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My partner recently revealed he had a passing crush on a work colleague. Almost paralysed with guilt, he approached me last July and spilled the beans . As a woman who takes a fleeting fancy to almost any man I come in contact with, I was astounded by the guilt he was carrying around. I told him to enjoy his passing crush and prepare himself for the next big one. That was until I met her. I had...

What if your child's face is not developing normally? And How to recognise the signs and symptoms of poor facial growth? This article will highlight the symptoms to look out for in your children, and let you know what early intervention techniques could prevent multiple health issues in the future! We all love our children and want the best for them. As a Dentist and parent myself I watched my...

At what point in your journey through motherhood, do you actually feel like you've nailed it? Seven years into my journey and I still feel I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. While I have a little girl who calls me 'Mum' and a handbag chock-full of Calpol, school leaflets and notes penned in a childish scrawl, I still don't feel like I've earned the title yet...

Summer, it appears, is over for another year. I don't mind saying that in late September. Even if we didn't get much of one this year, I can't stand it when people start with the "heating's staying on" or "no summer this year!" nonsense because we get a chilly day in May (looking at you, most of Irish Twitter). But I don't mind it now because I like autumn. I like autumn...

I’ve had two colds, back to back, stretching over three weeks: throat vigorously grated on the inside, nose running like an unmetered tap, jackhammer behind the eyes. All you want is to collapse into bed surrounded by a jumbo box of tissues, Lemsip and a constant supply of Halls Soothers. But you can’t. While there are sick days for work, there aren’t any for family – regular taxi, laundry...

Just four years ago, software ninjas James Whelton and Bill Liao got together in Cork and came up with a simple but brilliant concept called CoderDojo . Since then, the movement has gone viral with the establishment of more than 740 Dojos across the world and our Saturdays have been transformed. CoderDojo is an entirely voluntary movement, involving 30,000 regular participants, one of whom is my...

So we're back to that time of year again when, after depositing your little darlings at the school gate and driving off at speed as they wave tearfully at your retreating dust-cloud, you can head to your nearest coffee shop and just sit. Sit and enjoy the silence. And the coffee. And the silence. On your own or with a friend, if the mood takes you, you are back to yourself. Back to the quiet...

What is it with children’s clothes sizes these days? As they grow, it seems to get harder to buy clothes in their age group. Kids don’t skip a year of growing so why, oh why, do manufacturers skip whole age groups and bunch two sizes together so that the clothes are either too small or too huge? The Bruiser recently got clothes from a popular American chain store (GAP) as birthday presents...

I was totally spoiled with my first baby. Five months, boom - she slept through the night and we never looked back. I went back to work when she was six-months-old and luckily, never even imagined what other people had to deal with at night-time while juggling the demands of work also. I never experienced the gut wrenching, mind numbing, prop-your-eyes-open-with-matchsticks exhaustion that many...

It’s Week Four of preschool for our son and each morning that I’ve dropped him off he’s gone in with a smile on his face telling me, “I will see you after my lunch”. After him being at home with me for the last four years, I won’t deny we were worried when he began his first day but thankfully he proved us wrong and he loves it. Today though, he wasn’t so happy and it’s all because...