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Swimming with your child
By Junior on 30/04/2012 17:19:01
It’s never too soon to instill water confidence in your child
. An important consideration when taking your baby swimming is that the water is warm enough. It needs to be at least 32ºC for babies of three months and under or weighing less than 5.5kg; and 30ºC plus for a baby beyond that. It’s horrible seeing your baby
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Top holiday villas
By Junior on 16/08/2011 12:41:28
Sharing a villa with a gang of family and friends is a wonderful way to pass some downtime together, and spread the cost…
Home from home, extra space to spread out, a kitchen so you can handle night-time feeds or easily fix an early-rising toddler’s breakfast, your own pool so you don’t have to worry about anyone bagging the best sunloungers… Add to that maids, chefs
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Great games to play with water
By Junior on 12/07/2012 14:08:18
Make a splash by playing these wonderful water games with your child
Babies up to 18 monthsHold your baby while he ‘swims’ in the bath, and let water trickle over his body so he can discover how it feels. Teach him to make a splash by patting your hands on the surface of the water in the bath, or in a washing-up bowl
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Choosing a children's holiday club
By Junior on 12/08/2011 15:44:08
A well-run children’s club is a real bonus, keeping your child happily entertained, and giving you some much-needed “me-time”
not to be too happy if they’re bundled off into a room of toddlers.At Portugal’s Penha Longha Hotel & Golf Resort, a 30-minute drive from Lisbon, Powder Byrne has programmes for all ages. Scallywags (aged four to nine) can take part in tennis and swimming
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Operation School Run
By Catherine O'Dolan on 15/09/2010 16:53:28
Ten simple rules that can help you transform the morning routine from chaos to calm
if they walked.Use a buggy board if you have a baby and a toddler to take with you, and provide books and small toys to play with for the journey. Make the most of your journey by talking about the day ahead en route, and keep the mood cheery. If you have
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Brilliant Brighton
By on 25/09/2009 17:21:03
Take a seaside stroll with your babe around Brighton
also doubles as a children’s swimming pool during the summer months, when it takes on the air of a beach resort, complete with deckchairs circling the toddler-friendly pool. I found, however, that my two-year-old was more interested in sifting through
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Tip top toes
By Michele Goldsmith on 23/04/2012 11:59:35
How to keep your child's tiny toes healthy for years to come
speckles and can be very small from the size of a pinhead, up to the size of a 2p piece. Verrucae are easily caught from the floor in communal showers or swimming pools and children can be susceptible because they haven’t yet built up immunity to the virus
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The Truth About Water
By Niki Sheehan on 27/06/2012 10:44:34
More and more children are refusing to drink water in favour of sweet drinks, with potentially harmful consequences
Water, water everywhere and not a drop is drunk – in many families anyway. They’ll swim in it, wash with it, squirt it at each other, but when it comes to quenching their thirst, a measly 19 per cent of
children will choose it. And this rejection
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Foreign countries en famille
By Suzanne Milne on 19/04/2010 15:08:15
National Geographic photographer and mother-of-four Annie Griffiths Belt talks to Junior about the best way to travel the world with family in tow
was less of an issue. Top places to go with a toddlerPlaces with lots of water. Water is ever mother’s friend. Toddlers adore water, so I would say, always stay in a place that has a swimming pool. They have to behave part of the day and then as soon as you
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Ten ways to spread a little happiness
By Susan Walls on 30/01/2013 18:45:00
Children are natural optimists. Here are 10 ways to help them always look on the bright side of life
widely as he knew he'd done well, because Nickonly said brilliant when he really felt it was warranted. Which isinteresting, because I tell my son he's wonderful all the time, and Icouldn't even get him to take off his swim-vest. It's good to give
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