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Postpartum & Parenting

Tommee Tippee Bottle Warmer used for warming breast milk
Breastfeeding

Can I heat breast milk that has been expressed?

MMMM….WE ALL KNOW HOW COMFORTING A WARM CUP OF MILK IS, SO IT’S NOT SURPRISING THAT MANY BABIES LIKE IT IN THEIR TUMMIES LIKE THIS TOO. When babies take milk from the breast, it’s at blood temperature so milk doesn’t have to be warmed for babies to like it – room temperature is fine too.

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Breastfeeding

Store your precious breast milk so you don’t lose a drop.

ANY MUM WHO HAS EXPRESSED HER BREAST MILK KNOWS IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF LIQUID GOLD. EVEN THE TINIEST DROP SPILLED IS HEARTBREAKING. BY KNOWING HOW TO STORE IT SAFELY, YOU CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF ANY OF THIS PRECIOUS LIQUID GOING TO WASTE. Here’s how: Breast milk must be stored in a clean, sterilised

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Nappy Changing

How to change a nappy

LET’S BE HONEST, YOU CAN PROBABLY WORK OUT HOW TO CHANGE A NAPPY. BUT IF THE THOUGHT OF CHANGING NAPPIES IS KEEPING YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT OR YOU JUST NEED TO STOP LEAKAGE, WE CAN HELP YOU OUT HERE AT TOMMEE TIPPEE. LET’S START WITH THE BASICS OF WHEN TO CHANGE A NAPPY. Often is the

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Parental Mental Health

Becoming a parent after multiple miscarriages.

All of my miscarriages happened before 9 weeks, so when we passed that milestone with Charlie, I was over the moon. The whole team was. I’d never carried that far since losing Scarlett at 32 weeks. But there was still a long way to go. After a stillbirth you know that, and it was really,

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Ruth and her 2 sons
Parental Mental Health

You never get over losing a baby. It changes you forever

We went on holiday to India not long after finding out I was pregnant. I’m from a big family and none of my friends have had problems during pregnancy, so I assumed everything would be fine. But when we got back and went for our 12-week scan, there was no heartbeat. I’d never really thought

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Parental Mental Health

Two hours after that phone call, I brought Zanna home with me

I’ve been a teacher for years, so have spent my life around children. But I’d never had a baby. Then, 3 weeks before I turned 60, one of my friends – Karen – said to me “Isn’t it so sad about that little baby being taken away from her parents?” And she told me a

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Parental Mental Health

Settling at home with our adopted baby boy

Our adoption journey took over twelve years, ending up in Nanjing, China. Meeting Finn for the first time was overwhelming for all of us. He was 19 months old, just old enough to feel shocked and confused, but too young to understand everything that was happening. We spent a couple of weeks in China together,

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Parental Mental Health

Our 12 year journey to becoming a family

We decided to start a family in 2000, but life didn’t go according to plan. I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. In 2003 we turned to IVF. For the first few cycles I was working a lot, and renovating our home. Looking back that wasn’t an ideal set of circumstances. In the end, we had

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