Weekly Email Archives

health on hand

Filed Under Stuff | March 26, 2009

You’re heading off to the doctor for your brand new babe’s first check up and your diaper bag is stocked with diapers, wipes, a receiving blanket, a change of clothes, a rattle and all the other necessities you might possibly need – and there are many – but don’t forget to pop in your HealthPod Baby. This handy dandy binder system encased in a hard-wearing nylon cover that zips shut, will help keep even the most frazzled new mama organized and on top of her baby’s health.

Worth a Thousand Words

Filed Under Dedicated Emails | March 26, 2009

The images you capture during your tiny, innocent newborn’s first weeks of life will be ones you’ll treasure forever. But you and your significant other may be thinking nursing and sleeping and not photography. Which is why local photog Jenn Di Spirito, a mum herself, specializes in newborn portraits .
Known for her ability to capture [...]

belly books

Filed Under Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized | March 19, 2009

Blogs, websites, books, forums…the sources of information on pregnancy and birth multiply by the day. It’s no wonder many pregnant women feel overwhelmed by the options. With so much available, it is important to choose sources that will provide you with both quality information and support so we asked birth experts, Dancing Star Birth to recommend their faves.

baby your belly

Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | March 12, 2009

When you’re pregnant one of the joys and despairs is your burgeoning belly – its firm beautiful, sensitive and itchy. As for your swollen feet, well there’s not much joy there. Local company babybellies was conceived to help you combat pregnancy symptoms with a line of products that are made with pregnancy-safe, high quality, often organic ingredients while being free of parabens, alcohols, petroleum, phthalates, artificial fragrances and colourants.

pack your bags

Filed Under Multi-Tasking, Tips & Tricks | March 5, 2009

Whether you are planning a home or hospital birth, you should have a bag packed and ready to go well in advance of your due date, just in case you need to get to the hospital quickly. Looking at the packing lists it is easy to get overwhelmed – and to hurt your back as you try to carry it all. We took a moment to ask seasoned doula Lolli Comar her thoughts on favourite “must haves”.