Parent Gossip

The benefits of breatfeeding cannot be understated. However there are a few downsides, and we don’t just mean getting your brests out in public.
Breastfeeding on-demand is easy to do and is quick and convenient. There’s no bottles to sterilize and no formula milk to buy. However, you need to bear in mind that a baby [...]

There is lots of conflicting information being thrown around at the moment about how best to feed and wean your baby. On one hand the government are saying that babies should be weaned at 6 months and then on the other hand the University College London’s Institute of Child Health are saying 4 months might [...]

This hotly debated topic brings divided views from parents, some who claim children should not be left alone until absolutely necessary and some who believe kids can be left on their own if they are mature enough. But how old does a child have to be to be classed as ‘mature’? Well, the law states [...]

A survey by YouPoll recently suggests that parents are more concerned over the threat of murder than current health problems such as the obesity epidemic. The survey was polled with over 1,200 parents who gave these surprising results.
The statistics however show that the chances of a child being killed by a stranger is in fact [...]

Witchling 10 is sick. She is poorly sick with what is either a nasty cold, or the beginning of flu. It started at the weekend as her eyes started to stream and her nose started to bung up. Next the throat was sore and she started to feel ‘gucky’. This is a great [...]

Welcome to 2009. It’s a New Year! A chance for everyone to make a fresh start, full of great intentions for the coming 12 months.  What are you going to change?
I believe that the best new years resolutions a parent can make is to quit smoking. If the health warnings that the Government has placed [...]

Despite what many believe, choosing to give children a vegetarian diet does not mean that they will not grow, or that they will not get the nutrition that they need. In fact it means that they have access to a varied, healthy, morally sound range of foods that provides all of the nutrients necessary for [...]

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 [...]

1 in 10 children in the UK are living in poverty, growing up in overcrowded, cramped housing, or in ‘temporary accomodation’ that sees them shunted from place to place with little stability or hope for a future. What is worse, 3.8 million children are living in poverty in the UK even after their housing costs [...]

Witchling 12 has gone off crisps! The queen of all things deep fried and salty has done a complete u-turn and is now demanding carrots and chunks of cucumber as snacks.   Her packed lunch this morning consisted of 2 raw carrots, a large chunk of cucumber, a chicken mayo sandwich and a yoghurt.  She took [...]