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Working Mum and feeling guilty?

Are you a working mum and feeling guilty? Here’s what you need to know about how to stop this guilt today! Working mums have a hard time trying to prove themselves to everyone around them, not least with their children or work colleagues that they can fit everything in. It’s no wonder Mums stress levels [...]

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Baby and Toddler Show Cheltenham

It’s been a busy W/E meeting lots of parents at the Baby and Toddler Show in Cheltenham, I was invited to give talks on feeding and sleep techniques for babies and toddlers. It was lovely to bump into previous clients and see how much their children had grown and hear how well they were sleeping, [...]

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Toddler Not Sleeping

If your toddler is waking up in the middle of the night it can be a real challenge to get them to re-settle. It is always best to go to them before they fully wake up and try to re-settle them especially if you have neighbour that can hear everything through the walls. I know [...]

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Cats and baby’s crying

Ever wondered how to get your baby to sleep? Must watch this it’s so cute http://youtu.be/PWXigjFm4TM-much and cheaper than a nanny! Would you let your cat this close to a new born baby? I really believe that animals can be great friends with children and it is good to teach children about caring for animals [...]

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Easter Holidays End-New School Term

Now the Easter holidays have come to an end the new school term starts tomorrow for many children. Some boys and girls will be starting school for the first time, this can be a very scary and daunting time especially for the parents. Most children will be happy to go off and make new friends [...]

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Mumprenuer or stay at home Mum?

Are you a mother who loves her kids yet has come towards the end of your maternity leave? Are you looking forward to returning back to work or perhaps you would like to start up your own business or are you rather undecided about your options? Leaving your baby or child for the first time [...]

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New Year -Back to work Mums?

Are you a working mum who’s just returned to work after many months off after having your baby? It will have been a big wrench to go back to work and leave your baby with a child minder, nanny or nursery. How did you make your choice and are you pleased wtih the way things [...]

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Twins-Double Trouble?

Twins, some people love this notion and others are completely shocked at the prospect and how they will cope, I think you could count me. There is no doubt about it they are hard work, especially in those first few weeks after birth. You literally feed, change, burp, settle then start all over again, sometimes only an [...]

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Abandoned Baby

A new born baby has been left in hospital shortly after a mother gave birth. The mother is thought to be Eastern European and maybe Romanian. Having been out to an orphanage in Bulgaria and meeting a local mother I was told that this is quitre a common practise out there. In fact she went on [...]

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Toddler Early Riser

Having to start your day at 5am because that’s when your child wakes is hard work epsecially if you have another child who happily sleeps through the night until 7am. Several of my clients have this issue and a mother of twins nearly two often worries that if she doesn’t rush in to pick up [...]

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