Ah, sleep. The Holy Grail for most of us, and something we never really get enough of, whether we are busy living the carefree party-the-night-away life or simply pacing the floor with a baby that just won’t go to bed. But while the majority of us can function (if not optimally) on less than eight […]

11 years ago

One of the hardest thing as a parent, I think, is to be able to self edit and take a deep breath before speaking to your children when you are angry, upset, or tired.  We all have those days, when we are exhausted from a long day at work, when the house is apocalyptic, when […]

11 years ago

“To the woman at the park, looking at her phone, ignoring her children, I salute you.” Perth-based blogger, busy mother-of-four and the woman behind that viral post about parental sex, Constance Hall,  is back, and this time she is shining the spotlight on post-natal depression and the pressure many mothers feel under to be a […]

11 years ago

If January have you dreaming about tossing in the job and heading for warmer climates and beautiful adventures, you might want to brace yourself in case you develop a serious case of life envy right now. When 25-year-old Garrett Gee from Utah in the US sold his mobile scanning app to Snapchat for $54 million (OK, […]

11 years ago

Your hair is your pride, they say. And that is all sorts of true if what you have got going with your tresses is working for you. We all know the right cut and colour can have transformative powers, but while the right hair can make you look much younger than you really are, beware […]

11 years ago

Prior to motherhood I guess what I found sexy in terms of men was pretty standard. A great smile. Good hair. Sinewy, strong arms. A nicely fitted suit. Great manners (this still holds true, in fairness, few things beat being a gentleman when it comes to upping the hotness factor). A sense of humor. You […]

11 years ago

If you are feeling a little blah today, rest assure you are not alone. The third Monday of January has been dubbed the most “depressing day of the year” and earned itself the somewhat somber moniker “Blue Monday”. I mean, I know January isn’t exactly the funnest month, let’s be honest, between the weather and […]

11 years ago

Disclaimer: Nothing – nothing – makes me as warm and fuzzy inside as seeing my six-year-old and my two-year-old show each other affection. Ever since we first brought N into the hospital to introduce her to her baby brother, seeing her hold him and hug him literally has the power to make my ovaries sing […]

11 years ago

When the time comes to move your baby from milk to mush and mash (and beyond), it can seem like a very overwhelming transition, especially to first-time mums.  When do you start? What do you feed them? How often? How much? How lumpy? How smooth? I, for one, found myself googling all of these and […]

11 years ago

You know the saying “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”? Well, this ice cream is all sorts of proof that the above saying is simply not true. With this oh-so-easy sweet treat (which requires only four little ingredients), it not only sounds amazing, it actually taste that way too. (Oh, […]

11 years ago

If you have decided that 2016 is the year you want to get knocked up, the idea that you have sex to get there is hardly revolutionary. But; if you think it is sufficient just to get down to business when you think you are ovulating, you might be in for a bit of a […]

11 years ago

Only those who suffer from psoriasis can tell you how truly devastating and often painful the skin condition can be. But now a team of scientists right here at Trinity College’s School of Genetics and Microbiology have made a major breakthrough that might very well lead to a new – and much more effective – way […]

11 years ago

It’s Friday and for those wondering what the weekend weather will be like, the forecast is in and it’s a frosty one. According to Met Éireann, the cold spell is set to continue, with today being particularly freezing, with temperatures expected to drop to between zero and -4 degrees tonight. Yikes, wrap up if you […]

11 years ago

When it comes to children, let’s all agree that rose-tinted fantasy and cold, hard reality often are light-years apart… Before I had kids, I used to harbor these romantic notions about leisurely Sunday brunches out, me sipping mimosas, the other half flicking through the Sunday Times, while our brood of adorable children sat, perfectly behaved, […]

11 years ago

Much more so than I ever did before having kids, I am now finding myself spending a good chunk of time in the car every week. Not that I don’t like walking, because I do, it’s just that between the ballet classes and the play dates and the vast amount of heavy items a grocery […]

11 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg just got broke the Internet. Again. The Facebook founder shared a sweet snap of himself and his baby daughter, Maxima, waiting in the doctor’s office for the tot’s first round of vaccinations. Whether or not this was his intentions, by sharing the pic, the young billionaire told the world how he is pro […]

11 years ago

It can be hard to find you feet again after a break-up. Some cry and eat their way through countless tubs of Ben & Jerry’s. Others write music about their troubled love lives. But when Rafael Mantesso’s wife left him – on his 30th birthday none the less – it was his bull terrier, Jimmy Choo, […]

