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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.…
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3 Weeks Pregnant: Fertilisation, Implantation, and the Wait
Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp This is the week where you might be pregnant and have absolutely no way of knowing it yet. If you are trying to conceive, week three is its own particular kind of difficult, quieter than the disappointment of a negative test, less dramatic than the hope of a positive one, but in…
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The Best TTC Decision We Made Before Getting Pregnant: Why We Saw Our Gynaecologist Before We Even Started Trying
Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp When my husband and I decided we were ready to try for a baby, our plan was about as simple and as common as plans get. Stop the contraception. See what happens. That was the entire strategy. Looking back now, I find it a little funny how unprepared we were for something…
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24 Weeks Pregnant: Your Baby, Viability, and the Halfway Feeling
Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp There is a word that comes up at 24 weeks that does not come up at any other point in the pregnancy with quite the same weight. Viability. Most pregnancy apps mention it matter-of-factly, almost in passing “congratulations, your baby is now considered viable” and then move on to the fruit comparison…