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  • The Chocolatey Truth - What is Really in Chocolate Biscuits?

    by Julie Bhosale
    Let’s talk chocolate biscuits!Look into almost any supermarket and you will find almost half an entire isle dedicated to biscuits. Whether we like ...

  • Daffodil Day - Special Blog

    by Julie Bhosale
    Daffodil Day in New Zealand is Friday 26th August here in NZ. It's one of the most important awareness and fundraising campaigns for cancer in the ...

  • Mum Bods - Strong is the New Skinny

    by Julie Bhosale
    This was about 7am Saturday morning. Hubby took this photo as he was like "you are not seriously taking them all out" – ah yes - the boys had been ...

  • Small but Mighty-The Immunity Power of Vitamin C

    by Julie Bhosale
    Winter brings with it lovely surprises in the form of ills and chills…you know the drill! A healthy immune system is our body’s natural army to def...

  • The Trenches of Sleep Deprivation – A Letter to a Fellow Mum

    by Julie Bhosale
    When pregnant with my first son I remember being terrified of the sleep deprivation that was to come. I knew it would be hard and I also knew that ...

  • Baby Prep - Getting Your Ducks in a Row!

    by Julie Bhosale
    Being prepared for life with a new baby is crucial – crucial for your overall wellbeing, crucial for your mental and emotional state and crucial to...

  • 10 Mum Coffee Facts

    by Julie Bhosale
    As many of you know I am a self-confessed coffee lover, motherhood would be a very different journey (in my mind) without a good old cup of coffee....

  • Mummy is going away for work - a letter for my babies

    by Julie Bhosale
    To my babies –

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    This is the first time I am leaving you both and leaving you to work. I know you do not fully understand this now, so this is all the things I wish I could tell you:

    I love you, more than I ever imagined loving someone, more than I could put into words.

    I hope you will know that me leaving you to work, to build a career does not mean I do not love you any less or wanted to miss any...

  • Why I am not exclusively breastfeeding - confessions of a nutritionist mum

    by Dr Julie (PhD)
    This blog has been quite hard for me to write and taken me a few drafts! I sincerely hope that it helps another mum out there feel at peace with their own choice of how they feed their baby.

    My First Experience

    This story really starts with my experience breastfeeding my first son (now aged 2). As a nutritionist and lecturer prior to having children I taught the importance of breast-feeding. I KNEW...

  • Sahan's Birth Story

    by Julie Bhosale

    Sahan Raj Bhosale - Saturday 17th Jan 2015, 11.10pm


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    The birth of our second son was quite different to that of our first – which was a fairly text book natural birth.  Most of you will have read my earlier blogs about the challenges I encountered during the later stages of my pregnancy with pelvic athropathy which meant I needed to be induced. It was a very surreal...

  • Pregnancy Journal 39 Weeks

    by Julie Bhosale
    This will highly likely be my last blog before I become a mum again. I will be completely honest I did not think I would get this far. I am now 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant. This is a common theme among most of my pregnancy blogs as you will have no doubt picked up! This blog follows on from the one I wrote nearly two weeks ago (read here). I am a qualified health professional but I am first and...

  • Coping with Sleep Deprivation

    by Julie Bhosale
    Since I have become a blog writer, I read a lot more health blogs and I feel frustrated when I read about the ‘importance’ of getting a good 8 hours sleep in and going to bed early to ensure quality sleep. While I will advocate for this, for a mum, especially with children under the age of five it is typically an unattainable goal. I do not think I have actually slept for 8 hours straight since my...