Breastfeeding calendar
I read last month that a group of Essex mums have created a ‘Breast of Essex’ calendar to promote breastfeeding. Apparently the four mums from Witham and five mums from Braintree in Essex became...
View ArticleTalk to your parents
Talking to parents about talking to their babies can be problematic, it seems. In order to encourage parents to spend time looking, touching, holding, talking and essentially being with their babies,...
View ArticleID tags for babies?
A French company has just dropped plans to fit children in several Paris nurseries with electronic tags, according to newspaper reports, following complaints from trade unions, councils and civil...
View ArticleSleep easy?
‘If the nursery is going to let dd have such a big nap so late then they should babysit her so I can have a glass of wine in peace!’…’It pisses me off to have to pay someone to look after a sleeping...
View ArticleStorm in a baby bottle
An innocent, proud dad comment from Labour leader Ed Miliband on the BBC news last week triggered alarm bells. I just knew he was going to get slated for casually pointing to shelves of formula milk...
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A mug’s game
It’s an all too familiar scene, young children sitting with their parents in a coffee shop sipping on an adult sized drink, rather than playing in the park or engaged in an age appropriate activity, so...
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Sling your pram
It’s happened, the buggy has broken the £1,000 price barrier with the anticipated UK launch of the Bugaboo Donkey. It’s predicted to be the latest ‘yummy mummy’ status symbol in parks and coffee shops...
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Mud is on the menu
I’ve always watched in horror as children push handfuls of soil into their mouths while their parents turn a blind eye to their child’s new habit. The hypochondriac in me has always thought about what...
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