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Weleda mother & baby skin care
Children's Skin Care

Weleda mother & baby skin care ~ revisiting the range

Welcome back, skin care lover! Today’s share is one dear to my heart, as I reveal my latest thoughts on Weleda mother & baby skin care. Weleda is the family skin care brand I recommend most frequently to parents. And for good reason – trustworthiness is at the core of this long standing brand. In fact, Weleda has been growing plants organically and creating natural health and wellbeing products for over 100 years. Only the finest ingredients are at the forefront of Weleda products, and the range is proudly NATRUE certified. I have so much fondness for Weleda, so without further ado, let’s take a look at some of my favourite Weleda mother and baby products. Weleda mother & baby Weleda Nipple Balm This is a balm that I simply can’t live without! First and foremost, it’s a nipple balm. And an amazing one at that – especially if you’re…

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Breast milk lotion with calendula and orange
Formulation

Breast milk lotion with calendula and orange

Welcome back, my friend! Today. I’m super excited to share something I’ve been working on for months. It’s my breast milk lotion with calendula and orange! Jump straight to recipe. I know how much you mamas love to make things with your milk. A popular post on my blog explains how to make a breast milk bath – an easy way to enjoy the skincare benefits of breast milk without too much effort. But in this post, I’m going to show you how you can create your very own breast milk lotion. It has a beautiful silky texture that can be pumped like a regular lotion, absorbs beautifully, and gives your skin all the benefits of breast milk plus way more. First, a note to those who’ve tried to make breast milk lotion before and found that their breast milk lotion separated or split not long after making it. Why breast milk…

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Hair Gain Hair Growth Gummies
Postpartum

Hair Gain Gummies for postpartum hair loss

Welcome back, beauty lover! Today, I’m sharing my review of Hair Gain Gummies! Do you suffer from postpartum hair loss? After each of my pregnancies, my hair shed by the bucket-load! And after my third pregnancy I took positive action to slow my hair loss and stimulate new growth by finding a science-backed supplement suitable for breastfeeding mums. I was thrilled to discover Hair Gain Gummies on Cult Beauty! These tasty chews promise to support the growth of normal hair while contributing essential vitamins and minerals, such as biotin, selenium, and zinc. In fact, clinical studies undertaken by the brand show a 78% increase in hair growth and an 86% overall improvement in hair. New mums have enough on their plates without having to worry about postpartum hair loss. But that’s what happens to a staggering 300,000 women a year who suffer from postpartum alopecia – hair loss in the…

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Evereden Baby
Children's Skin Care

Evereden Baby review – for their healthiest future

Welcome back, skincare lover! Today I have a gorgeous share for mamas, papas, and their little ones. It’s my Evereden Baby review! Founded by doctors who are also mothers, this New York line is taking the healthy skincare world by storm with its carefully-formulated family focused products. Made by moms in medicine. Higher standards for family skincare. The Evereden philosophy creates formulas that go above and beyond the highest standards in safety, quality, and care. Think 5 ingredient baby oil, gentle family shampoo, all-in-one balm for mum and baby, and protective nappy rash cream – and you have everything you need to take great care of your whole family’s skin. It’s no wonder Evereden is a brand that speaks to my heart! Along with a list of banned controversial ingredients, Evereden focuses on the goodness of plant based skincare with ingredients like sunflower seed oil, vitamin C rich kakadu plum,…

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Postpartum essentials for mum and baby
Postpartum

Postpartum essentials & hospital bag

Welcome back, my friend! Wondering what’s essential in the postpartum period? Take the guesswork out of your post-pregnancy planning – here are the postpartum essentials you’ll want to stash at home and pack in your hospital bag in the UK. As an experienced mum of four children, I love sharing what worked for me postnatally. I took so much needless stuff to hospital with my first child – I wish I knew then, what I know now! The postpartum period is such a beautiful and special time. But it can be overwhelming, too – especially as a first time mum. After all, not only have you just given birth – whether vaginally or via c-section, you’re experiencing huge physical changes too. A drop in hormones often leads to mood swings – baby blues are a real thing! And not to mention – you now have a brand new little one…

