Tips & Advice

Feeling your bump growing is an amazing feeling for many mums to be, but pregnancy comes with many questions. What should you eat, what can you eat? Can you run in pregnancy? Should you bedrest the whole time?

As summer winds down and the school year approaches, your kids are likely bouncing off the walls waiting for a new term to begin.

Many parents may be averse to introducing their new baby to swimming before they can even walk or talk; understandably the risks associated with water may seem daunting when you spend every waking moment keeping your baby safe and happy.

When children have school the next day, it’s important they get enough sleep. Sometimes this is difficult as children very often resist bedtimes. By adopting a few different strategies, parents can help ease children into bedtime in a calm and relaxed way.

When you are a parent, safety is a big issue when it comes to your family members and particularly your children. Keeping safe online is therefore a topic that is close to every parent’s heart, no matter what age their children are.   So whether you have little ones, middle sizes ones or verging-on-teenager sized ones, internet safety and your …

There are lots of times when you’re looking after young children that your patience is tested. And it’s not always easy to find a way to get rid of the tension and stress that you might feel while the children are around and still need your attention.

Returning to work after having a baby and enjoying a period of maternity leave can be a challenge for many mums; many who were previously employed on a full time basis opt to resume their duties part time instead, enabling them to balance the commitments to their family and their work more effectively.

Summer holidays are approaching fast. Don’t wait to hear the dreaded ‘Mum, I’m bored!’ With a bit of planning you can make long holidays become great holidays without breaking the bank.

Feeling good about ourselves boosts our confidence and helps us in our daily lives. But when we find that slugs have royally dined out on our prized delphiniums, or the neighbour looses his cat, we soon get upset. Other things concern us even more, such as when our bus services change, or our family moves abroad.

In more traditional times, the way to go about things in a relationship was to get together, get married, and then have children. However, now more couples than ever are having children before marriage. For example, politician Ed Miliband is marrying his long term girlfriend Justine Thornton after already having two children together. This makes some people ask the question: …