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10 professional photo tips for perfect holiday snaps
by Stacie Lewis posted in Life & Home Here is a typical photo of my kids in our annual "hold them down and force them to smile at the same time" holiday photoshoot. I'm a failure at good shots, but...
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15 unmissable baby stories from 2015
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories From saints to miracles, BabyCentre covered parenting news of biblical proportions this year. The baby name stories alone could have had their own crazy round-up...
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13 baby milestones you won't want to miss
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories As parents, we can get obsessed with baby milestones. Smiling, talking and sitting up - just to name a few - harness our attention and seem to mark our child's...
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Move over Mama! Video shows your internal organs when pregnant
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories You know that uncomfortable feeling during pregnancy? The one where you shift around constantly, try out new chairs, additional pillows, pacing, stretching and...
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10 early signs of labour
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories What's the biggest sign of labour? Pain, right? Pain, pain - ouch - pain. Actually, and this is especially for you first-timers, the early signs of labour are not...
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'Hurrah for Gin' and 14 other parenting truths
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Think back. Before that tantrum last night. Before the projectile vomit hit the wall. Before you drank cold tea all the time. Before your breasts swelled. Before...
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New Lego toy has parents cheering
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Last week, Lego unveiled its latest figure, something that has never appeared in a Lego set before: a boy with a disability. The figure of a boy in a wheelchair...
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Doctors tried to stop me having an elective caesarean
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories For my second pregnancy, I requested a caesarean section from the start. I'll explain my reasons in a moment, but I want to be clear: I don't think I needed a...
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Nappy battles: What do you use?
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories My love affair with my nappy brand started before my daughter was born, when I asked my best friend what she used and she told me. That was it. I knew nothing...
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10 secrets of parenthood you will love
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Feeling nervous about having a baby? Not sure what life will be like? Or, if you will ever have any fun again? Or, ever drink a full cup of hot tea? Come a bit...
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Has Jamie Oliver made a bit of a boob?
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Congratulations to Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, who announced their fifth baby is on the way in the same week that he said this on LBC radio: "Probably the...
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35 uses for baby wipes other than baby bottoms
by Stacie Lewis posted in Life & Home My children are six and four, but I will never, ever stop using baby wipes. To call them an "every day essential" is an understatement. I pity adults who don't...
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Don't believe this statistic about fathers
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Earlier this week, grim headlines flashed across the media: Tiny proportion of men are opting for shared parental leave (The Guardian), Just 1% of men take...
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by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories One year ago, i-Size became part of child car seat safety law. Yet, 12 months later and over half of all parents are completely unaware of its guidelines to keep...
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Boy or a girl? Video reveals how sex develops in womb
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Are you having a boy or a girl? After discovering you are pregnant, that is surely the next most exciting reveal. For our first baby, we found out as soon as we...
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Is Janet Jackson leading the older mum trend?
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Recently, Janet Jackson announced her pregnancy two weeks shy of her 50th birthday. Alec Balwin's wife Hilaria is pregnant - he is 57. But Tim Rice, the musical...
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A mum's story: 4 stillbirths and then a rainbow baby
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Despite Josie's first two pregnancies involving hyperemesis gravidarum (severe morning sickness) and one 72-hour labour of "unmedicated hell", she was determined...
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What I've learnt after having a disabled baby
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Before my daughter May was born, I had no intimate understanding of disability. I thought I knew all kinds of things, most of them awful, but truly I knew nothing....
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Pregnant bride shares photos: "My first baby but 8th pregnancy"
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories When Emma Johnston was diagnosed with early onset menopause, she was told if she wanted a baby to try for one straight away. She and her boyfriend, Ross -- now...
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What pregnant Olivia Wilde craves more than Hollywood glamour
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories I'm slightly envious of Olivia Wilde's baby. She took her along to a Hollywood party, in a designer dress especially made for her, specifically to hear Beyoncé who...
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How to swaddle your baby and save your sanity
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Woe is me, sleep or lack of sleep is the great lunacy creator of new parenthood. Babies have such little tummies and they need to eat, oh so often, throughout the...
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Prepare to be jealous...baby boxes have arrived in the UK
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Oh, to be born in Finland. Finland, the land of free day care for all children under 7 years old. Finland, where parents are entitled to work shorter hours from...
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Am I the only one who didn't know this about nappies?
by Stacie Lewis posted in Mum Stories Bless my daughter. She wore nappies a long time, all the way up to Size 6. And then, of course, when we reached the limit of Size 6 we moved on to Size 6+, just as...
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