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Fun and learning this half term!

Half term holidays can prove a challenge for parents and children alike. Whilst the kids are looking forward to having a week off, parents can be left bewildered trying to keep them entertained, whilst keeping their brains active and prepared for the new term. So Explore Learning, who run engaging extra-curricular educational activities all year…

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Omega-3 supplements for pregnant women

Omega-3 supplments have shown shown some amazing results for pregnant women and their babies chances of being affected by eczema ad egg allergies. The largest ever clinical study to provide omega-3 supplements to pregnant women, published in the British Medical Journal has demonstrated remarkable effects with respect to eczema and allergy in their babies including…

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How does your baby grow?

Worried about your baby’s weight or height gain? Read our ABC to your baby’s growth in her first few years… The ABC to your baby’s growth After sizing up each other’s bumps in pregnancy, it’s the earliest way we parents compare our children – by their weight and height! But, although your baby’s weight and…

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When is my baby ready to…? Part 2

As babies still don’t come with instructions parents naturally have zillions of questions born out of curiousity or concern. At babyworld we know exactly how you feel. In the second part of a new series we aim to answer your top questions about babies and make parenting that little bit easier for you! …stop sucking his thumb/dummy? Professor L.…

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When is my baby ready to…? Part 3

As babies still don’t come with instructions parents naturally have zillions of questions born out of curiousity or concern. At babyworld we know exactly how you feel. In the third part of our series we aim to answer even more of your questions about babies and make parenting that little bit easier for you! …swim in the sea?…

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When is my baby ready to…? Part 1

As babies still don’t come with instructions parents naturally have zillions of questions born out of curiousity or concern. At we know exactly how you feel. Here we aim to answer your top questions about babies and make parenting that little bit easier for you! …have his first injections? Your baby will be given his first vaccinations…

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How your baby’s brain develops

Nancy Slessenger, a brain expert, explains how your baby’s brain continually grows and develops throughout pregnancy and explains why diet and the lifestyle choices that you make can have such an impact upon your unborn child. The anticipation that a pregnant woman experiences whilst awaiting the birth of her child can be excruciating: counting down the weeks, estimating…

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Your baby 1-3 months

Your baby will begin to be awake for longer periods and will take more interest in his surroundings. He will smile in response to your smiles. By now he will know you well and will complain if you put him down when he wants to play. What your baby can do He is beginning to uncurl.…

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Your baby 6-9 months

Between six and nine months most babies are able to sit up unsupported and amuse themselves for longer. They will also show more interest in what’s going on around them; smiling, babbling and playing with other adults and children. What your baby can do Many babies are able to sit without support, although for the…

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Colour affects on your baby

Your baby’s world of colour

We all have our favourite colours, and babies are no exception. We take a look at how colour can have a positive, and negative, effect on our children and how to harmonise their feelings. (It might help them sleep better too!) How colour affects us Psychologically, colours can have an amazing effect on each and every one of us.…

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