Parent Gossip

One of the most difficult things a mother needs to overcome is the night feeds which will in some cases involve waking up every 2 hours in the first few weeks. This takes it toll on you as you no longer get the uninterrupted 8 hour sleep you were used to. For those mothers [...]

One of the things both parents need to be prepared for are the sleepless nights! These are most certainly a given for the majority of parents for at least 6 months and could go onto 3 years in some cases. When a newborn baby is born there is no established sleeping pattern and time [...]

One of the things people automatically assume is that they will have the birth of their child in their local hospital. However through the pregnancy depending on the risk levels i.e. high risk or low risk will actually determine the level and type of care you will receive. Shared Care is when the [...]

After the birth of your baby there are a number of birth checks that take place to ensure the baby is healthy and put in place measure to treat any thing that isn’t. As soon as the baby’s born they are checked against five points – heart rate, respiratory rate, colour, activity and response [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Oh my goodness, its nearly school holiday time again - the year really is flying by. But in a few weeks the kids will be breaking up for Easter and for 2 weeks my son will need to be entertained.  If the weather is good I’ll have no problem. He loves the park so a [...]

We live in a world where there’s too much to do and not enough time to do it in.  Evenings are spent racing home from work, making the tea with one hand helping with homework with the other and taking the dog for a walk if you get a spare minute!
Weekends are then left to [...]

I have a fabulous Mum and I am a Mummy.  So it gets difficult to know what to do to keep everyone happy.  Luckily I managed have my son despite it being his Dads weekend.  He gave me a lovely bunch of daffodils and a card - or the more special because he’d made it [...]

It was my birthday last week so as a family we arranged to go out to a rather lovely Italian restaurant.  The kids can build their own pizzas and the food for adults is good too so - result - everyone happy!
However, my son who is only 7 ,is slowly picking up from me that [...]