MANY PARENTS ARE SOMEWHAT AFRAID OF HANDLING THEIR NEWBORN BABIES, ESPECIALLY THEIR LITTLE HEADS. AND ONE OF THE COMMON CONCERNS IS HOW TO CARE FOR BABY’S SCALP
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How Soon Is Too Soon?
To Start Solid Foods? Generally, babies are ready to start on solid foods around four to six months in age. However, not all babies grow at the same rate and some are ready much earlier than others.
Birth-control Options
Trying to fall pregnant..Every woman is unique and needs a contraceptive method to suit her. Find a practitioner you feel comfortable with to discuss the options.
Feeding your baby
How much milk is enough? This is not an easy question to answer. Mostly, a baby gets all the milk it needs within the first ten minutes of feeding. Quite often a baby continues to be attached to a breast because it is comfortable or it is still getting a trickle of milk. It can …
Common Pregnancy Complaints
The good news is that for most women, morning sickness ends by the fourth month of pregnancy, when hormone levels begin to decrease.
Baby & Pregnancy Photography
Miss a moment! Miss a life time! One thing I’ve learnt in life is, get a GREAT/EXPERIENCED photographer, whether it is a wedding or baby shower or even a new born baby shoot and just maybe a pregnant belly photo shoot.
What happens when you breastfeed?
Hormones released during pregnancy stimulate the development of the milk ducts and milk glands or alveoli. In the second half of pregnancy the hormone, prolactin, is released which starts the production of milk.
Pregnancy Stages
The ages in this time-line refer to the age of the foetus, and not the length of the pregnancy; in other words, 40 weeks from the first day of your last menstrual cycle. So, you may be 10 weeks when the embryo is 8 weeks old.
Preparing to breastfeed
Where and how you breastfeed your baby makes all the difference to enjoyable the experience is for both you and your baby. The following steps cat set the stage for a relaxed breastfeeding session.
Is my baby getting enough milk?
Many new parents worry whether their new born is getting enough to eat or so to speak breast milk to support them. With breastfeeding it is almost impossible to guess or gauge how much your baby is taking in at each meal or breastfeeding session.