Spending time with your loved ones is easier said than done. Work or other responsibilities often get in the way. And then there are the distractions such as the television and phones. A new study has found that the prominence of technological devices in our lives is directly impacting on the amount of quality time […]

11 years ago

Mum-of-three Jennifer Campbell, who is also behind the website ‘Mama Lion Strong’, has opened up about an incident on Facebook (now taken down) which occurred when she lived in New Zealand. Whilst she was feeding her six-week-old on the sofa in her house, her two-year-old made his way out of the gated garden and onto […]

11 years ago

Newborn photographs are always gorgeous but sometimes the photographer captures a moment that the parents probably won’t share in the album. Abbie Rogers caught one such moment with the Carlson family. Their son Pryor had to answer nature’s call during the shoot and what resulted was a snap that has now gone viral. She posted […]

11 years ago

Adults find shopping lists useful but this kid saw his parents’ one as an opportunity to have some fun. The young boy decided to have a laugh at his mum and dad’s expense by adding to their shopping list. His aunt then shared the note on Twitter, explaining: “My brother and his wife left a […]

11 years ago

The Philadelphia Police Department pulled over possibly the cutest rule-breaker ever last week. Officer Walter Nejman apparently let this little lady away with a warning when she failed to obey the ‘STOP’ sign. The comical post, which the department uploaded on Thursday, has received 5,000 ‘likes’ and has been shared more than a thousand times. […]

11 years ago

I’m not going to lie, if I manage to put on any clothes in the morning, I consider it an achievement. I don’t waste time trying to get things to match or wonder what my outfit says about me. But a new study (involving 2,000 British people and commissioned by milk brand Arla BOB) has […]

11 years ago

We’ve heard it all now… there is such a thing as vagina beer. That’s right, a company has apparently created a beer using the lactic acid bacteria from the vagina of model Alexandra Brendlova. According to Metro, startup company The Order of Yoni came up with the idea and make the beverage by taking bacteria […]

11 years ago

There are some noises that make babies laugh and then there are some things that they really don’t like hearing. For example, this mum discovered that her baby boy does not like it when she says “roar.” (As in, the sound a dinosaur makes.) In fact, his face just crumbles, his mouth turns downwards and […]

11 years ago

Gardaí have launched an investigation after the bodies of a man and a child were found in Dublin this afternoon. The authorities were reportedly called to the scene at the Ashington Green area near Royal Canal at approximately 3pm. According to the Irish Times, the man and his son (3) were discovered in a stream. […]

11 years ago

A mum’s response to being told that she wasn’t allowed to breastfeed in a museum is perfect. Emily Locke from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was attending her sister’s wedding when they stopped to take photographs at the Western Reserve Historical Society. When she sat down for a moment to breastfeed her 9-month-old baby, she was apparently approached […]

11 years ago

One of the main things that new parents struggle with is the lack of sleep but it is a necessary evil. It also results in you grabbing a bit of shut-eye whenever the opportunity arises, be it when bub is sleeping or when you’re on the bus (it’s happened). Well, a new invention could make […]

11 years ago

Baby bottles are practical things but a company has decided to have a bit of ‘fun’ with the concept by creating a Champagne Flute Baby Bottle. And yes, it’s exactly as it sounds. It’s a baby bottle shaped like a champagne flute. Of course, it isn’t designed to hold anything other than milk but is […]

11 years ago

A few weeks ago, we had the woman who got through her labour by doing her makeup and now we have a woman who pole-danced her way through pregnancy. Jill MacLean, who is also known as ‘Cleo the Hurricane’ and Miss Pole Dance Australia, made the decision to keep up the activity as it made […]

11 years ago

A mother has urged parents to be extra vigilant when it comes to fridge magnets after her young son ended up in hospital after ingesting antifreeze from one. Deborah Cooney’s 11-month-old son Shay ingested ethylene glycol after getting his hands on a bottle-shaped fridge magnet. When she saw him sucking on it, she took it […]

11 years ago

Two people have been arrested after a young girl died from the injuries she sustained when the bouncy castle she was playing on blew away. According to BBC News, two people have been arrested by police on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence after the bouncy castle travelled “some distance” due to the strong winds. […]

11 years ago

You may remember us putting together a list of little known Irish baby names once upon a time and more recently going through some gorgeous Irish girls names and their meanings to give you inspiration for your little ones. Well, let’s just say the response from readers was overwhelming and you then gave us your […]

11 years ago

A mum’s Facebook post about her son’s socks is going viral. Shona Campbell collected her son from nursery one day, only to hear another child mocking his socks because they had hearts on them. To make matters worse, the child’s mother then agreed and laughed at what he said about her 3-year-old. Shona took to […]

