Charlotte Gray’s first baby arrived just before Christmas, on 21st December. Her second daughter arrived on exactly the same day, two years later. Her son was born last Sunday. We talk Christmas babies…
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Mornings
In a devastatingly sad piece, Aimee Foster explains what it was like to experience the death of her one-day-old baby daughter, Grace. She describes the 24 hours they had together and returning home the following day…
Sleep
Dr Jessamy Hibberd, a clinical psychologist and mum-of-three, has been examining the early days with a new baby, asking why it’s so hard – even if it’s not your first. Here, she offers an explanation and sound advice for coping…
Family
In Part III of the Relationships After a Baby series, a couple describe the difficulties they experienced after having children: tiredness, snapping, changes to social life and less couple-time…
Family
“I do remember being really tired but how Paul and I related to each other was weirdly normal” – in the second of our Relationships After a Baby series, Juliet and Paul tell us how having a baby brought them closer…
Family
We know that many couples argue more after having a baby, but in what other ways does having a baby change your relationship? Three couples open up about the good, the bad and the ugly…
Wellbeing
Is it safe to have kinky sex during pregnancy? And what if you don’t want to have penetrative sex at all – are there other ways to stay sexually active? Sex and relationships therapist Juliet Grayson answers all this, and more…
Family
Niall Magennis and his partner Jo took their daughter Fynn, aged eight months, to Namibia on safari. Here, he discusses going on safari with a baby: the good, the bad and the ‘what I’d do differently next time’…
Mornings
Morning is the start of a new day but can also allude to the beginning of life. In Sylvia Plath’s emotive poem Morning Song, she describes the arrival of her baby and those tender early days as a new mother…
Family
Getting up early for flights can be exciting – but not with young kids. So rather than battling with a sleep-deprived babe, how about leaving them behind? That’s what Carla Gale-Parks did. She shares some tips…