Most parents have had bath-time struggles with their kids at some point. Whether it?s a problem transitioning from playtime to bath time, fear they’ll get sucked down the drain, the dread of getting soapy eyes or wet ears?for any of a thousand...

Looks like we have another royal wedding in our future, and you know what that means: more ROYAL BABIES. While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have only just announced their engagement, he did say in their engagement interview that “We?ll start a...

Photo: iStockphoto ?My newborn daughters? sh*t did not stink. Its smell was reminiscent of popcorn. After introducing solid foods though, their poops became smelly recaps of the meals we?d shared together. If 100 blueberries or black beans went in,...

by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Parenting By Lisa Meyers Johnson Just recently, my daughter and I went to the Bruno Mars concert in Los Angeles. It was everything. Bruno Mars is truly talented and reminds me so much of Michael Jackson...

We?re all used to seeing photos of cute kids with their parents and pets on our social media feeds, but this week you may have noticed that some of them are accompanied by a specific hashtag: #KidsFirst. This buzzy social media campaign is the...

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by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Mom Stories By Joyce Slaton; images compiled by BabyCentre UK blogger LucyBC The pregnancy photo session is so easy to screw up. So many things that look odd if they wander into frame! Eggs, balloons, guns,...

Download or print this school supplies list to make sure your kids have everything they need for back to school. Read more: 27 new and novel school supplies> 15 cute kids’ shoes for back-to-school> 27 fun kids’ water bottles and lunch...

by Lindsay Weiss posted in Life SUMMER" HOMEWORK" You betcha. There are two sides to the summer homework issue -- the "give-the-kids-a-break" camp vs. the "kids-gotta-keep-up-their-skills-or-the-brain-drains" camp. I am firmly in the...

Let?s face it: the holiday season is here, and it?s crunch time to finalize the gifts for everyone in your family. While you?re almost done shopping, finding the perfect gifts for mom hasn?t been easy. While we?ve got the best stocking stuffers...

11-to-18-year-olds are the target for a new interactive BBC game that aims to tackle fake news The BBC has launched a brand-new online interactive game to help young people identify fake news stories. BBC iReporter, developed by stop-motion...

Chrissy Teigen has always been transparent on social media and in the press about what’s going on her life. When asked about how being wealthy makes parenting easier, she didn’t beat around the bush. When she was accused in 2021 of having...

by Maggie Downs posted in Life It\'s hard to scroll through the darling boutiques on Instagram without getting shopping on the brain. Usually I can resist the cute boho clothes, the sleek furniture pieces, the baby rompers. But when it comes to...

Like most parents, I want my kids toflourish academically and grow up to become great successes, but my parenting style is best described as lovingly lackadaisical. (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother gave me nightmares; Confessions of a Slacker Mom...

If you?re thinking about quitting breastfeeding/chestfeeding because you aren?t making enough milk for your baby, you aren?t alone. Low milk supply is one of the most common reasons new parents stop nursing and transition to bottle feeding. There?s...

by Kelly Wilbanks posted in Products Our bathroom is lovely, but small. It feels crowded with more than two people and usually I have three little ducklings on my tail. It feels like all five of us are crowded in there at one point or another...

Created for Do you have aspiring beekeepers at home" While you may not be ready to start your own honey-making hive, you can teach your kids how to support pollinators in your own backyard?or balcony. Creating a bee-friendly garden is a great...

For years I have been doing the 12 days of Christmas crafting, and will continue this year too. The 12 days of Christmas Crafting historically has been a mix of crafts, decorations and baking ideas. This will be year number… Continue reading →

Photo: Tony Lanz Illustration: Nicole Chung We spend a lot of time in our house talking to my nine-year-old stepdaughter about Grown-Up Career Options. ?You could be an engineer!? we say. ?And make cool things and help people! You could be a coder...

Since 1990, Home Alone has been etched into my brain. I remember watching it in my childhood family room when I was seven. As Kevin McCallister (played by Macaulay Culkin) outsmarted Harry and Marv, I felt powerful, as if I could do the same despite...

Sleeping on your stomach may not be ideal, but for some, it?s the only way to get a good night?s sleep?and when you?re a parent, sleep is of the essence. The best mattress for stomach sleepers is supportive, firm and provides all-important pressure...

So, what?s a Pap test and why would I need one" With a Pap, your healthcare provider takes a small collection of cells from your cervix to screen for precancerous cells or cervical cancer. You don?t need a Pap smear screening until age 21, even if...

What can parents and teachers do to ensure children?s screen time is spent wisely" Nick Tiley-Nunn Norwich High School for Girls (Prep), Norfolk To develop effective digital citizenship...

Photo: Etalk via Twitter So the Trudeaus, all five of them, arrived in Washington yesterday (March 9) for an official visit. And everyone was talking about Sophie‘s gorgeous all-Canadian-outfit and how amazing it will be to see Barack and Justin...

