Since my son was born there has been a question over his heart. Not that there was anything wrong with his birth, that was after induction at 42 weeks and was ridiculously fast at just …

Would parents in the UK, if given the necessary information, be so quick to change their children to a forward facing car seat? This is the subject of today’s column and one which will, no …

Something someone said on another parenting forum has made me have a think. The discussion was on a trial at the Old Bailey involving an eight-year-old girl and two 10-year-old boys she’s accused of a …

I’ve been to vote. I’m not saying what shade I voted but lets just say it wasn’t towards the cooler end of the political spectrum. I find it really difficult to deal with the fact …

I was just thinking, as you do, why it is that some things become popular and other things languish by the wayside. Is it really because people like to follow the crowd? This week is …

I have a nappy addiction. And no, before you all ask, I’m not sniffing the chemicals in the plastic disposables widely available and publicised in pretty much all mother and baby related literature. I mean …

Well it seems I’ve opened the floodgates because there’s so many things I want to talk about buzzing in my head but I think for now I’m going to stick to the topical discussion of …

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Louise and I’m the new columnist on Mama Pack. You might wonder why or how I’m here and so I’ll give you a bit of background. The offer …

Louise left school at 18 and went to work for her local weekly broadsheet newspaper in a small market town in the North of England. Covering everything from cat shows to coroner’s courts, …