FirstBorn-UK

http://www.4little1s.com the online nursery furniture, baby bedding and baby gifts website performed some research to find out about the various Old Wives' Tales that people pass on when they are pregnant to try and find out the sex of the baby.

Speed of the Heartbeat
A tale from the past advises that dependant on the speed of babies heart rate tells you the sex of the baby. If is sounds like a train its a boy and if it sounds like horses its a girl.

In Front of you Or All Around? read more »

I thought I'd better update my blog as my little boy is now 3 months old! He's absolutely gorgeous and sleeping through the night now which is brilliant. read more »

I just wanted to share my excitement with you. James signed his very first signs (”I’m thirsty” and “I’m hungry”). I was about to lose hope and give up teaching him but last night as I was changing his nappy and getting him ready for bed he signed “I’m thirsty”. I’ve been signing away with Bamba for 3 weeks but now it looks like we’ve cracked it.

Baby Not Included have just done an independent review of bamba's first comforts:

"I volunteered my youngest son who will be 6 months in a weeks time. I have to admit to being a baby signing novice but thought it could be a good excuse to spend some one-2-one with my baby.

Well woweeeee....

Unwrapped the parcel to find the most gorgeous sturdy box. Inside there is Bamba an adorable cuddly monkey who rattles and has a scrunchy bottom. But he is not alone .....
There are 5 other 'toys' to assist with learning how to baby sign;
A mirror beautifully decorated to be baby safe read more »

When it comes to nude pregnancy portraiture there’s so much more available nowadays than having your partner take a quick snap shot with your point and shoot. The only problem is finding the right photographer with the right vision, i.e. your own, of your newly discovered womanhood. For so many women pregnancy is a time when, it all does truly seem to come together. It’s during the heralding of this new chapter in your life when, often for the first time, you can really enjoy your body, finding confidence through this fulfilment of the purpose for which it was designed. read more »

Having proudly borne the Soil Association Certification for over a decade, HiPP Organic is delighted to now be able to also proudly bear the Soil Association’s Organic Food Award* for Best Baby, Infant & Children’s food. HiPP Organic’s NEW Apple and Raspberry Smoothie has been presented with this prestigious award, which acts as a ‘benchmark of excellence’ for the organic food industry. The awards, which were revealed just days before Organic Fortnight (6th-21st September), will help bring organic food to the forefront of consumers’ minds. read more »

The National Diabetes Support Team are holding an Open Space event to share ideas and discuss how they can successfully support a woman’s journey through pregnancy from the pre-conception through to postnatal phase. The event will take place on Thursday 4 December at the Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London from 9.30am - 4.30pm. read more »

Well, I'm now nearly 14 weeks pregnant, which is why I've not updated this blog. I wanted to wait until the first scan to make sure everything was OK and it is!

Turns out that this happened naturally, no need for private fertility treatment as the consultant told us. The risk of miscarriage is slightly higher when you have PCOS which is why I wanted to wait before posting the good news. Just shows what a healthier diet, a bit more exercise and reflexology can do!

So all I can say to anyone trying to conceive with PCOS is don't give up.

For the first time ever, UK parents are being offered a solution to the problem of not being able to understand their babies' cries of distress. An innovative new product using the practice of Baby Signing is being launched to help parents and very young children communicate and ease much of the frustration associated with early parenthood. read more »