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We all know that sleep is important so that we can be our best and as adults when we don’t get enough sleep we are often grumpy and our fuse is cut short. So how do babies & toddlers cope with the lack of sleep? I know if my kids don’t get a full [...] Read more »
Parents have been warned that reptiles are not appropriate pets for children under the age of five after an infant picked up a potentially life-threatening infection from a pet turtle. The baby who was recently diagnosed with a botulism infection is now recovering but the national Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) warned the situation could [...] Read more »
Joining a mom group can benefit postpartum women both mentally and physically, especially where fitness is a focus. If you exercise in a group or even with one other person, you get the benefits of exercising plus socializing. You can feel recharged from the interaction with other moms. Research shows that people tend to stick [...] Read more »
A study has found that breast feeding your infant for the first 6 months was less likely to lead to obesity later in life. Infants whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk for childhood obesity, but breast-feeding lowers that risk, the new study suggests. Among babies exposed to diabetes in utero, those [...] Read more »
All parents with babies under 12 months of age are being advised to give their infants a daily vitamin D supplement. The advice has been issued by the HSE, Department of Health and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, but is present in very few foods. It [...] Read more »