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Being a parent in this day and age, we try to document the memories through photos and videos using our smartphones especially over the first year of your baby’s life. And the firsts of anything with your baby are major moments and very valuable but there’s nothing quite like their first Raya! Though it is a tradition to give out duit raya, however your baby is too little to get amused over it, and they are probably more excited over the attractive patterns on the Raya packet than the value of the money

Raya (aka Eid Mubarak) is approaching soon and it is one of my favourite festivities of the year! And I bet it’s yours too especially if you are celebrating it for the first time with your baby! I know it too can be stressful planning the whole festivity – outfits, meals (Rendang, yumm!), decorations, and to top it all, we are still living in the pandemic that doesn’t seem to go away. And because of that, it’s important for us to stay home and celebrate it safely with our immediate household, particularly when you have a baby around

I know it can be quite troublesome to carry your bulky electric breast pumps day in and day out and being at risk of losing small and loose parts of the breast pumps in the process. Well, you can save that trouble now with one of the coolest inventions to womankind – silicone breast pumps! Silicone breast pumps function by using powerful suction to draw the milk out of your breast

While it is a known fact that breast milk should be the primary choice for your baby’s first six months to achieve optimal growth, development, and health, however, in cases when breastfeeding is inadequate or not possible, infant milk formula would be an alternative and supplementary source of nutrition. With the huge range of infant milk formula available in the market now, it can get overwhelming for parents to decide on the right one for your baby

Having a picky eater at home can be quite a challenge as it can turn every meal into a battle. And it shouldn’t be that way because mealtime is supposed to be a fun get-together with the rest of the family! Lightening up the mood and getting artsy with food are great ways to take the stress out of mealtime and bring fun to the table, while getting your tot to eat! Here are few tips that you can try to make mealtimes more enjoyable

Introducing solids to your little one can be both exciting and thrilling. It is a fun experience to be exploring new tastes and textures with your baby

Your baby probably has their favourite plushie who is part toy, part best friend, and also part napkin. Even it is a cute sight to see when your baby carries Miss Kitty everywhere, the plushie might be looking super gross

Dear parents, do you still remember your first soft toy? Cause I still do! It was a large pink bunny that I kept in the corner of my bed! It was soft and cuddly, she was my first childhood best friend. Since soft toys have become staple gifts to give to little babies, numerous studies have shown that soft toys indeed have positive impacts on the development of a child

As parents, we strive to give the best to our children. From the house they live in, the school they go to, the food they eat daily right down to the products they apply on their skin

Though it is highly encouraged for mothers to breastfeed their baby, if you have opted for formula or need to supplement with formula, it is super important that you pay extra attention to the safe preparation of your baby’s milk each time because unlike a breastfed baby, a formula-fed baby does not have the immune factors. Hence here are the dos and don’ts to a safe formula feeding