Travelling with a child can be a hassle at the best of times. They’ll get hungry, they’ll get tired, and most of the time they won’t even be able to tell you if they’re hungry or tired. They’ll just cry in an enclosed space and you won’t be able to do anything about it because […]

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Go on.

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A mum has shared a warning after finding a “used needle” on a public baby changing table. Emma Kennedy was in a supermarket in the UK changing her 22-month-old daughter when she noticed the syringe on the changing table. The mum told Cafe Mom that she told staff about what she had found, but that […]

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Winterval is here. Well, from this Saturday on it will be. This weekend marks the beginning of Waterford’s biggest and best Christmas festival – Winterval.  The festive experience includes everything from a Santa’s grotto, to elves running about the place, to street theatre to the Waterford Eye. All the fun kicks off this weekend, but […]

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“Anxious children tend to have anxious parents.” In 2003, 5.4 percent of children in America had been diagnosed with depression or anxiety. In 2011, that number had risen to 8.4 percent, with rates of anxiety diagnoses increasing significantly while depression rates remained steady. Similarly, a recent Irish study showed that children as young as four […]

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Nutrition experts are hoping to ban ‘freakshakes’ for being too unhealthy. A campaign group called Action On Sugar are hoping to stop businesses from selling the giant milkshakes in a bid to crack down on sugar consumption in the UK. Freakshakes have become popular in Ireland over the past few years, with many food places […]

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A Donegal woman’s fundraiser to pay for her brother’s “life saving operation” has been a success. Jason Hanlon suffers from severe scoliosis that has left him in constant pain for most of his life. He also has profound learning disabilities, both mental and physical. The 26-year-old was diagnosed with scoliosis nine years ago. Since then, […]

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Raking it in. Harry Redknapp is officially the highest paid I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! contestant ever. The football manager is going to be paid half a million pounds for his time in the jungle – the most a celebrity has ever been paid for taking part in the show. The £500,000 […]

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More and more parents are using foods like avocado to wean their babies. The soft tree fruit, cous cous, and quinoa are all becoming more common for mothers and fathers when it comes to weaning their little ones. A new study by WaterWipes has shown that up to 40 percent of babies are eating avocado […]

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Unreal. It’s been a while now since Emmerdale brought an iconic character back to cause a bit of drama. Well, they did bring Kim Tate back a few weeks ago and a load of stuff went down and she nearly killed a load of people but whatever, we’re past that now and in the market […]

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It’s a tale as old as time itself. The belief that if you’re expecting a baby girl, you’ll suffer from intense morning sickness that leaves you stuck to the toilet every morning for months on end. Then at the other side of things, the assumption that if you don’t suffer from morning sickness at all […]

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Ouch. Prince Charles seems like an alright dad. He looked after his kids. He spent time with them. He made them dinner a few times and brought them out to the park once or twice, probably. That being said, that doesn’t mean that Charles’s son, Will and Harry, aren’t allowed to be a little critical […]

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The womb that just keeps on giving. A woman in the UK has just given birth to her 21st child – and insists that this will be her last. Sue Radford and husband Noel welcomed baby number 21 earlier this week, bringing their total family number up to a fairly considerable 23. Baby Bonnie-Raye weighed […]

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A familiar face. If you thought your industry was small, you’d want to take a seat and have a look at the soap world. Everybody knows everybody, it’s repetitive, it’s incestuous, you can’t turn on a show on a weekday without seeing somebody you knew from Holby City or Brookside or one of them back […]

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Holly Willoughby has commented on Ant McPartlin ahead of her I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! debut. The This Morning presenter is due to take up the role next weekend and has said that although she is looking forward to it, she doesn’t like saying that she is Ant’s “replacement.” She told The […]

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Kensington Palace have been left at a loss after Meghan Markle’s personal assistant quit suddenly. The PA, known only as Melissa, left her job without much warning recently after just six months working for the former actor. She was the Duchess of Sussex’s closest aide in the palace. The Daily Mail reports that both the […]

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Ah, god. Choosing a name for your child is pretty important. After all, it’s probably going to be the name they’re called for the rest of their lives. And if not, it’ll definitely be the name that’s on their birth cert forever. Unless they decide to change it. Essentially, there are a lot of variables […]

