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How to manage your hunger cravings during pregnancy?
Elise Hofer, Mélanie Olivier
When announcing our pregnancy, we hear our grandmothers say: "Eat more dear, now you're eating for two!" Is it true?
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Breastfeeding
Essentials For Breastfeeding That Can Actually Make Your Life Easier
Medela
Breastfeeding may be one of the most natural things in the world, but that doesn’t always mean it’s effortless. So why not benefit from a little help along the way?
April 2, 2018
Breastfeeding
5 things that breastfeeding moms wish they had known the first time around
Medela
Some new moms hear that breastfeeding is “the most natural thing in the world” and other moms find breastfeeding can feel more like a skill than an instinct. They may even worry about whether their experience is “normal.”
January 15, 2018
Health
Do I Need to Talk to My Children About Sex?
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
Let's face it: children today are constantly exposed to sexual messages. As your kids get older they are going to have questions about sex, sexuality and healthy relationships.
November 6, 2017
Breastfeeding
7 breastfeeding myths you need to know
Medela
Many new moms, who start breastfeeding, find themselves hearing some of these “old wives tales” and myths about breastfeeding that have no scientific basis or even logical justification. We’re here to help! Here are a few common breastfeeding myths – and the real facts you need to know.
September 25, 2017
Breastfeeding
What to do when my baby won’t latch?
Medela
Babies are born ready to breastfeed and according to the laws of nature, instinctively know exactly what to do. Latching onto its mother’s breast should be the most natural thing in the world for a newborn, but that is often not the case.
July 17, 2017
Breastfeeding
How breastmilk production really works
Medela
Breastmilk production is the subject of many breastfeeding myths. There is a common misconception that a mother’s breasts are like big bottles that constantly fill with breastmilk by some magical process separate from baby and mom. Babies then feed on tap from this ever-full reservoir. However, the truth is more complicated. Rather than “supply and demand,” breastfeeding actually works by a method of “demand and supply.” A mother will produce only the amount of breastmilk that her baby wants.
April 7, 2017
Pregnancy/Maternity
Get your walking shoes ready!
Elise Hofer, Mélanie Olivier
The long summer days are perfect to start walking, and with them come more excuses to sit back and relax. Here are some simple walking workouts that will help you stay in shape this summer.
December 26, 2016
Activities
Learning is Child's Play
Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD)
Free play is a wonderful way for children to learn important things by using their personality and imagination.
October 31, 2016
Couple/Sexuality
Female Sexual Dysfunction
Women’s College Hospital
Since the development of Viagra, male sexual dysfunction has received increasing acknowledgement and attention. On the other hand, female sexual dysfunction is much less discussed, and often more complex to treat.
April 4, 2016
Baby
Your baby’s first steps toward learning to speak
Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD)
Your baby is born ready to learn language! His brain has special structures that enable him to learn about sounds, words and sentences when you speak to him.
November 17, 2014
Pregnancy/Maternity
Exercises, diets and breast milk
Elise Hofer, Mélanie Olivier
When they start exercising again, several women wonder if being active can affect or even ruin their milk production.
October 14, 2014
Dad
Adopted father!
Pierre Labrie
I haven’t been a father for long. For some, I’m not even a father. Maybe that’s because I didn’t become one in a scream. In fact, I was adopted four years ago.
August 4, 2014
Dad
What does it mean to be a single dad?
Claude Minville
Here’s a beautiful text written by a single dad and a great way of seeing life despite the separations and other challenges that we can face as parents.
June 9, 2014
Baby
Important developmental milestones in young children
Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD)
Over the past few decades, several studies have shown that the way children are cared for as infants and toddlers influences the person they will become.
