bring developmental benefits and those who find TV for youngsters thoroughly pernicious. But what do real parents think? In the recent ThinkBaby poll we asked you how much TV was ok for toddlers, and the final results are shown on the right. Perhaps

First prize!The photos are in, the votes are cast - here and across the sea in Sweden - and finally we now have the winners of our summer-long Baby Traveller Competition.We invited intrepid families to enter our picture competition, sending us their fab photos from holidays, trip...

to keep the noise down resulted in him getting a whack on the head from dad West.Merrifield was enjoying dinner with his partner but happened to comment about the baby’s cries.He walked over to the table where West, 20, and his girlfriend were sitting

Thanks to everyone who voted in our latest poll. We had the biggest number of replies ever, and the results changed dramatically over the past month.We asked youIn a recent review, it was recommended that IVF treatment on the NHS should

With many major issues – like careers and the financial reliance on women as well as men to pay into that all-important first home – being factors that have dominated the social changes of the last generation, it is not surprising that the national average age for a woman to have...

Thanks to everyone who voted in our most recent ThinkBaby poll.We asked for your opinion of the experiences of midwives you have had of your current or most recent pregnancy.The options were:FantasticCould do betterThey are doing a tough jobThey taught me lotsThey dented my confi...

Thank you if you contributed to our latest poll, all about the challenges that mothers face in the first month after their child's birth.It's not that we don't care about dads - we do! - but, while some trials do face both parents, the reality of recovering from the birth (especi...

Thanks to everyone who voted in our latest poll.We asked you what you thought about sharing your bedroom with your baby. We gave you five options which we hope fitted with most of the opinions you were likely to have about how long your baby should stay in your room before moving...

The majority of childcare providers so far inspected by Ofsted have been rated as satisfactory or above. Over half were considered “good” while 11% received an “outstanding” rating.Figures reported by the Daily Mail appear to tell a different story. Out of the 40,081 inspected, o...

If you're a coffee-loving mum-to-be you may have been pleased to read recent reports of the latest research on caffeine consumption during pregnancy, published in the British Medical Journal, which suggests that reducing caffeine intake in the second half of pregnancy has no eff...