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Baby Central website opens for business.

A little over a year after they opened their store in central Scotland, husband and wife team, Murray and Jo Allan have launched the Baby Central website, to give customers the same high quality service they get in store. Murray said, “I know it’s taken a long time for us to get online sin...

Bloom Highchair Winner

The winner of our Bloom Fresco Highchair competition last month was Leah Thomson of Dollar in Central Scotland. Now, given that she is still at primary school, you'd think she'd have no need for a Bloom Highchair. Fortunately she has a brand new baby brother, Hayden, who's just a couple of months ...

Tips for Dads to be

1.If you are going to be the birthing partner, chat through some ideas with your partner for a birth plan. Then, if she’s screaming certain words out during labour, you can help the midwife by telling her what they mean. Of course some words might be understood by everyone!
2.So what’s a birth plan? A birth plan is the writing down of ideas and preferences that you and your partner have about the birth of your baby. You can use it to help people who come into contact with you during the birth. It can be as detailed or as basic as you want, but importantly, it will really help the birthing staff to help you get what you want from the birth. It’s best to write it down in advance, but be careful not to write in such a way as the midwife feels she must follow it all costs, as she may need to recommend changes to it. For example it might cover some of the following:
Does your partner want to be able to move around or be confined to a bed? Or perhaps use a birthing pool.
Does your partner want pain relief medication, use her own system, such as TENS, or want to see how she feels on the day.
Is there a certain position in which she’d prefer to give birth?
Does your partner want to listen to music during labour? If so, any particular music?
These are just a few examples – you can learn more about birth plans during your antenatal classes.
3 If you’re at all unsure about what to expect at the birth, ask the midwife at antenatal class to see a video of a birth to get an idea.

4. Even though you’ve been shown how to do it, get some practice at fitting the car seat into your car a few weeks before your due date. Don’t leave it until there’s a real baby in it and you’re standing outside the hospital, waving goodbye to the staff!

5. In those last months of pregnancy stay in the good books by offering to run a nice warm bath, make the meals and buying her some magazines and wee presents. Cosy up on the couch and watch a nice film. You might want to help her indulge in some of those cravings. Now might be a good time to offer to rub her back too.

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