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Growing Up Happy at Home Tips - Lockdown Play

Happy tummies mean happy days for growing kids
Your child’s happiness begins with good physical health and positive social interactions.

Discover 99+ ways to assist your child in growing up happy
Inspired by happy growing children, we bring you some of the 99+ ways you can choose to assist your child in growing up happy. Growing up happy starts in the tummy and grows from there!

Which foods boost fertility?
If you want to have a baby, you need to pay attention to your diet. Discover below which foods are high in iron and folic acid, which are essential for a healthy pregnancy.

Introducing Developmental Milestones

Tips to budget for baby
There are many factors to consider before dedicating yourself to raising and budgeting a child for the next 18 years or more.

Nourishing foundations … ready, steady, go!
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Practical Tips for Developing Language Skills

How to celebrate your child’s efforts
When we think of laying strong foundations to help prepare our children to succeed in the 21st century, various words come to mind that start with “c”, such as teaching them to be creative, communi

The third stage of labour
This stage lasts from the birth of the baby until the placenta is delivered, usually from 5–20 m

Second stage of labour
This stage begins when the cervix reaches complete dilation and effacement, and it ends with the birth of the baby.

Labour support
Labour support is a concept that has been around for thousands of years.

Medication for pain relief
In a normal, uncomplicated labour and delivery, the use of medication is not always necessary. Your own resources are often enough.

Activities for 3–5-year-olds
Fun activities and ideas to help children learn through play

Brain boosters for your curious 3‒5-year-old
Your child’s brain grows super-fast at this age. Make it fun and easy to help them learn and thrive.

Food Cravings During Pregnancy
Pregnant women will tell you they experience almost irrepressible cravings for certain foods – salty, sweet, spicy or fatty foods. Some think it’s the body signaling what the growing baby needs.

The First Month of Pregnancy
Your pregnancy: weeks 1-4 – the start of your first trimester. The first signs of pregnancy may be very visible… or not at all.

How Much Weight Should I Gain During Pregnancy?
There are many things you can do to prepare for the delivery of a healthy baby. One of the most important things is eating right to gain the extra weight you’ll need to support another life.

The Fourth Month of Pregnancy
Your pregnancy: weeks 14-17.

The Sixth Month of Pregnancy
Your pregnancy: weeks 23-27. Your baby develops movements that will later help it take its first whiff of air in the world, inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid.

The Seventh Month of Pregnancy
Your pregnancy: weeks 28-31. The changes in your body continue to take place as you enter your third trimester! As baby prepares for its future exit: its eyelids are uncovered and eyelash

The Ninth Month of Pregnancy
Your pregnancy: weeks 36-40. It’s time for the final preparations before the big day.

Baby Thrush
Thrush is a fungal infection and can be found in your baby’s mouth, nappy area or under the chin. The fungus lives on the skin and usually causes no harm, but when conditions are favourable,&n

Returning to Work From Maternity Leave
Taking care of a newborn baby is a full time job which requires dedication from you and your family.