Parenting

22 December 2019

Top tips for winter new-born skincare

Emma Wedgeworth, Paediatric Dermatologist is working with Huggies Wipes as she offers her top tips for new-born winter skincare It's easy to forget that the skin is actually the largest ...
22 December 2019

Winter skincare advice for baby & you

With babies having such delicate skin, it makes them particularly vulnerable in the Winter months. The effects of central heating, cold winds and extra clothing layers can all take their ...

19 December 2019

A new dad's guide to fitness

Millions of men across the UK will identify with starting to put weight on and getting out of shape after becoming a father and it is often put down to ...

18 December 2019

Seven reasons to take your little one on a Santa Express

If you haven’t taken your little one to see Santa yet- a Santa Express is an excellent alternative to the traditional shopping centre variety. Here’s why we think so… It’s ...
17 December 2019

Seven tips for buying clothes for your baby

If you are about to become a parent or are brand new to the job- you will know that buying clothes can be a tricky business so here are my ...
17 December 2019

Top tips to get your kids to sleep this Christmas Eve

- With Christmas Day nearly upon us, many parents in the UK will be dreading trying to get their kids asleep before Santa's big day. Check out Professor Colin Espie's ...
16 December 2019

Five tips on how to look after your toddler's gut this Christmas

Christmas can be a challenging time for family gut health, especially with all the sweet treats floating around! Sugar kills off the good bugs inside the gut just as pouring ...
8 December 2019

Fathers pretend to sleep to avoid night feeds

Do you find yourself doing the night feeds and seeing to your baby when they call? And you find that your partner is sound asleep as usual? It seems dads ...
4 December 2019

Female First's top baby products for December 2019

-  Lully has been created by musician and mother, Jane Stewart, who has a background in music and show-business, and he is the only teddy bear to sing 23 live-recorded lullabies ...
4 December 2019

How to minimise anxiety in children when moving house

Psychologist Emma Kenny has recently worked with Purplebricks to produce a free children’s guide downloadable called A Kids Guide to Moving House written in collaboration with the Diary of a Wimpy Kids series to help families through the ...
2 December 2019

Review: JuJuni Dungarees in Pink

The first thing I noticed about the JuJuni dungarees was the high quality of the fabric, it felt thick and durable which is just what you need with a crawling ...

1 December 2019

Advent Calendar: 25 things you can do with your baby in the lead up to Christmas

It’s that time of year again and in December the pressure is on to fill it with memories- but what can you do with a baby at this time of ...
1 December 2019

Top tips to help look after little visitors this Christmas

Christmas is a time for merry-making and family get-togethers and as the excitement builds towards the big day it is easy to get caught up in festivities. But if you're ...
19 November 2019

Why children fear these seven things

Kids bed experts Cuckooland and child clinical psychologist, Lucy Russell have teamed up to put together the top 7 children's fears. Exploring what the fears are and why they seem ...
19 November 2019

Are traditional board games becoming a thing of the past for families?

A battle to save the family favourite pastime is on as a quarter of mums now only play board games with their kids twice a year Mums are now so busy ...
19 November 2019

Modern mums let children win at board games to avoid tantrums

Modern mums regularly let their children win at board games – while dads stand by the ‘it’s the winning, not the taking part that counts’ mantra, a study found. Researchers who ...
18 November 2019

Seven ways your baby can boost your self-esteem as a new mum

Women often feel like they lose themselves for a while after they give birth. Their bodies change (a little or a lot), their identity alters, and their lifestyle has to ...
17 November 2019

The lost art of handwriting

One of the great pleasures in my life has always been receiving a personal letter in the post. Knowing that someone has sat down to write their inner-most thoughts in ...

17 November 2019

Seven gift ideas for the new mum in your life

Whether someone close to you has just given birth or you know someone who’s a new mum- here are some things she might like this Christmastime… A massage: If it’s ...
12 November 2019

Watch the numbers rise - four babies born every second!

Imagine a place where it's not one baby born every minute, it's 4 every second. You don't need to imagine too hard, that's the world we live in. The popular ...
10 November 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Nicole McGrath

I was once bitten by a wild Hawaiian sea turtle. I watched it coming towards me, slowly eating the grass on the top of the water as it went. I didn’t ...

6 November 2019

Seven ways stress effects pregnant women

Pregnancy is a time of change; depending on how one adapts to change could alter how one experiences being pregnant. Life doesn’t stop because you are pregnant, yet you do feel ...
5 November 2019

Six ways to celebrate Bonfire Night with a baby

You may not be able to go and see a show with your little one tonight as it might be past their bedtime or you fear how they might react ...
5 November 2019

Top 10 Bonfire Night tips from Regatta

Regatta’s top 10 Bonfire Night Tips: Setting the scene: 1.       Bring along finger food or enjoy a campfire barbeque. Firm favourites such as sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, hotdogs and marshmallows are perfect ...