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Mindfulness Is Not Just For Hippies

All parents have heard the advice “You need to look after yourself” albeit well meaning. The problem we face is when.  And how. Time is short.  The kids want you.  The kids NEED you.  You have chores.  You have work.  UGH. One relatively easy and quick way to ease your stress and increase your wellbeing…
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Tantrums Are The Worst

Children are great at making us feel useless and embarrassed; with their timely public tantrums. I’ve found the most helpful thing to remember with a tantrum, particularly in public is that (a) the majority of your “audience” have had their kids do the same thing (thereby feeling your pain) and (b) if they are judging…
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A Happy Mum Can Make A Happy Baby

A happy baby begins development of their brain, senses and their individual identity from the moment they are conceived.  A baby’s brain develops significantly at 20 weeks gestation and continues developing rapidly for many years after birth.  In the womb, a baby is susceptible to not only the sounds and sensory they are exposed to…
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Stress Effects Babies

We all hear a lot about “not to stress” in pregnancy – but who can help it?  Finances, relationships, careers  and hormones among a million other things cause anxiety during pregnancy.  This stress effects your baby. In the short term, low level stress has very little effect on your developing baby.  It is the long…
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