11 years ago

It’s hard to know when the right time is to start a family and everyone is different. Sometimes, it just happens. But there are some things that you should probably ask yourself and your partner if you are planning on having kids. Here are 12 questions to ask before you start trying for a baby… […]

11 years ago

A new study has found that a woman’s stress hormone levels, even before conception, can have an impact on their baby’s birth weight. According to reports, researchers looked at 142 female participants and their levels of the stress hormone called cortisol. Dr. Christine Guardino explained that she and her team found that those with “the […]

11 years ago

I don’t know how I’d survive without the internet. It’s my work. I use it to shop. I use it to book things and get information. I socialise through it and just recently, I found out that it can help provide baby name ideas. And that’s not all it can do for soon-to-be parents. I […]

11 years ago

Adele is one of the biggest music stars in the entire world but she’s also a mum and isn’t afraid to speak her mind. And that’s exactly what she did when asked about breastfeeding during a question and answer session at her concert in the O2 in London during the week. A member of the […]

11 years ago

If you had planned on spending Easter weekend outside with the little ones, you might need to rethink, as it’s set to be wet and windy. In fact, Met Éireann has issued two status yellow wind warnings – one of which covers Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. These areas are set to be hit by winds […]

11 years ago

Earlier this month a fitness expert from Australia got people talking because of her baby bump and now supermodel Bar Refaeli has set tongues wagging with hers. The 30-year-old, who is expecting her first child with husband Adi Ezra, posted a picture of herself in a bikini at 5 months into her pregnancy. The caption […]

11 years ago

It’s Easter weekend which means you’ll probably have lots of family things planned and will be sitting down to a delicious dinner on Sunday. And what better companion to a delicious dinner than a delectable dessert? Well, the lovely people at Marks & Spencer have you covered. This is their recipe for Chocolate and Vanilla […]

11 years ago

Remember this mum who became famous for her daughter’s intricate hairstyles? Well, you could be the talk of the classroom as well, with the help of this short tutorial. The mum in the clip shows how to achieve a Triple Flip Combo (which isn’t anywhere near as complicated as it sounds). All you need is […]

11 years ago

The moment that a young child prevented her mum from drowning in a swimming pool has been captured on camera. Video footage shows 5-year-old Allison Anderwald, from Portland, getting up off her sun lounger and making her way to her mother Tracey who is face down in the water. The little girl brings her mum, […]

11 years ago

A woman reportedly found out she is expecting triplets just days after the death of her husband. CBS reports that Courtney Hill and her husband Brian, a retired Navy veteran, were trying for baby number two before he was killed in a truck accident in Oklahoma on February 2nd. Courtney apparently did a pregnancy test […]

11 years ago

Move over Cloud Bread, Purple Bread could be the next big thing! A food scientist at the National University of Singapore has reportedly created a type of bread that is digested 20 per cent slower (which keeps you feeling fuller for longer). Professor Zhou Weibiao created Purple Bread as an alternative to white bread – which […]

11 years ago

Traditional roast chicken is a classic and it’s reasonably easy to put together for when the whole family gathers around the table for Sunday dinner.  The lovely folks at Manor Farm have made it even easier with their easy-to-follow recipe for our favourite dish. That’s our Easter Sunday family feast sorted! Prep Time: 10 mins. Cook […]

11 years ago

A midwife in Melbourne could face criminal charges after a woman died following a home birth during which she was in charge in January 2012. The Guardian reports that coroner Peter White concluded that midwife Gaye Demanuele, who is now deregistered, did not handle the birth appropriately. Twelve hours after giving birth to a healthy […]

11 years ago

A woman is getting a lot of love online after sharing a photograph of herself breastfeeding her nephew. Meg Nagle, who is a lactation consultant and blogger, shared the below snap on her Facebook page called ‘The Milk Meg’. It shows her feeding her sister’s baby. She explained in the caption: “I tried to give […]

11 years ago

Whether you have small boobs or not, you will appreciate this story. Professional basketball player Brittney Griner has the perfect response for people who question her about the size of her chest. Yes, the fact that she has even been asked such a thing is preposterous, but her response is equally epic. The American athlete […]

11 years ago

One of our favourite fictional characters is back! That’s right, the first trailer for Bridget Jones’s Baby has arrived and we are very excited about her return to the big screen. Renée Zellweger is back in her most famous role and is accompanied by a familiar face (Colin Firth) along with a new handsome co-star (Patrick Dempsey). This time […]

