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Bickiepegs – A Teething Alternative

  • Posted on July 26, 2010 at 8:00 am

Teething has always been a problem for my little girl. From eight weeks old she’s suffered on and off, and at nine months she has four teeth. We have tried everything natural, and have had great success with various teething products, but I’m always happy to try different natural alternatives. Our most recent trial has been Bickiepegs.

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A Calpol Alternative?

  • Posted on May 27, 2010 at 3:27 pm

A while ago I wrote a post about Calpol and why I don’t like it and don’t use it. Since then, I have been asked numerous times what the alternative is. If your child has a fever or febrile convulsions, what should you do? Surely a few e-numbers are a small price to pay?

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Amber Teething Necklace Giveaway

  • Posted on May 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm

I wrote an article recently about natural ways to deal with teething. The first thing on my list was amber, because it was the first thing we tried. Since then, I have been chatting with Andrew from Amber Teething Necklaces UK who has kindly offered a necklace to one of my readers.

But first, let’s talk about why amber works.

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Dear Kyra – Letter to a Seven Month Old

  • Posted on May 4, 2010 at 10:16 pm

I know I say this every month, but I cannot believe that it’s been seven months.

I sat you in your Bumbo this morning while I was hanging the washing and I was telling you about your birth and about that exact time seven months earlier, when you couldn’t sit in a Bumbo, or eat a biscuit or any of that. It’s phenomenal. It’s miraculous, this whole growth thing.

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Dealing with Teething Naturally

  • Posted on May 3, 2010 at 5:58 pm

Teething. In this house, it is as bad as you can imagine. My daughter, Kyra, started teething at about 8 weeks and the first tooth popped out at 19 weeks followed shortly by the second three days later. Since then we’ve had two months of welcome relief from the teething monster, but this week it has descended on us like a misty fog all over again.

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Calpol – What Every Parent Should Know

  • Posted on April 20, 2010 at 8:30 am

I can safely say I have a hate-hate relationship with Calpol. It works like this: I hate it… and on the other hand I hate it. I have no objections to paracetamol on its own, even though I rarely use medicine, and I absolutely agree that it should have its place on our shelves, as it does serve a valuable purpose. However, in my opinion Calpol does not, and shouldn’t be on the shelves at all.

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Letter to a Six Month Old

  • Posted on April 4, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Dear Kyra

I can’t believe you’re six months old today.

You’re asleep here next to me, and I look down over your long little body and my breath quickens as I try to take it all in. I can still see you, a tiny little curled up figure, barely bigger than my two hands lying in the same position this moment six months ago.

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365-56 to 365-62 A Week in Pictures

  • Posted on March 10, 2010 at 9:39 am

Despite two outings, we’ve had a quetish week. Well, uneventful, but not exactly peaceful…

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Dear Kyra – Letter to a five month old

  • Posted on March 5, 2010 at 12:51 am

Dear Kyra                                                                                                                                 4 March 2010

I can’t believe how quickly this month has flown by, nor can I believe that five months ago this minute, I was opening my eyes from my first decent sleep in days.

You have grown in leaps and bounds this month. You seem in such a hurry. It has been beautiful to observe. It has been magical to be a part of. We are so blessed to have you as our baby.

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365-35 to 365-41 A Week in Pictures

  • Posted on February 17, 2010 at 12:13 pm

Another week come and gone, and life with a child is steadily finding its rhythm

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