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Practical (and judgment-free) advice on caring for your newborn from the baby pros

Dream Feed

Sleep is the hottest commodity for new parents in the early days after bringing your baby home. A newborn feeds every one to three hours for the first month of life depending on if you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding, which doesn’t leave much time for mom and dad to

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Baby Acne

We have all been conditioned to think of acne as a puberty condition, however, your newborn now seems to be covered in tiny bumps! This usually begins around 2 or 3 weeks of age and affect 20 to 40 percent of all newborns – but your little one is not

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Why Hire a Night Nurse aka Newborn Care Specialist?

When you look down at the little bundle in your arms, what do you feel? Inexplainable joy? Probably. Insurmountably overwhelmed? More than likely. The first few weeks at home with a newborn can be stressful, sleep-depriving, and may negatively impact your mental and physical health. You also may still be recovering

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Support & Wisdom of Birth & Postpartum Doulas

The role of a Doula can be compared to a best friend (a knowledgeable one) attending all the phases of pregnancy and postpartum with you. The comfort of a Doula during pregnancy and after your child’s birth provides that experienced support and shared care families used to provide. Most new

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From One New Mom to Another

The best advice I was given about preparing a birth plan was to throw the plan out the window once labour begins. You can’t predict what will happen and feeling stressed when things don’t go exactly how you’d expected is the last thing you need at that time. There are

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Bottle or Breast: Fed Is Best

]For the last 30 or so years, we have all heard that breastfeeding is the best way to ensure your baby is getting all their nutrients and the most out of their feedings. However, what we do not hear in popular media is that there is a good chance that

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