HAVE you ever arrived at home from work eager to feed your baby, only to be met by a fierce and blatant rebuff? No matter the pleading or coercion, your baby says and acts a strict ‘No!’ Many career mothers eager to enhance their bonding with their new babies find this kind of incident disheartening.…

I am at that age when most of my peers are having their first baby. When the weekend comes and goes, the one thing that I can aptly account for is a visit to see these bundles of joy. I keep a catalog that I religiously cancel out who I have visited and plan for…

BabyLove’s last issue had it that breastfeeding is very important. It helps in mother—baby bonding, it is always available, sterile and always at the correct temperature. It is easy to digest, provides wholesome nutrition, provides the baby with much needed immunity, keeps allergies at bay allergies and helps mum to lose weight among others. This…

Although ear infection is common in children, some parents panic when their children are diagnosed with the problem. Ear infection normally occurs when the tube connecting the middle ear and the nose does not effectively drain extra fluid from the middle ear; sometimes due to a swelling in the nose. This causes pain, fever and…

Research shows that the hormones passed on from the mother to the baby at the end of her pregnancy over-stimulate the baby’s oil-producing glands resulting in ‘cradle cap’. The condition is characterized by a dry, flaky, scalp or a thick, yellow and scaly scalp. The scales may appear cracked or even greasy. While the condition…

You are probably wondering where the time went. It seems just like yesterday when you brought your baby back from hospital. Baby slept, fed and slept again, depending on you 100 per cent. A year down the road and baby is a human being, certainly not independent, but can do quite a few things or…

The knowledge and ability to save aggressively gets us closer to our goals. You need to have goals, so that you know why you are saving and be motivated to do it. Many humans have an innate need to have a family that includes children. These little ones are a joy to have, hold and…

At six months, your baby is active and sociable in many ways. He literally gives you a lot of work to do anytime he is awake because he is learning to eat, talk, sit and move around. Since your baby’s social antennae is up at this stage, he starts to build his social capital by…

A bruise occurs when tiny blood vessels are damaged or broken as a result of a bang on the skin. Blood leaks into the skin causing colour change on the bruised area to reddish, which is easily visible, especially for lighter skin. It then changes to purplish (blue-black), and eventually to dark brown as the bruised…