A penny saved is a penny earned. And when it comes to your family – you want to make sure they have everything they need. But sometimes it takes a bit of work to prioritise things like holidays when they are bills to pay and uniforms to buy. Those pennies add up to pounds so, […]

10 years ago

What the hell are we supposed to do now? That was the reaction of many parents who took to social media to outline hilariously how the new electronic device ban on some flights would affect their lives. This week it was announced that laptops, tablets and other large electronics will be banned in the cabin […]

10 years ago

It is the stuff of nightmares. Waking up to find your one-year-old quietly being lifted out of her cot. That was the experience of Siobhan Prescott who told The Sun that her little girl was allegedly “about to be snatched” by a member of cleaning staff at a hotel in Cyprus last month. She said […]

10 years ago

The daddy-daughter bond is one of the most precious. It is a relationship of mutual awe. Daddy learns how to plait hair and little girls are fascinated about how strong and protective their dad is. These days dads are a lot more actively involved in their children’s lives and although being a dad is an […]

10 years ago

Four-year-old Ryu had just become a big brother. He was super proud of his little brother Rolando Junior who was born just four months ago and his big sister, Glory was his beset friend. Sadly Ryu died after his hoodie got caught in the hook of a changing room door. The New York Post reports […]

10 years ago

The beleaguered hospital was the centre of massive safety concerns over the last few years. Practices at the maternity unit of the Midlands Regional Hospital were part of an investigation by RTE in 2014 –  and just last year the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published a report after the death of a number […]

10 years ago

Ever wonder what your two year old may be up to in the middle of the night? Well, wonder no more. This video captured by the parents of twins Andrew and Ryan show the energetic duo having the most EPIC slumber party ever. Posted by Fox 13 News, the video has had over 63 million views […]

10 years ago

Saying their first word is the most heart-meltingly amazing moment ever and model Chrissy Teigen is sharing it like a mum-boss. I must have sent my children’s first words to everyone I knew because I was so proud and I’m sure that wasn’t annoying to anyone at all. Now our best mama-friend (in our heads) […]

10 years ago

Every dad is a little girl’s first hero and this dad just proves it. He went one step further to ensure his little girl had the most enchanting evening she could possibly have. One Imgur user posted a beautiful picture of a daddy-daughter duo channelling their inner Beauty and the Beast while attending the movie […]

10 years ago

What a cute idea! That is also really useful. Birth and newborn photography is as popular as ever, but it is nice to find something that’s a bit different and means something. That’s why we loved this new idea of making a “bump bowl” The idea is that you take a cast of your bump […]

10 years ago

Balls. I’m in trouble AGAIN for not stacking the dishwasher the right way. “Last warning,” says my new House Husband wagging a finger. He is not joking. He is not a new husband, just newly at home. I bite my tongue and refrain from asking him if he FOLDS the dirty laundry into the washing […]

10 years ago

They are beloved by little girls everywhere. But now your daughter’s precious Barbies could be giving them a complex about their weight. Research published in the Body Image Journal, found that the dolls made girls as young as five see having a skinny body as ideal. The findings were based on the study of 160 little […]

10 years ago

THANK YOU so much for reading and PLEASE enjoy this article. See, it is just SO nice to be nice. We say please and thank you in our house…most of the time. Except when I tell the children to “Put that down and get into that bath IMMEDIATELY!” At that stage, I don’t feel like […]

10 years ago

What is it about this time of the year that makes me want to cook stews and one-pot wonders?   There is something so lovely about throwing everything into the one pot and like magic, it comes out delicious. It also frees up time to spend the day out and about or come home from […]

10 years ago

Fans of Love Actually have been freaking out on social media after the trailer for the latest sequel was released. It’s a 10-minute short film in partnership with Comic Relief and named Red Nose Day Actually. It is due to air in the UK on BBC One on March 24th The brand new teaser shows […]

10 years ago

A 10-week-old baby is fighting for its life in hospital after being found in a critical condition at an apartment block in Co Louth. The Independent reports that the baby girl was found with injuries at her home on Monday and admitted to hospital nearby, but she has now been transferred to a Dublin hospital. […]

10 years ago

I’m a reasonably good mother. I bring the kids to the dentist, I finally got the second-born to try green beans, and I volunteer at the school cake sale. (sometimes) I managed to hold down a job and get three small humans clean, fed and dressed every morning. I bit my tongue when my husband chooses […]

