For the first time in I don’t know how long I can actually see an end to the pain I have had since I was 20 weeks pregnant with the SPD. I am still a long way off but since seeing the chiropractor I have been improving all the time and now actually believe I [...]
OK, I’m bored and when I’m bored I think! lolol. Firstly, I apologise for talking about depression again, but it’s not meant to depress anyone (‘cuse the pun), I’m only curious. I was wondering what the difference is between PND and depression. When I first went to see the doctor about my mental state it was assumed [...]
Has anyone any experience with their child fainting, and then having a small febrile convulsion? My friend is in A&E at the moment with her boy (23 months) and he’s had a bit of a cold today, but no temperature as such. Earlier this evening, he was playing with his cousins and then just fainted [...]
About 4.6 million children eat a packed lunch every day. Leaflets are to be given to schools, teachers and parents on what makes a nutritious packed lunch – such as wholegrain bread, fruit and yoghurts. About 4.6 million children eat a packed lunch every day, but the government says many lunchboxes contain too [...]
How far to you take your actions to deal with your childs tantrums? Ella has a cold, as she has for nearly 3 weeks now although meal times are turning into a bit of a war zone. This morning at breakfast time, she ate 4 mouthfuls of weetabix and then threw a screaming hissy fit [...]
Many emergency Caesareans could be avoided, experts say. Births by emergency Caesarean may often be unnecessary, a group of senior obstetricians has warned. More than one in five of UK babies are born by Caesarean – a third of which are because labour is not progressing. Writing in the British Medical Journal, the group [...]
How do you teach your child right from wrong at an age where their understanding is so limited? I’ve always said “no” when Ella has done anything dangerous or naughty, but now when you say it to her, she just laughs. If you say “naughty” she smiles and walks round saying “naughty girl” which was [...]
Ollie had the new vaccination today for pneumococcal it protects against pneumonia and meningitus, he was a bit off his food tonight and spiked a temp straight away so I gave him some Calpol and he has gone to bed as normal. They are on a catch up programme at the moment for all under [...]
Test looks for pieces of foetal DNA. A simple blood test to identify the sex of foetuses at just seven weeks could cut the need for further risky tests during pregnancy, say scientists. Many genetic disorders affect only boys or girls – and so knowing a foetus’s sex renders further tests unnecessary in around [...]
I gave Rachel a Alpro soya yogurt. Its smooth and its suitable from 6 months. she loved it and I mean her mouth was open like a bird which I haven’t seen for a long long time. I was just wondering if I was to see a reaction to the soya how long would it take [...]