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Play dates are funny things - they sort of creep up on you as you stumble and wobble your way through motherhood and I, for one, have never quite been sure of the rules. So, for what it's worth, here's what I've learnt over the years. When your child is invited to a play date 1. Don't stay for a cup of tea when you drop your child off. The other parent doesn't really want you...
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Last updated: 01/10/2013
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A new large-scale British study has concluded that pregnant women are safe to eat fish during pregnancy. The study, which examined blood samples from more than 4,000 pregnant women, concluded that limiting seafood intake is unlikely to reduce their mercury levels substantially. The researchers said they hope that ‘many more women will now consider eating fish during pregnancy’. Mercury, which...
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Last updated: 01/10/2013
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Nearly one in five parents say a school league table has influenced where they chose to live. New research has found almost one-quarter of UK parents with school children would be prepared to pay 2-10% more for a new home in the catchment area of a good state school. And while the link between high house prices and good school catchment areas is already know, this study found parents are making...
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Last updated: 01/10/2013
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CatherineMom
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Money & Finance, School Age Kids
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Last updated: 30/09/2013
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MollyMumofTwo
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Just for fun
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A new expert report has recommended that the free pre-school scheme be extended to two years. Currently, the terms of the scheme mean some children aren’t starting pre-school until they’re four-and-a-half years old. The Early Years Strategy proposes that the scheme is opened to children from the age of three, allowing them to benefit from two free years of pre-school. Other measures have also...
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Last updated: 30/09/2013
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A new document to be published by the children’s minister will advise that fathers should be allowed share a year of paid parental leave with mothers. The latest research found that less well-off working mothers were more likely to return to work after the six months of paid maternity leave were over. Currently mothers are entitled to an extra three-and-a-half months of unpaid leave after these...
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Last updated: 30/09/2013
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My husband and I have been together 18 years, we got married 8 years ago, and we always talked about having a family. Well, I suppose in reality I always talked about having a family and never really noticed that he wasn't as enthusiastic about it. I did talk to him about having a baby when we first got married, and he would always say 'not now'. But the years have passed we're...
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Last updated: 28/09/2013
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Partners like Ours
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The government has told the UN that it has no plans to introduce a law to ban slapping or “reasonable chastisement” of children. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child have previously called on Ireland to outlaw all forms of corporal punishment in the family. What do you think? Should slapping children be made illegal?
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Last updated: 27/09/2013
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Good news this Friday morning! Little Ellie Ward has been given a €46,000 home care package by the HSE that will allow her to leave hospital. Her parents have been forced to keep her in Temple Street Hospital since she was given the medical all-clear to go home in March because she was refused home care funding. Eight-month-old Ellie was fitted with an emergency tracheotomy to help her breath...
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Last updated: 27/09/2013
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Have you heard of the latest birthing trend? A ‘lotus birth’ involves leaving the placenta attached to the baby until it falls off naturally and this practice has attracted a growing number of converts. While advocates of the method believe it has physical and emotional benefits for the newborn, obstetricians have expressed their concerns, warning that it could lead to infection and even death...
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Last updated: 26/09/2013
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