Working it out: Stay at home or return to work?

Figuring out if and when you should go back to work after you’ve had a child is a very personal and family-based decision. Can you afford not to work? Who will look after your baby? What impact will it have on your career? Is your child too young? What support networks are available to you? […]
The benefits of skin-to-skin contact after birth

That first cuddle with your new baby is a magical time, but did you know it’s also an important time for your health and the health of your newborn? There’s plenty of research to support the benefits of skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth and beyond. It is said to impact positively on parent-baby bonding, breastfeeding […]
Postnatal depression – what we all need to know

There are approximately 100,000 Aussie parents currently struggling with perinatal depression and anxiety – and it is often close friends and family who will be first to notice. It is important that we all are aware of the signs and symptoms of postnatal depression so that we might be able to identify it in ourselves […]
Postnatal exercise

You may have noticed your body has changed since the birth of your baby. Some things you might’ve noticed include weight gain, abdominal muscle separation and/or weakness, pelvic floor weakness, lower back pain from constant lifting, upper back and neck pain from breastfeeding, and just other little niggles that come with carrying a baby and […]
What is incontinence and light bladder leakage?

Light bladder leakage – often referred to as LBL – and incontinence are topics not generally discussed with your friends over a cup of coffee. Sometimes people are too embarrassed to bring up such subjects, sometimes they are don’t even know they have a problem. The thing is that incontinence is much more common than […]
How to survive sleep deprivation
Have the first few months (or even years) of parenthood totally messed up your sleeping pattern? Feeling tired and pushing through, maybe with a coffee or a bit of chocolate, seems to be the ‘normal’ way of coping with insomnia and parenthood. Unfortunately sleep deprivation will turn even the sanest person crazy and no amount […]
How to meet other parents

When you have a new baby, you can feel isolated, left at home all day on your own with a baby. You are not the only one! There are many other new parents in your local area, most of them feeling exactly the same as you. Meeting other parents with children of a similar age […]
From career woman to baby – top tips to thrive

“How hard can one little baby be?” I remember my sister uttering those words just before my niece was born. And since then, I have heard many women say similar words, including myself. I mean, we’re having a baby, not undertaking brain surgery. We’re successful, smart, accomplished, modern career women. By giving birth, we’re joining […]
Depositing into the emotional bank account of your child

What can parents do to make sizeable deposits into a child’s emotional bank account? Here are 5 tips for parents.
7 ways to break out of the new mummy daze

It’s normal to feel like an emotional zombie in the first weeks with a new baby but once you break out of the daze, there’s a whole world of motherhood to enjoy.