Before our little chicken was born I thought long and hard about baby classes. We want to give him all the tools he needs to develop the skills he will need in life. I am still a bit wary about introducing them too soon and overwhelming him. We have attended a couple of classes, some […]
Category Archives: Motherhood
We can all agree that babies do not come with instructions. You will not find a manual that will tell you how things are done. Your baby will come with his own little personality. Something that worked with a previous child might not save you this time around. I spent many hours thinking about what […]
Have you ever considered opening an Instagram account for your baby? Do you post on Facebook pictures of your child’s everyday adventures? Wikipedia defines sharenting as “a term used to describe the overuse of social media by parents to share content based on their children”. But, who defines what overusing is? Sharing details of our […]
Last week a couple from Arizona shared a unique photograph of their Rainbow Baby. The picture has gone viral and is helping create awareness around the difficulties some mothers suffer. After several years of IVF and 3 miscarriages they were finally blessed with their little girl. They wanted a picture that would reflect the journey […]
Pregnancy is long and gives us plenty of time to think about what kind of mothers we want to be. The thing about parenting is that it can be done is so many different ways that your newborn will come without instructions. Our babies will develop their own little personalities and make us change our […]
While I was pregnant I spent many hours thinking about labour. Everyone talks about how painful and scary it is. But nobody mentions postpartum. Your friends and family will fail to tell you how to prepare for it. No one will say out loud that postpartum is way scarier than labour. And I can’t help […]
Today was the last day of World Breastfeeding Week. Last week we wrote a post about why World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated and what it is trying to achieve. In order to support the cause, we challenged ourselves to come up with a breastfeeding design each day of this week. It has been an intensely […]
Every year, between the 1st and the 7th of August, we get to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. This week commemorates the Innocenti Declaration signed in August 1990 by government policymakers, World Health Organisation, UNICEF and other organisations to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. The World Health Organisation recommends exclusive breastfeeding starting within one hour after […]
Playing with your newborn is important. This will help them develop motor, social and cognitive skills. Through play your baby will develop hand-eye coordination and start to understand how the world works. But it is not only for the baby, it is also important for you. Play time will help create a stronger bond between […]
Crying is your baby’s way of communicating their needs. A crying baby can be difficult to deal with, we know all about it! Sometimes you will be able to quickly identify the source of your wee one’s discomfort. But there will be times when it will feel like nothing will make the crying stop. In […]