Experienced parents have shared their wisdom on what quality family time really means. Forget arts and crafts or play dates, for parents with a child(ren) under the age of five, quality time with their young one is simply cuddling (93%). Baby and toddler friendly holiday company, Tots To Travel asked 519 parents and expectant parents what they counted as quality time spent with …

A simple way for adults, expectant mums and infants to spray their way to healthy vitamin D levels has won two prestigious awards. BetterYou’s DLux3000 vitamin D oral spray beat off 16 other products to scoop ‘Best Supplement’ at the 2016 National Health Trade Summit in association with the National Association of Health Stores. BetterYou’s DLuxPregnancy and DLuxInfant vitamin D …

As part of National Chocolate Week (10-16 October), Christmas around the corner and the Stress-Less Weaning campaign, Babymoov’s nutritionist, Julia Wolman, provides some valuable advice on giving the nation’s favourite sweet treat – chocolate – to your little one.   The sugar issue – Current weaning advice recommends that you avoid giving sugary foods such as chocolate to babies during …

One in seven couples have difficulty conceiving – approximately 3.5 million people in the UK alone. Bud (babies under development), a digital resource for people struggling to conceive. Bud is launching a campaign called ‘Let’s talk about fertility’ to coincide with National Fertility Awareness Week (31st Oct – 6th Nov). The purpose of the campaign is to encourage couples to …

Etac R82, specialist supplier of adaptive products for children and adults, will be providing a wide-ranging and interactive display at Kidz to Adultz North (17.11.16, Event City, Manchester). New for this Kidz show, Etac R82 will have an area dedicated to “Restoration of Body Shape” looking at asymmetry, change and postural support and challenging ideas about what can be corrected.  This …

World Diabetes Day falls every year on 14 November and is a day when millions of people around the world come together to raise awareness of diabetes, and what it’s like to live with the condition. It’s a global campaign led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) with activity taking place around the world. Whilst fatalities such as strokes and heart disease …

Concerns have been raised by parents about the risk of cyber bullying among young people after new research revealed more than half of children under the age of 16 (53%) are accessing the internet on a handheld device, while a quarter have an internet enabled computer in their bedroom.  Online age verification system, AgeChecked, surveyed parents to reveal the range …

The first song scientifically tested to make babies happy Composed with help from UK babies, parents, psychologists and Grammy award-winning musician Imogen Heap Boo (66%), raspberry (57%) and sneezing (51%) voted top sounds by UK parents to feature on the track A thousand British parents have helped C&G baby club create an extraordinary, groundbreaking new song called The Happy Song – the …

Article by Dr Sally Norton,  UK Health Expert.  NHS Weight Loss Consultant Surgeon.  Founder of  Vavista Life.  Many mums know that their children’s behaviour can be influenced by what they eat. What we feed our children can either boost or damage their health – it’s our choice. Now evidence shows that the food a pregnant woman chooses to eat, herself, …

Experts at The Sleep Council say as well as resolving to get fitter, slim down, try a new hobby or eat more healthily in the New Year, most of us need to take sleep more seriously. “Not enough sleep or too much sleep is linked to chronic diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, obesity and anxiety (1),” said Lisa …