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The Baby Show – Olympia

Anyone coming to The Baby Show in Olympia next week?   Come and see our booth.  And grab yourself a 35% off the ticket price by going to this link https://babyshowolympia.seetickets.com/tour/baby-show?OfferCode= and enter ‘MYLITTLEKOALA’ Nursing aprons & breastfeeding covers available at The Baby Show  

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Wondering about low milk supply?

If you’re like me, you may have wondered about how much milk your breasts produce and if it is sufficient for your baby. In the first few months of my baby’s life, I remember discussing this over coffee with one of my NCT friends just to gauge if what I was producing was ‘normal’.  My life revolved around breastfeeding for at least the first 6 months after becoming a mum and I had so many questions. After feeding my baby in the morning, I would express.  I wanted to make sure that I was building up my supply by removing…

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Alcohol and breastfeeding

When I attended the breastfeeding workshop at my hospital before giving birth, the question ‘can I drink alcohol while breastfeeding’? was put forth by someone and since then I’ve heard it asked many times by other girls. As someone who doesn’t drink often, I was surprised by this question but realised later how many women have the same question. So I thought I’d write about it. After 9 months of pregnancy and not drinking, many women look forward to having a glass of wine again. The question that arises is whether drinking alcohol is safe if you are breastfeeding. According…

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How to spend your maternity leave

Whether you have already started your maternity leave or it’s still in the horizon, you might be thinking about how you will spend that time. Here’s some advice from mums who’ve just been there. I recently caught up with a few ladies who had survived their first year of becoming a mother to learn how they had spent their maternity leave and what they would recommend to mums-to-be. For many women in the UK, maternity leave can span from a few months to a year. Many mums-to-be have ideas of what their maternity leave will be like but in fact…

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No time to eat?

A newborn baby places a lot of demands on a new mum.  So much so that eating a nutritious meal can be difficult unless it’s been prepared by someone else.  Personally, I would go through huge tubes of Meridian Peanut Butter to get me through the day when I had a young baby.  It was fast and easy and didn’t require much washing up except for the licked spoon.My friends mentioned that they didn’t have time to cook so a pizza picked up on the way home from work by hubby or a pasta cooked by husband when he got…

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What you didn’t know about becoming a mum for the first time

BeHere are seven things to be aware of before the baby arrives: GIVING BIRTH: The birthing experience was a bit opaque for me even though I had done the NCT prenatal course. I suppose you don’t know what you don’t know so you can’t ask and you can’t research it.  Noone told me about what would happen during birth until a friend offered to take me out and just fill me in.  But her kind gesture to prepare me was so greatly appreciated.  If a friend is pregnant and you’ve been there, done that why not offer to share your…

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Mother’s Day

Today is Mother’s Day and since giving birth to my son in 2015, I am now priviledged to be a mother. And it really is a priviledge and the biggest blessing despite the daily struggles and frustrations. So what does it mean to be a mother? Well, life changes completely when you enter the world of motherhood. You change. Some say you worry less but for me, I worry more. You become more confident in yourself even when you are unsure of what to do. You prioritise your child and therefore you know that whatever decision you make is the…

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