Joanne Gallacher

How Palate Training helps overweight Children

Across the world more than 22 million children under the age of 5 are severely overweight. To try and buck the trend kids should be educated about their tastebuds to save their future waistlines. That's according to Mitzy Wilson and Louise Rutten from ... Read >

Christening or Naming Ceremony?

Christening ceremonies are back in fashion with new parents keen to copy celebrities like Geri Halliwell, the Beckhams and Charlotte Church. In recent years more and more people have chosen to get their little one's baptised but the trend has seen childre... Read >

The Importance of First Aid

Recent findings have suggested that over 50% of parents still don't know the basic first aid skills like dressing and treating open wounds. Plus, 6 out of 10 parents wouldn't know how to look after their child in an emergency and would often wait for an a... Read >

How Smoking Effects Your Children

Smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each year. In addition smoking can lead to fertility problems and increase the risk of cot death. Dr Chris Steele, resident GP on TV show This Morning believes there are adverse effects for babies and child... Read >

TV chef Gordon Ramsay's secret recipe

Latest research has discovered that 1 in 3 people don't get any whole grain in their diet. Whole grains are cereal grains and are extremely important in order to obtain a healthy lifestyle. They provide B vitamins, vitamin E, minerals, carbohydrates and ... Read >

How to avoid spending a fortune at Christmas

Money is often quite tight for most families at Christmas and most of us feel the pinch. Mum of one Wiz Wharton is no stranger to budgeting and has even written a book about it. She advises us that we should pick up presents when we see them and spr... Read >

How to live with a Nut Allergy

When you have a healthy new born baby the last thing you expect could happen is that in a few years time they will develop the symptoms of an allergy. The truth is, 18 million people in Britain are estimated to have an allergy and children are particul... Read >

Adoption, celebrities and You

It would seem celebrities who adopt children are starting a trend? In recent years Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt have adopted sons Maddox and Pax Thien and daughter Zahara. All three have been adopted from different countries. Madonna ado... Read >

Keeping children safe on holiday

This article is about the growing number of holiday homes that have not got proper safety measures in place when you take your family on holiday. This comes on the back of extensive research which concluded 45% of parents feel they need to be more safety ... Read >

Mother offers routine advice

Many parents across the world struggle when it comes to juggling their children, careers and family chores. For many it is a constant battle and guilt plays a huge part - should parents go out to work or should one stay at home to care for the family? ... Read >

How to eliminate toddler tantrums

As many parents know parenting can be extremely hard and it was no exception for American parenting author Elizabeth Pantley. After her fourth child was born, Elizabeth's priorities changed and she realised what an important job parenting is. "It start... Read >

Top First Aid advice

Over one million children experience accidents in and around the home each year. Falls are the most common causes of accidents with 66,000 youngsters aged between 5 and 14 taken to casualty departments just in the UK alone. In addition, around 15,000 c... Read >

Anthea Turner helps clean your house

Keeping your house in good working order can be very stressfull with children's toys everywhere, no storage and finances in a mess. However, help may be at hand as we recently interviewed TV's 'Perfect Houswife' Anthea Turner about getting your home in... Read >

Pregnancy Secrets

Infertility is an extremely common problem affecting more than 1 in 7 couples. It can be a stressful time trying for a baby but stress itself could reduce your chances of conceiving. In a recent survey three quarters of the men questioned admitted that... Read >

How to treat Coughs and Colds

Within this article we spoke to Dr Rob Hicks about the stresses and strains of parenthood through the winter months. A survey by Braun discovered that many parents get stressed during the winter months worrying about illnesses and feeling low. So, we aske... Read >