Just for mums

What's New This Week: The organic, meditating Tooth Fairy

By Joanne Mallon, Sep 20, 2010

Here's our tried and tested weekly roundup of stuff your family will love. For family film fans Today sees the release of ...

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Are you a radical homemaker?

By Debbie Webber, May 29, 2010

If you decide to put your career on hold when you start a family it can feel as if you're swimming against the tide. Such ...

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Should dads be present at the birth of their babies?

By Joanne Mallon, May 16, 2010

This week, cricketer Kevin Pietersen was in the news as he dashed back to the UK from a cricket tournament in the West Indies ...

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Ask Joanne: My daughter won't talk to me

By Joanne Mallon, May 13, 2010

What's your biggest challenge when it comes to family life? Send your questions and dilemmas to experienced life coach ...

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New reason for morning sickness discovered

By Joanne Mallon, May 11, 2010

Morning sickness is one of those unpredictable aspects of pregnancy that doesn't turn out quite how you expected. You get it ...

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How to naturally boost your fertility: women

By Debbie Webber, May 8, 2010

Once you've decided you're ready for a baby it can come as a shock if Mother Nature has other ideas. The waiting turns into ...

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Ten best countries to be a mother

By Debbie Webber, May 6, 2010

It would be nice to think that in this country we rank as the best place on earth to be a mother. It would, but you'd be ...

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ParentDish interviews Netmums founder Siobhan Freegard

By Katie Lee, Apr 8, 2010

Netmums turns 10 this year. We caught up with founder and mother-of-three, Siobhan Freegard, to find out how her site is ...

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Five personalised jewellery pieces for new Mums and Dads

By Emma Cossey, Apr 6, 2010

In the 'old days' personalised jewellery for Mums and Dads usually conjured up up images of Elizabeth Duke style clunky ...

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Do helpful dads make mums feel bad?

By Joanne Mallon, Mar 23, 2010

Expectations of dads have changed enormously over the last 50 years. Fathers today are expected to do their fair share of ...

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Tip of the Day: Days out for Mother's Day

By Joanne Mallon, Mar 12, 2010

We've been celebrating Mother's Day since the 1600s, and chocolates and flowers are perennial favourites. But what many mums ...

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School stops child of lesbian parents enrolling

By Debbie Webber, Mar 11, 2010

A Catholic school has decided not to allow a pre-school child to enrol next year because her parents are lesbians. Now the ...

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