Happy Mom

I guess every pregnant woman who is care about her health and her baby have listened a tern natural childbirth. So what natural birth is?

In several words natural baby birth is birth without any medication at all, when woman relys only on controlled breathing and relaxation techniques.

Many moms-to-be choose natural birth to avoid risk that medications can pose for the baby or mom. Doctors won’t tell you this, but pain medications can affect your labor — your blood pressure may drop, your labor may slow down or speed up, you may become nauseous, and you may feel a sense of confusion and lack of control. So you have a choice – natural childbirth.

In case you decided to opt natural baby birth you can choose a non-hospital facility such as birth center. (more…)

Many parents have the problem when their baby does not want to sleep at night.

When my son was born I did not have such a problem at first – my boy slept whole night without waking up. But after several weeks he started wake up many times during the night. It was a nightmare, I had to get up many times to my baby, breast feed him and try to put him sleep into his bed but after 30 minutes everything repeated again.

You might think I was tired – No – I was almost dead because of fatigue. Then I took my son into our bed and it was fantastic! (more…)

If you do not know the answer to this question, I can help you – the aswer is YES – breastfeeding is the best option for you and your baby.

There are many benefits of breastfeeding as for you as for your baby.

For your baby:

Your milk is a perfect food for your infant. It has the rightamount of protein, fat and sugar that your baby needs. Composition of the milk is changes according to the baby’s needs. Breastfed babies have higher IQ tests. Breastfeeding gives your baby comfort and make the baby calm and relaxed.

For you:
Breastfeeding helps to lose extra weight after pregnancy because it uses extra calories. (more…)

I like this funny picture of my son

Have you ever heard that infants can dive? Really, they have innate reflex to hold their breath. This reflex remains about 3 months and then it disappears. After 3 months it is much harder to teach your baby dive. So the best time to learn swimming and diving is the first months of your baby’s life. (more…)

It must be fun but there is no mom who does not want to lose some fat after pregnancy. On my mind this is very easy if you do not create a problem from this.

Now my son is one year old and I feel and look even better than before pregnancy. I invented really great and easy way to become and stay slim, beautiful and happy. When I have some free time I will share this method with you.

On the picture I and my son this summer on the seaside. As you can see I do not suffer from overweight. You might think that I follow some special diet or spend a lot of time is the gym but this is not true. I like tasty food and I eat not only fruits and vegetables but also bread and butter, potato, some cakes, chocolate and even pizza from time to time. Of course, I try to avoid fast food like MacDonald’s and chips. I am still a breastfeeding mother, so I try to (more…)

Baby massage

Before start baby massage please read this careful. Listen to your heart to choose the best moment for massage – the moment when your baby is relaxed and calm. It is also should be half a an hour after eating.

Be sure that the room temperature is warm (about 76-78 degrees Fahrenheit or 22-24^OC).
Put the baby on a soft surface so your child feels comfortable and secure. Warm your hands with some oil.

Basically, the massage flows from the head to the toes. With soft and gentle touches you will work on the head, face, shoulders, arms, chest, stomach and legs.

While you massage your baby (more…)

You will remember this day forever – your baby made first steps!

Some babies make their first step at eight months some after first year. In any case this is normal. Every baby is special and has its own norms.

Before the baby starts walking it should first learn to sit, to creep, and to stay. However, you cannot speed up the process but you can help your baby to prepare for walking.

How you can help your baby to make first steps?

• Do special exercises with your baby. Baby yoga is great. (more…)

Being parents is very simple and you should not learn this – every mom and dad became parent one day without any special training. At the same time being a good parent is very difficult thing and you should learn many different things.

In my opinion, the most important thing every parent should learn is

patience

. To be patient with your baby is a secret of happy and calm baby.

Many parents know what is crying baby and how difficult it may be to calm it down.

But I know a secret!

Your baby is your mirror. (more…)

Nowadays many women start thinking of the baby only when they got known they are pregnant. In most cases it happens when the baby already leaves in your body for several weeks or even months. And thanks God if during this period you did not have some parties, sport competitions or stresses.

Why party might be crucial for your baby?

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