SELF LOVE - Issue 22

Nurture Parenting Magazine

Australia's Natural Parenting Magazine

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Nurture Parenting Magazine
EDITOR Debbie Jay editor@nurtureparentingmagazine.com.au ADVERTISING Yasmin Edwards advertise@nurtureparentingmagazine.com.au DESIGNER Stephanie Nancarrow steph@nurtureparentingmagazine.com.au ILLUSTRATOR Bianca Stanton bianca@nurtureparentingmagazin
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Editor’s Letter
Welcome to the relaunch edition of Nurture Parenting Magazine. I’m Debbie Jay, and I’m delighted to be your new editor for Nurture. I live in Brisbane, Australia, with my two young children and my husband. My passions are all things pregnancy, birth,
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Self Healing
We often think of parent’s self-nurturing as taking time off; a bath, a movie, or a holiday. We wish to get away from the stress and challenge of living with children so we can come back with greater patience and kindness. However useful, such “recha
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Tested On Humans
The ChamonixRain Organics Coconut Baby Wash & Shampoo is a luxurious blend of natural & certified organic ingredients which has been uniquely formulated to gently cleanse and protect your baby’s skin and hair. RRP $28.95 500ml chamonixrainorganics.co
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Stop - Take a Breath!
Have you ever thought, ‘Stop the world, everything is moving too fast?’ This article looks at how some simple mindful breaths can slow your world down so that you make clearer, more relaxed, healthy decisions in your everyday life, and as a result, f
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Self -Love
Matrescence (Noun) The process of becoming a mother. Pregnancy and giving birth is a rite of passage, transforming a women’s identity into a mother, and forever changing the way life is both lived and perceived. It is one of the most significant phys
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Peri - Natal Anxiety
It’s happened! After trying, waiting and hoping for a long time you’re finally pregnant. Maybe it’s an unplanned pregnancy, but a very welcome surprise. It’s an exciting time for you and your partner. There’s a lot to think about, and if you are like
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Shaping & Reshaping
Attachment theory pioneer, John Bowlby (1907 – 1990), introduced the formal term ‘attachment’ to define the deep and enduring emotional bond that connects infants and their primary caregivers. Although bonding usually suggests a more instantaneous or
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The Truth
I’m going to come right out and say it: we are being sold lies about how to love ourselves. Self-love is not a massage. Self-love is not a bath. Self-love is not whispering ‘you’re worth it’ while simultaneously crumpling with shame on the inside. Th
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Baby Led Weaning
Baby-led weaning: You’ve probably heard of it and you may even know someone who’s doing it – but what exactly is it, how do you do it and what are the benefits? The buzz around baby-led weaning (AKA BLW or baby-led solids) has swept around the world
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Co-Sleeping
There’s much confusion about co-sleeping. Red Nose (formerly Sids&Kids) recommend co-sleeping for the first 12mo of a child’s life, but many doctors caution against it. What are the benefits, and what about beyond 12mo, what is a good age to stop? Le
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Nurturing the Sense
Rachel Carson wrote in 1965: “A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and ev
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Your 12 Step Program
“Perfection is the lowest standard any human can have.” -Heather Forbes Think your child needs a perfect parent? Think again. In fact, your quest to be perfect gets in the way of loving your child unconditionally, because it stops you from loving you
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Babywearing
Ring slings are often touted as being one of the best options of carrier for newborns, and beginner babywearers. Once mastered, they are quick to slip on and off; easy to thread and tighten; and best of all, they are usually no larger than an A4 book
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Daddy Talk
Grief is a strange, unpredictable beast. It follows you around like a stray dog, forlorn and loveless but somehow comforting. Once you open the door to grief there is no turning back. When my father passed last year, I expected a defined period of gr
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Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying affects children, teenagers and even adults all around the globe – and the effects can be terrible: self-doubt, depression, social anxiety and in severe cases, teen suicide. And, with social media growing in popularity, even among young
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Your World is Bigger
There remains something extremely nostalgic about a suitcase. Perhaps it is our need to consider the limited amount of clothing or necessities that can be contained inside that causes us to evaluate what we really need to live our daily lives. Perhap
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Divine Intervention
Staying pregnant wasn’t always easy for me, I had suffered from miscarriages and also lost Scarlett at 23 weeks gestation due to going into premature labour. After I had Scarlett, the specialist finally decided to run some tests which lead to finding
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Keeping Beezy
The Buzz If you were a bee the hairs on your legs would give you very important information, a 3D overview of everything that is going on in your hive. Your antennas, containing 60 000 smell receptors each, smell in stereo. Your role in the hive depe
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Talking About
