On a father’s note

By Babylove Network | June 26, 2021

I was out of the country when my brother sent me a message about my dad’s illness. His message spelt doom for me. I shared the news of my dad’s illness with my host family and they rallied around me and prayed for a man they had never met it was a favour that genuinely…

Wake up, sir!

By Babylove Network | June 23, 2021

Should a man wake up to change baby? You can’t beat around the bush about a crying baby in the night. Simply put, someone has to wake up. Dad, are you willing? Sandra Mulluka explores this topic. A friend of mine recently had a baby and when I went to see her, she was all…

The rainbow of benefits of omega 3

By Babylove Network | June 23, 2021

The ancient Romans and Old wives tales had it that fish was good for the brain long before anyone took this seriously. Then the eighties brought with it new discoveries about the health benefits of fish oil. Scientists by then had noted that despite Eskimos living on a regular diet of seal blubber so high…

To a wonderful father

By Babylove Network | June 23, 2021

I know it may seem weird coming from me as your wife but with Father’s Day in the horizon. I thought to write you a letter. Being the father of our child, and having another on the way. there is no better way for me to express my pride in you in having managed to…

First Word 40

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

Gentlemen can do better! ‘This business of you just filling your stomachs and leaving (the dining room) as if nothing has happened has to stop!’ our high school headmaster would warn us. He had been irked by our tendency of leaving plates on tables after meals for the cooks to clean. Considering that we were…

First word 7

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

Hi A reader recently enquired whether having sex while pregnant, can stimulate a miscarriage. There seems to be a lot of uncertainty among couples on the place of sex in their relationship, once pregnancy is confirmed. For some, the thought of having sex while pregnant is repulsive: for others it is scary, while some say…

Who will nurse me after delivery? Part 2

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

Immediately after delivery, most women are not in a position to take care of themselves. At such a time women need a lot of assistance and support. The only person who can adequately help in such a situation is the husband. Men share their take on this issue with Roseline Atieno Adjusting after you have…

I want a baby boy okay?!

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

By Emma Odaba I was on a mission in Kakamega en-route from Kisumu to gauge how readers were receiving Pregnant. I was in upbeat mode after my travel through Nakuru, Eldoret and Kisumu indicated that the magazine was doing very well and was poised to change the landscape for pregnant women in East Africa. The…

Broke Mums

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

How To Handle Cash-Angry Dads ‘I am tired of begging for money from my husband!’ Sounds familiar? This is one of the greatest headaches a stay-at-home- mum faces. What starts during courtship as a sweet honeymoon of monetary showers degenerates into a marriage of co-existence where an unemployed woman might end up swimming through financial…

Rejected and alone

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

Rejected and alone Note: Real names have been withheld. I was a form two student when I became pregnant. I had a boyfriend, Mwangonji, who was a few years older than me and had already finished high school. He was my first love, and the only love I would ever know in my life. My…

 


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