I had the great honour of being invited by my friend Melanie to be with her on Friday as she had her first scan of her growing baby at 12 weeks. I can’t tell you the joy we both felt as Mel is 41 and this is her first longed for child. To see the baby kicking their little […]
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Love this blog post from Nathan Thornburg – who wrote an op-ed for this week’s Time cover story “You’ve probably seen the cover image by now, a young mother confidently breastfeeding a boy who is, as one critic put it, old enough to make his own breakfast. It’s a provocative image (congratulations to TIME’s vaunted […]
In the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of parliament yesterday it was revealed that the coalition government plan to revolutionise maternity leave by allowing parents to split it between themselves. The move could allow mothers to return to work earlier after the birth of a child, but also allow fathers to be more hands-on […]
Parents will be able to take more flexible leave to care for their children under family-friendly laws to be unveiled in Queen’s Speech. Mothers will be able to return to work earlier and transfer their maternity leave to their partners under moves to help both parents share the burden of child care. The Coalition is […]
It’s tough bringing up kids. It’s tiring. It’s challenging so I show the parents I work with lots of simple techniques to help make the adventure more rewarding and harmonious. You can find them all on my Parenting Made EASY CDs But here is one very simple question that you can ask yourself when you feel […]
In a culture that worships youth and has a thousand sites devoted to parenting, it’s easy to overlook or get impatient with the elderly in our life, especially our mums, the people with whom we likely spent so much time and often feel frustrated with. Spring in the Air published this letter on their Facebook […]
The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child. ~ Joe Houldsworth
I remember arriving at Mayday Hospital at 3.15 am after my waters broke with my first baby – excited, terrified and uncertain about what was happening to me. The midwives who helped reassure me, looked after me and helped me deliver (2 weeks early) my son Will into this world, with his little police helmet head after […]
Today I am delighted to share with you my interview with Bear Grylls. With today’s kids glued to computer games, ipads, ipods and TV I thought it would be fascinating to discover more about Bear’s passion for teaching kids to build dens, make rope swings and have fun outside with nature. Bear Grylls has become known around the […]
I was coaching a lovely Mum today who was feeling overwhelmed with her work committments, kid’s bedtime routine and busy life so I taught her my One Point Technique which is very simple, very straightforward but very powerful and helpful. It’s on all of my Parenting Made Easy CDs and Mp3 downloads and is only one of […]
Apparently women who have a varied diet in pregnancy may be less likely to have a child who is a fussy eater ! A decade of research has linked the smells and tastes that a baby is exposed to in its first few weeks and months of life with the foods and scents it grows […]
I’ve just come across an article in the Daily Express about Dads and hugging which I found interesting. My son has gone a bit more aloof at the moment as he’s 19, left home for University and is a bit unsure of the new hugging policy so I get more ‘high 5’s’ as he says ‘Goodnight’ when […]
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