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The Best (and Worst) Middle Names for Your Baby
Few things warm my heart like my daughter’s middle name. It’s Elizabeth, just like mine, as you can see. My dad chose that name for me...
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5 Holiday Mocktails for Pregnant Women
Just because you’re pregnant during the holidays doesn’t mean you have to skip all the fabulous fun when it comes to girly drinks. With a little thought and attention to detail, you can make a...
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Pregnancy and the Holidays
It’s that time of year when everyone’s wearing their finest, chugging the rum and eggnog and shopping til they drop. Not you. You’re hugely pregnant and interested in napping, doing prenatal...
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What to Pack for the Hospital (and What to Leave at Home)
Packing for your upcoming hospital stay? Make your list and start packing a couple weeks before your due date. You may want a note on top of...
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A Dad's Letter to His Unborn Kid
The trouble with writing a letter to a son that hasn’t been born yet is that there’s so much to say, it’s hard to know where to begin. Meanwhile, the more you think about how huge a thing...
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13 Tips for Nursing During Pregnancy and Beyond
Congratulations! The pregnancy test confirms what you suspected — a new baby is on the way. You’re excited but can’t help...
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13 of Our Favourite Car Seats
When choosing the right car seat for your baby, it's best to look at seats that offer extended rear-facing weight limits to reduce the risk of injury should you be in a collision or crash. The American Academy of...
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17 Weird Baby Names
We scoured the Internet to find some of the weirdest names parents have bestowed upon their children. Of course, most of them are celebrity baby names, but there have been some recent doozies in the media too...
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10 Tips to Planning Your Babymoon
Just as a newborn may need to be swaddled for comfort, so too new parents need to be wrapped in the protective shelter of their own home where they can spend time resting and bonding with the baby. Coined...
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Miscarriage Support
Pamela Mitchel has had two miscarriages as well as three full-term babies. “By the time 12 weeks rolled around, we had told pretty much everybody. Then the spotting started,” she recalls about her...
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Top 10 Tips to Prepare for Breastfeeding
If you plan to breastfeed your baby, these tips will help you be as prepared as you can be! If you are having issues with breastfeeding, contact a local La Leche League group, a public health nurse or your doctor...
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Top 25 Baby Names
Boys 1. Jacob 2. Nathan 3. Ethan 4. Alexander/Alexandre 5. Liam 6. Lucas, Lukas 7. Benjamin 8. William 9. Matthew/Mathieu 10. Logan 11. Gabriel 12. Aidan, Aiden 13. Joshua 14. Samuel 15. Oliver...
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Top Ten Tips for the Delivery Room
Time always seems to slow down when you are pregnant, but at last the long-awaited day is here. You’re in labour, and this will be your baby’s birth day. You have lots to think about now, but perhaps...
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Newborns and Vitamin D: What You Need to Know
Vitamin D performs several important health functions. It’s crucial for grown-ups and growing babies, but how do you make sure your infant is...
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Your Guide to Early Pregnancy
When Jessica Thompson became pregnant for the first time, she was working in two conflict zones in Africa – Sudan and Uganda. “The food and water was limited and not always clean, and when I started...
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