Parenting Advice

Read on for more advice on when you should be concerned about your child's weight and how to take action to encourage healthy eating and good nutrition.

Dee Dawson Child Eating Disorders Expert

Chartered clinical psychologist Angharad Rudkin answers your questions on child behaviour and discipline.

Angharad Rudkin Child Psychologist

If you are having a hard time pre or post birth of your baby, then you may be suffering from depression. You are not alone, according to The Royal College of Psychiatrists, around 10-15% of women can be affected, with many people in the medical field repoting that figure to be much higher. In this article Elaine covers some common problems and highlights how important it is to ask for help, it will be hard but you won't regret it.

Elaine Hanzak Postnatal Depression Expert

Patrick Houser, author of the hugely successful Fathers-To-Be-Handbook answers your questions on becoming a father for the first time.

Patrick Houser Fatherhood Coach, Dads & Birth Pros.

Qualified Active Birth and NCT teacher Ruth Armes addresses your questions on various different ailment which may occur during pregnancy.

Ruth Armes Pregnancy & Birthing Expert

Midwife Sharon Trotter addresses your questions on how to keep your baby's skin protected during the cold winter months.

Sharon Trotter Midwife - Breastfeeding & Baby Skincare Specialist

Qualified public health nutritionist and university lecturer Yvonne Wake addresses your questions on how to maintain proper nutrition before and during pregnancy.

Yvonne Wake Public Health Nutritionist

While breastfeeding is both nutritious and natural, it does not come easily to all new mothers. In this introduction registered nurse and midwife Nikki Khan outlines what you can expect as you begin to breastfeed as well as providing helpful hints and tips to trouble shoot any breastfeeding problems you may encounter and to make feeding your baby more comfortable.

Nikki Khan Midwife, Lawyer, Baby Masseuse, Infacol's Infant Health Expert & Prima Baby's Expert Midwife

Developmental paediatrician Dr Philippa Rundle talks us through the causes and symptoms of various respiratory infections; from the common cold, through to more severe bronchiolitis.

Philippa Rundle Paediatrician

Elaine Hanzak advises mothers, health professionals and family support groups worldwide regarding principles of care for sufferers and approaches to treatment for postnatal depression.

Elaine Hanzak Postnatal Depression Expert

Up to 70% of children under age five have sleep problems. Sleep issues are complicated and have many causes. They’re hard to deal with because when children aren’t sleeping, parents aren’t sleeping, and that lack of sleep affects every minute of every day for every person in the family because lack of sleep isn’t just about being tired.

Elizabeth Pantley

Social networking sites, such as Bebo, Twitter and Facebook, are very popular with children, even those as young as 8 and 9. These sites allow children to be incredibly creative online, keep in touch with their friends and express themselves using a whole range of different media and applications such as video, photos, music, and chat. However, it’s important to recognise that while these are fun and offer great possibilities for children, there are potential risks including cyberbullying, contact by adults with a sexual interest in children and the misuse of personal information.

Childnet International Internet safety for children

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Whether you are a first time or an experienced mum you are bound to have a few questions regarding breastfeeding. I am delighted to be able to share with you my common sense breastfeeding advice, in the hope that they will help to dispel any myths you may have heard. I want to give you the encouragement you deserve, at this special time, to help boost your confidence.

Sharon Trotter Midwife - Breastfeeding & Baby Skincare Specialist

Starting a new school can be traumatic. Here are some ideas from The Parent Practice to help children to be happy, cooperative and confident.

Elaine Halligan Parenting Facilitator

Can you believe that some mothers deal with twice the amount of mothering that you do? Well its true, and these mothers are busy, busy, busy. Baby Specialist and Twin Expert Jo Tantum has experience with double trouble, and she has advice for mothers dealing with double nappy changes, two mouths to feed.

Jo Tantum Sleep Specialist & Twins Expert

Leading Greatvine Life Coaching expert Anne Miller explains how effective life coaching could help mothers who are thinking of returning to work.

Anne Miller Life Coach

Osteopath Avni Trivedi provides some easy tips for maintaining a good posture.

Avni Trivedi Osteopath, Zero Balancer & Doula

Sleep is precious and so are our children. Yet there appears to be a huge conflict in being able to negotiate a good quality nights sleep with the arrival of a new baby. Amidst all the conflicting advice on how to get your child to sleep us parents often feel torn between what’s best for our children, mother’s pearls of wisdom and medical advice. In the mean time where does sleep fit in to all of this? More importantly how are we able to truly enjoy our children when they are overtired and over stimulated and we are sleep deprived. What we really want to know is do we have to resign ourselves to years of sleepiness nights and confusion about the right method to enable our children to sleep well.

Chireal Shallow Psychologist and TV Sleep Expert

There are many options when it comes to choosing childcare for your children, do you go for nursery care or childminders? Here are my top ten tips for looking at childcare.

Sue Mann Early Years Consultant

About two thirds of us are affected by morning sickness in our pregnancies, with the severity ranging from mild dizziness to full blown vomiting all day long.

Claire Rocuzzi Antenatal Educator & Doula

Children have many bangs to the head and it can be difficult to tell whether they are serious or not. Many head injuries are not serious and simply result on a bump or bruise. However severe, or repeated head injuries can result in damage to the brain. Fortunately, most childhood falls or blows to the head result in injury to the scalp only, which is usually more frightening than life threatening – the head and face are very vascular and consequently injuries bleed profusely and can be very scary! An internal head injury may have more serious implications because it could cause damage to the brain.

Emma Hammett Founder of First Aid for Life