•    Get your baby used to a night-time routine from day one. She probably won’t start to go to sleep when you want her to, but it will mean there’s already a routine in place she’s used to when she’s of an age that she can respond to one.•    When

Follow these five simple steps for soothing your crying baby. 1. Feed her, swaddled, in a dark room – preferably the room you are going to put her to sleep in.2. After the feed, burp her for a maximum of five minutes, then put her down

Before they learn to communicate in other ways, babies need to cry in order to try to convey all sorts of different emotions and needs. Sometimes the reason will be an obvious physical requirement and a feed, sleep or nappy change will solve

• Don't glve your children their big presents Just before the family arrives. It's unrealistic to expect small children to share a brand new, longed-for toywith a horde of invaders.• Give the older children their presents while the babies are having

, live-in butler and chef. It sleeps ten and costs £8,400 (including B&B and drinks) to hire during the high season (October to March) through Ultimate Family Hideaways.Check out Junior's guide to Top holiday villas in our Tips & advice section.

luxurious, way to camp. - Pods – which look like little half acorns – are secure, heated wooden shelters, so they’re great in chillier seasons. The Camping and Caravanning Club site at Eskdale in Cumbria offers pods that sleep up to four people and cost only

the inside out. While Sam cuddled his baby bunnies, I worried. I dreamed about rabbits with giant heads. But long before they were old enough to be vaccinated, baby Flopsie fell to a hideous diarrheal disease that wasn’t even on the list. According

child doesn’t wear a uniform, sort them what they are going to wear the night before. PE, book and lunch bags and musical instruments should be left right near the door so there’s no fear of forgetting them.2. Get some sleepEverything can seem more of a

of the gorgeoussuites, done in shades of white, peppermint, jet black or purple andcopper, each one with a double bath at the foot of the bed. But ifyou’re travelling as a family, there are two cool cottages in thegrounds, one sleeping five and one sleeping six

they just can’t cope with full-time mothering. You have to be strong, confident and selfless to be able to give up your career and pre-baby identity for your family’s best interest. But it’s worth remembering that you chose to have children, and ultimately