10 years ago

Did somebody say slushie? Although, tbh you had me at prosecco… When we came across this amazing prosecco slushie recipe we felt we had to share it with you. If like me, you are dreaming of summer this is the perfect cocktail to start perfecting now. Just picture sipping it on a summer evening outside […]

10 years ago

When I was little I was afraid of the dark – my parents left the hall light on and I slept much better. Nobody wants to think of little children being afraid. That’s why this list of fears in children aged 7-17 from around the world will make you stop and think. Compiled by World […]

10 years ago

Just wow… These cot sheets make the perfect backdrop for your fabulous mini-me snaps. You can now up your Instagram game with hundreds of pictures of your stunning baby without too much effort. My ❤️ skipped a beat with this picture of 4 day old Hensley. Makes me nostalgic for the newborn days. Congratulations momma […]

10 years ago

It is not just about the parade – there is plenty of activities to do with the family for St Patrick’s day. We have smallies at home so while we won’t be traipsing to the parade this year, our little ones are super excited about the day. We’ve put together some fun activities you can […]

10 years ago

My daughter wouldn’t be here now if this happened in the middle of the night” A father’s warning to other parents who use dummies after an incident in which his baby daughter turned blue when the soother fell apart. Earl Wilson posted the warning on his Facebook page – pleading with mums and dads to […]

10 years ago

This stranger came to the rescue of a dad and his child and it has restored our faith in human nature. In the US over the weekend, a man was checking in for his flight but was devastated to find out that because his little girl was over two years old he had to pay […]

10 years ago

New figures show that more parents are choosing to delay starting their children in school until they are five. The number of five-year-olds starting junior infants climbed from 52 per cent to 72 per cent between 2000 and 2017 The Irish Times reports that a major factor in this shift in school-age culture is because […]

10 years ago

My son was four and a half when he started school. I debated forward and back over whether or not to wait until the following year to send him. People told me it was better to be older – better pencil grip, less-clingy at the school gates and a better attention span for learning. And […]

10 years ago

Make your own shamrocks with your own little people to mark St Patrick’s day. They are fun and easy to make and doll up the house nicely – discreet and pretty. We came across this AMAZING blog by Ella Claire and it has inspired us to be more craftsy from now on. All her creations […]

10 years ago

They are no strangers to drawing crowds, but this video of the Obamas getting a standing ovation at a Park Avenue restaurant in NYC will give you chills. Barack and Michelle met U2’s Bono on Friday for lunch, along with Bono’s daughter, Jordan Hewson. Today we went to lunch and the Obamas were there. […]

10 years ago

Don’t you just love how your partner ‘gets you’ But there is one thing that is even more important. A study published in Personality and Social Psychology bulletin has found that relationships are stronger and more satisfying when they make you feel like the best version of you – even if it isn’t authentic. It […]

10 years ago

St Patrick’s day brings back such happy memories for me. We would go to the parade with my dad, decked out in our green ribbons, catching sweets while happily perched on his shoulders. At home, my mum would have a big spread ready for us and even dye the 7Up green with food dye. Now, […]

10 years ago

It is almost a decade since little Maddie went missing while on holiday with her family in Portugal. Today her parents have been given a fresh burst of hope. Metropolitan Police confirmed that the British Home Office had approved the extra funding of 85 thousand pounds. The Daily Mail reports that Kate and Gerry McCann […]

10 years ago

Cristiano Ronaldo is to become the dad of twin boys. That is according to reports in the Sun  It is believed that the football star will become dad to the twins “very soon” via a surrogate mother based in the US. A family source is quoted as saying that the 32-year-old “feels the time is […]

10 years ago

A Harvard professor has put forward a very interesting theory. It’s after mysterious signals were first discovered in 2007 – now Avi Loeb of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics says that they could be evidence of advanced alien technology. He believes it is leakage from planet-sized transmitters in distant galaxies. The problem is, Loeb believes, […]

10 years ago

It was the moment he has been waiting for over almost a year. The day Ari Schultz found out he was getting his new heart. And we are bawling. The five-year-old has was diagnosed with critical aortic stenosis in the womb and has spent most of his life in and out of hospital here in […]

10 years ago

Now that is specific! We all have our checklist that we want in a mate – but a woman in the UK has gone one step further. She plastered signs on lampposts in London advertising for a new boyfriend. And her list is simply brilliant: She states that a potential partner must not wear David […]

