Monthly Archives: May 2009
Heatwave brainwaves
With our fingers tightly crossed for a long, hot summer, here are some top tips for keeping your little ones cool and comfy even when the temperature’s rising.
Reasons to be cheerful
Even though I’m sad to have stopped breastfeeding, there are some upsides. Every cloud!
Sextuplets born in Belfast
Just read that a couple in Northern Ireland have become the proud parents of not one, not two, but SIX beautiful babies, born at Belfast’s Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital. Having been utterly shell-shocked following the birth of my single baby, I can’t imagine the rollercoaster of emotions involved in becoming parents to six tiny, premature [...]
how did we manage that?!
We recently had a friend and colleague of mine come take pictures of our little boy to mark his first birthday and I saw them for the first time today. Paula is undeniably talented behind the lens but I have to say (warning – shameless mummy boast coming up) that the subject matter in this [...]
66-year-old pregnant after IVF
Apologies for the knee-jerk reaction but I have just read this on the BBC and it’s made me so angry. This woman goes on about being fit for her age – but how fit will she be in five, ten or 20 years – if she even lives that long? At best when the child [...]
10 must-visit websites for mums
The internet is an invaluable resource for knowledge-hungry mums; whether for information, support or even just shopping, the web has loads to offer at every stage of your pregnancy and journey through the early years of parenthood. As with all things web, though, you often have to do a lot of wading through mountains of [...]
C-section: The emotional impact
Thoughts on the emotional aftermath of c-section – feelings of failure, of having missed out, and of guilt that a healthy baby at the end of it wasn’t enough to banish those feelings.
The end.
Illness brought our breastfeeding to an abrupt end – and left me feeling more than a little lost.
New growth chart for breastfed babies
The BBC reports on a change to growth rate guidelines for breastfed babies.
6 fun facts only parents know
Do you recognise these little-known facts? Then you must be a parent!
