10 struggles of having a Threenager in the house Parenting three year olds can be a very eye opening experience…. We think the terrible twos were a walk in comparison to the wrath of a threenager. The list 1). They suddenly have a lot of opinions. A lot. About nearly everything. Except maybe the Middle…
We’re all guilty of consulting Google for our symptoms when we are sick. But could the information we find on the internet actually be bad for us? Dr Nicola Davies looks at the rise in popularity of e-health in Ireland. It’s 5am in the morning and your eight-month-old is screaming. 20 years ago, you might…
Hypnobirthing enthusiasts believe that labour needn’t involve agony and complications. Instead they believe that it can actually be a pleasurable experience. PHOEBE DOYLE asks if hypnobirthing really can take the fear out of childbirth. What is hypnobirthing? Hannah Hatherell had a terrible and lengthy first labour. “The experience left me feeling as though I had…
8 types of women you meet in the maternity ward When we imagine the birth of our little one, the last thing we consider are the people we’ll share our first days with on the maternity ward. A place full of action and drama (and hormones), it’s definitely a colourful cast of characters and there are a few…
A study in the UK now shows that mothers are more likely to breastfeed, and continue to breastfeed their baby when on a payment scheme. The scheme offered 10,000 new mothers £120 worth of shopping vouchers if babies received breast milk – either expressed or by breastfeeding – at two days, ten days and six…
Originally posted 2017-12-19 16:55:40.
Kensington Palace has just released this years Christmas photo for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. A blue Christmas for the royal family? The four are all pictured wearing matching blue ensembles, with Kate wearing a Catherine Walker suit that has been a few times before. With…
