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Is your home child friendly

There’s always something to worry about if you’re a parent, but making sure your home is child-friendly is one stress you can wave goodbye to with our quick safety guide. Here is a quick rundown of the potential risks of each area of the home, and what you can do to minimise the dangers: ...

Financial advice for going back to work after having a baby

Most transitions in life can have a big impact on your finances, and this is most certainly true of going back to work after having a baby. It is important that parents who are returning to work spend some time planning how to make this financial transition, and make themselves aware of the...

Baby Diary: Have baby will travel

Carla Mills shares with us the challenges of taking three-month old Gracie on a family holiday to Cornwall. I actually don’t know where to start. Packing for holidays used to be so easy – filling a suitcase with bikinis, flip flops, sunglasses and books. Now with bambino, the list is endless. As...

Baby Diary: The first few weeks

New mum Carla Mills shares her latest diary entry with us...the first few weeks at home with her daughter, Gracie. As the husband proudly strides out of the hospital late the same evening, carrying baby Gracie in her car seat, I hobble behind slowly, feeling like we have stolen this baby and are...

Baby Diary: Labour day

After 9 months of waiting, the big day is finally here! Carla Mills shares the story of her two-day labour... Day one 10am – “When are you due?” the checkout assistant casually asks as I start loading the paint into the trolley with a huff. “Oh, today,” I shrug, at which point she turns a...