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Climb it! Photo competition with Smart-Trike and TP Toys
winning 3 in 1 Zoo tricycle from Smart-Trike and new TP Toys Toymonster Monkey Bar.
Competition ends 31st May 2012Groups
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Win a copy of Babies in Waiting
Win a copy of BABIES IN WAITING Rosie Fiore’s funny and heartwarming novel about three mothers-to-be in very different circumstances. (Quercus, £6.99). Louise, 38, Toni, 26, and Gemma, 18 are all expecting babies in September. And they are all discovering that impending motherhood is more than a little overwhelming. Looking for advice on an online…
Posted in Competitions, Competitions for parents
Tagged April2012, Babies, baby book, books, competitions, Competitions for grown ups, Reading
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Win Mini Pots of Goodness from HiPP Organic
We have teamed up with the lovely people at HiPP Organic to offer 15 lucky winners the chance to win a hamper, bursting with weaning goodies including the brand new Mini Pots with a little bit of yogurt. Made from the finest organic fruits, picked at the peak of ripeness and blended with a ‘little…
Composition of human milk changes during breastfeeding
Pioneering researchers will introduce Europeans to new insights into breastfeeding and lactation at a conference in Basel, Switzerland, on 7 October. A team led by the University of Western Australia’s Peter Hartmann, widely recognised as the pre-eminent breastfeeding researcher active today, will present a number of innovative results. Professor Hartmann’s team recently caused a sensation…
Posted in Breastfeeding
Tagged Babies, Breast milk, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding difficulties, Breastfeeding support, human milk, medela, milk
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Vitamin supplements for babies
Most babies under six months don’t need any vitamin supplements as they get all the nutrients they need from breast or formula milk. After six months, the current advice is for a breastfed baby who is having breastmilk as the main drink to have Vitamin A and D supplements. Bottle fed babies on less than 600ml of formula…
Posted in Baby Health, Diet and nutrition during pregnancy
Tagged Babies, Health visitor, supplements, toddlers, Vitamin, vitamin A, Vitamin D
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Premature Babies in TB Scare
More than 130 babies are being given preventative antibiotics against tuberculosis after a junior doctor who treated them was diagnosed with the infectious disease. The Leicester Royal Infirmary, where the doctor worked, has recalled 134 babies seen by her at the unit between February 2 and March 24. Special clinics have now been set up…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, News
Tagged Antibiotic, Babies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, Bacterial diseases, consultant, David Sissling, Hayley Harvey, infection, Infectious diseases, Layton, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Philip Monk, Pulmonology, TB, the Leicester Mercury, tuberculosis, Vaccination
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Reading from 12 to 18 months
The benefits Between 12 and 18 months your child will accrue new words slowly – perhaps four to six a month. She may continue to use these new words regularly, or drop them as she moves on to new ones. It’s important to make reading an enjoyable time. As she sits on your lap to…
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Tagged Babies, Bath, Bob Filipowich, Chris Riddell, Clare Beaton, Clare Walters, David McKee, Debbie Harter, Fiona Watt, Illustration, Illustrators, Jacqueline McQuade, Jane Hissey, Jane Kemp, Jo Moore, Joan Hickson, John Burningham, John Cunliffe, John Lee, John Wallace, Karen Ludlow, Kay Widdowson, Lara Jones, Laura Dollin, Miffy, Paul Stewart, Phyllis Root, Sally Hunter, Sam Williams, Shaynie Morris, Shirley Hughes, Stella Blackstone, Visual arts
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Books for baby: archive
0 to 6 months: A Bear With A Pear, illustrated by Nick Sharratt As Big As A Pig, by Ailie Busby Baby’s Play And Learn Pack, by Miriam Stoppard Bear’s Busy Family, by Stella Blackstone, illustrated by Debbie Harter Big Band, by Barbara Nascimbeni Big Dinosaurs, illustrated by Katherine Redfern Buzzy Little Bee, by Ellen…
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Tagged Alix Wood, Babies, Barbara Nascimbeni, Bath, Bob Filipowich, Charles Fuge, Chris Riddell, Christmas, Christopher Timothy, Claire Chrystall, Clare Beaton, Clare Walters, Colin McNaughton, David McKee, Debbie Harter, Debbie Mackinnon, Diana Kimpton, Ellen Weiss, Fiona Watt, Fisher Price, Fisher-Price Inc, Francesca Simon, Gus Clarke, Helen Stephens, Ian Beck, Illustrators, Isobel Gamble, Jacqueline McQuade, Jan Ormerod, Jane Cabrera, Jane Hissey, Jane Kemp, Jeanne Willis, Jenny Fry, Jo Moore, Joan Hickson, John Burningham, John Cunliffe, John Lee, John Prater, John Wallace, Jonathan Emmett, Karen Ludlow, Katherine Redfern, Kay Widdowson, Ken Wilson-Max, Keren Ludlow, Kim Deegan, Lara Jones, Laura Dollin, Literature, Lydia Monks, Maggie Moore, Margaret Wild, Mary Murphy, Matthew Price, Michael Foreman, Miffy, Miriam Stoppard, Monica Stevenson, Nick Sharratt, Pamella Allen, Pat Posner, Paul Stewart, Phyllis Root, Princess, Rachel Wells, Raymond Briggs, Robin Davies, Rod Lewis, Ron Brooks, Ruth Brown, Sally Hunter, Sam Williams, Satoshi Kitamura, Shaynie Morris, Shirley Hughes, Spy, Stella Blackstone, Stephanie Sloan, Stephen Tucker, Susan Cony, Suzy-Jane Tanner, Tim Warnes, Tony Ross, Visual arts
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Cost of the cuts to families
As further fears of a double dip recession which would place increasing pressure on the family purse, as figures emerged that the economy shrank at the end of last year. New and expectant parents are already starting to feel the bite from the Government cuts, and NCT, the UK’s largest parenting charity, is worried about how those who rely…
Posted in Money matters
Tagged Babies, baby products, Bumps, Child benefit, Child Trust Fund, food, National Childbirth Trust, NCT, Nottingham, on government
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Baby books: 12 – 18 months
Baby books: 12 – 18 months Humphrey’s Corner Snow Babies, Big Babies, Small Babies and Farm Babies Humphrey’s Corner, by Sally Hunter Humphrey is an elephant whose Mummy is getting on with her jobs while he tries to find a place that’s perfect for playing in. First Humphrey takes his favourite toy, Mop, into the…
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Tagged Babies, David Bennett, Humphrey, Humphrey's Corner, Jacqueline McQuade, Mummy, Sally Hunter
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Keep children safe
30 May 2000 HEALTH visitors are being briefed to help parents make their homes more child-friendly after a new campaign highlighted that accidents are the most common cause of death in children aged over one year. At least 500 children die each year (just under 10 each week) and around 2.4 million are taken to Accident and Emergency…
