Jan
30

Pregnancy!

by Jen...

I haven’t announced this on the blog yet, however I am super excited to tell you all we are expecting baby number two! So far I am almost 13 weeks along. I would love to share my pregnancy journey with you all and will be doing regular updates about my progress. As most of you [...]

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Aug
04

Wonderful Group Of Women

by Jen...

This post is dedicated to our fabulous group of Facebook fans! Yesterday I posted a link to an article about Giselle Bundchen suggesting their should be a worldwide law that women should be forced to breastfeed for the first 6 months. Read the article – CLICK HERE Everyone knows my struggle with breastfeeding and how [...]

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Jun
29

Breastfeeding …. The whole truth

by Jen...

Hands up who found breastfeeding easy? ….. *crickets chirp* …. yep that’s what I figured, I am sure most of you had one problem or another – mastitis, cracked blistered nipples, thrush, over supply, under supply and the list goes on! Me …. I could tick every box (except over supply). Breastfeeding is not easy, [...]

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Jun
23

Photographing Your Child …. What are the rules?

by Jen...

A few weeks ago we were at our “Mum and Baby Class”. There is one Mother in the class who always comes with her partner and she is always taking photos! Now I don’t mean happy snaps, I mean full digital SLR and is constantly setting her son up for the perfect photo moment! This [...]

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Apr
29

International Resuable Nappy Week: Mielie Moo Designs

by Jen...

I think I have found the most adorable cloth nappy designs on the planet!! With so many cloth nappies on the mark it’s so hard to find designs for boys! So many brands have amazingly beautiful designs for girls and little boys are left with plain colours or spots! But I was surprised to find [...]

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Apr
28

International Reusable Nappy Week: Itti Bitti

by Jen...

We have featured Itti Bitti on Beyond The Baby in the past and I love singing their praises! Click Here to see our previous product review for Itti Bitti. Itti Bitti are one of the slimmest nappies on the market, they offer a great range of patterns and styles to suit every need and desire! [...]

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Apr
26

International Reusable Nappy Week!

by Jen...

This week is the International Reusable Nappy Week! From April 26th to 2nd May we are going to celebrate everything to do with cloth nappies! This fits in perfectly with our Eco Month We added a few awesome articles last week to Beyond The Baby that will beginners out there master the daunting world of [...]

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Jan
19

For the love of Mum

by Jen...

Since becoming a Mum I get really emotional seeing other Mum’s with their children especially Mum’s with their boys. Watching tv commercials or reality tv I almost always end up in tears if there is a sweet moment between a Mum and her son. I must admit the tears are worse now since I realised [...]

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Jan
07

Stemcell Storage

by Jen...

I guess one of the most common questions among mummy groups is “what did you do with your baby bonus?”. I actually love answering this question as I am so proud of the decision we made. From the very start we told ourselves that the baby bonus was not ours, we wanted it to 100% [...]

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Dec
15

Travelling with a baby

by Jen...

Many lessons were learned on our recent trip to the USA and Canada. We have done a lot of travelling on our own pre-baby and are very relaxed and confident. All of that went out the door the moment we arrived at the airport! I never understood people who refused to travel with children. Our [...]

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