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How To Bath A Baby: Your Newborn's First Bath

How To Bath A Baby: Your Newborn's First Bath

At Shnuggle we like to consider ourselves experts in baby bath time!  We know bath time can be a daunting experience for the first couple of times and there is always the pressure to make it enjoyable for baby. When...

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Cognitive and Emotional Benefits of Bath Time

Cognitive and Emotional Benefits of Bath Time

Not only does regular bathing maintain your baby’s hygiene and wellbeing, bath time actually has many cognitive and emotional benefits which will encourage development. All the senses that are engaged during this special time encourage their brain to really focus...

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Baby Essentials Checklist

Baby Essentials Checklist

Its an exciting time planning everything you need for baby’s arrival, but it can also be quite daunting with so much choice available along with lots of well-meaning advice from family and friends. When it comes to baby buys, there...

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Newborn sleep tips and surviving those first few months

Newborn sleep tips and surviving those first few months

  Everyone has an opinion on newborn sleeping.  Whether its how to establish a sleep routine, sleeping through the night or where the best place is for them to sleep.  Every baby sleep book and expert will give you their...

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Bath Time Top Tips

Bath Time Top Tips

When you are a new mum, bathing your baby for the first time can be a nerve wracking experience with lots of things to think about all at once – is the water the right temperature, how do I hold baby,...

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Top tips for newborn night feeds

Top tips for newborn night feeds

The first few months with baby can be exhausting with the constant cycle of feeding.  Its important that you get as much sleep as you can.  With night feeds, settling baby after a feed as calmly and smoothly as possible...

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Car Seat Safety

Car Seat Safety

To coincide with Road Safety Week we have teamed up with the In Car Safety Centre, to share some useful information on travelling safely with children.    Installing and using your first stage seat correctly   TIP: Use a travel...

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Surviving Christmas with a Newborn

Surviving Christmas with a Newborn

If you are about to enjoy your first Christmas with a brand new baby, congratulations!  It definitely makes the Christmas holiday even more special.  It can also be a little overwhelming as you get through those sleep deprived nights as...

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Baby Sleep Tips for the Clocks Springing Forward

Baby Sleep Tips for the Clocks Springing Forward

After what has felt like a long, dark winter the brighter days and nights are a welcome relief and makes losing an hour's sleep a little easier.      With the clocks jumping forward 1 hour this weekend (1am Sunday 27h March),...

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