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PEANUT BALL EXPERIENCES
For my third, my water broke and it was taking a bit for labor to actually start, so I used the peanut ball that my hypnobirthing class recommended. Within an hour, I ...
Atinuke – A Journey To Rediscovery
March 1999. The flames of the stove burned slowly under the pot of soft ewedu leaves, and eighteen-year-old Atinuke could tell it was ready just by looking at it. She reached for the Ijabe and with ...
Bursting the MORE factor
Hello there, How’s your ride into the new year coming? I know it’s about that time of the year where the most resounding subject matters in the media, the papers and word ...
Emmanuella
Emmanuella’s fingers leafed curiously through the glossy colored magazine, wide and overlapping her left hand. Her body hunched forward on the toilet seat with her feet, falling asleep from sitting for too ...
Testing
I looked out through the narrow window of our thatched mud house, the rain was heavy, cascading onto the sandy ground in a heavy downpour. It seeped into the soil, forming puddles ...
Habibah
I looked out through the narrow window of our thatched mud house, the rain was heavy, cascading onto the sandy ground in a heavy downpour. It seeped into the soil, forming puddles ...
Mums' Stories
WHEN NEXT YOU MEET A MOTHER
This isn’t swaddling! Why are you taping the ‘angel’? When swaddling, remember to let in air! That was Madam Abah condemning the efforts of the teenage mother Maryanne. Swaddling to her is ...
VAGINAL HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY
The healthier, the safer From copulation to conception and the eventual child delivery, the vaginal has a vital role in the reproductive course. This means that the health of this vital organ ...
UNFORTUNATE ADMISSION
A Bad Mother. “Her situation is unfortunate! A stillbirth born at 8 or 9 months. Huh? was it 9?” She asked turning to me. I mopped at her as though none of ...
REAL AND REALISTIC: TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR MUMS.
How annoying can it be when you sleep late because you’re busy planning ahead, you wake earlier so as to get set sooner, only to be hastily ready at the eleventh hour? ...
COOL WAYS TO STOP TODDLER’S THUMB SUCKING HABIT.
Thumb sucking is an act of sucking on the thumb or any other finger, exhibited by a toddler to soothe and comfort himself, wear off boredom or simply enjoy the moment. Thumb ...
SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCING AN INFANT TO SOLIDS
Few months or weeks before the baby friendly exclusive breastfeeding period elapses, many babies show eagerness/readiness to join their siblings and parents in eating solids. They could grab fruits like carrots, banana ...