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Hi, I'm not sure what they have in NZ. There are videos for pilates, but they recommend that you do a course of introduction classes 1st, as it is a little more complex than an aerobics class or s...

Hi, I throw some type of meat (chicken or lamb or whatever you fancy) in with the pasta and sauce mixes. Some other great quick meals are to use the jars of pasta or risotto sauces and just throw ...

I'm still trying after no. 1, and that was 9 years ago. Hopefully i'll get there. I've started doing pilates, which i believe is great for re-toning and strengthening. I'm mixing this with a bit of...

Hi, I have actually just started preparing some meals on the weekend, and cooking up the babies food all on the weekend for the week as well. I've also started paying my mother in law to do some ho...

Hi Lee, sorry i haven't written anything sooner, i've been really busy (8 y.o.just diagnosed with add and dyslexia, and my 5 y.o. already has adhd). It's amazing how much i find ihave in common w...

Hi guys, just thought i'd update on the latest with the bottle refusal. It turns out Hailey is suffering with reflux. The vomiting part has only started to become very noticeable in the past 3 we...

Finally, a few other mums like me, exhaused, run down, and no time for us. Our lives do sound alike. Reading about your evening ritual of cooking, cleaning etc is exactly like mine, only that my h...

Hi Lee, I got my 1st period 28 days after the usual 4-6 week bleed after birth with all 3 of my children (so when my babies were about 8-10 weeks old). With my 1st i was quite shocked (and felt v...

Hi Grace, Please don't believe the story you can eat for 2. That may work for some, but for others loosing the weight is extremely difficult afterwards. I gained 23 kg with my 1st (88kgs at birth...

Hi Valuable, Proof that it can happen!! I have a friend who fell pregnant (by mistake unfortunately - she believed the 'can't fall pregnant while breastfeeding' story) when her baby was just 10 we...

This would have to be the subject nobody wants to comment on. Come on everyone, you can't all be perfect (or are you????). Maybe its just Valuable and myself who can't get a decent routine together...

Hi ks, you said your little girl is 4 mths, how many weeks is she, like is she at the start or end of 4mths? My little girl is now 22 weeks (she'll be 5mths on Sunday), I started her on rice cerea...

Some states offer mother / baby excercise classes where you can take baby with you. You would need to check with your local gym's. Also a lot of hospitals have classes for their new mums where babi...

Hi ausmum, you're probably to close to the end of your pregnancy to worry about relief methods now, but here are a few things that helped me. for leg cramps i found magnesium phosphate to be of so...

Thankyou for your suggestions. I think i may have found the problem. Since introducing Hailey to the bottle we have been using a newborn teat, a friend suggested last friday night (7/3) to try a d...

My daughter also has a rash under her neck (from dribble and milk running under there). I'm not sure of any natural remedies. I just try to keep under her neck as dry as possible. When i bath her i...

I have 3 children, I tried breast feeding my 1st and due to him having quite sever reflux, was unable to feed him more than about 4 weeks. I was more determined with my 2nd, we went through hell, b...

Pregnancy and and the Pregnancy brain to go with it! I had a bag of baby clothes in the boot of my car a friend had given me to go through, the bag had broken, and i grabbed a garbage bag to pack t...