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| Toilet Training |
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10 April 2008 | |  Toilet Training
Toilet Training or Potty Training as it is sometimes known is often considered one of the most stressful times in parenting. It is a huge event in a child’s life and can in turn be very difficult to face.
The key to successful training seems to be about waiting until the child is ready. Just because your mum says you were trained by 18 months, and your friends little girl is fully trained by her second birthday, doesn’t necessarily mean your .... |
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| Domestic Accidents and Prevention |
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01 April 2008 | |  Domestic Accidents and Prevention
Did you know that children can drown in less than 3cm of water? Hence why they should be under constant supervision when in or near any water.
Did you know a hot drink can still scald the sensitive skin of a child 15 minutes after it has been made?
It seems that nowhere is safe in our homes as accidental injuries are the biggest cause of death or serious injury in children over the age of one. Every year over 1 million children, .... |
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| Breastfeeding - a 'How to' guide |
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21 July 2007 | |  Breastfeeding - a 'How to' guide
The choice about whether or not you will breastfeed it an individual one. Some mothers dislike the idea of breastfeeding or have had previous bad experience. However no one can argue the fact the breastfeeding is the best thing you can do for your baby, even if you only manage 3 days.
For those who go on to breastfeed for longer it can be one of the most rewarding experiences you will have with your baby.
There is a lot .... |
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| Terrible Two’s |
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04 November 2006 | |  Terrible Two’s
When I had my first baby, I was always told ‘wait until he reaches 2, then you’ll know what being a parent is all about’ and I began to dread my son reaching this age, when he did though I found out it’s not all about naughty/challenging behaviour, there is a little more to it.
There are more parenting books on how to discipline a 2 year old, than there are on any other age group. You would think that at two years old, they .... |
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| Coping with Sleep Deprivation |
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09 February 2006 | | 
Coping with Sleep Deprivation
Possibly the hardest thing to come to terms with when you have a baby is the chronic sleep deprivation. Friends and well meaning colleagues at work may joke about the sleepless nights, but at 3am when you’ve been pacing around the house with a screaming baby for 2 hours, it just isn’t funny. My daughter, Ella, is now 10 months old and doesn’t sleep through the night. I have done quite a bit of research into why some babies don’t .... |
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| Weaning Foods 'a DIY guide' |
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27 August 2005 | |  Weaning Foods 'a DIY guide'
What you need to make your own baby food:
A cheap hand held blender (Argos sell them for £4.99). If you can not afford a hand held blender then a sieve can do the same job but it will take a little more work on your part, as you will have to push the cooked food threw the sieve with a metal spoon but you will end up with puree the same as with a blender. Of course if you are Miss Money bags then a £400.00 blender will do .... |
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| Development of a newborn to the second year |
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01 August 2005 | |  Development of a newborn to the second year
There are many stages to a childs development in the first couple of years. All children do different things at different times, believe me experience has taught me that. I have had 4 children now and each one has been different. My first is extremely intellectual, the second more physical. My son has speech and language difficulties where my eldest daughter can barely throw a ball. The information I am about to provide is only a .... |
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