My first child was a girl, and I was a girl when I had her at 18, truth be told. Having a girl child made being a young mum feel pretty effortless. I naively deduced that because she was the same gender as me, she would be a lot like me*. I expected it all to go great. I was positive from […]
Every birth is wondrous – what our bodies are capable of is truly mind-blowing. And then there are women who labour against incredible odds, that leave us in complete, jaw-dropping awe. These are some of the most breathtaking vaginal breech birth photos we’ve ever seen, proving that each birth is a miracle.
Benji, Rocco, Trixie and Coco – they sound like occupants of a kennel but these names are all rising in popularity and coming to a kindergarten near you.
Want to know a secret? Picking up a baby will usually make him stop crying. He’ll probably even fall asleep. When the white noise machine quits working, the jiggly chair fails and your lips start to cramp from saying “Shhh”, carrying your baby is the magical cure for almost all the reasons they’re crying. Of […]