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Baby First Aid - should you do it?
Baby First Aid can be a great confidence boosting skill to learn as an expectant or new parent. I get asked so often about how to get on...
Liz Sheridan
Sep 9, 20181 min read
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The best piece of advice....is no advice
I asked the mamas at BellyTots postnatal what the best piece of advice they'd received about parenting was. The answers were suprising...
Liz Sheridan
Sep 2, 20181 min read
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What's the most surprising thing about caring for a newborn?
I guess we would all give different answers to this; I think for me, one of the most surprising things about my first baby was how much...
Liz Sheridan
Aug 19, 20182 min read
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Are baby blues and postnatal depression the same thing?
'Baby blues' tends to describe a common experience that women can have on days 2,3 or 4 following birth. There are physical changes...
Liz Sheridan
Aug 3, 20182 min read
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Squeeze those pelvic floor muscles!
1 in 3 of us women experience a bit of a leak of urine when we cough, laugh, run (ha, ha, ha.... I don't do that very often!) or jump...
Liz Sheridan
Aug 1, 20182 min read
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If it takes a village to raise a child, should it take a village to bring one into the world?
Many times in my Antenatal Classes for NCT, clients express their fears that they'll be swamped with visitors after their baby's birth....
Liz Sheridan
Jul 29, 20184 min read
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How to use gas & air with breathing techniques for labour
I've heard women say it before and I remember thinking it myself in labour......the breathing techniques are working brilliantly but I'd...
Liz Sheridan
Jul 22, 20182 min read
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Does the water in a pool birth change colour once the baby is born?
The simple answer to this question is, yes, it can do - but not always. It is normal for mothers to lose some blood as the baby is born;...
Liz Sheridan
Jul 8, 20182 min read
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Should you go for a water birth?
This is an amazing photo of a water birth. It is quite normal for babies, as in this photo, to be a bit pale when they're born; that...
Liz Sheridan
Jul 1, 20183 min read
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Love letters for new mothers
I've had a lovely afternoon having cream tea at The Wallace Collection - I felt very grown up. I always have that feeling when I go out...
Liz Sheridan
Jun 24, 20181 min read
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The power of 'yet'?
This is a handy tip I've picked up along the way. When an unhelpful thought pops into our minds whether it is about labour, birth, early...
Liz Sheridan
Jun 17, 20181 min read
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What should go in your nappy bag?
We might spend a good deal of time thinking about which nappy bag to buy. There are so many to choose from. I know I'm getting old when...
Liz Sheridan
Jun 10, 20182 min read
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Bendy Straws! What's your unusual labour comfort aid?
Who would have thought that the humble bendy straw could be so useful as a labour item? When you think of it though, it makes a lot of...
Liz Sheridan
Jun 3, 20182 min read
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What are you looking forward to doing with your baby?
What are you most looking forward to doing with your baby? Perhaps just that very first cuddle or that huge sigh of relief at birth when...
Liz Sheridan
May 27, 20182 min read
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The power of touch
I've had a wonderful week training for Baby Massage and Baby Yoga. I can't wait to share a few techniques tomorrow evening at BellyTots....
Liz Sheridan
May 20, 20182 min read
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Why baby massage and baby yoga?
I am very sad to be missing the lovely Mamas at Monday evening BellyTots tomorrow; but I'm very excited to be completing my baby massage...
Liz Sheridan
May 13, 20182 min read
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Mama Sutra!
I loved this article from a Dad who starts it off with the sentence: if Karma Sutra did birth positions.....It's a very funny read but a...
Liz Sheridan
May 7, 20181 min read
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Ever wonder how on earth life got you to this point?
I cannot believe I am spending my Bank Holiday Monday updating my SEO pages. Half an hour ago, I had never heard of an SEO page. Even...
Liz
Apr 2, 20183 min read
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My Story
I initially trained as a nurse and studied at King's College London - an amazing experience with lots of placements in such a wide...
Liz Sheridan
Mar 26, 20182 min read
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Your spiritual journey awaits
Create a blog post subtitle that summarizes your post in a few short, punchy sentences and entices your audience to continue reading....

lizzysheridan
Feb 15, 20181 min read
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