80+ year age gap no barrier for Selwyn Village residents and their ‘Baby Buddy’ visitors
Residents at Selwyn Village’s rest homes are playing host to mums and their bubs as part of an inspirational ‘Baby Buddies’ visiting programme which…
April, 2017
Don’t Push: New Programme Could Save Women From Birth Injury
By Hannah Schenker For those who have been reading about and involved with the Positive Birth Movement and who have read about things like…
9 Reasons I (Still) Refuse To Be The Meanest Mum
By Jennifer McGrail Someone recently asked me when I was going to stop writing about not being the “mean mum.” My answer? As long…
The new way to manage asthma on World Asthma Day
The annual World Asthma Day will take place on 2 May this year to improve awareness and management of asthma around the world. The…
Kindness Matters | 10 Things About Asperger’s I Want You To Know
By Barbara Doyle I am a mom to a child with Asperger’s Syndrome. It is a mystery and a delight and sometimes exhausting like…
Safe Sleeping with your Baby
By Hannah Schenker A new handout addresses the issue of safe sleeping and SIDS rates among babies. The report is authored by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Wendy…
The Ultimate Gift: Mother Carries Baby to Term to Donate Organs
By Hannah Schenker It takes a special kind of person to think of others in their darkest hour. Keri Young is that kind of…
Australian Research Gives Hopes For Mothers With Postpartum Psychosis
By Hannah Schenker A new study into postpartum psychosis finds that women can recover fully with the right treatment. The Australian study at the…
The Case for Breastfeeding Toddlers
By Emily Wade Nature Knows Best. Mothers in traditional societies breastfeed their children well into their toddler years, and there is good reason for…
Childbirth May Take as Long as a Year to Recover From, Research Says
By Hannah Schenker How long did it take you to recover from having your baby? Six weeks? Six weeks is about how long the…
Homeschooling Insights: The Newly Released Homeschool Report 2017
Do you homeschool your children? Is unschooling your thing? Perhaps it is another form of education that you have chosen for your child –…
Older First-Time Mothers May Live Longer
By Hannah Schenker These days it is a lot more common for women to delay having their first baby, no longer are we having…
Finding the right work-life balance
Achieve work-life balance while maximising time with your children Having spent 12 years working in childcare centres, Lucy Dowthwaite wanted to dedicate more time…
Thunderpants – Supporting Kids to be Kids
By Hannah Schenker Think back…Think way, way back to when you were a kid. Do you remember how you loved doing cartwheels and handstands?…
Golden and Radiant: The Photography of Celia Galpin
By Hannah Schenker If you have read the Autumn 2017 issue of The Natural Parent Magazine, you will have seen the beautiful photographs by…
Lessons my babies have taught me- if it’s hard for me, it’s even harder on them
By Carly Grubb, aka Grubby Mummy Empathy. I am an empathetic person. Some may even say I am too empathetic (if there is such…
TEARFUND LAUNCHES NZ ETHICAL FASHION GUIDE
New Zealand-owned fashion brands score above the international average when it comes to addressing worker exploitation in their supply chains, according to a new…
Twins Vs. One Baby: Comparing Pregnancies in Pictures
By Hannah Schenker Ever wondered just how different it looks to be pregnant with twins vs. one baby? Have you yourself had twins and…
EVERY GIRL IS BEAUTIFUL, AND BEAUTY IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE FEARED
By Cindy Johnson I’ve seen this over and over, from well-meaning, intelligent friends who are parents. They’ll post a photo of their daughter and…
Mom is Drawing – Artist Captures What it’s like to be a Mother
By Hannah Schenker Joy Hwang, aka Mom is Drawing, started out motherhood thinking everything was going to go according to plan and be a…