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You know about the chocolate cravings and the morning sickness — here are the pregnancy surprises you may not have heard of, but someone needs to tell you. For first-time mums, pregnancy is a confusing time — a time where you have the questions, and you're looking for answers. But this is what no one tells you about being pregnant . . . Related Videos: 14 Things People Said While I Was Pregnant That Made Me Laugh 6 Ways to Encourage Your Toddler to Read That Don't Involve Singing the ABCs Here Are the Top 25 Baby Boy Names of 2018 in the USA Eating Like a Bodybuilder Yeah, yeah, you've heard the phrase "eating for two", but when you're six weeks' pregnant, your bub is the size of a grain of rice, and yet, you're starving. You're suddenly-ferocious appetite has very little to do with your baby being hungry (and by "little", we mean "absolutely nothing at all") and everything to do with the amount of overtime...

As parents, we walk a tightrope every day. While we want our kids to learn important skills, it's difficult to establish a balance between doing too much and not enough.  My mum, who taught a variety ofgrades , likes to tell me a story about taking me to the zoo when I was a kid. She kept trying to get me to describe the animals and colours, and I requested: "Can't you just stop being a teacher and let me just have fun?" Related Videos: ·         14 Things People Said While I Was Pregnant That Made Me Laugh ·         30 Things Single Mums Want You to Know ·         Here Are the Top 25 Baby Boy Names of 2018 in the USA When it feels like drills, it stops being engaging and children don't feel invested in the activity. Essentially, when it becomes a chore, they no longer want to participate. Reading is one of those obviously necessary parts of early educati...