/ in time for dinner - and make your goodbyes short and sweet but matter-of-fact. At playAt twenty months most toddlers are already be in the wonderful realm of pretend play and she may pretend to feed her cuddly toys or dolls with a cup or spoon and might

MobilityYour toddler is mastering new motor skills all the time and by now may be making your life that little bit harder by opening doors himself or by trying to climb over safety gates. If you haven't already done so then now is the time to make sure that your safety gates are...

Mobility / physical developmentMost toddlers now need little help when it comes to getting about the house and garden and clambering over everything in sight, though she'll most likely still need help walking down the stairs. She's probably doing plenty of running around and get...

Mobility / physical developmentHaving walked, run and climbed all over your home, your toddler now has his immediate surroundings pretty much sorted. He'll know where to go to find his toys, books and clothes, and will probably have worked out plenty of places where you've hidden...

, and may recognise her younger self. You can also show her pictures of other family members in their younger days and she'll probably be fascinated by the notion that mummy and daddy were children once.By twenty-four months your toddler is becoming both

Women could soon be able to workout how long they could delay having children, a new study reports.One in 20 women starts the menopause before the age of 46, which can affect fertility up to a decade earlier, said BBC News.Genetic researchers from the University of Exeter and the...

Production company Twenty Twenty Television are working on a documentary for Channel 4 about parent-infantattachment - or in laymens terms - bonding. The filmwill explore the many reasons why these problems can be encountered by newparents and how

clip the bar to the bouncer. Bearing in mind that it's recommended that you only use the bouncer for up to twenty minutes at a time, you might think that that's a bit of a faff. In our experience, however, it's certainly worth any bit of faff

You might feel like you’ve just gone twenty rounds with a sumo version of Mohammed Ali, but when you see your baby for the first time you’ll most probably feel a unique rush of emotions with exhaustion tempered by relief, exhilaration and joy

, with a twenty-second break between sets.Equipment: This is a pretty tough exercise and you might find it a little easier to do the lying flat variation with a gym elastic reaching around your feet and held in your hands, using the elastic for resistance