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There has been a trend towards Baby Led Weaning over the last couple of years. But while this may work for some, it’s not for all parents or all babies.
Some of the benefits of Baby Led Weaning include:
• Baby eats solid food from the outset
• No problems weaning off pureed food
• You can all eat the same meal
• The [...]

Every parent knows the difficulty of feeding a child, particularly when they’re still extremely young. So the transition from feeding liquids to solids can be a arduous task. The age a baby usually switches to solids is around 6 months but if your baby refuses solids, don’t worry.
A sign that a baby is ready for [...]

Breast feeding has a huge number of benefits. Firstly and most importantly breastfeeding gives your child the best nutrients and vitamins which are essential for your baby to grow up healthily and free from sickness and illnesses. Breastfeeding also allows mums to bond with their baby, as you can make eye contact and cuddle [...]

There is much debate about when is too old to have a dummy. Letting your child have a dummy when they go to bed, is acceptable to help the child to get to sleep. However, allowing your child to have a dummy when they get older is not good for your child’s development. Children don’t [...]

As I have mentioned previously my sister who is 24 still sucks her thumb when no one is looking. She has done this ever since she was a baby. There are lots of things you can do to stop your child sucking their thumb. Try to keep you child occupied so that they are not [...]

Children often have little activities which give them comfort and help them settle down. One of the most common habits of childhood is thumb sucking. My sister is 24 years old now, however when she is tired she still sometimes sucks her thumb when she thinks no one is looking.
Babies suck on a bottle [...]

6 top safety tips for bathing your baby
Bathing your baby gives you a wonderful opportunity to connect with her. It’s a great chance to bond with her but it can be a bit of a scary prospect when you first come home from hospital and are faced with bathing her alone. So here are [...]

Becoming a parent is a wonderful and exciting time for many new mums. However for up to 80% of new mums the ‘baby blues’ can set in about 3 or 4 days after the birth of their baby.
Baby Blues can manifest itself jn a variety of ways, from mild depression and anxiety about small things [...]

My other half is lactose intolerant and I have been looking into if this condition is genetic. Milk allergies are caused when your body cannot produce enough of the enzyme that digests lactose which leads to stomach problems.
The problem usually develops in childhood but some babies can be born with this.
How do you know if [...]

The first dose of whooping cough vaccination is given at two months old, and recently two young children have died at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, presumed to have contracted it from their siblings or parents but they were too young to have had the vaccine yet.
Experts have now said that parents [...]