Babies

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Expectations Versus Reality: 7 Harsh Truths About Christmas With Kids

With three parenting Christmases under her belt, Sophie White admits she still hasn't cracked the fine line between…

By Sophie White

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New research says all premature babies born at 28 weeks in Rotunda survive

Every year 4,500 babies, or one every two hours, are born prematurely - before 40 weeks - in…

By Jennifer McShane

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Breast or bottle – why we need to stop shaming other women for their parenting choices

On National Breastfeeding Week, we pull a piece in our archives by Lia Hynes on reality of breastfeeding…

By Lia Hynes

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My family got hit by the baby bomb, and hilarity has ensued

The hysteria. The elation. The family Whatsapp group going out of control. This is the scene that went…

By Geraldine Carton

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I always hated kids but everyone told me I would change my mind, and now I have

I always hated kids. I mean really, really, did not like them. I found them loud, sticky, and…

By Grace McGettigan

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What A Sleep-Deprived Mother-Of-Many (Okay It’s Two, I’m Just A Wimp) REALLY Wants For Christmas

Ask a mother what she wants for Christmas and you can guaran-goddamn-tee it she's lying says Sophie White …

By Sophie White

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10 Unexpected Lessons I Learned In My First Year As A Mother

That first year post-baby is a strange new world, one at times beautiful, at times bleak and at…

By Sophie White

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The Dos and Don’t Of The Post-Baby Style Crisis AKA Finally Giving Up The Maternity Jeans (Sort Of)

The post-baby style crisis is a very real, very self-esteem sapping time when maternity jeans are not one…

By Sophie White

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Why We Really Need Tinder For Mums

I was the first of my friends to have a baby and while the fact that I didn't…

By Sophie White

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It’s Not Just You: Everyone’s Baby Wakes At Night

You may have read a piece I wrote for IMAGE Magazine, about this time last year, in which…

By Kate O'Dowd

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The Essential 10 Commandments That No One Tells You About Motherhood

When you become a mother there are a lot of pesky does and don't suddenly thrown at you.…

By Sophie White

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7 Harsh Realities Your Pregnant Friend Seriously Doesn’t Need To Hear

I was sitting having dinner with two friends recently, one is in bloom and the other is, well...…

By Sophie White