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When we had our second lady, the first lady was a few weeks past her second birthday. Her understanding of the impending situation was pretty good. I gathered advice and tips from friends and books on how best to bring this second little baby into our established family unit. None of the below stopped me constantly worrying about how the whole thing would play out but it certainly did work when...

Getting out - sounds like an easy enough task. WRONG. When you have a new baby nothing about getting out is easy. It should officially go down as one of life’s hardest tasks. I found this to be one of the biggest challenges in the first few weeks, I recall saying this before but trust me there’s definitely more than one challenge as a new Mum. I remember getting appointments for health checks...

The day you give birth is a day you will remember for the rest of your life. The moment you meet your baby for the first time goes way beyond any description I could ever provide here. I get excited when I meet first time mums-to-be as I know how much of a treat they’re in for and I won’t lie I also get slightly jealous of what they’re about to experience for the first time because there...

I don’t know what it is but I read all the books and downloaded every single pregnancy related app and nowhere did it tell me (maybe it did and I chose to ignore it) that I would literally have no clothes to wear once I came home after giving birth, and I mean not a stitch! When you’re a mere mortal like myself you will walk out of the hospital and mind you I couldn’t even manage this very...

The first few days at home with a new-born can be really tough. For one you will be exhausted and sore and two did I mention sore and exhausted? I always say to my husband now if someone handed me a new-born on a day where you haven’t just been through 10 months of physical exhaustion (also known as pregnancy), labour and sleepless nights in a hospital I honestly think I’d do great, wouldn’t...

Ok nobody told me about the fear. Yes this is the new mum, don’t look at how I'm holding my baby fear. Honestly this exists, I remember my husband going home and leaving me in the hospital the first day our son was born. I have never felt so scared in all my life. How? that was the first question that came to my mind. How do I hold my baby properly? How do I feed my baby properly? How do I...

Hi Mummy Pages, My name is Laura Hanlon and I am a 4th year Sports and Exercise Engineering student at the National University of Ireland, Galway. For my final year, it is mandatory for me to complete a final year project and base my thesis around this project. As you may know, childhood obesity is becoming increasingly popular in Ireland, and shocking figures reveal that 1 in 4 children are not...

Hi there I am a final year student of a Health and Society degree in DCU and I am carrying out my thesis on the topic of autism and play. I am interested in hearing from parents of autistic children on their experiences of play and whether play forms an important part of their children’s lives. A variety of studies have implied that autistic children are sometimes too limited in language and...

Last year, comedian Tommy Riles wrote a very sweet letter to his daughter’s future Valentine that I loved so much when I first read it that I wanted to share with mums again. While it may be a long time before the three-year-old is going on any dates, the letter is a future warning to anyone who wants to take Babs out. Good luck to the guy this little girl brings home in a few years. Dear...