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Settling Down With Your New Baby. Understanding your baby’s reflexes

By Babylove Network | August 2, 2021

As she waits to see her baby for the first time after birth, a new mum should understand her baby’s reflexes and early habits. Newborn reflexes are involuntary movements or actions of an infant in response to different circumstances. How soon a mother can hold her baby in her arms after delivery depends on the…

Susan Kamau – ‘I can’t wait for her to talk to me!’

By Babylove Network | July 10, 2021

She graced Pregnant Issue 8 Cover. Her baby girl, Martha Wambui Muchori (pictured with both her dad and mum on opposite page), was born on 4 August 2007. Martha’s eleven months old now and I can’t spend enough time with her! I find myself zooming from the office straight home at 5p.m. instead of going…

The boy is mine

By Babylove Network | July 30, 2021

*Mary Obilisi had been waiting in the Monday morning down pour for the offices of a human rights NGO to open. *Mark, her husband of 14 years, who had infected her with the HIV virus on the second year of their marriage through marital rape had brutally assaulted her with a knife, destroyed her month’s dosage of ARV…

Stick-in accidents

By Babylove Network | August 3, 2021

When Ashley said, ‘Hi bub. Cad I go play wit Bary?’, the mother immediately knew there was a problem, because she did not have a cold. Checking her up, she saw something white stuck up her nose. No wonder Ashley could not pronounce the ‘M’s and the ‘N’s. End of story is the doctor manoeuvred…

Eczema

By Babylove Network | July 24, 2021

Eczema is a recurrent dry and scaly, itchy skin rash found mainly in infants and toddlers. For infants, the rash is found usually on the cheek but it can appear on the limbs, the trunk and around the joints. For older children the rash is seen mainly in the elbow joints, and behind the knees.…

BANANA CAKE

By Babylove Network | July 22, 2021

One great way to enrich a cake is to add over-ripe bananas to it. It adds zest to your cake, not to mention nutrients for the kids. Bananas are a good source of potassium, fibre and help maintain sugar levels in the body. A banana cake makes a good accompaniment for breakfast or afternoon snack. One can also use ripe bananas to bake a…

Say Aah…Baby’s oral hygiene

By Babylove Network | August 3, 2021

The baby’s mouth hardly calls for our attention until we spot something out of the ordinary in it. Dr. Livingstone Wanyama, a dentist at Aga Khan University Hospital, told Rebecca Njoki that should not be the case. He went ahead and answered common oral/dental questions that stream into Baby Love. When exactly should the oral…

Sleeping problems?- here’s a cure

By Babylove Network | July 30, 2021

Children can be grumpy sometimes. As a new mother, this can easily drive you insane and sink you into depression because unlike an adult, your baby is not able to explain to you what is irritating them. This brings to mind Amanda Nyarongi, an adopted mother to baby James. When she took James from a…

The substitute – baby formula

By Babylove Network | August 1, 2021

Why didn’t anyone ever tell me?’ is a constant thought for new parents who rightfully feel overwhelmed by the newness of everything and the responsibility of feeding their new baby. The reason why no-one will tell you what daily life with a newborn is like is probably because they wouldn’t be able to give you…

Baby’s first teeth

By Babylove Network | July 23, 2021

Do’s and don’ts  Physician and philosopher Hippocrates of Cos said teething infants, especially the first tooth, experience symptoms like fever, diarrhoea and itching of gums. All the way through the end of the 19th Century, teething was considered the number one cause of death of infants. This was treated through leeches, mercury-based powders and pricking of the gum. Apparently, the deaths…