Photo: iStockphoto Snacks are an important part of kids? diets. Kids have small stomachs, so they need more opportunities to eat throughout the day than adults do. But without boundaries or structure, snacking can easily spin out of...

You?re peacefully breastfeeding your baby when suddenly she chomps down on your nipple. After you?re done seeing stars, your next thought is likely, ?How can I make sure that never happens again"? Not all babies bite when they?re nursing, but it...

The first time I tried (and failed) to breastfeed my daughter, a lactation consultant told me that my one slightly inverted nipple was likely the culprit. I was horrified. I had an inverted nipple"! Despite wishing they were a little bigger, I’d...

The Royal Grammar School, Newcastle won 2023’s top overall award for its partnerships work with organisations such as British Engines and TSG. Head Geoffrey Stanford writes about how it benefits thousands of pupils in one of the country’s most...

Every month, without fail, Netflix Canada adds new kids’ content to its roster. There aren’t as many new ones for February 2018 as there usually are…but they’re giving us more PAW Patrol, so we’re not complaining! Read on to discover the...

Does your child have a circular, flaky rash with a raised, red border" There?s a good chance it?s ringworm. While the name is enough to make your skin crawl, ringworm isn?t as scary as it sounds. In fact, it isn?t even caused by a worm?it?s named...

Just like there are many choices for a toddler mattresses and kids mattress, the selection of baby sleepers is also vast. From bassinets and baby swings to cradles and co-sleepers, there are hundreds of options for parents to choose from, each...

I have always wanted to be a mom. I dreamt about what kind of parent I would be and even collected baby things before I became one earlier this year. I have an incredible collection of vintage baby clothes and infant jumpers from all my favourite...

What does the demise of AS Levels mean for sixth formers and uni applications" Charlotte Phillips finds out Bedales has ditched them but Bishop?s Stortford High School, one of the top maintained schools in the country, has hung on to them, at...

A-Level Reforms: was it all worth it" Elizabeth Ivens takes a closer look and reports back Five years ago, some of the most controversial education reforms in history started to become a reality for millions of children, as a total overhaul of the...

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.byline img { display: none; } When Lilah was just a few months old, her parents Nicole and Eric knew something was wrong. Lilah hadn?t been meeting her physical development milestones, her muscle tone was low, and she was...

by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Parenting By Alisha Williams I heard about all the negative things that come with a new baby long before I had one: sleepless nights, endless to-do lists, no time for yourself. It was pretty...

On the eighth day of Christmas we were baking again, if you can call making rice crispy treats baking. I am that mom that sends treats to school with her kids for holidays, birthdays or once because I was taking a cake decorating class and I needed...

Photo: iStockphoto Rossana became a live-in nanny to Dana Reinke?s children when Dana?s third child, Peyton, was still on the way. Peyton?s bond with Rossana was particularly strong, says Reinke. ?Friday nights were the hardest. My husband and I...

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Vicky Bingham is Headteacher of North London Collegiate Prep School. Not many of her charges? parents know that on a Friday afternoon she swaps Play-Doh and papier-mâché to oversee the training of 70 submariner controllers on a Saturday. Here she...

Will le Fleming unveils Thomas?s College?s launch plans, including a new 11+ process, a broader curriculum and three-year sixth form In September 2025 a remarkable new school will open in South-West London: Thomas?s College, offering co-educational...

NORTH POLE PENGUINS These frozen treats will be a hit with the children! Prep: 20-30 minutes (excluding freezing) Makes: 6...

Plaster is a building material we use for protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings. You can also use it for molding and casting decorative elements. Using the term plaster only for material used for interior of buildings is not doing...

Photo: iStockphoto Why is it long after the bandage comes off, there’s still that sticky, dirty reminder of the time they fell off their scooter" The residue seems to stay on all summer long. To get rid of it, once and for all, gently massage a...

I?m one of those people who loves being pregnant. I can?t quite capture it in words, but being able to bring a child into this world is the most incredible feeling. With my eldest son, Blake, it was smooth sailing after...

Alanis Morissette has lived and learned about a lot in her 45 years. The Canadian superstar produced one of the best-selling albums of all time in 1995?s Jagged Little Pill, and she became the youngest artist ever to win a Grammy for Album of the...

Your baby is born with fresh, silky-soft skin. Some of the first things they?re exposed to, like those skin-to-skin snuggles with you, are wonderfully soothing. But other new experiences like wet diapers" Those can be awfully irritating for...

A slow cooker fills the house with mouth-watering smells and has dinner ready and waiting at the end of the work day. When used correctly, the slow cooker can be the fairy godmother of the kitchen. But that doesn?t mean it comes without...

?Unique.? It?s not the word you want to hear as a doctor examines your two-year-old daughter?s vagina. Especially when you have no context. Especially when you hadn?t noticed anything ?unique? about it yourself. But that was the word used by the...

