After school activities – when is it too much?

With activities from sports to music dominating the evening and weekend hours, parents can sometimes see their children ricocheting from school to activity to training with only a scant break in the car. Sometimes with barely enough time to change. More often than not, parents find themselves playing taxi driver to their child’s pursuits. Some…

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Fun picnic and small plate ideas with Organix

We’ve teamed up with super organic food company Organix to give you some simple, fun (and vitamin filled) recipes that will delight the kids this week. Why not try one of our ideas below and show us a picture of your plates in the comments! Organix thrives on making great tasting food for babies, toddlers…

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Our top books picks for AW17

We love a good story here at maternity & infant, so we’ve taken this season’s newest titles and had them reviewed by our panel of experts; Penny our illustrious editor (mum), Danny (6), and Ellie (4)! 3+ Poppy and the Blooms By Fiona Woodcock (Simon and Schuster) Following on from her beautiful debut children’s book,…

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RECIPE: Super quick sugar free snacks for kids

Kids are always running around it seems, and all that running around keeps them snacking. While handing them a cereal bar is the easiest option when they need something high energy quick, they can often be chock-full of sugar. We’ve come up with some sugarless options for your kids for the times when they need…

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Dinners for when you feel more like a taxi service than a parent

Back to school means lucky parents across the country get to spend more time than they’d strictly like out doing what they do best; running a taxi service. Extra curricular activities are fantastic, but scheduling them so you’re not in the car for the majority of your day can be tricky. And cooking dinner for…

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All you need to know about hiring a doula

Numerous celebs have recently endorsed hiring a doula and have been delighted with the results. Indeed, in a recent Irish publication it was found that mothers who hired a doula had a better outcome in birth than mothers who didn’t. It also showed specifically that having a doula can reduce caesarean rates and length of…

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