Tiny fingers, tiny toes – jewellery touched by the little ones you love!
From the minute our children are born, we parents have a natural desire to preserve and prolong all those magical moments they bring – first smiles, first words, first steps. That tiny baby you bring home from the hospital grows so quickly into a three dimensional person with his or her own unique character and [...]
Beautiful bumps: Body art for baby bellies
Celebrating your pregnancy curves with stunning body art by Co. Armagh based make-up artist, Stacey Kilpatrick.
Great ideas for your little Munchkins!
Leading US baby brand, Munchkin, has recently arrived on our shores bringing a range of innovative and exciting baby and toddler products to the UK and Ireland. Munchkin’s aim is to rid the world of tired and mundane products by developing clever, innovative products that excite and delight parents and children making parenting and life [...]
Molly & Mia Appeal Charity Walk
A family fun day out in aid of a fantastic cause – get your walking shoes on!
Cry-it-out “harms babies” – expert
A leading expert says there is evidence that ‘cry it out’ techniques advocated by some childcare experts can be harmful to the developing brains of young children.
Molly & Mia Memorial Appeal
Sometimes when you hear stories about the awful things that happen to other people and the grief they have to endure, it makes you marvel at the strength of the human spirit. I found myself doing this recently when I found out that Dianna, a lovely lady I know through my day job had lost [...]
Something for nothing – free stuff for mums
Having a baby is an expensive business. From state-of-the-art buggies and luxury cot beds to nappies, endless clothes and mountains of toys, the spending starts before the baby is even born and continues, well…let’s just say I’m not hopeful of having any spare cash anytime soon. The good news is that all those companies out [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New growth chart for breastfed babies
The BBC reports on a change to growth rate guidelines for breastfed babies.
