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On our BabyWombWorld blog we have partnered with industry experts to provide articles and tips on a wide variety of topics. Whether you are pregnant and drowning in the constant stream of new information flowing from all directions, or a parent already who is wishing that your kids came with manuals, our team can assist. Enjoy the browse and feel free to send us any feedback and suggestions – we would love to hear from you!
Mothers who choose to breastfeed their babies face various challenges. Amongst the biggest of these are all the different beliefs that people have around breastfeeding. These “breastfeeding myths” are offered as advice, even sometimes by healthcare professionals, and are often the reason moms stop breastfeeding. Sadly a lot of it is simply not true. Sometimes […]
A screening test is a test that aims to detect any potential health problems or diseases in someone who doesn’t have any signs or symptoms of the disease. Many diseases can be treated much more effectively if they are diagnosed early on. When your baby is born, a full physical check will be done by a […]
Being overweight is hard – you can ask any grown-up who battles to lose weight. It is not something that a young child should have to experience. And yet obesity in children and adolescents has become a worldwide epidemic. According to the 2019 Child Gauge Report, a shocking 13.3% of South African children below the […]
For many women (not all of you), falling pregnant and having a baby finally puts you smack-bang in the middle of a journey that you have dreamed about since you were a little girl playing with your doll. You have read about it and prepared for it. Whether the reality is a euphoric and easy […]
For some reason, when you are pregnant or have a new baby, people feel the need to give some parenting advice. Everyone from friends and family, to complete strangers in the mall are ready to give an opinion or to tell you how you should actually be doing it (as they did it and it […]
If your baby was just born, 6 weeks may still seem very far away. The following 6 weeks (or 40 days, which somehow sounds better) will simultaneously be extremely challenging and beautifully rewarding. Here’s are some tips to help you survive. You need to recover from the birth, establish breastfeeding, and settle down with this […]
With the lockdown and social isolation in place, many parents are reporting healthier babies and toddlers this winter. This is because they are not exposed to the usual winter germs in a crèche or preschool. But even without exposure at school, few will pass the winter without any sniffles and coughing. Is children’s cough something […]
Immunisation is one of the topics new parents worry about most. One of the concerns that you may have is how to choose which vaccines to give to your baby, especially as you may have heard about private and government vaccines and perhaps also the private versus government immunisation programme debate. When the private vs […]
Your baby monitor will definitely become one of your parenting essentials. Or at least it will if you bought a good quality one that fulfills your specific needs. If you didn’t, your monitor has the potential to become one of your biggest sources of frustration. As with most other technological tools, the variety of baby […]
I will often get asked whether I am for or against sleep training (working in the baby and sleep industry this seems to come up quite often). And once again my answer was, as always, I am not for sleep training, I am for sleep. But this time it got me thinking. Is parenting that […]
