Monthly Archives: November 2011

How to make a blow fish you can blow along

This is a really simple craft toy to make and you’ll have loads of fun blowing your fish along.  All you need is a couple of items you’ll probably have around the house and plenty of puff!

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Home birth and the Press

Today the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit released the results of a cohort study between April 2008 and April 2010,  looking at care in labour, delivery and birth outcomes for the mother and baby for 64,000 ‘low risk’ births in England. …

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How to make a dancing deer from coloured card

Here’s a great little craft toy – made all the better with the use of fasteners that allows the deer to jump and dance around.

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How to spend less on your new baby

The Guardian published this great article with some useful links about the cost of having a baby.  I loved it because I can really relate to the couple in the article as when Maya was born we didn’t have much …

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Win a fantastic photoshoot!

Born has joined together with babyMe photography® to offer all our customers the chance to win a fantastic photoshoot worth £500 for you, your baby or toddler.  It’s a great chance to capture a wonderful period of your life.

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How to take beautiful baby pictures

When you newborn arrives it’s not only a wonderful and unique time it’s also a period when many of us have an almost overpowering desire to want to capture and record every single moment.  The first yawn, the first stretch, …

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Opening of the Milk Bank for the South West of England

5 years ago I helped to set up the Precious Drops fundraising campaign to set up a Human breast milk for Bristol and the South West of England. Milk banks used to be widespread in UK hospitals until the Aids/HIV …

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