Struggling with potty training
We ask parenting expert Kathryn Mewes one reader's question about potty training
Q: My two-year old son has zero interest in being potty trained. We have tried lots of different approaches - training seats, musical...
Just How Important is Sleep to Your Child’s Development?
Our children are taught the importance of diet and exercise. Alarmingly, another vital aspect of our well-being is struggle for many parents - sleep.
Sleeping woes, the night before Christmas
We all want a good night’s sleep before the long awaited day arrives. Read on for tips on how to get a new baby, a frightened toddler or an excitable child, sleeping more over...
How to perform resuscitation and CPR on an infant
Having the knowledge required to carry out first aid on an infant can be vital, yet 81% of parents admit they don’t have the skills required to administer even basic first aid, with statistics...
A Life with Autism
hey say that having a child changes your life forever. When you have a child like Natan, it blows it away.”
For the first couple of years, Carine’s experiences of motherhood were just like...
Statementing
With more and more children being diagnosed with increasing numbers of educational and behavioural conditions, the need for a ‘statement’ is ever-important. But it is a daunting, often laborious process and one no...
Children with asthma no more likely to have tooth decay
We discover if there is a link between asthma and tooth decay.
A new study has shown that there is no connection between asthma and tooth decay in children. In the past, there have...
Health: Over-coming bedwetting
Wetting the bed is a common problem for many children, even after they have been through potty training. Andrea, a mum from Bradford tells the story of how her six-year-old son, Ben, overcame bedwetting...
