We were walking Lil’Red along the Tverrelv river and all of a sudden I had ‘deja vu’.  Two years ago we were walking the exact road, with the exact pram, in the exact season with a striped beanied, brown-eyed baby.

For your baby’s six week check up a doctors appointment and a child nurse appointment will be scheduled.  It is best to arrive at least ten minutes early as your baby will need to be weighed and measured first.  The baby will need all their clothes off for this.  You can keep the nappy on [...]

Knowing what will keep your baby warm in Norway is common knowledge passed down from mother to mother…

When you have your last appointments with your midwife before you give birth she will ask you if you want to join a ‘mother’s group’.  (Although sometimes the language barrier gets in the way and you don’t realise what you’ve signed up to until you arrive at the appointment.) Mother’s group is just a group [...]