Growth and Development of Your Baby’s Brain

Recent advance in brain research has provided great insight into how the brain, the most immature of all organs at birth, continues to grow and develop after birth. Up until the 1990s, it was thought that development was an unfolding of a predetermined genetic map

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Newborn Sleep: What Influences Night Time Sleep in Babies?

“Catch up on your sleep now”… How many times have we heard these words uttered to expecting parents? Nothing prepares parents for the hours of sleep deprivation that accompanies the joy of a newborn child. And of course catching up on sleep is hardly an option for expectant parents. 
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How to Raise Chemical Free Kids

After reading a great book called “Chemical Free Kids” by Allan Magaziner, Linda Bonvie and Anthony Zolezzi, I came to learn how many toxins and chemicals are in our food and the subsequent negative impact on our children as a result of being exposed to them.
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Tackling Eczema in Babies and Children

Tackling eczema can often be a frustrating and upsetting thing for both parent and child, particularly when you don’t know the exact source and don’t have that magic wand you desperately want to ‘disappear’ their discomfort.
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