Pumping and Storing Breast Milk
It is a known fact around the world that breast milk is the best food for your newborn baby. It contains the right balance of nutrients and it contributes in the improvement of your baby’s immune system. I am sure…
Little Steps: Taking Care of My Baby’s Feet
Babies are born with only 22 bones in each foot, but the numbers of bones increase to 26 by the time they are five years old. The first few years of your baby’s life are crucial as the bones in…
Ditching the Diapers
In the first two years or so from the time your baby is born, of course it is easy to replace dirty diapers with new ones; but for sure you also feel the pinch of having to buy packs and…
Foods to Avoid During Pregnancy
Every expectant mother wants what is best for their unborn baby, which is why you start practicing a healthy diet the minute you find out you are pregnant; you start adding slices of fruit to your fortified breakfast cereal, top…
Have Yourself an Easy Labor
If you are expecting your first baby, it is only natural for you to be having all sorts of questions running through your head; how bad is it going to hurt? What if I spend hours in labour? What if…
Ask Our Experts: Diets and Pregnancies
Do diets affect the chances of getting pregnant? Are there foods that would boost fertility? What should I eat and don’t eat when I am trying to conceive? Globally, infertility is getting more common for various environmental and lifestyle reasons.…
Ask Our Experts: Crying Baby
My newborn keeps crying all through the night, resulting in my partner and I not getting any sleep at all. What can we do to get our baby to sleep throughout the night? All babies cry and some babies do…
Ask Our Experts: Food and Pregnancy
I’m in my second trimester and I’m still feeling sick all the time, resulting in me not eating much. This worries me as I feel that my baby is not getting proper nutrition. What should I do? The ‘pregnancy sickness…
Dealing with my Colicky Baby
Dinner parties and family barbeques are a huge problem! Some may call it paranoia, but the only question you feel family and friends silently asking you is “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR BABY?” Well, welcome to the life of having…
Green Lungs: A Parent’s Perspective
Balik kampung is one phrase that instantly reminds me of late Sudirman, a singer and songwriter. The lyrics would start playing in my mind and it is always hard to resist from singing it out loud. But that’s about all…
