A big thank you to all those who entered the Penwizard Competition. As always the turn out was fantastic. So the question was: How many personalised books do Penwizard have in their range? And the answer was: 8 With the help of my charming DP the three names pulled [...]
Computers with wireless internet should not be placed on children’s laps, says the head of the government’s committee on mobile phone safety research. Professor Lawrie Challis told the Daily Telegraph children using wi-fi networks should be monitored until research into potential health risks is completed. He says children should keep a safe distance from [...]
Hi as most of you will have seen on my other post ‘interfering MIL’ I keep being told to give my LO top ups with water. The reason why I should give him water seems to change each time I speak to the MIL but some of her reasons include: Cleans out LO mouth Stops [...]
I have to go for two 12 week scans one at my local hospital and one in Bristol at St Micheals which deals with complicated births where they will do a Nuchal Fold scan too. My scan date for my local hospital is 22nd May where they are going to determine chorionicity, am a bit [...]
Pregnancy Foods Eating whilst Pregnant – A guide through the minefield. When you are pregnant there is lots of advice on what you should and shouldn’t be eating. This guide is designed to help you sift out the facts from the old wives tales. It is important to eat a balanced diet whilst pregnant to [...]
Hi I had a positive pregnancy test last Monday but started to have a slight brown discharge on Wednesday. My doctor booked me an appointment with the Early Pregnancy Unit and I had a scan on Sunday. There wasn’t much to see only a sac, but the nurse said this was probably as i was [...]
Its competition time again! This month weve teamed up with Penwizard to offer prizes to three madmums! Penwizard personalised story books are truly unique, allowing you to customise the illustrations as well as the text. In just 3 easy steps your child becomes the central character in any one of their entertaining and [...]
I’ve been to the midwife again today, it’s the first time I’ve been seen since my scan. All seems well, the heartbeat is very strong and fast and my little bubs is doing great, he even booted the droppler off my tum lol. He’s measuring at 28 weeks so is a little big for dates [...]
For all those that are experts at twins a few questions as I have been banned from surfing the net by my midwife (like that has stopped me) What was your pregnancy like? What tests did you under go whilst pregnant? Were you under a consultant or a midwife? How many scans did you have? [...]
At present child tax credits are paid per pregnancy so any parent having twins or more only get the same allowance as a single baby. The rate paid for the first year does not change whether you have 1 baby or 5 babies born in one pregnancy. There is a petition if you want to [...]