2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1250+ words) Home > Child development > Baby development Along with babies" first steps, their first words are a milestone that lots of parents look forward to. But the line between babies making sounds and actually saying words is a bit blurry. After all,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1372+ words) 17-year-old Isabella loves being a mum and says it was something her and her partner planned Teenage pregnancy rates in Ipswich and Lowestoft are significantly higher than the national and regional averages, it has emerged. Suffolk County Council and other…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1017+ words) Charlotte Amies says she found breastfeeding "quite an isolating journey" before getting help from the charity New mums have welcomed an impressive rise in breastfeeding rates in one of England's most deprived cities. More than half (52%) of all babies aged…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (748+ words) Iona Hall is freezing her eggs after being diagnosed with stage four endometriosis A woman who has undergone major surgery for severe endometriosis plans to "urgently" freeze her eggs in the hope of one day starting a family. Iona Hall,…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (743+ words) Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephen said it is a joy to play the comedians The daughter of Eric Morecambe said described as "incredible" the actor who plays her father in a special stage show to mark the 100th birthdays of comic…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (866+ words) Deputy Andy Howell brought the new abortion law to the States Assembly and said the change gave women more time to consider their decision Jersey politicians have passed a new termination of pregnancy law that allows abortions before 22 weeks. The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (87+ words) Forgetfulness, brain fog, the inability to focus - baby brain is a concept many mums can relate to. But what's really going on inside the brains of mums-to-be? We go inside the world's largest study. Baby Brain: What's Really Going On?...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1553+ words) New mum, Tania Esparza, says pregnant women are "becoming more specialised for the job" "Baby brain" is a cliche long-used to describe women becoming forgetful and feeling less capable during pregnancy. But a recent study - the largest to date - indicates…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (919+ words) While an infant or toddler "sleeping through" might be the holy grail for parents, it is relatively uncommon, as large studies of young children frequently show. One study of more than 55,000 babies in Norway, for example, found that nearly seven…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (1248+ words) Maternity services in England are failing "too many" families, with problems "at every stage" of the maternity journey, an interim report has found. Racism, staffing and accountability issues were among six factors identified by Baroness Amos, who is leading a…...