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Sneak Peek! Simply Be’s spring/summer 2012 maternity collection revealed

Take a look at what the most stylish mums-to-be will be wearing this season

Thinkbaby headed out of the office this morning to take a sneaky early look at the gorgeous new Simply Be maternity range for spring/summer 2012.

Simply Be celebrates curvy girls, offering fantastic fashions for sizes 14 – 32. And now, with its biggest maternity range to date, Simply Be is honouring the ...  Continue reading

New website launched to capture your whole pregnancy

Easy new app helps you make your own personalised memory book about your pregnancy and the birth of your baby so you don’t forget a thing

A new online application has been launched to give parents a hand recording the most important memories from their pregnancy and the birth of their baby.

Created by Tommee Tippee, www.thedaybabywasborn.co.uk is a free application that helps you make a digital PDF, which you can also print, of your journey from the ...  Continue reading

C-sections. What the new rules mean for you!

This and more in the new issue of Practical Parenting & Pregnancy magazine. On sale today!

Caesarean guidelines have changed. And if you're thinking about having one, wondering what will happen if you need one, or simply curious just in case, you'll want to know all the ins and outs about what the changes could mean for your birth.

Find out in the March issue of Practical Parenting ...  Continue reading

Meet the crafty grannies hoping to teach new mums new skills

Always fancied learning how to knit, crochet or quilt but have no one to learn from? Master the basics with these virtual grannies

Grannies are fabulous, aren't they? With all that experience in life and bringing up babies, what would we do without them as mothers?

As well as being wonderfully cuddly and great babysitters, they're also invaluable for passing on all those home-making skills that seem to be dying out among modern mums these ...  Continue reading

The cons of controlled crying

Babycalm director explains why she doesn't agree with leaving a baby to cry

Nearly 60% of babies wake regularly at night at 9months, small wonder then parents are desperate for help with their baby’s sleep. For most it will come in the form of sleep training involving managed crying episodes. “Controlled Crying”, “Cry it Out”, “Pick Up, Put Down”, “Spaced Soothing”, whatever term used ...  Continue reading

Should mums-to-be get preached to about drinking in pregnancy?

As a flash mob gathers to remind pregnant women about the dangers of alcohol, we ask, do mums-to-be really need to be preached at in this way

A flash mob of ‘pregnant’ women and men froze for nine minutes at Euston Station in London this morning to remind the world that women will have healthier babies if they take a nine month pause from alcohol.

The group staged its silent protest at 9.09am on the 9th of the 9th ...  Continue reading

How long should you be together before making a baby?

Three months seems to be the norm in celeb-land, but is it too soon to really know that you want to be parents together?

Is there a minimum time a couple should be together before they're ready to start a family? I only ask because we've just heard the news that Katie Price's ex, Alex Reid, and reality TV babe Chantelle Houghton have been talking about how they're ready to have a baby together. Now this ...  Continue reading

“Snapping back” – the pressure of the post-baby body

Are celeb new mums setting a bad example to the rest of us?

Whether it’s the rise of celebrity mums and their access to round-the-clock personal training, or health scares in the headlines, there’s no doubt that there’s more pressure on new mums than ever to get back to their pre-baby weight in double-quick time.

Every day’re are bombarded with shots of Miranda Kerr and ...  Continue reading

Are babies “stressed” by “cruel” forward-facing baby carriers and prams?

Australian professor gives mums one more thing to worry about with dramatic claims that forward facing babies will need therapy then they’re older

So it seems that new mums don’t quite have enough to worry about yet. To add to our concerns, an expert in Australia has announced that by carrying babies facing forward, we might be causing them long-term psychological damage. In fact, according to Professor Catherine Fowler, mums who do are “cruel ...  Continue reading

New mum Victoria Beckham pounced on for looking grumpy

Leave the woman alone we say, she's just had a baby for goodness sake!

Another day, another Victoria Beckham story. This time the ex-Spice girl under fire for being papped looking knackered and grumpy in the back of her car.

We say: 'for goodness sake, the woman's just had a baby!'. And number 4 to boot. Let's all remember that Victoria gave birth just over a ...  Continue reading

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