11 years ago

Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy condition that kills approximately 76,000 women – and 50,000 babies – a year around the world. The condition, which affects as many as two to five per cent of pregnant women, causes high blood pressure and increased protein in urine, something that can be fatal if left un-diagnosed for too […]

11 years ago

You know it’s a good day for science when the world’s leading cough expert claims chocolate is the best thing you can ingest to heal a sore throat… Remember how you have always been told that honey and lemon is the best thing to be sipping on if your throat is at you? Well, it […]

11 years ago

The most devastating side-effect to many having undergone radiotherapy or chemotherapy is that the aggressive treatment methods needed to cure their cancer could also render them unable to have children in the future. When nine-year-old Nathan Crawford from Cornwall was diagnosed with a brain tumor early last year, his parents were told the doctors were […]

11 years ago

Technology – and the brains that keep coming up with new ways to improve it – just never sleep, do they? We now write 2016, and the world has come so far that you can pretty much now officially do ANYTHING with your smartphone. Including, we are now told, find out if you are currently […]

11 years ago

Waiting to find two lines on the stick and month after month discovering you are not pregnant can be truly heartbreaking. There are many conditions and issues that can affect a women’s fertility and ability to conceive or carry a child. But what if you have been poked and prodded and tested for every one […]

11 years ago

The good people of Ireland (and the world at large) watch A LOT of porn online. 4,392,486,580 hours a year of it, in fact, to be precise. These mind-boggling numbers were revealed by Pornhub, who recently released their annual Insights report for 2015, detailing how and when the world consumes online porn. The illuminating results […]

11 years ago

The mere scent of lavender is meant to make us all want to drift off into a blissful snooze. Which is why, we guess, dozens upon dozens of products marketed towards babies and children are scented with the stuff. Sleep deprived and desperate parents across the globe, all furiously bathing their offspring in lavender scented […]

11 years ago

Pills, coils and condoms; are they all set to become extinct now? A German entrepreneur has designed a gadget that can spell the end of many traditional methods of birth control, as well as vasectomies. According to inventor Clemens Bimek, the vale, an internal “sperm switch,” puts men in charge of their own fertility, by […]

11 years ago

Because of hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy, pregnant women have a heightened risk of vaginal candidiasis – also known as yeast infections. The first-line treatment for pregnant women are usually intravaginal topical creams or “tablets”, but in some cases, oral medications are prescribed as well. But now a large Danish study, recently published in Journal […]

11 years ago

Although they are (I would assume?) slowly becoming less popular, many parents in both the UK and Ireland are still opting to send their children to schools that are segregated into all-girls or all-boys schools. (This is, I must admit, all a little incomprehensible to me as a Scandinavian, where all primary schools are state […]

11 years ago

Becoming a parent has a profound effect on most of us. All of a sudden you go from being (for the most part) only responsible for yourself and your own actions to being left in charge of a teeny tiny person’s life and wellbeing. It’s humbling stuff. And, as it turns out, feels pretty much […]

11 years ago

Christmas abruptly ended for one US family when their two-year-old girl, Brianna, suddenly took ill and within hours was pronounced dead. The reason? The toddler had eaten a tiny button battery – which according to the autopsy then had eaten through an artery in the child’s oesophagus. Brianna Florer’s grandfather, Kent Vice, described to their […]

11 years ago

We are (more than) a little obsessed with cool home decor over here at HerFamily HQ. Throw pillows? Drowning in them. Covering walls in blackboard paint? Bring it. Metallic anything? We crave it. And now that January is here, and we have packed up Christmas and ditched the holiday decor, we feel more than ready […]

11 years ago

The new Master of the Rotunda maternity hospital says patients are being forced to wait for up to nine months for gynaecology appointments that can detect cancer. Professor Fergal Malone, who is beginning a seven-year term at the 250-year-old maternity hospital, talked to the Irish Daily Mail today about how one of his main priorities going […]

11 years ago

Feeling a little over pulled pork right about now? Then don’t worry, there are plenty of new tasty food trends to salivate over in 2016. According to in-the-know foodies from around the globe, here are some of the hottest new food crazes we’ll be embracing in 2016: 1. Black is the new black According to […]

11 years ago

We are an emotional lot at Christmas time. I have (so far) today cried at The Snowman, a Skype call from my sister and my two-year-old attempting to sing Happy Birthday to his big sister, who turns six today. (Also cried at the fact that my baby girl is six, by the way.) So you […]