10 years ago

We have seen the revival of old man names like Alfie and Stan. We welcomed the comeback of sweet old lady monikers like Nancy and Ethel. But what about good solid 80’s names like Deirdre, Tracey, Seamus, and J.P? And why have they fallen entirely off our collective baby-names radar? We are casting aside names […]

10 years ago

Heads out of those phones parents! That is the message one primary school actually put up outside their premises. The Telegraph reports that the headmistress of St Josephs RC Primary school in Middlesbrough has chastised phone-obsessed parents with a sign warning them to greet their children with a smile at the end of the day rather […]

10 years ago

Rainbow toast – meh. It was all a bit… obvious. Now, say hello to mermaid toast and seriously, this is ARTISTIC. Now you can channel the beauty of the sea through bread – and this is the result: Instagrammer Adeline Waugh is known for her stunning food creations. She runs the food blog Vibrant and […]

10 years ago

It just started with one person. Mary Jo Meehan Ryan. She posted her moving plan on Facebook on Wednesday and what follows is simply beautiful. “I am thinking of the 796 babies who died in Tuam without any funeral or coffin or blessings. I have an idea, but I need some help. I will a […]

10 years ago

The ethical lines are becoming blurred. What defines abnormal? Is deafness so abnormal a parent chooses to abort? What about sex-selection? These are the questions that have been raised in a major new report by the UK’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics. It was focused on the ethics of screening for foetal abnormalities especially in light […]

10 years ago

I don’t know why anyone would eat it anyway – but researchers in Finland have now found that a naturally-occurring sweetener found in liquorice could affect the nervous system of your baby. Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study found that those who ate the strong-tasting sweet during pregnancy had children with lower […]

10 years ago

Ireland “is no country for old men,” WB Yeats famously wrote in Sailing To Byzantium. But it’s hardly ideal for raising our children either. This week we will celebrate all things Irish  – proud to wear our green and have all the craic. We’ll toast the shamrock and bask in the glow of March 17. And […]

10 years ago

Half of children between the ages of six and twelve carry in their schoolbags an amount higher than deemed safe. Every day. A new study carried out by researchers in Spain found that kids carry about a sixth of their body weight during a typical school day. The bags, usually stuffed with books and […]

10 years ago

An unimaginable tragedy. A pregnant woman and three tiny children killed in the house fire at a women’s refuge in Clondalkin, West Dublin this week. Annemarie O’Brien was seven months pregnant, her daughter Paris, who was just two years old, and little Holly O’Brien (3) died as a result of the overnight blaze. Four-year-old Jordan […]

10 years ago

Speaking as someone who has lego permanently imprinted on the soles of my feet – this is GENIUS. And I’m surprised how easy it looks to make. It’s not that I don’t like Lego – I LOVE how long they spend with their little heads bent over their own private creations – it is just […]

10 years ago

The teddy bears from online retailer wish.com were described by UK trading standards as “one of the worst examples of unsafe toys” It’s after a toddler was found with electrical wiring around her neck. Now parents are being warned to be extremely careful when buying toys on the internet and to ensure that any toys […]

10 years ago

Four-week-old Siwaphiwe Mbambo was in a car that was hijacked in Durban, South Africa yesterday. It is believed she is only wearing a white long sleeved vest and a nappy. Her mum and 8-year-old brother were forced out of their car  – a white Toyota Yaris – at gunpoint at a shopping centre car park. […]

10 years ago

A one-month-old baby girl is missing after armed attackers hijacked a car in South Africa. ITV News reports that the baby was in the car along with her mum and eight-year-old brother when two men with guns demanded the car keys and kicked them out. Police in Durban, where the abduction took place, have mobilised […]

10 years ago

Little Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman is his mum’s biggest fan. And not just because of her Oscar-winning role – but because he was allowed watch her speak at the UN this week on International Women’s day. In an Instagram post, Hathaway shared the adorable picture of JRS, as she calls her son, propping himself up to […]

10 years ago

When I was five, I could do lots of cool things – stand on my head, eat an ice-cream backwards and annoy my brothers brilliantly. But little Edith just showed us how to spell like a boss. She just out-spelled more than 50 competitors, some who were teens. And she just won BIG in a […]

10 years ago

Does your husband want you to take his married name? Why doesn’t he take yours? Sometimes traditions evolve for a reason – but should it really matter? Well, new research says it does, especially to men who are less educated. A study published in Gender Issues and carried out by Portland State University found that […]

10 years ago