7 Strange Pregnancy Symptoms You May Not Be Expecting Everyone knows about nausea, heartburn, swelling, cravings, skin pigmentation and itching in pregnancy. Here are seven strange symptoms you might really wonder about! 1. Acne Acne is partly related to all the hormonal changes your body undergoes [...]
Is There An Ideal Age To Have A Baby? Should you take advantage of the vibrant, prime-of-life decade and start a family in your 20s? Are the more settled circumstances of the 30s, along with a still-young heart and body, the ideal years to start a family? Do parents [...]
Women Are Their Own Worst Enemies So, we are the gentle gender, are we? Ask anyone what sets us women apart from men, and the answers will include that we are innately more caring and compassionate, that we have higher EQ and that there is a tender, persuasive side [...]
What To Do When The Family Interferes With Your Parenting... Friends and relatives are often the most trusted supporters when it comes to raising babies. And yet, I hear tales of judgement and poor advice daily, so this blog is addressed to all those new aunts, uncles and grandparents, [...]
Why Do We Still Have Babies? It’s Pregnancy Awareness Week as I write this blog. One of the reasons I chose midwifery and babycare as my speciality is because as I cared for older patients in my early nursing career, I realised that to truly solve physical and emotional [...]
The Significance Of Parenting There’s no job in the world more important than creating, carrying and raising children! In mothers’ wombs and in parents’ hands nestles the future of their own families, their communities, their countries, their planet and their universe. Because of this, parents need to take the [...]
Top 9 Parenting Rewards Let’s face it – parenting isn’t easy. Children restrict your ability to do whatever you want, to sleep in, or to see a late-night movie on impulse. Finances are more of an issue and life seems to be all about responsibility and very little about [...]
Sensitive Parenting Is Sensible Parenting I have a message for Mums and Dads that I believe to be of vital importance! But first, a question: Why do parents let themselves be so easily influenced by ‘groupie parenting gurus’? If you battle to deal with your baby crying; if sleep [...]
Baby Feeding – There’s No Need For A Fuss! Hmmm… Moms don’t like it when I challenge baby and toddler feeding practices. It’s a touchy subject, that’s for sure – probably because we moms define ourselves to quite a large extent by how we nurture our babies and families [...]
A Broken Home Should Not Mean A Broken Child South Africa is unfortunate enough to have one of the highest separation and divorce rates in the Western world. This inevitably sees many children hailing from ‘broken’ homes. I put ‘broken’ in inverted commas, because although almost anything is [...]
