The birth of a baby is usually a joyous occasion. Most of the time, once the pain of childbirth is over, the exhilaration of a new child takes over and family life starts a new chapter at home. Sadly, that’s not always the case. Baby Hospital (ITV1, Tuesday 21st June […]
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Ellen White bravely stepped out on to the parapet that is Channel 4’s 4thought programme tonight, airing her own Christian belief about being a stay-at-home mum. The outrage it caused saddened me. Granted, her belief was presented in such a way as to suggest that everyone should be bringing up […]
With Mothers’ Day fast approaching, a mobile phone comparison web site decided to carry out some research to see how often men ‘phoned their mums. The results: Six out of every ten hours spent on the telephone by men from Manchester were to their mothers. The top ten cities are: […]
Actress mum Tori Spelling has put her name behind a new campaign to encourage parents and kids to easier, more fun potty training. This year, some six million parents in the US will begin potty training their toddlers, and while this is exciting it can also be quite intimidating. To […]
Would any mum do the same in supermodel Salma Hayek’s position? On a recent tour of Sierra Leone, Salma Hayek came to the aid of an African mother who was unable to provide breast milk for her own baby. As Salma has only recently weaned her own baby Valentina, she […]
Once almost exclusively the domain of “techies”, particularly in Silicon Valley, Twitter is now getting quite a fan base across the world and with “ordinary” people. Even Phillip Schofield tweets, as he announced to thousands of viewers on This Morning during the week. We know that plenty of parents blog, […]
Do you know what Twitter is? It’s an online service which allows anyone to share 140-character snippets of information about themselves, what they’re doing, and what’s important to them. It’s a bit like text messaging on the Internet. March of Dimes has announced that it’s providing daily pregnancy tips – […]