Keris Stainton

Second child syndrome

By Keris Stainton, Jan 18, 2012

Victoria Wood does a joke about how with your first child you get a height chart and dutifully measure them at regular intervals, but with your second you know they've grown by the position of the snot mark on your coat.

Parenting without your parents

By Keris Stainton, Jan 17, 2012

When I had my first child in 2004, my mum had already been dead for five years. My dad died last December after suffering from Parkinson's for about six years. I am what American journalist Allison Gilbert calls a "Parentless Parent".

Worse than Terrible Twos, the Stroppy Sevens

By Keris Stainton, Oct 23, 2011

Getty Parents learn early to fear the Terrible Twos, but are you familiar with the Stroppy Sevens? When my ...

Are you making a summer To Do list?

By Keris Stainton, Jul 21, 2011

I need a To Do list. If I don't have one, I pretty much don't get anything done. My seven-year-old, Harry, has picked up on this and occasionally tells me about things on his own To Do list.

Is having a baby a career boost for celebs?

By Keris Stainton, Jun 18, 2011

Along with tummy pats from strangers and misleading advice from family, once you get pregnant you have to get used to celebrities trying to sell you stuff.