A Roedean education is a unique and wonderful experience. This summer, we celebrated both our best ever A Level (62% A*-A) and GCSE (45% A*) results, and shot up to 57th in the league tables, over one hundred places higher than two years This...

One of the most uplifting aspects of the Independent Schools of The Year Awards 2023, held on 10 October in Chancery Lane, in London was the depth, breadth and variety of the wonderful stories we heard Dr Helen Wright From schools whose students...

Halcyon London International School, celebrating 10 years of pioneering education, is central London?s only not-for-profit international school. We caught up with Director, Barry Mansfield, to hear his advice on choosing the best school for your...

MyRegistry.com is the premiere online destination for universal gift registry services. The site gives users the ability to create one centralized registry for any gift-giving occasion including weddings, baby showers, birthdays, graduations,...

Check out these adorable fitted crib sheet from Lolli Living/ Living Textiles - Baby for baby Lucia\'s nursery. While she\'s not sleeping in her crib - as you can tell from the picture below, the mattress is low because Dylan still sleeps there...

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by Lindsay Weiss posted in Parenting So your "baby" is now running around, wreaking havoc on your living toy room, and exploring every cabinet/staircase/object reachable from a two-foot level" Congratulations! You\'re (hopefully) getting...

It’s well past the seventh day of Christmas and it has been a busy few days. On the seventh day of Christmas I did some baking, about seven dozen treats in under four hours. In an ideal world I would have a day to bake and a clean kitchen to do it...

On the eleventh day of Christmas I was crafting for a birthday. Just a few days after Christmas its my nieces birthday. I have two boys, four nephews, and one niece so its very rare that I get to make anything pink. It is always nice to switch up...

Here is my post from the tenth day of Christmas last year. Funny enough my model was wearing the same jammies this morning although they are getting a little small. On the tenth day of Christmas Elf shoes I should really make myself a pair because...

Step 3. Glue and wrap additional strips of felt. If you are using white glue use straight pins and pin as you wrap and glue. With hot glue you don’t need pins. Step 5. Once you have used all 16 strips of felt glue the last strip around...

I have been celebrating a New Year and a new start daily since I had surgery to remove a brain tumour. But with the coming of the new year I still made a resolution. When I was a kid my house was filled with music. No one actually had any musical...

Every once and a while I will feel something in my head around my scar which the Dr says is normal but it still freaks me out. The dizziness and nausea with the most recent bout of the flu was reminiscent of my pre-surgery brain tumour symptoms. I...

If you have been following my blog for any length of time you probably notice that I make craft projects for other people often. Even when I decide to make something for myself frequently someone tells me how much they like it and somehow it becomes...

There is nothing quite like knitting a warm cozy blanket in the winter. Last week I wrote about a crochet project that I had worked on for 2 years (even I can’t believe it), in contrast I made this blanket in only a few days over the Christmas...

This past Valentine’s Day I spent time with my parents, my kids, my husband and an astronaut. Yes an astronaut. We spent Valentine’s Day at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was an out of this world Valentine’s day. I have been to...

Every once in a while it’s important to take a break. A break from things you love (like writing this blog) and things that you don’t. Recently I went on vacation and took a break from many things including parenting. My husband and I went away...

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I did something to start this year that I rarely do... I went back and read my "resolutions" blog post that kicked off 2015. I was kind of scared. Do any of us really stick to our resolutions" Do any of us keep working out or eating well past...

New year. New me. New you. New goals. One major goal this year is to engage this wonderful blogging community better. What better way than to begin a new link up with some blog friends! Together, the three of us came up with Three Things...

November is National Novel Writing Month and every November I promise myself that I\'m going to hunker down and write my novel. I haven\'t, but what I found was a 30 day writing challenge for the month to spark some creativity. I found this pin...

I\'m writing this on what feels like the 93rd day of January. It\'s actually the 30th, but it really does feel like the 93rd. I\'m not the only one who feels this way according to all the memes I\'ve seen on social media. It only took me the...

Photo: iStockphoto What?s ?typical? in the world of baby poo varies widely?it?s common for it to be soft, for babies to go eight times a day and for stool to shoot out of the diaper and up the back. So with all these wildly unpredictable variables,...

Photo: Kim Kardashian West I know you were all anxiously awaiting the first photo of Saint West. And it’s here! Proud mom, Kim Kardashian, shared the photo of her three-month-old babe this morning (Feb. 22) on her app and website. ?Today is my...

Photo: istockphoto My six-year-old daughter, Scotia, has had her share of embarrassing health problems: scaly scalp, constipation, bad breath, to name a few. They?re not the kind of things I like to talk about with other parents at the...

