What Do I Need for my Newborn?
If you are expecting your first baby, the list of things to buy can seem overwhelming....and at a time when you're about to lose one income!
The larg
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Swaddling Over a Sleeping Bag
We often get questions about how to use a sleeping bag and wrap together, while babies transition from being swaddled.
This is also a useful technique for babies who have
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Keeping Your Baby Safe in Bed
Worrying about the safety of your children starts from as soon as you find out you are pregnant until well past their teenage years and beyond! But a
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Baby Monitor Comparison - Which Baby Monitor is Best?
Is a baby monitor necessary or not? It's a question asked by many expecting parents as they navigate what they may need to buy prior to baby's arrival. Like anything, s
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Which Breast Pump is Best – What to Consider When Buying a Breast Pump
So you’ve decided you’ll be pumping milk after baby is born, but where do you start when trying to choose the best breast pump? From single or double to ele
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How and When to Move Your Baby from Bassinet (or Co-Sleeper) to Cot
Your bundle of joy has been sleeping peacefully (hopefully) in their bassinet since their arrival home. But they’re growing fast. So how do you know when it’s time to move your bubba in
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When Dad Returns To Work
By Logan Donnelly @KiwiDad
As a new parent, life can be transformed dramatically with the arrival of your little one. It's an incredible moment, but it's not all
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How Dads Can Help with a Newborn in the 4th Trimester
By Logan Donnelly @KiwiDad
The fourth trimester (the 12-week period immediately after you have had your baby), is one of the most monumental transitions either pare
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Alternative Baby Shower Gifts
Whilst it’s lovely to give and be given physical gifts, such as clothes, swaddles or body care items for your newborn baby, sometimes, you can have too much of a go
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Using Essential Oils Safety During Pregnancy, Breastfeeding & Around Newborns
With much gratitude to Gillian Parkinson - Clinical Aromascience Practitioner (NZQA, IFPA, ITEC) at Le’Esscience
Essential oil overview
Essential oils are a compl
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Breastfeeding tips and FAQs
We at The Sleep Store are passionate about helping new parents navigate the bumpy journey of parenthood and breastfeeding can be a bumpy ride indeed.
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Catnapping Solutions for Newborns
One of the most common requests we get at The Sleep Store is to help babies sleep longer during the day. Not only are most babies not rested after a 20 or 45 minutes sle
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Advice for New Parents & Parents To Be
Getting ready for a new baby can be overwhelming. There is so much to prepare for, things to buy, books to read, rooms to arrange. All that on top of growing a little hu
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The What, Why & How of Breast Pumping – Common Pumping Questions Answered
If you’re new to breast pumping or haven’t pumped before it’s easy to be overwhelmed with the ‘how to’. How to start pumping, how to incre
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Should I give my Breastfed Baby Formula at Night or before Bed?
Every sleep deprived parent is searching for the magic bullet that will help their baby to sleep through the night so they can get some much needed ZZZ’s. You&rsquo
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