There are herbs for everything! There are herbs for cooking, there are herbs to add to your bath water, and there are ones for curing illnesses. Convenient, isn’t it? Unfortunately, if there is one aspect of the traditional confinement practices that many modern mothers are not familiar with, it is without a doubt the use…
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When finding a person who will spend as much time as you would with your newborn, you can never be too cautious. Your postnatal care along with your baby’s safety and development should be prioritised more than everything else. Still, spending hours per day on researching for the best helping hand you could have after…
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A postnatal period doesn’t really look like postnatal period. If one has relied on the media their whole life to get an idea of how the period after giving birth goes, they’re getting the wrong idea, no doubt. That is without taking into account how some movies cut off the whole ‘just-given-birth’ phase completely. Suddenly…
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Picture this. You are a mother who had recently given birth, probably about 2 weeks ago. You are still healing from your childbirth, so you lie and get comfortable in bed. Not even 10 minutes later, you start hearing cries coming from the other room. You wish there is someone else who could attend to…
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Being on the lookout for a confinement nanny agency could hardly be smooth-sailing for expectant mothers. There are a lot of things to consider as you are basically inviting another person to live with you during your most critical time. For a start, how can you even be certain that you are getting a good…
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Showering, drinking cold drinks, and leaving the house all sound so normal, but as a new mother, these are some of the activities you may be advised against within the one month of confinement after your childbirth. When you decide to follow a certain set of practices in confinement, it is always in your best…
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Most expecting parents’ biggest mistake is underestimating how tough parenting a newborn can be. If you and your partner are expecting, chances are you are about to make that same mistake too. You may think all your baby will do is sleep, eat, poop, repeat – oh how heavenly would parenting be if those are…
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If someone asks you to define a good confinement nanny, how would you answer them? This is, without doubts, a subjective question with no definite answer. Everyone is looking for something different in the person they hire. And so do you. That is why not everyone will deem a certain…
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