11 years ago

When I looked around our sitting room yesterday, post the unwrapping frenzy, I must admit I worried briefly about whether or not or two children are getting spoiled. Which, I am sure, was something I was not alone in, as parents across the nation (and beyond) desperately try to figure out where all the new […]

11 years ago

Despite all agreeing that the most important thing by far is having a healthy baby, many mums (and dads too) will admit to having had a preference for (or thought they had a preference for) what sex they wanted their baby or babies to be. I have previously written about how I was convinced that […]

11 years ago

Have your cocktail and eat it too. Sometimes (especially this time a year) you don’t want to have to chose between whether your should eat your calories or drink them. We’d like both, thank you very much. Which is why these boozy Bourbon chocolate cupcakes sound like the PERFECT plan. Ingredients 1 box devil’s food […]

11 years ago

A quick scroll through my Facebook feed confirms one thing: My friends have some really adorable children. There is little Molly in her new dress sitting on Santa’s lap. Oh, and look at how cute my friend’s little twins are, grinning at the camera after singing at their school play! I am guilty too, don’t […]

11 years ago

My view of what constitutes as a luxury has changed dramatically since becoming a mum. Like, A. Lot. (Hello previous me, you had a great aul’ life, didn’t you?!) Pre-babies, luxury meant high-tech facials and day spa massages. Dinners out. Celine bags (OK, once. Once I bought one.) and flying off on impromptu weekends in […]

11 years ago

There are few, if any, things in life that are stronger than the bond between a mother and her child. Becoming a mum doesn’t just change our appearance, it also alters us mentally, emotionally and even all the way down on a cellular level, as pieces of your baby’s cells stay inside your body for […]

11 years ago

Where celebrities go first, us mere mortals tend to follow. Bodycon dresses, dodgy hair extensions, Uggs paired with bare legs; you name it, we have copied a celebrity doing it. This is why we are now anticipating that placenta eating is only a wee while away from being as common here as it is with […]

11 years ago

When you gotta go, you gotta go. Especially if you are three and recently fully potty-trained. Which is exactly what happened when Hannah and Ben Lienert from Australia were just about to say their I do’s, staring lovingly into each others eyes, only to be brought back to reality with a thump by their three-year-old […]

11 years ago

We are all dreaming of a white Christmas (especially me, being Norwegian, and feeling like there is definitively something missing from my Christmas spirit when it is currently +16 c outside!). But it looks like Met Éirann just put a stop to our wishes, and delivered a crushing blow about the festive weather this morning. […]

11 years ago

If you have been invited to someone’s home, it is common courtesy to bring something with you as a small token of thank you to the host or hostess for having you over. Quite often, many of us opt for a bottle of wine in this instance, knowing that it usually is very welcomes, and […]

11 years ago

Ah, the yearly Christmas card. Where everyone dress up in their holiday best and grin at the camera for this year’s festive snap to be shared with friends and family near and far. Some decide to go down the humorous route with the cards, and while we have seen some absolutely hilarious examples, let’s just […]

11 years ago

Getting a surrogate to carry their baby is sometimes the last resort for many who struggle with infertility or for one reason or another can’t carry a baby to term themselves.  There is no denying that the baby, growing inside someone else’s uterus, is yours, but when it comes to making decisions regarding that baby’s […]

11 years ago

As parents, the thoughts of loosing a child is so horrific we can’t even think about it. And can only imagine that being bereaved of who you love the most will make you want to be reminded of them and keep them near in every important moment forever. This is what happened to American bride, […]

11 years ago

The first time I left our relatively new baby (well, she was coming up to her first birthday) in my husband to be’s care and flew off for a work conference, I left him a Baby Instruction Manual so detailed and extensive he still mocks me about it five years later. But to my worried […]

11 years ago

Another day, another mum shaming debacle. This time it is actress Olivia Wilde who has found herself in the hot seat for sharing a (completely adorable) photo of her too-cute-for-words toddler on Instagram. The issue? Little Otis is nude. Wilde, who is engaged to fellow actor Jason Sudeikis, posted the sweet snap to her profile a few […]

11 years ago

The majority of us embrace a kind of a “we’ll worry about it in January” attitudes to our diets in December. Which is all well and good until January rolls around and you haul your sofa-shaped ass to the gym to try and work off the holiday indulgences – only to realize that those bloody […]

11 years ago

Have you written and posted off your Christmas cards yet? If you have not (who has the bloody time?!), here’s an idea for you: How about getting the family to perform a little dance-show? Then e-mail the efforts around to your family and friends for a fun and festive little holiday treat? That’s what you […]

11 years ago