Most children start talking between about nine and 15 months, starting to enunciate clearly at about two years. However, not all children find language so simple and still haven’t produced their first words when all around them are already nattering

What was your favourite food as a child? My grandmother’s home-made ravioli served in a chicken broth.At what age did you start cooking? I started at around four, helping my Italian grandmother make the ravioli. My grandparents lived in a small village at the foothills of the mou...

completely different rather than storybooks – maybe gardening, or something you see on television together – your enthusiasm for that will come through and it will engage your child too. Keep on talking Even if your child isn’t talking at 18 months, keep

1. Be patientToddlers often muddle up their pronunciation, as they are learning to coordinate almost 100 different vocal muscles.2. Listen carefullyThe sounds that she makes will be similar to real words (she might say “wareesha” for “what’s that?”, for example), but you will nee...

Kermit the style KingThe Muppets are firmly back in town and this time around the greenest star of it's show, Kermit the frog, is looking super stylish. Throughout the new feature film Kermit has been dressed by American fashion label Brooks Brothers including this rather dapper ...

Green Baby SS11Hi Ali, What is your job? I head up all the Creative and Marketing department for Green Baby.Do you have a nickname? Not one I'm telling you about!What did you want to be when you grew up?I didn't want to grow up... but if I had to then I wanted to be an art tea...

SILVER-GREY HAIR, twinkling azure eyes and a penchant for red coats? Mmmm, there’s something vaguely reminiscent of a certain festive fellow in the amiable demeanour of award-winning writer, director and father-of-four, Richard Curtis. Not that he’d ever wear a red coat, of cours...

Myleene Klass, songstress, classical pianist and budding designer of the beautiful Baby K range for Mothercare, speaks to Junior magazine about her fondest childhood memoriesWhere were you born and brought up? I was born and raised in Norfolk in a town called Gorleston.Tell me ab...

Sophie Worthington 6.45am My alarm goes followed by rushed dressing and breakfasting of our three children (Io, 15, Cy, 12, and Rex, nine). Living in the country and having three kids all at different schools means that my husband and I are both involved in the school run. I tend...