Mar 1, 2020Mothers’ Mental Health Crisis – Government needs to do more to help new mums in needNearly two thirds of new mums said their self-esteem changed for the worse when they became a parent.
Feb 18, 2020REVIEW: Play & Learn With Your BabyThis month, DK published Play & Learn With Your Baby, the tie-book to the popular, pioneering Cbeebies show The Baby Club.
Feb 1, 20205 Things ALL parents can relate to!When you become a parent, you join a type of exclusive club where only you can relate to each other when it comes to certain things.
Sep 6, 2019Baby name trends are changing...There has also been an increase in French names for boys thanks to the birth of HRH Prince Louis of Cambridge in April 2018.
Sep 5, 2019Organic September! Bringing your baby up the organic wayToday’s generation of new mums and dads are more aware of the environmental consequences of using items such as disposable nappies.
Feb 11, 2019My Pregnancy Diary: 37 weeksI'm finally on maternity leave, everything is ready and we're just waiting now. I'm two days into maternity leave and missing work like c...
Jan 8, 2019My pregnancy diary: 33 weeksFinally into single digit weeks on our countdown! I'll admit that I'm done with it all now and feeling very happy in the knowledge that t...
Dec 4, 2018Writing a birth planI'm approaching the 30 week mark and getting some sort of birth plan written down or just in my head is a task that I can't really avoid ...
Nov 21, 2018My Pregnancy Diary: Week 26This stage just now feels like you're waiting around. Waiting for your leave to start, waiting for the final deliveries of things to arri...
Oct 31, 2018The Baby Show 2018!It came, it saw and it absolutely conquered London's Olympia over the weekend! The Baby Show is one of the most exciting events to attend...
Oct 13, 2018My pregnancy diary: 20 weeksWe’ve got to the halfway stage! It feels like it’s come around a lot quicker this time. I think it’s because this time we have Lily and w...
Aug 20, 2018My Pregnancy Diary: Week 13We’ve finally hit that golden 13 week mark! Your chances of miscarriage reduce, your sickness stops (well, it’s meant to) and you can app...
Aug 10, 2018My Pregnancy Diary: Week 5It's a really exciting time here in the Pearson house. Lily is (finally) being promoted to Big Sister! It’s only the start of June when w...
Feb 21, 2018Chickenpox has arrivedLily has caught chickenpox. After weeks of seeing the notice on the nursery door about the number of confirmed cases, it's finally arrive...
Feb 6, 2018We should support each other's choices.We should support each other's choices in life, right? I have always stood by this in my years of supporting young parents. We have all h...
Feb 4, 2018Hannah's Birth Story*NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE INDIVIDUALS PRIVACY With my first little girl, contractions started about 3 in the mor...
Dec 20, 2017NHS Drive to decrease UK stillbirth rateAccording to the NHS, there are over 3,600 stillbirths a year in the UK alone. That accounts for one in every 200 births that occur, 11 e...
Sep 21, 2016Another year of parentingThat's it! Today is Lily's third birthday and another year of parenting adventures and challenges has ended. It's been a great year. Lily...
Mar 19, 2016Why is everything a competition?Why when it comes to feeding our children is there such a competitive atmosphere? We all know about the debate between breast and formula...