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5 things you do differently with your second baby
There are some significant differences in the parenting experience when you've already done it once.
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Ear piercing: what age is best?
What is it that shapes our opinions on what’s an 'appropriate' age for our children to get their ears pierced? Parents share their views on how young is too young when it comes to piercing.
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Carving out a corner of the internet for my baby
Within a few months of his birth, Oliver had a personal Instagram account boasting a small but enthusiastic fan base - and nearly 200 posts.
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Got a baby girl? This glue has been designed for you
If you're worried nobody can tell if your bald baby is a girl or a boy, Girlie Glue will solve that problem for you.
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How do you clean poo out of curtains? No joke, that's what parenthood leaves our comedians asking
Becoming a parent is life-changing.
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Forget the cake smash - now there's the donut and avocado smash photo shoots
Getting babies messy with all kinds of food is something Lyndsey's PhotoCo excels at.
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Five ways I 'neglected' my second born
I didn't recognise it at the time, but some of my behaviour was definitely eye-rollingly ridiculous.
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Young mum says baby saved her life by finding her breast cancer
A 26-year-old mum has credited her baby boy with saving her life after his sudden refusal to breastfeed led to her being diagnosed with breast cancer.
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The Instagram account celebrating dads: 'I don't babysit. I parent.'
It's the Instagram account celebrating fatherhood in all its various facets - the love, the joy, the mess,and every little thing in between.
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Mum's honest comparison: Social Media vs Real Life
A mother's candid post about life with her baby is exposing the truth behind the way parenting is often portrayed on social media - filtered to perfection - and what's it's really like.
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Why baby crying studies are helping no one
I'm of the opinion that parenting is very much a 'learn as you go' practice and what works for one doesn't work for another.
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Good news for mothers having kids later in life
Children born to older mothers today are more likely to perform better in tests of cognitive ability - in stark contrast to results from 40 years ago.
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The cake smash is just so yesterday, so have a taco smash like this baby
It was bound to happen; the ubiquitous cake smash has just been toppled from its too-sweet throne as king of the baby milestone photo events.
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