30 tips for first-time parents ! What’s your top tip?

  I’m chatting on BBC Newcastle later today as the presenter is leaving to have her first baby and has asked me for my top tips! It can be really difficult to not feel nervous but my advice is to relax, trust your own instinct and let well meaning old fashioned advice from your Grandma […]

The Baby Blogs. Day 17 – Preparing Your Older Child for Your New Arrival

Having a new baby is very exciting but your older child may worry about what all the changes may mean to them as for the last year or two they have probably been the centre of your universe so it’s a good idea to prepare them for this exciting new arrival.  Pregnancy Preparations Sibling Showdown […]

The Baby Blogs. Day 15 – Preparing Your Older Child for Your New Arrival

Having a new baby is very exciting but your older child may worry about what all the changes may mean to them as for the last year or two they have probably been the centre of your universe so it’s a good idea to prepare them for this exciting new arrival.  Pregnancy Preparations Sibling Showdown […]

The modern cult of child worship.

I was recently speaking on BBC Radio Warwickshire talking about the cult of child worship, where children become the absolute centre of their parents world in an unbalanced way, compared to past generations. From the moment babies are born – in fact, from the minute some Mums become pregnant – they obsess about every single detail of their […]