Iron in Pregnancy – Are You Getting Enough?

We hear a lot about the importance of iron, particularly during pregnancy, for healthy growth, development and energy. Iron is key to the development of DNA for growth as well as supporting energy production. Iron helps to transport oxygen around our body into cells where it’s needed to carry out vital functions. It also helps carry the waste product, carbon dioxide, back to the lungs for excretion.

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10 Tips to Help Nourish Nappy Rash

Nappy rash is most often a result of when a baby's skin is contact with a wet or dirty nappy for too long. Though the definition of ‘too long' can vary a lot from one baby to other and the sensitivity of their skin can be a factor, whether the baby is well or unwell may also need to be taken in into consideration.
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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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