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Ah, yeah. Is there any problem a load of puff pastry can’t solve? It’s flakey, it’s buttery, it’s delicious enough that you could have legit have just had your heart ripped out and if somebody handed you a fresh sausage roll you’d just forget all about your pain and be focused on what was entering […]

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The global birth rate has almost halved since the 1950s. The findings, published in the Lancet journal, showed that close to half of countries around the world are producing fewer children than necessary to maintain their populations. The research showed that between 1950 and 2017, there has been a 49.4 percent decline in fertility rates across […]

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“Cockroaches climbing on walls” and “unclean clothes” were among the reasons for the seven food safety closure orders issued last month. Meat being kept at room temperature, open backdoors, and no record of staff hygiene training were also included in the list of Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reasons for the closure orders. The […]

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Who’d have thought it? Well, a few people probably thought it but we didn’t so whatever, shut up. The widely anticipated next series of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! kicks off in just 10 (ten) days, and while the cast has yet to be revealed, there’s been a few rumours as to […]

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It’s all kicking of in Carrickstown. But then again, when isn’t it? Over the past few years, everybody’s favourite Dublin-based soap has given us tears, tantrums, and a two-decade long kidnapping storyline that probably didn’t necessarily need to be that long, but whatever, we enjoyed it, next question. Tonight’s no different either. Well, it is […]

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A mum has revealed that her son’s bad behaviour was due to the way he sleeps. Melody Yazdani’s eight-year-old son was throwing temper tantrums every day and every night, as early as 5am. The US mum said that her son would scream, kick, and shout for hours, leaving her at a loss at what she […]

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We’ll take 12.

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Look at her go. If you’ve ever had to change your bedsheets, you will know the intense struggle that comes with every folded corner, each button that won’t open, and the abnormal amount of sweat that expels itself from your body. And if you’ve never had to change your bedsheets, then good for you, you’ve […]

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Hook it to our veins. Salmon is delicious. It’s tasty, it’s good for you, its’a nice colour – ticks all the boxes, to be honest. But imagine if salmon could be better. Imagine if it contained another ingredient that has captured the imagination of the public. Imagine it was infused with gin.  Well, it is now and […]

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Princess Diana once described her sex life with Prince Charles as “very odd.” The Princess of Wales said that when they were together, Charles would often only ask her to have sex every couple of weeks. She said that eventually, any intimacy between them “fizzled out.” Diana spoke to speech coach Peter Settelen in 1992 and […]

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Make sense to us.

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A woman’s emotional post about her struggle to get pregnant has struck a chord with many people. Megan Lynne Ferrero has said that more often that not, people don’t talk about how difficult it is to conceive, and that they almost never share photos of negative pregnancy tests. In order to remedy this, she shared […]

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A baby has been saved by a fisherman in New Zealand after he was floating in the sea alone. Gus Hutt was fishing near Matata Beach in the North Island’s Bay of Plenty when he spotted what he thought to be “a doll” floating in the rip current. When he reached down and touched the […]

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Amy Schumer has shared a video of her ultrasound scan – with a twist. The comedian took to Instagram last night to post some footage of herself seeing her baby for the first time. The video showed her looking at the ultrasound machine and saying: “This is why I’m puking every day.” Amy’s unborn baby […]

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Legit, you won’t. Heading down the shops for some milk? €30 trench. Taking a city break with a mate? €30 trench. Hitting up the Workman’s smoking area on a Saturday night to scope out the vibe because cuffing season is well and truly upon us and Jesus Christ you are lonely these days? You guessed it. […]

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Ah, lads. We all love a good parenting hack. There’s nothing better, to be honest. Anything that makes raising a child easiler, less terrifying, and a bit more fun is absolutely okay in our book. In a similar vein, over the past while, dads have been taking to social media to share some of their […]

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Successes in IVF treatments are leading to a drop in adoption rates. Almost one third of women under the age of 35 who undergo fertility treatment are successful. This rise in IVF improvements has led to an increase in people conceiving with the aid of fertility treatments, but has simultaneously led to a drop in […]

