Parenting Support

Whether the temperatures are warm and balmy or you need to bundle up to head outdoors, it's always nice to get a little exercise and enjoy the fresh air, regardless of the time of year. But if you're looking for something a little more interesting than taking the same walk around the block with the kids in tow or visiting your local park, there are all kinds of outdoor activities that can offer you the variety you're looking for

What goals have you set yourself for 2013? Was being better with your family finances one of them? Many of us wake up on January 1st with the hope and aim of making this year better, that this will be the year that I achieve… and then by mid- January many of us are back to our old ways. But, the lifestyle changes you want to achieve don’t have to be short lived. Try the simple steps in this

Some Common Irritants in Baby Skin Care Products It is not uncommon for an infant to develop an allergic reaction to a whole range of baby products, and a little extra knowledge and insight can make it easier for you as a parent to identify the best and safest products to purchase. In the past, studies have revealed dangerous chemicals used on the surfaces of toys and other commodities such as multivitamins for babies. Even dietary proteins are known

Love is in the air and Valentines Day is just around the corner.  But, if you’ve just had a baby, romance is probably furthest from your mind. Having a baby is an amazing experience.  The unconditional love you feel towards your baby can be overwhelming. The knowledge that this little person trusts you and that you, as parents, are now both totally responsible for this person can bring you closer together. However, sometimes you can get too engrossed in

Hold the dose of fear, I birthed my son on swag on the living room floor on a Sunday afternoon. By 4 pm, our midwives had gone home, and a friend had already dropped a warm meal off for dinner. Our midwife Meryl visited our cocoon daily for the first amazingly blurry week with our little one. Monty was lightly jaundiced and didn't feed properly for the first 24 hours. The care we received through the local Homebirth Service

Reviewed by Jane Palmer The back cover of "Mum's the Word" says: This is a book about Motherhood - our introduction to it, our methods of coping with the ups, downs and side-swipes. It is also about our relationships with our own Mothers. There are 12 stories written by Mothers, about Mothers, and for all the Mothers who had doubts, looked back and realised it was sometimes harder, more fun, more challenging and even more rewarding than they ever

The full reference for this article is Trotter S (2007). Baby products – it’s all in the labelling. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, 17:2, 263-266 Abstract Sharon Trotter recently joined us at MIDIRS to present our second Webinar; ‘Skin deep –neonatal skin/cord care: exploring best practice in skincare and umbilical cord care of the neonate’. The following article will focus on the wider issues surrounding the use and labelling of manufactured baby products and the legislation in place to protect consumers.

As you know toilet training a child can be a time of testing the patience of parents.  It can be a time of upsets, and disappointments, one step forward and two steps backwards. And sometimes toilet on floors and the thought of “will my child ever learn how to make him/herself to the toilet?” My daughters are now nearly 12 and nearly 8 years old. They were toilet trained when they were about 3 years old. And they were