential to clean this area at each nappy change with wipes or cleansing water and to apply a nappy cream to prevent from irritation.Learn More
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Development Tips
Discipline versus punishment. What’s the difference?
Being a parent is an adventure. Every day a new challenge or lesson presents itself and as parents, we must adapt and be flexible around how we manage not just ourselves, but our children. We have been given the greates...
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Parenting Guides
30 things no one tells you about being a first-time parent
Motherhood is one of the most exclusive and wonderful clubs you will ever join, but like any good secret club, there are things you only learn once crossing over the threshold from pledge to fully-fledged member...
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Out and About
The ultimate family road trip survival guide
The idea of a family road trip is such a pleasant one… in your mind. You’ll all be singing along to classic hits, playing I-Spy and having quality family bonding time as you drive to your holiday destination (for more good wholesome family fun, right?) Wrong. Well, wrong unless you’re prepared with these tips, that is. You see, car trips with kids can be a little tricky 😅 – enough to make you feel like...
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