Tips for Dealing with Post Partum

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  Pregnancy is a time filled with hormonal ups and downs, as the body expands, the pregnancy hormones reach a peak towards the end, all pointing to helping the body to deliver a healthy baby. Shortly after birth the pregnancy hormones suddenly crash. This time of post partum may be one that is more of [...]

‎101 Things you didn’t expect/weren’t told would happen during pregnancy

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‎         101 Things You Didn’t Expect/Weren’t Told Would Happen During Pregnancy. Being sick anywhere Loss of bladder control Fainting 24/7 Piles Thrush Random spontaneous leaking boobs. Your bladder shrinking to the size of a pea Hair falling out The hairy belly The amount of needles that get jabbed with Crave the [...]

Moms’ Depression, Impact on Kids

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  Who cares for me? Why nobody understands me? Why do my kids don’t listen to me?  These are some of the nagging questions that a mom feels when she suffers from Depression.   And as the popular saying goes, “When mom is unhappy, everybody is unhappy.” Therefore, it has become vital for all moms [...]

Use of sedation medication to make your baby sleep

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If anyone knows how lack of sleep can make you feel I do. Not only do I have 3 children under 3, I also have a sleep disorder.   I know how draining it can be when you get no sleep. I understand how facing a day on a few hours sleep can be extremely [...]

Why we all need to work at our Facebook group.

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With over 2,000 people on The Real Super mum Face book group, there is bound to be clashes and misunderstanding’s. This is why we all need to work at keeping our, not so little, ‘virtual’ familyand make it a great place to be. All those women in one place, there is going to be lots of [...]

Is it wrong to fall asleep while caring for your child?

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We all know how it feels, your snuggled cosy on the sofa watching your favourite TV programme, your child is sat quite content playing safely on the living room floor with toys, your eye lids feel heavy and begin to close. Is falling asleep while caring for your child a wrong thing to do? I can not think of a time I have ever personally [...]

A mum gives out a warning to others about adding food to bottles.

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** This is an anonymous guest post – I have full permission to post this **   I love being a mum, I have enjoyed every little bit of it. The lack of sleep, being puked on, pooped on and wee wee’d on. Yeah there’s been times I thought to myself when my son was younger cant I [...]

I feel a failure as my toddler will not behave

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  A good friend came to me today for some advice. I was sorry to hear she was upset and more so when I heard the word failure. She felt a failure to her child. She is a single mum who dotes on her very adorable little boy who is two and a half, yet [...]

What happens when we get no sleep?

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We all know what the word sleep means right? We all know how it feels, or for those mums with a child who refuses to sleep it is something they very much crave for.   Why do we sleep? Nobody knows why we sleep. Some believe that sleep allows the body time to rest and [...]