11 years ago

I can’t speak for anyone else but I usually spend all of 2 minutes on my hair every morning. More often than not, I end up sticking it up in a ponytail which either looks like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards or I haven’t washed my hair in 5 days. But it seems there […]

11 years ago

Pregnancy time-lapses are a wonderful way of capturing your journey to parenthood and a lot of people are doing them now. But we have to say that this latest one is one of the best we’ve ever seen. Not only does it have a catchy tune but the couple have incorporated some humorous and imaginative elements […]

11 years ago

Images of a Tinkerbelle doll with a cochlear implant have gone viral. The pictures have been shared on Facebook thousands of times with a number of parents asking where they can get them. Unfortunately they are not for sale to the public, but they do represent a need for such products. You see, these dolls […]

11 years ago

A mother’s response to her daughters’ messy room is going viral on Facebook. Alice Velásquez from Indiana was so fed up asking the teenagers to clean their room that she decided to get her own back. She packed all of their belongings into plastic bags and apparently they only get the bags back by paying $25, which […]

11 years ago

Pregnancy has both an emotional and physical impact on the body. Professional athlete and mother-of-two Stephanie Rothstein Bruce is encouraging women to accept and embrace this by sharing unedited photographs of her “mummy tummy.” #keepinitreal doing side planks. The strength and stability is coming back steadily but the appearance of abs and stretch marks remains […]

11 years ago

One of the things you have to get used to as a parent is sleep deprivation and one mum in particular is having great fun with that at the moment. Rachel, who is behind the ‘Toilets Aren’t For Turtles’ blog, is having trouble getting her “two year old party animal” into bed and off to the land […]

11 years ago

The Rotunda Hospital has reportedly been named Maternity Hospital of the Year 2016 at the Irish Healthcare Centre Awards, held earlier this month. The establishment was celebrated for its care of and range of services for pregnant women, their babies and patients with gynaecological conditions. According to the hospital’s website, judges felt that it “demonstrated consistent and […]

11 years ago

Two brothers turned up with gifts for a newborn baby after a family member mistakenly sent one of them a message. Dennis Williams from Florida received a message from a complete stranger who was very excited about an impending new arrival. After congratulating them, he informed them that they had the wrong number. But he […]

11 years ago

They say that having kids is the best thing you’ll ever do in your life, but even the proudest parents will admit to experiencing moments where they just shake their heads in disbelief. But the great thing is that this is something that all parents go through and every child has their moments. Unfortunately for […]

11 years ago

Last week Emma Crosby spoke out about how counting kicks alerted her to the fact that she needed to go to the hospital to check on her baby and now Natalie Pinkham has revealed her heartache over losing one of her unborn twins. The Sky Sports presenter and her husband Owain Walbyoff found out they […]

11 years ago

We enjoy baking (just check out these recipes) but sometimes we just don’t have the time to do it or patience to clean up afterwards. Hence why we are super excited about the new product heading for the shelves of Marks & Spencer. According to Metro, the retailer is introducing microwaveable cakes that you can […]

11 years ago

You know those days when you’re just exhausted, there’s no chocolate left in the house and your other half is too busy for a hug? Well, this sofa could help. Designed by Eun Kyoung Lee, the ‘Free Hug Sofa’ wraps around your body, making you feel loved and snuggly. It was apparently designed for those […]

11 years ago

A mother in the UK has urged parents to be extra careful when using public baby-changing facilities after she discovered that the mat she used had been vandalised with drawing pins. Hayley Turner explained on Facebook that when she put her son Samuel down on the baby-changing mat, he started screaming. Whilst she thought he was simply […]

11 years ago

Last month The Family Heart Screening Clinic at The Mater Hospital Foundation began the cardiac screening of children. The clinic offers support to those families who have lost a loved one, under the age of 35, to Sudden Arrhythmic/Adult Death Syndrome (SADS). We recently spoke to Dr Catherine McGorrian, Consultant Cardiologist at The Mater, about […]

11 years ago

More than 48,000 people in Ireland are living with dementia and that figure is only set to increase. Like many people in Ireland, I have been affected by it. My grandmother, Harriet, developed Alzheimer’s disease before her death and the heartache it caused is something I’ll never forget. This is my story and I say […]

11 years ago

It’s for things like this that we named her in our list of inspiring women who rock at motherhood. Michelle Obama has become the latest contributor to the Lenny Letters movement by sharing her thoughts on global education for girls. Lenny Letters was founded by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner to promote feminism and female issues. […]

11 years ago

Nutella is one of our favourite things in the press – it puts a smile on our faces when we’ve had a busy day and it keeps the kids happy (on the odd occasion we give them some). But it seems there is a new chocolate spread on the market and we have to admit, […]

11 years ago