Even with child number two it amazes me how quickly our babies grow up into toddlers and from toddlers into little people! When we had our second child I wanted to make sure that we had memories of those stages in other ways than just pictures.

If you want to be calm and relaxed, focused and prepared for the birth of your baby, buy this CD. Listening to it soothes away the anxiety you may feel, leaving you feeling content, nourished and ready to meet your baby - Reviewed by Kim Hilditch, 34 weeks pregnant.

After reviewing Duncan's latest publication Baby's Here Who Does What? Family and Parenting magazine were intrigued to find out more about Duncan and his thoughts behind his work and whether the parenting world really is dominated by Mums....

Line Rothman is the founder of Glamourmom, the home of the revolutionary built-in bra tank top, a stylish all-in-one bra and feeding top for nursing Mums, which is also suitable to wear through pregnancy and offers amazing value.

Glamourmom was founded in 2000 in the US and has recently expanded into the UK, Family & Parenting caught up with Line as she was about to start a weekend of celebrations in the US!

Line had some amazing things to tell me about her company and her passion for her products is enormous, her motivation as a Mum was to develop a product that was stylish and offered the features that other nursing bras lacked. Following months of research and design, her result is the Glamourmom® built-in bra concept, now an award winning wardrobe staple for so many US Mums.

Her success has been founded by talking to other Mums, finding out their needs and wants for pregnancy and nursing products – a value that forms the basis of what Glamourmom is all about.

As Glamourmom® enters the UK market family & parenting magazine wanted to find out what is so special about their products and why UK Mums should be interested......

Bringing Charley home for the first time was one of the most daunting experiences of my whole life....I remember being so relieved to finally be leaving hospital so I could get home and back to normality. Feeding seemed to be going ok and I wasn't in too much pain from the birth.....so surely everything would be ok?

Family and Parenting magazine are delighted to welcome Eleanor Copp, NHS midwife and Hypnotherapist, to our panel of experts. Eleanor says "I would love to contribute to family and parenting . There is so much that I would love to share with your readers. As an NHS midwife and a Hypnotherapist, I have delivered over 1,200 babies and am totally up to date with all the issues and emotions that women having babies face."

As a first time Mum I was so excited to be pregnant that I attended every antenatal class offered to me each believing they offered something magical to the birthing process. I attended the NHS antenatal class (just one – and this is where ultimately I met most of my fellow Mummy friends) I also opted to attend the NCT antenatal class, I came across the NCT whilst pregnant and like what they do so it seemed to make sense to attend their classes too and I also did a hypnobirthing course as I was absolutely determined to have a home birth with the minimum of pain relief and definitely no pethidine or epidural....

“It’s been a life changing experience,” said Wayne Rooney, one of England’s leading footballers in the People. “Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to. I don’t think it has changed me as the person I am, but it has just added something different to my life in a great way. It’s different and hard work, but a great feeling.”

Family and Parenting magazine have been busy reviewing this lovely little journal for Your Bump and Beyond an on line retailer and forum for parents and parents to be. Being a busy parent myself I know how time consuming filling in these types of things can be – pre-pregnancy they seem like a fantastic idea but once baby is on its way and the tiredness creeps in, it can soon become more like a chore – there are many features in this journal that can save hours of research and time spent writing things down.

Online speciality baby shower company, Best Baby Shower (www.bestbabyshower.co.uk) has launched its revamped website, which makes hosting baby shower parties as easy as child’s play.

As well as a wide range of baby shower products and partyware for sale, the new website has a free, helpful guide with tips and ideas on how to get the most out of organising or attending a baby shower. It now allows mums-to-be to create a gift wish list and has a ‘hint to a friend’ facility for them to ‘subtly’ indicate that they would love a baby shower in the first place!

First specialist bra fitter starts home fitting service in North Wales and
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