It’s a heavy topic, and not light dinner conversation. Miscarriage is a difficult, overwhelming experience - it’s real and no one really knows what to do, or how to talk about it. It’s true - there’s no words that can change the situation, but there’
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Grief Declarations
My story begins the same way that many happy pregnancy tales do. After a week of mood swings, nausea and no period, I used a magical pee-stick to find two pink lines. I didn’t believe it. Off to the shops I marched, with my dear husband in tow, to bu
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Problem Solving
“So if I don’t punish or give consequences, what DO I do?” Even after I outline problem solving to a frustrated parent of a child who just keeps pushing the limits, I get the same reply. “Yeah, okay, but what do I DO?” It’s hard to understand at firs
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Build an Insect Hotel
One of my greatest passions is for the tiny world of insects and how incredibly important they are in our big world. Not a lot of people know just how big the role of insects are and how much we, and a lot of other animals rely on them. Insects are a
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The 8 week SHARING Kindness Challenge
At Sharing Kindness, we believe that CONNECTION is what the world needs right now. We need get back to basics and reconnect with the golden rule of treating others the way you want to be treated. It’s so simple, but if we all do it together, it will
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Bun Bowls
100 g fine rice vermicelli2 carrots, finely shredded2 Lebanese cucumbers, finely shredded1 cup (160 g) bean sprouts1 cup (20 g) coriander sprigs2 tablespoons fried shallots 2 lemongrass stems, pale part only, finely chopped1 tablespoon chopped corian
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Companion
We all like a good companion. Someone who enhances who we are and enables us to face the world with resilience. Companion planting works the same way. Plants from different families, combined within a garden bed, can actually enhance each other’s res
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Australian Made
Discover Bubba Organics - the earth’s favourite little baby care co. creating pure, natural and gentle baby skincare essentials that mums can trust and babies love. Kind and gentle to both baby and nature, Bubba Organics premium, eco award-winning br
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Giant Coconut Pancake
½ cup (50 g) almond meal½ cup (60 g) coconut flour2 tablespoons desiccated coconut1 teaspoon baking powder5 eggs1 tablespoon rosewater2 tablespoons extra-virgin coconut oil2 ½ cups (625 ml) coconut milk or water2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, plus ex
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Medicinal
I’ve watched the reactions of many people at the mention of Mushrooms for their health over countless years. Some people think I’m peddling Mushrooms from the grocery store and others assume I’m offering a psychedelic experience. There’s very little
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Between The Lines
Valentina Camerini It’s 20 August 2018, late summer in Stockholm, and it feels incredibly hot in the city. The TV news is reporting rising temperatures, and there have been numerous fires throughout Sweden. Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg decides she
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Nurture Change Makers
When I had my first child, I was young and inexperienced. I could not understand why my son was so irritable, constantly crying and in pain throughout the day and night. I was not sure what I could do to relieve him of his discomfort. With the help o
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5 Strategies
Use an Acknowledgement Sheet as a visual record of your child’s reading achievements. Sit down with your child when you are both relaxed. Ask them about their goals, for example it might be to read a particular series of books, or to read a chapter b
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Road Trip Back To You
Retreat Me Happy is here to inspire you with amazing Retreats in Australia, New Zealand, Bali and around the World. What is a Retreat? It’s an event that someone specialised has organised that has scheduled activities planned for the duration of the
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Share Abode
I am all about empowering mums, especially single mums. Being a single mum myself to a 3.5-year-old and 14-month old I really think that caring for yourself is vital. Single mums struggle with this because of the challenges that they are faced with d
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Homeschooling
When first considering homeschooling, I was mainly concerned with the education system and whether it would support my children to thrive. In deciding to homeschool, I was aware of some of the impacts and commitments. For example, one parent needs to
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Showcase
Travel the world with Chausette the fox and friends from Moulin Roty’s Voyage d’Olga range. Join the adventure with a family of geese, a whale, and a polar bear. The range includes soft & wooden toys, nursery accessories, musical instruments and more
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Ask Naomi
With Naomi Aldort Author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves. Q My daughter is very active in public and I don’t know how to keep her from disturbing other people. For example, In line to the movie she meanders between people. I keep telling h
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First Rides. Safe Travels.
Style and safety should never have to be sacrificed. Thanks to our clever and fashionable infant car seat KLIK plus, both of these essentials are combined, providing ultimate comfort and protection for little lives, every which way you decide to take
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