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Fred & Noah
Things we love Fred & Noah make the most amazing colourful children’s leggings, bedding and organic swaddles. We love their clothes so much and we want you to love them too, even better you can get 10% off using the code NEWPARENTCO and we get 10% commission which helps us to continue all the free…
Read MoreWriting a letter to your baby.
YOU Writing a letter to your newborn baby is a beautiful and heartfelt gesture that can create a special keepsake for your child to cherish as they grow older. It allows you to express your love, hopes, and dreams for them, and serves as a way to capture the emotions and thoughts you have during…
Read MoreNW London Services for New Parents
YOU Firstly Congratulations! The first days, weeks even months can be a hazy blur so we have put together this handy New Parent in NW London guide to help you find services, advice and support in your new parent journey from pregnancy to the first 1000 days Helping you find local services Page 1 The…
Read MoreStages of attachment
PLAY Infant Attachment & Bonding Have you reached the ‘separation anxiety’ stage? around the 8 month mark when you can’t leave the room? This peaks again around 18 months, but mixed with the want for independence. Sometimes causing a lot of frustration for your child (and for you the parent too) What stage are you…
Read MoreJournaling
YOU What is Journaling? Journaling is the practice of writing down your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a diary or notebook. For new mums, journaling can have many benefits for mental health. It can help reduce stress and anxiety by providing a safe space to express emotions and process the challenges of motherhood. Additionally, it…
Read MorePostpartum Physical Recovery
YOU Physical changes after birth are normal, but sometimes they are unexpected. Here are a few that may happen after birth: After pains Very normal and can be painful. This is your uterus contracting and shrinking. You may feel these more when breastfeeding due to the oxytocin boost First Poos Those first poos after birth…
Read MoreThe golden hour
BIRTH What is it? That moment your baby is born and placed skin to skin on your chest. You can request for checks to your baby to be delayed, or done while your baby is on you. Why is it so important? Stimulates oxytocin, turbo charging the bonding process Gives you the ‘want & need’…
Read MoreOxytocin
BIRTH Mother Hormone! 💕Discovered in 20th century by the British physiologist Sir Henry Dale and labelled the mother hormone as it caused uterine contractions and milk ejection when they injected it into cats 💕Oxytocin was one of the first hormones to be discovered 💕A synthetic oxytocin was produced in 1960 which is still widely used…
Read MoreBirth Rights
BIRTH Healthcare professionals are there to support your decisions, inform you of your choices and use evidence to back up their suggestions. Even if you have other ‘risk factors’ during pregnancy. The language that can be presented to you at prenatal appoints and during labour can sometimes be suggestive and coercive. You shouldn’t be put…
Read MoreHabit Stacking
SLEEP Habit Stacking Habit Stacking can be a great way to support your baby’s sleep and help through any transitions and changes too. Example: I breastfed my daughter to sleep. I was 100% happy with this, however if I needed to be away from her at all, then this restricted what I was able to…
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