Photo: iStockphoto There’s a wide range of “normal” in the wild world of baby poo. We’ve tackled your most common concerns. 1. Your newborn is pushing, turning red and fussing a bit during her bowel movement?she must be constipated. FALSE...

Photo: iStock When a women has a miscarriage, often one of the first things she wants to know is: ?When is it OK to start trying to get pregnant again"? Traditionally, doctors have told women to wait three months before trying for another...

Photo: iStockphoto After years of doing everything in your power to prevent a pregnancy, the moment you decide you?re ready to have a baby you want it to happen quickly?like today if possible. While there?s no magic pill or special elixir that will...

Who’s riding" Babies who weigh less than 22 lb. (10 kg) should always ride in a rear-facing seat designed for infants. Most seats accommodate little ones as small as four or five pounds and come with removable padding to help secure them...

iStockphoto I?m a mama to a boy. Since I grew up penis-less I never thought about the changes male bodies go through, as boys become teenagers and eventually, men. When I was a preteen I had enough worries figuring out tampons and training bras. I...

Photo: iStockphoto   The mosquito-borne Zika virus is currently circulating in 37 countries and territories, concentrated in Central America, the Caribbean and South America, but experts agree it’s set to spread to southern U.S. countries once...

Photo: iStock First of all, don?t stress out. Just because your care provider thinks the baby is breech doesn?t mean you?ll automatically have to have a C-section, especially if you?re not yet 36 weeks along. Somewhere around the 34-week mark my...

1. After applying foundation, dab corrector two or three times under each eye. With a sponge or brush, use a light stamping motion to gently blend corrector from the inner corner of the eye (often the most deeply pigmented spot) to the outer...

Photo: iStockphoto My toddler is going through a shrieking phase: When she spots a friend; when she doesn?t want to put on her shoes; when she?s simply delighting in the sound of her own voice. I know she?s just expressing herself, and if I don?t...

Photo: iStockphoto 1. Start smart (and early). Talk to your doctor about optimizing your health, exercising and achieving a healthy weight before trying to conceive. Diabetes, hypertension, obesity and other age-related conditions can increase the...

Photo: Abbie Rogers When you have your new precious bundle of joy, you inevitably want to capture how tiny and sweet and squishy they are. So you book a newborn shoot. But a little warning to new parents: Once that diaper comes off, there will be...

Photo: Getty Images Richard Bohn loves it when his two-year-old son, Parker, says please and thank you. ?I think to myself, ?Yeah, he?s got it. I?m a great parent,?? says the Edmonton dad. ?Then, a week later, he?s a little savage again. Teaching...

Lately Earth Day has become the new Christmas, an annual holiday celebrated with zeal at schools across the country. During a spring assembly at my daughter?s Calgary elementary school, children performed skits celebrating the Earth and bemoaning...

Photo: iStock Wine With Everything. Cherries in the Snow. Back to the Fuchsia. If you ask me, naming lipstick (or nail polish, or My Little Ponies, for that matter) would be a dream job. But being paid to name humans certainly never occurred to me...

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Photo: iStock It?s pretty cute when your baby?s pearly whites start to poke through her gums. But teething can also cause crankiness, which is decidedly less adorable when you remember 20 primary teeth in total eventually emerge. Yikes. Shawna...

Photo: Getty Images My son was three when I took him to see a mental health professional for the first time. Ari was little, but challenging in so many ways. He refused to walk outside when it rained. He?d scream whenever water splashed on his...

Photo: iStockphoto I’m a nail-biter. I’ve hid my fingertips since my early school-aged years. So, imagine my reaction when my seven-year-old daughter started biting her nails: ashamed, guilty, upset ? take your pick. I fully admit that my...

Photo: Katie Dubuis When I was pregnant with my second baby, Juliette, I remember having a conversation with my mom about how your parenting has to adjust to the strengths, weaknesses and personalities of each kid. She told me she approached every...

EmojiMom via Facebook When it comes to being a mom, there are never enough words to express the crazy struggles and awkward situations you find yourself in daily, like pumping breast milk in a bathroom stall or teaching your preschooler how to wipe...

Photo: Courtesy of Jillian Harris via Instagram It’s a boy for Bachelorette alum Jillian Harris and her boyfriend, Justin Pasutto. Jillian announced the news exclusively to People magazine, revealing she welcomed a son on Friday, August 5 at 6:02...

At this time of year, it can sometimes be hard to tell who?s more excited about returning to school, youth or their parents. But the excitement for kids about new friends, teachers and ventures can be overshadowed by anxiety and stress,...

When the weekend calls for a family movie night, it?s time to grab some popcorn and load up on Netflix. Whether it?s a family favorite you?ve seen countless times before or a movie you?re watching for the first time, you want to make sure you?re...

Every month, Netflix Canada announces which new TV shows and movies it will be adding to its lineup, but this time we’ve got a special release that’s all about the festive spirit! There are plenty of holiday options for little ones to look...