When we did a vote on the biggest challenge for new mums, sleeplessness figured large! To a parent with a one month old, it seems merely a fantasy to ever be able to sleep through until 5am let alone 7am! Have faith, those days will come, though for some people, that day takes lo...

These days most women are aware of the key elements that will help or harm a baby's fetal development, from what they eat to their working conditions, to toxins like cigarettes and alcohol. However, a new study has also sent a timely reminder

When a child is born prematurely there is understandably a great amount of care and attention needed in the hospital, but as parents prepare to take their baby home, new challenges arrive.The charity Bliss works for improving care of premature

benefit developmentally from hearing classical music, especially Mozart. This has spawned many good CDs for young children and the second one from the classical music radio station, Classic FM, opens this up to include works by many great composers

their mothers that they love them. Their poll also suggested that a third or respondents thought Fern Britton would be their favourite role model as a mum!Hallmark are working with Sally Gunnell this month to raise a quarter of a million pounds for the Breast

, and working on future fundraising events with the charity.About Skinny SamsSkinny Sams is a new company selling a range of Italian designed tights made for girls from three months up to 16 years.From funky and wild to sensible and cosy, the designs suit

or classical music to their bumps even they don't usually enjoy these things themselves!Babyplus Prenatal Educational SystemThe Babyplus system works by playing sounds through a 'speaker' which can be placed by your bump. It plays a series of 16 naturally

circulation. This helps limb and muscle recovery.Keep the gel in the fridge to make the experience a really cooling one.The spray is used in a similar way – spray it on and then massage it into your skin working your way up from your ankles. Because it is a

: Progress guides to how your body is doing and how to keep it beautiful, boxes on current beauty products and health tips about what to use and what to avoidPrice: £12.99 RRPContact:PenguinOK, so Melanie Sykes did work right up to the birth of her second

and Parenting' back in 2000, this book established Steve Biddulph as a great new name in the field of parenting advice. The down to earth language and humour in the book and other Biddulph work shows us that parenting doesn't have one textbook path to follow