Tests and research that has been recently carried out suggests that it is safer to bath your baby in plain water for the first month. When your baby is born, the top layer of their skin is extremely thin and absorbent. Therefore it is extremely sensitive to germs and chemicals. During the first month, your baby’s skin matures and they will develop their own natural protective barrier. Experts suggest using natural and organic on your baby’s skin which are free from preservatives, perfume and colours.

As fireworks exploded the first baby of 2011 was born at 10 seconds past midnight. Midwives delivered baby Pippa by emergency caesarean weighing 6lb 12oz. Staff said that fireworks and chimes on the town hall clock could be heard. Mum Rebeka Bibby arrived at the hospital early on New Year’s Eve after going into labour sooner than expected. There were complications when she went into labour which resulted in an emergency caesarean.  Both parents are delighted with their beautiful little girl.

First Baby Born In 2011

As fireworks exploded the first baby of 2011 was born at 10 seconds past midnight. Midwives delivered baby Pippa by emergency caesarean weighing 6lb 12oz. Staff said that fireworks and chimes on the town hall clock could be heard.

Mum Rebeka Bibby arrived at the hospital early on New Year’s Eve after going into labour sooner than expected.

 There were complications when she went into labour which resulted in an emergency caesarean.

parents are delighted with their beautiful little girl.

Keepsakes and Castings – The new craze!

Newborn babies little hands and feet are so tiny, that once they get older it is easy to forget how small they were.  2d baby hand and footprints are still common, but new parents are now taking up the craze of casting their new arrivals tiny hands and feet. Commonly known as life casting, this simple process allows you to create an exact 3d life size replica for you to treasure forever! It is completely safe and a innovative idea to capture your babies hands and feet in exact detail and precision.  Baby casting kits are a popular gift to give to the proud parents.

Chromosomes carry about 2000 genes. The genes determine characteristics like baby’s height, eye and hair colour.  When an egg is fertilised it has one sex chromosome from the mother and one from the father. The sex chromosome from the mothers egg is the X chromosome but the sex chromosome from the father can be either X or Y chromosome.

Normal human cells have 46 chromosomes. Male sperm and female eggs however have 23 chromosomes each. When a sperm fertilises an egg the 23 chromosomes from the father pair with the 23 form the mother to total 46. If the sperm has a Y chromosome the baby will be a boy (XY) and if the egg is fertilised by sperm containing X chromosome the baby will be a girl (XX).

At one year old a baby’s eyes will have settled to be the colour they will be for life. Before this is a different story…..

You inherit your eye colour from your parent but no matter what the colour is now it may have been blue when you were born. Melanin is the brown pigment molecule that colours your eyes, hair and skin. When you are born this has not been fully deposited in the irises of your eyes. Irises containing a large amount of melanin appear black or brown. Less melanin may appear as light brown or green. If your eyes contain very small amounts of melanin they will appear blue or light grey.

Melanin production generally increases during the first year of a baby’s life which leads to a deepening of eye colour. The colour is often stable by about one year old.