By Amany Ramadan Parenting is hard, messy and imperfect. Being a parent educator doesn’t make me mistake proof, this is a lesson I had to learn the hard way after feeling all the guilt, especially that I am a perfectionist myself.I am sharing an example of my imperfect days for all the parents out there…
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Overcoming Breastfeeding Problems: Tongue Tie.
By Gulten Kaygun Breastfeeding is the most important nutrition for your baby and I never believed the contrary.It’s not an easy journey for any mother and we all go through different challenges. I managed to breastfeed for about 2 months in tears. This wasn’t easy at all. Ronî found it difficult to latch properly and I…
Working Mom To Stay At Home Mom: The Transition
By Kirstin Bond The words we feel too guilty to say and hope someone else will say it first so that we can finally let it out! I spent fifteen years working before deciding to take the plunge and quit my 9 – 5 job to become a full time mom to my little girls….
The First Year With Your Baby, The Survival Year!
By Laila Nachar Along with the festivities, laughs, and fireworks the holidays usually bring, my family and I celebrated the first birthday of our baby boy. Our third child, our surprise baby boy… our last baby! Our little prince joined the world on December 22nd, 2019. He was welcomed with bouncing arms, contagious smiles, and…
Defining Motherhood | How To Embrace It As a First Time Mom
By Zahra @makingmumories When I Was asked to write about my journey as a mum, I thought back to the first time I felt like I was a mother. Giving birth makes you a mum yes… but that is not necessarily the first time you will actually feel like it. You see motherhood is not…
Business & Babies
By Samantha Let’s talk about business and babies…. I set up my company at 19, in fact it got so busy I left university 3 months before my dissertation and have never looked back! 13 years later I am the CEO of three companies (2 start ups – started in lock down) and 1 that…
How To Deal With Carpal Tunnel During Pregnancy
By Sonam Sia @mommastic “𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭” Carpal tunnel is one of most annoying yet the least talked about symptom of pregnancy and postpartum.Since the onset of…
Complications After Giving Birth |What You Aren’t Told Post-Baby
By Mamma_little_love If you’re reading this, your probably thinking oh my goodness, what haven’t I been told! There are many different things I wish someone had pre-warned me about so I’ve jotted a few down and hope these help you; To kick things off I wanted to start by sharing a bit about me. I’m…