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No-Bake Moringa Energy Balls
Breastfeeding hunger can arrive suddenly. You may have just settled your baby, finally sat down and realised that the last proper meal you ate was several hours ago. The kitchen feels far away, your tea has gone cold again, and you need something you can pick up with one hand. That is where a prepared…
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100 Foods to Introduce in the First Year
Here’s what nobody warns you about starting solids. It’s not the gagging. It’s not the mess. It’s not even the googling at midnight to find out if babies can eat mango. It’s the moment you run out of ideas. You’ve done sweet potato. Banana was a hit. Dhal went down well, which, honestly, you could…
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Potato, Carrot and Fish Bites for Babies and Toddlers
There comes a stage when feeding your baby starts to feel less like preparing meals and more like solving a new puzzle every day. You want to offer fish because it provides protein and useful nutrients. You want to include vegetables. You also need the food to be soft enough, easy to hold and appealing…
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Baby’s First Smash Cake: A Simple No-Added-Sugar Cake for a First Birthday
Your baby’s first birthday has probably felt very far away until now. Then suddenly, you are choosing a little outfit, looking at balloons, saving cake ideas on Pinterest and wondering how twelve whole months managed to pass so quickly. A first birthday is not only a celebration of your baby. It is also a quiet…
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How to Build a Gentle Baby Sleep Routine (Without Sleep Training)
You have probably received at least three completely contradictory pieces of advice about your baby’s sleep since your baby was born. Let them cry. Never let them cry. Baby should be sleeping through the night by now. Sleeping through at this age is not developmentally realistic. Put your baby down awake. Feed your baby to…
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Easy Pan-Cooked Banana Oat Bites
Some days call for a snack that is quick, warm and made from ingredients already sitting in the kitchen. These banana oat bites came together with just two main ingredients: ripe bananas and oats. The banana slices soften as they cook, while the oats cling to the outside and naturally bring each piece together into…
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Folate-Rich Lentil, Spinach and Pumpkin Curry for Preconception Nutrition
When you begin trying to conceive, it can suddenly feel as though every meal needs to be perfect. You may find yourself questioning the rice you usually eat, the curry you have cooked for years or the dhal that has always been part of your family table. But preparing your body nutritionally does not require…
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Gagging vs Choking in Babies: What Every Mauritius Parent Needs to Know
The first time my daughter gagged on food, I moved so fast I knocked the bowl off the highchair tray. She was seven and a half months old. I had given her a small piece of very ripe papaya, soft, impossibly soft, the kind of soft that seemed like it could not possibly cause any…
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Baby’s First Red Lentils Purée: Iron-Rich First Food for Mauritius Babies
The first time I gave my daughter something other than milk, I stood at the kitchen counter for a solid five minutes trying to decide what it should be. I had read about baby rice. I had seen sweet potato everywhere on Instagram. And then I looked at my own pantry, at the bag of…
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Moringa and Breastfeeding: What Brèdes Mouroum Actually Does for Your Milk Supply
Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp Somewhere in the first week after your baby was born, someone told you to drink moringa. Maybe it was your mother, who drank it after every birth and insists it is the reason she breastfed without difficulty. Maybe it was a neighbour who dropped off a bag of powder at the clinic.…