Weaning Foods ‘a DIY guide’ What you need to make your own baby food: A cheap hand held blender (Argos sell them for £4.99). If you can not afford a hand held blender then a sieve can do the same job but it will take a little more work on your part, as you will [...]
A human fetus is unlikely to feel pain before the third trimester, when consciousness begins to form, researchers said on Tuesday in a report that could fuel debate over proposed U.S. abortion legislation. Even if a fetus feels pain, doctors may not be able to anesthetize it without endangering the mother’s health, including during an [...]
By Alison Smith BBC News education reporter NCH runs 12 young carers projects across the UKAlmost two thirds of teenagers who care for a sick or disabled relative believe they do not receive enough support from their school, a survey suggests. NCH, the children’s charity, said half of young carers devoted more than 20 [...]
Websites offer donor eggs and sperm to women who want childrenProposals to regulate internet sites trading in human sperm and eggs are set to be unveiled this week by ministers. The plans are part of a wider consultation on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFEA) 1990. Websites currently fall outside existing regulation, and [...]
Parents said Homer Simpson promoted an unhealthy lifestyleChildren’s TV heroes are having a negative impact on their eating habits, a survey finds. Nearly two-thirds of 2,000 parents quizzed said cartoon character Homer Simpson – famous for loving doughnuts – promoted an unhealthy lifestyle. Big Brother contestants were also criticised, with one in 10 complaining [...]
Paternity tests may be done for medical or legal reasonsUp to one in 25 dads could unknowingly be raising another man’s child, UK health researchers estimate. Increasing use of genetic testing for medical and legal reasons means more couples are discovering the biological proof of who fathered the child. The Liverpool John Moores University [...]
The study says pregnant smokers are failing to kick their habitThe majority of women fail to give up smoking during pregnancy even when given specialist counselling, researchers have found. The Glasgow University team discovered that despite the harmful effects smoking can have on unborn babies, most mums-to-be struggle to quit. It is estimated that [...]
The liquid tablets are used instead of washing powderChildren may be at risk from washing machine capsules containing liquid detergent that could squirt in their eyes, doctors warn in The Lancet. Staff at Children’s University Hospital in Dublin saw six cases in six months in children aged 18 months to three. Each had suffered [...]
I’m going to have a clean up of the members galleries over the next few days, a lot of members have asked for galleries and never used them, I’m going to delete these and any, that are felt to be really in-active, the ones where people have joined the community, asked for a gallery on [...]
A few members have asked for something they can print off and display or pass on to people or groups they are involved with. So here below is a link to a flyer that you can print off. The document is a pdf file, so no one should have any trouble opening it, you can either [...]