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This week we’re looking at a beautiful tradition that holds true to the fourth trimester. It helps keep less desirable family members away during those early weeks and prevents well meaning family members

A tad late this week... This week we find out why the smell of a baby is so blooming amazing! So amazing, that their smell is addictive AF. We find out how and why their smell is so addictive, what it

If you’re pregnant and you’re noticing differences in your hair or you remember your hair changing during and after your pregnancy, then this week’s video is for you. We’re taking a look at how hair changes

This week we find out about the highly addictive ingredients that get put into just about every children's medicine. We find out how their addictiveness was discovered and take a dive into the studies

This week we’re delving deeper into sugar and the power of sweet taste. A sweet ingredient is found in every children’s medicine. The power of sweetness has been shown to be incredibly effective for pain

Thanks for watching! We’re Jamie and Bev from Small Acorn We’re on a mission to transform the way our society approaches pregnancy, birth, babies and parenting - one small acorn at a time. If you’re interested

We’re at the end of our teething series! Today we glance at what we’ve covered so far and also take a look at other tools that can be teethers. From teething jewellery and food feeders to foods and fabric.

This week we’re looking at teethers. There are tonnes of them so we took the opportunity to explain all the different types that are available and show you some of the more amazing ones. We explain what

This week we’re looking at the ways a parent can directly help their little ones when teething. The list is shorter than you may expect because many of the things we commonly do involve giving babies a

This week we’re trying to figure out if current teething powders actually contain what you’d expect them to. We’ll be exposing the hidden ingredients in modern teething powders, explain how they work and

This week we’re putting anaesthetic teething gels under the proverbial microscope. They appear to be a magic bullet, but may because of another ingredient they contain. Using them comes with risks and

Does teething actually cause pain? How can we be sure? This week we’ll answer these questions and also attempt to figure out what symptoms actually belong to teething and which ones could be another ailment.

This week we’re looking at why we booze up our babies. We also find out why alcohol was in UK baby medicines until the 1990s even though it provided no soothing. We also find out exactly what colic is

This week we’re looking at some of the history of cocaine, why it was considered a panacea and how it may have made its way into the mouths of babies. We also discover why the dentist would be considerably

Come and join us as we discover the crazy things they used to put into teething powders, how we found out what they were and why it took so long to get rid of them. This week is part 4 of our teething

We've got the second video for you in our Fun Fact Friday series on teething. This week we're looking into some of the weird and wonderful things that teething has been blamed for, one of the awful ways

This week we’re taking our first dive into some of the weird and wonderful things used to treat teething. Today’s fact looks into the history of one of the worlds most addictive drugs. We’ll be looking

This week we explore why some common behaviours associated with teething aren’t always all they’re cracked up to be. We’ll be finding out when teeth arrive and in what order. Ooh, AND there’s a FREEBIE

A reading of "A visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore It is tradition in many households to read this poem on Christmas Eve. We thought we would honour that tradition tonight, on Christmas

With the Christmas season upon us, we thought we’d offer up 44 festive baby name ideas and a few of their meanings. Many popular, some cheeky and others a bit obscure. And in Bev’s Bonus Fact she’ll be