When visiting your doctor If you and your baby have been discharged from the hospital before 72 hours after your delivery, make sure you have a follow-up appointment with your doctor to check for ...

Here at M&I we LOVE YouTube star, vlogger and hilarious dad La Guardia Cross’ videos about his life as a new dad. His YouTube channel is filled to the brim with tidbits on parenting, life as a dad and ...

It’s natural. We were designed this way ‘Women feel more, and for good reasons. By evolutionary design, women’s brains have developed to encourage empathy, intuition, emotionality, and sensitivity. We ...

A traumatic experience during labour can be a difficult thing to get over, especially when another pregnancy presents itself. The desire to do things differently, to do things the ‘right’ way can be ...

Although a SAHM is rarely alone, she can be very lonely. And although she can be sick of being on her feet all day, she can also need nothing more than a twenty minute walk to get some air. Liz ...

The initiative originally put forward by the Green Party will see mothers supported for the weeks their babies are premature, and not simply from their due date. Originally, maternity leave is for 26 ...

The name Bear received his name, the star said, a few days after birth, when her midwife used to come in and address him as “the little bear”. In the interview with The Sun, she said, “I always loved ...

Let them decide Leave plenty of time for this. And we mean like, at least a week so you have time to do the right shopping and know exactly what they mean. That way there’s no shilly-shally around the ...

Grandparent Army The numbers of the ‘Grandparent Army’ rise more and more every year as Irish parents are continually priced out of childcare for their children, be that creche prices or for ...

For people trying to lose weight, we know how hard it can be. Stopping for a snack in between meals is the worst battle to overcome when you are trying to lose weight. Today will be my first ever ...

No one knows how quickly the time passes better than parents. One minute you’re holding your newborn for the first time, the next they’re off for their first day of school, and the next…well. You get ...

Irish child psychologist Anne O’Connor looks at the importance of your role in your child’s education. Anne has worked as a clinical psychologist both in UK and Ireland. Her specialist area of ...