It is important to realise that children need both their parents. The input of both parental temperaments – and the rich tapestry of what...
When you have children, it is important you update your will because it offers you the peace of mind knowing that your child(ren)...
Say ‘no’ to exhaustion and ‘yes’ to a balanced life After 11 years of living abroad, we returned home. When I look back...
Becoming a parent, especially for the first time, is a life-changing event. Psychologists who have done research into the levels of stress attributed...
Christmas Day and birthdays used to be the ones I longed for and loved during the past 30 years. Not any more, I...
No one tells you even half the story when you are pregnant! No one mentions what it’s like to hold an inconsolable baby...
Having a baby is a beautiful and wonderful thing, but it can sometimes feel traumatic, depressing and frightening. A woman I know, who...
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one” Leo J Burke Ask any sleep deprived mother and she will attest...
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The arrival of a ‘bundle of joy’ challenges most new mothers’ whole way of life. People generally expect to feel overjoyed at the...
At the start of each new year, many of us make resolutions; promises or intentions to do something better or to stop something...
When a new baby arrives it is not just the baby that is born. A new mother and a new father are “born”...
If you have been feeling low or know of someone who is finding her new role as parent more of a challenge than...
Tips to make it through the tough days and nights of no sleep… I’m tired too…… Okay, so I didn’t give birth or...
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Did you know that in 1964 Randy Gardner set the world record for going without sleep – he survived 11 days without nodding...
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The adjustment to being a new parent is dramatic and almost no parent is fully prepared for the transition. Then just as you...