A recent study of 1000 mothers conducted by Uswitch.com has uncovered the following facts:
28% of new mothers end up in debt whilst on maternity leave Only 1 quarter of new mothers felt prepared for the financial burdens of parenthood 1 in 10 new mothers (actually 11%) have to cut their maternity leave short [...]
If you’ve been thinking about throwing a baby’s first birthday party for your littl’un but aren’t quite sure it’s the right thing for you to do, then don’t despair, there are many other ways to celebrate a year with your beautiful 1 year old.
Suggestions on how to have a wonderful and meaningful first [...]
The clocks change twice a year in the UK to account for Daylight Saving Time. At the end of October, always on a Sunday, we put our clocks back one hour which signals the end of Daylight Saving Time. At the end of March, always on a Sunday, we put our clocks forward one hour [...]
Stop swearing immediately! Research from a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal, indicates that babies are able to understand basic words from as early as 6 months. This is twice as early as previously thought.
Although many babies won’t start to understand the meaning of speech until [...]
According to recent research undertaken by Essex and Oxford Universities, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, demand-fed babies have higher IQs than babies fed to a schedule. They are also more likely to get better results in school. The study followed 10,000 babies born in and around the Bristol area [...]
Chancellor George Osborne today announced in his budget that 750,000 parents would hold on to some of their child benefit.
In the 2010 Conservative Party Conference, he first announced the decision to remove child benefit from January 2013 from any households containing a higher rate taxpayer (currently £41,150 as of today).
This decision [...]
If you’re a stay-at-home-mum and are looking to work again but in a flexible role that allows you to put your family first and work alongside your childcare needs, then you might want to consider some of the baby franchise opportunities that exist in the UK.
A franchise is an agreement where you, the [...]
What to Expect When You’re Expecting is a film based on the famous pregnancy book of the same name by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.
It’s due to be released in the States on May 11th and here in the UK we won’t have to wait too long as it’ll be released [...]
Following our post on the most popular baby boy names from a hundred years ago, we also have the top 100 baby girl names from 1904 too. Things have changed a lot in over a hundred years and none of the top 10 names from then have kept their spot since then. But you’ll [...]
As traditional, old-fashioned names are extremely popular at the moment, we thought we’d take a look at some popular baby boy names from over 100 years ago. Some of these names such as Hubert, Horace or Cyril are unlikely to make a significant comeback any time soon, whereas others don’t seem like they’ve ever gone [...]
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