I was 8 months pregnant with our 1st child. We bought a bottle steriliser and some powdered baby formula (along with everything else that we did and didn’t need!) It looked complicated, and we didn’t want to get it wrong when the baby came along.

We only bought the formula in the scenario that breast feeding didn’t work out. This was the case in the end, it just didn’t work out for me and the baby. So I am glad we had some formula in stock.  Read more »

A new study reveals that women who take Vitamin D when pregnant can cut  the risk of premature birth.

The dramatic findings suggest that “mothers who were given ten times the usual dose of Vitamin D during pregnancy had their risk of premature birth reduced by half and had fewer small babies… No test showed any adverse effect of the large dose of vitamin D.” *

This is great news. If a simple vitamin can help boost the health of babies and prevent premature birth, surely every woman should be encouraged to take it.    Read more »

What do you give your baby when they are getting too old for baby rice?

As with many mothers, I gave my baby pureed vegetables as his 1st foods. He loved carrot, broccoli, suede, cauliflower, broad beans (taking the skins off before pureeing them was fun!). He wasn’t so keen on peas. Read more »

It can be scary giving your baby food for the first time. Even the words ‘weaning a baby’ – what does it mean? Are they ready? What should they eat? Lots of questions run through your head. Baby rice mixed up with breast or formula milk provides the first meals. I thought baby rice would look like ordinary rice or tapioca, but no, it looked like creamy slop, and totally unappetizing.  Read more »