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Make the most of your doctors appointments.

There’s nothing worse than waiting a month to see your gynae, getting home and realizing that there’s something you forgot to ask him. And your next appointment is a whole 30 days away. Keep a piece of paper on your fridge entitled Doctor, Doctor (or if you prefer – Questions to Ask the Doctor) and a pencil tied to a piece of string attached to another fridge magnet. Jot down every question you have and take the paper with you to your appointments.

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Don’t be restricted by hideous maternity clothes

Buy what you want to wear from your favourite store. All you have to remember is to choose pants and skirts with an elastic waist, and ensure clothes have room for breast and tummy growth! You can be as stylish as you always are.

Teach Your Baby To Sleep On Her Own

Your child needs to fall asleep where she will wake up (not in your arms, the pram or the car). If you don’t allow her to do so, she will wake disoriented and uncomfortable and won’t be able to go back to sleep on her own. The last memory for your child should be in her own bed, in her own room, with her comfort item. When she wakes up in the night for a reason other than a nappy or feed she will be in a familiar place and more able to go back to sleep on her own.

Medicine lids

Wash old child-proof lids from medicine bottles and put them onto other medicines with normal lids. The safety lids fit most other bottles.

- Laura, Durban

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I keep my camera fully charged at all times and hidden behind a picture frame on the bookshelf in our living room. The charger is right there too. I am less likely to miss those special moments that could be gone if I had to go searching for my camera.

- Lidsey Kaufman

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