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Planning on starting a family? Good. Planning on starting it in the next decade or so? Even better because by then, the year will be 2028. There’ll be flying cars, motion detecting McDonald’s drive-thrus, and enough food to feed the globe thus ending world hunger. Just kidding. None of those things are going to happen […]

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“I lost our only little girl.” A mother has shared a stark warning following the death of her 12-day-old daughter. Baby Emerson was barely one-week-old when she contracted the Herpes Simplex (HSV-1) Virus – more commonly known as the coldsore virus. Her mother, Presley, said that the illness was passed onto her daughter through the “kiss […]

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They buried their baby daughter last week. Looks like the heartache isn’t over for Emmerdale‘s Paddy and Chas as the couple are set for more upset over the coming weeks. The pair said goodbye to their baby daughter, Grace, last week through a funeral that had the support of the entire village. Grace passed away […]

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The royal family are pretty close. They just are. And you would be, like. Most of the time, you can’t hang out with anybody other than the people you live with (or live incredibly close to) so you might as well just make the best of things and be best mates. Make it easier for […]

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Grim. When you go on an airplane, there are generally a fair few emotions at play. One of those emotions is excitement because you’re going on an airplane to somewhere that is assumedly far away from your own home and that, by extension, is exciting. Another one of those emotions is fear because you might […]

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Ah, god. Things aren’t looking unreal for Stacey Dooley ahead of this week’s Strictly Come Dancing following her injury that left her hospitalised during rehearsals. The documentary filmmaker tore an intercostal muscle behind her rib earlier in the week and was advised by doctors to take it easy. She later wrote on Instagram that she would […]

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A hospital is being sued for “losing” the ashes of a stillborn baby that were then used “as a paperweight.” Detroit couple Erika and Christopher Hinson were told by the Ascension St. John hospital that they could not make arrangements for their baby, Ellis, until the remains were returned. Ellis’s ashes were then discovered in […]

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Ah, stop. It’s a rare enough scenario when you come across an item of clothing that you could happily sport in the office and then immediately hit up the club after in. Usually, office-wear is not appropriate for post-work grinding and yet, here we are – it’s happened and yeah, not complaining. The item of […]

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Alright, yeah cool, sounds legit. Meghan Markle is expecting a baby. This has been big news over the past few weeks so if you’ve been previously unaware of this fact, you need to get your yourself together and just take a brief glance at any social media. It’s there – it’s a big story. And […]

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A mum has expressed her heartache after her friend accidentally ran over her toddler. Two-year-old Sage Wilson was playing outside his home in Texas when his mother’s friend accidentally backed over him and dragged him 35 feet. Sage’s mother, Jamie, said goodbye to her friend and went inside to use the bathroom. In the brief […]

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It was Halloween yesterday. And that meant one thing and one thing only for parents – they had to dress their kids up and bring them door to door to accept sweets from strangers. A wonderful night for all involved. And while most people didn’t have a whole lot to say about what other people’s […]

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Ah stop. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel welcomed their first child three years ago. Silas Randall Timberlake was born a few months after the Cry Me a River singer ended his 20/20 Experience tour early so he could go home and be with wife. In his new book entitled Hindsight & All The Things I Can’t […]

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Oh, god. Children’s clothing is generally fun enough. They’re colourful, they’ve got animals on them, they’re covered in glitter and soft bits and other fun things to keep children entertained. There comes a time in most parents’ lives though when they discover that the piece of clothing they bought for their child is not child-appropriate […]

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Ah, stop. Glenda Gilson has dressed her newborn baby up for Halloween and we’re honesty unable for the level of cute. Baby Bobby arrived a couple of weeks early to parents Glenda and Rob McNaughton. The Xposé presenter has wasted no time sharing a load of photos of the newborn on social media and today […]

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Y e s. Coronation Street simply hasn’t been the same for these past 11 months or so and it’s all due to one thing. No, not the severe lack of storylines that don’t involve someone dying or being horribly maimed. No, not the fact that nobody on that street is able to exist for two […]

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He had an arrow escape, wha? A puppy has been saved by vets after accidentally swallowing a toy arrow the length of his body. Loki, the four-month-old Hungarian Vizsla, had been vomiting for four days when his owners predicted that he had eaten something he shouldn’t have. They took Loki to the vet where a […]

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