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Different Strokes: Why You Should Massage Your Baby
Baby massage has taken the western world by storm and rightly so, for the health and wellbeing benefits for babies. Certified infant massage instructor Lisa Townend gives us a better understanding of what baby massage is and how to perform it on your baby. Baby...
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There are a range of tests that a doctor may perform to ensure the wellbeing of your baby. Paediatrician Dr Enrico Maraschin takes us through them. Tests on newborns begin a while before the baby is born – during the initial stages of pregnancy. Once baby is born,...
Living up to being the man in my daughters’ lives
Being a father to two daughters comes with great responsibility in terms of teaching them what it means to be a good man, writes Jarrod Gabriel. I grew up in a male-dominated family: even the dogs we had were male. In hindsight, it must have been difficult for my mom,...
Infant massage growth and infant development
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Pregnancy Dictionary
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Coping with pregnancy anxiety
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Birth plans from A to Z
Creating a birth plan holds both benefits, and potentially, great disappointment, when things don’t go to plan. Parenting life coach Nadia Scrooby looks at the purpose of a birth plan and how it has changed. A recent social media survey of moms’ birth experiences had...
Let the games begin! Simple, fun baby shower games to play
Baby showers take many different forms, and a game or two always makes the occasion memorable. Yashmitha Padayachee shares some ideas. Baby showers – or at least the principle behind them – have been around for thousands of years. Women from a particular village or...
Developing a confident child
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