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Cleaning up your beauty routine
Skin Care

The #CleanerBeauty debate – cleaning up your beauty routine

Are you thinking about cleaning up your beauty routine? You’re not alone! Almost 50 percent of consumers buy natural beauty products, and 8 percent want to, according to Yes To (source). If you’re in the 8 percent, or still unsure whether cleaner beauty is for you, I’d love to help you. By sharing my definition of cleaner beauty, I hope I can help you explore what cleaner beauty might mean to you. I’ll be looking at the reasons why you would want to clean up your beauty routine in the first place. Then, I’ll be sharing my favourite clean beauty brands who I completely trust, and who take the guesswork out of buying natural beauty products. I may be preaching to the converted, but if not then I really hope I can inspire you to spring clean your beauty shelves, especially if you’re pregnant, breastfeeding, or have children. What is cleaner…

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Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars
Breastfeeding

Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars review

As a breastfeeding mama, it’s always intriguing to find premade snacks marketed towards breastfeeding women. These Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars caught my eye in Boots last week – I just had to buy a pack! I am partial to a biscuit or flapjack, so I had to find out what the benefits for a breastfeeding mama would be from these bars. And importantly, if they actually taste good. When I first started breastfeeding Jonah, I was the thirstiest, hungriest mama alive. Seriously, I kept a pint of water and a 4-pack of Co-op granola bars next to me at all times. Probably not very healthy, since one of those granola bars contains about 300 calories and lots of sugar. So, these Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars are a healthier option and have some added goodness to support your body in its breastfeeding role. Obviously, a varied and healthy diet is the best way…

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My extended breastfeeding story for Columns by Kari
Breastfeeding

My extended breastfeeding story for Columns by Kari

I was so bowled over to be invited to guest post my extended breastfeeding story for Columns by Kari in her World Mama series. This gorgeous series highlights amazing stories from parents all over the world. It gives a really broad perspective of life as a parent. In the post, you can read my experiences on breastfeeding a baby over 1 year old. Sometimes, it’s lovely to breastfeed an older baby. Often, it comes with challenges, too. You can also find tips on how to make breastfeeding work if you hope to go beyond a year. Have a read! My extended breastfeeding story for Columns by Kari I’ve been a fan of Kari and her blog since we met on Instagram. Her feed is so beautiful! Have you checked out Kari’s blog before? She features beauty and parent life with her gorgeous family in both English and Dutch. Take a…

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Healthy ways to prepare for a second pregnancy
Pregnancy

Healthy ways to prepare for a second pregnancy

In this post, I’d love to share with you healthy ways to prepare for a second pregnancy. Yes, we’re trying for another baby! We’ve been trying for 4 cycles so far! This post will focus on the healthy things you can do to get your body ready for a second pregnancy, and is especially relevant if you’re a breastfeeding or older mum. I hope you’ll find this post really helpful! In another post, I’ll also talk about my worries and fears, and how I can overcome them. They’re worries shared by virtually all pregnant women – I’m sure you mamas can relate! I will link to that post once it’s completed. Some backstory: it took 15 months for my fertility to return after Jonah. I do think it’s awesome that for many women, breastfeeding controls fertility. Our bodies know whether or not we’d be able to cope physically with the…

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Festive lactation cookies
Breastfeeding

Festive lactation cookies

I love cookies, and I love all the flavours of Christmas – so what better recipe for a breastfeeding mama than festive lactation cookies? My festive lactation cookies are an adaptation of the recipe for lactation cookies over at BellyBelly.com.au. They’re light, moist, sweet, and incredibly festive. So what makes festive lactation cookies festive? I’ve added warming spices, zesty orange, dried cranberries, and sweet juicy raisins to the classic mixture to impart a true taste of Christmas. Soooo good! How do festive lactation cookies work? The festive lactation cookies contain three galactagogue (increasing milk supply), or lactogenic (supporting milk supply) foods: Bear in the mind that the best way to increase your milk supply is to feed your baby more frequently. These cookies are not a medical solution to low milk supply. See a feeding specialist if you believe you have low milk supply. Brewer’s yeast Brewer’s yeast provides a range…

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