When I was a lass, I wasn’t slapped all over with sun cream, there was no factor 50, we were just plonked on the beach to bake. When I was a teenager, I wasn’t provided with sun cream, we just, yep you guessed – baked.
I don’t ever remember burning, even in the summer of 76; we just spent time out in the sun and enjoyed ourselves. Then the oils hit the market and everyone used the lowest factor oils to grab the best tan they could. Its only about 19 years ago when I gave birth to my first child that I became interested in sun protection – he was born with Jaundice and after spending a week in hospital under the lights, we were …

Aww look, congratulations to Robyn for being voted the Spring Baby of 2010…. More ‘just for fun’ contests coming soon!

Rob and Yzzy would like to introduce you all to Tiger Indigo Howell our most beautiful and very first grandchild. She was born on our wedding anniversary on the 17th March 2010 [also St Patricks Day] and we are most very proud of our beautiful Daughter Kya-Amber for producing such an amazing bubba! Her partner Hal is shaping up to be a fab Daddy too!

Homebirth ~ Midwives views
Survey Compiled – December 2007
If you are considering a homebirth or maybe you are simply curious what the opinions of midwives is regarding this matter then we hope this gives you some insight. We asked Midwives from all over the UK a few questions that parents often wonder about…..
If you wish to take part in the Parents on Homebirth section then please email us for a form.
If you are wondering WHY we asked midwives these questions it is because in our experience these are the things that parents wanting to birth at home worry about. A lot of women feel they would like an unassisted homebirth because they feel the MW may interfere too much, well we can see from all …

Taken from BBC Health News:
Expectant mums need to stop blaming their bump for memory lapses, say experts who want to dispel the “baby brain” myth.
Neither pregnancy nor motherhood addle a woman’s brain, say the researchers based on their study of 1,241 women both before and after having babies.
The Australian researchers say we have been misled by a fallacy.
Any absentmindedness might be adaptive, shifting attention to the baby, the British Journal of Psychiatry says.
Lead researcher Professor Christensen said: “Part of the problem is that pregnancy manuals tell women they are likely to experience memory and concentration problems – so women and their partners are primed to attribute any memory lapse to the ‘hard to miss’ physical sign of pregnancy. Full article can be read here.
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Why use reusable Nappies?
- By Carley Brierley of www.bibsnbots.co.uk
Ok, so first, why not?
Well, I suppose people would argue that disposables are just so
handy, no mess to deal with and better for nappy rash. Hmmm is that it?
I seem to have run out of things to say about them!
Lets deal with those issues first then. First of all, did you know that nappy rash is actually caused by the reaction between urine and poo? So, it doesn’t actually matter what type of nappy you put your child in, if you don’t change them immediately after they have ‘soiled’ their nappy then they will be prone to nappy rash.
As for dealing with mess, well in the 2 years I have been using cloth on my son and …