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Written by Helen Holmes
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 Parents usually have nine months to prepare for the birth of their new
baby. however, a growing number of babies are being born much earlier
than expected. Helen Holmes looks at the effect on the families
involved. In the final couple of months of an ordinary pregnancy most parents
start to gather the equipment necessary to care for a newborn baby; in
the last few weeks the mother-to-be will pack her hospital bag,
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Written by Lynn Timms
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 So, you’re having a baby! You’ve researched your delivery options,
aware of the choices of pain relief, planned the nursery colours, types
of nappies and a have a shortlist of baby names according to sex,
family tradition and personal choice. But, what about feeding your
baby? ave you considered breastfeeding? Will it be easy? Are you put off by
other peoples’ horror stories? Put your feet up and read on….To decide to breastfeed your baby is one part of your commitment to
being a parent. Breast milk offers your baby the best start in its
transition into life outside the womb. The immunological and
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Activity classes and early learning
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Written by Kate Sarl
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 If you are a pre-schooler you can have a whirlwind of a social life by
attending a plethora of early years activity classes ranging from baby
sign, art and crafts, gymnastics, football and even baby disco. Each
activity promises to teach your child some essential skills but do they
really make a difference and just what are these essential skills?
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Pure and Gentle Skin Care
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Written by Baby Hampshire
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 Dermatitis and Ecezma are distressing conditions for adults, so when
your baby or toddler suffers, it is a continual cycle of itching and
scratching and they are too little to understand that they must not
scratch. The skin reddens and bleeds and eventually it may become
infected, but still they scratch! For parents, the problem eats away at the heart of the family as you
constantly pay attention to your child’s skin and suffering many
sleepless nights as your baby cries and cries. You are constantly
applying creams and ointments and trips to the doctors.
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Being your best………..today
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Written by Janet Ashfield
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 I have to admit that until I was nearly 23 I didn’t want (or even like)
children, then one day in my early 20’s I turned into a desperate
broody woman overnight, one who needed to have a baby NOW. How did
that happen? No one was more surprised than I was. At 23 I gave birth
to my son John but broody had not disappeared and 15 months later
Rachel was born, I was content. hadn’t had a great education or career and being a mum was the most
satisfying thing in the world to me in my 20’s. Sadly my marriage did
not last and after the divorce, in my 30’s with the children at school
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Hampshire Mum Pregnancy Diary Part 4
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Written by Claire Bates
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 Nothing can stop the 24-7 whirlwind world of motherhood for Claire
Bates. Not even a suspect curry and a disasterous lack of Andrex.So I’m sat on the loo, knickers around my ankles and the bottom is literally falling out of my world. Bloody curry. Bloke pokes his head around the door and asks if I’m all right. I’ve been there since 2am, haven’t moved a muscle - not one weary,
reddened gluteus maximus muscle - since then and he asks if I’m all
right?I groan a bit and wonder if my Monday morning can get any more
surreal....when in pops Number Two carrying Postman Pat (minus cat - we
lost that i
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Hampshire Mum Pregnancy Diary Part 3
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Written by Claire Bates
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 What happened to musical statues, mass tantrums, e-numbers and the
hokey cokey on a loop? where did the halcyon days of chocolate crispie
cakes and picking snowball marshmallow out of pigtails go? not-so-yummy
mummy, claire bates mourns the passing of proper parties..... OK, so I’m sitting in the car in the driveway, both kids are screaming,
my new top is spattered with root vegetable puree, there’s a rising fug
of overdue nappies and I can’t find it. The present: I can’t find it.I
ordered it online three weeks ago, well in advance, had it gift wrapped
(with sprinkles), put it in an eye-wincingly expensive box and attached
an organic, made from renewable forest,
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Hampshire Mum Pregnancy Diary Part 2
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Written by Claire Bates
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 Wanted: 33-year-old woman, about 5ft 5ins-5ft 7ins tall, last seen in
an Alfa estate car (with roof box), flashing at young boys. Do not
approach her. She’s a new mother and liable to flip in a hormonal
sleep-depraved frenzy. Claire Bates is finding motherhood
‘challenging’........ Ok, so I’m lying there on the bed, my damp, wide-eyed four-hour-old son
is by my side. And then it hits me. The most incredible pain. I’m
convinced this is it. I’m about to leave Number Two, and his older
Brother, motherless before they’ve even met. I panic.
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Written by Christine Matthews
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 With Baby Signing you can help your baby to communicate with you before speech. Through action songs and nursery rhymes a range of simple gestures derived from sign language can be taught. In this fun and relaxed way you can learn how to help your baby
understand you better and enable your baby to "talk" to you. This is
known as ‘baby signing’. Babies naturally use gestures to communicate
before their first words. Baby Signing encourages these natural
gestures and shows you many more you can use with your baby. It's easy!
And it’s fun!
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Written by Sharon Watson
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 Despite Britain’s reputation for grim summers and bank holiday traffic
jams, festival culture is booming across the country. If you haven’t
been to a music festival since your student days, you may be shocked
that a parenting magazine should run a feature on these grimy,
booze-soaked gatherings.Well times have changed! Groups of young people can still enjoy
traditional music festivals such as Reading or rave at Winchester’s
Slammin’ Vinyl festival, but on the back of Glastonbury’s popularity
there has been an explosion of smaller
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