Coping with baby feeding issues - reflux and constipation
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Coping with cluster feeding and other baby feeding issues [AD]

For all the well meaning advice about newborns, coping with cluster feeding is the one thing nobody talks about. It is mentioned in passing but the extent of it isn’t discussed. With my first baby, cluster feeding was probably the most difficult thing about having a newborn. From birth to around 8 weeks old, she…

Stargazing is a great way to get back in touch with nature and get outdoors. It is the perfect way to teach children about space and stars in an educational way that will hold their interest and increase their knowledge of an important STEM subject. The Forestry Commission have produced some great resources to help parents to get out into the forest to do some stargazing with the kids after school.
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Stargazing with the Forestry Commission

When I was a child, stargazing was of little interest to me. I don’t recall any lessons at school that sparked my interest, although I did find it fascinating that a friend had perfectly accurate constellations on her bedroom ceiling. This was courtesy of her incredibly clever dad and some fluorescent stickers. Stargazing in the forest…

Cucina Rustica Birmingham Review
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Cucina Rustica Birmingham Review

Today I headed into Birmingham for lunch at Cucina Rustica Italian restaurant. Cucina Rustica is based in the Jewellery Quarter, which is about a 10 minute walk from New Street train station and Grand Central shopping centre. They serve authentic Italian food in a relaxed, bar-like atmosphere. Their cocktails are pretty good too! Starters When…

Unwanted at Christmas (fiction)
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Unwanted at Christmas

The smell drifted from the brightly decorated living room, across the garden and into Fred’s hutch. With a jolt, she suddenly realised the significance of all the lights, music and laughter. It was Christmas Eve. The one night of the year when the children always brought Fred indoors. And yet here she was in her…

HIBS100 Homesense Christmas Party Birmingham

HIBS100 Homesense Christmas Party Birmingham

I stepped off the train at Birmingham New Street and fought my way though crowds of tipsy shoppers at the Christmas market. After a brief pause in Starbucks to change into my cripplingly beautiful shoes, I headed to the Lost and Found for the HIBS100 Homesense Christmas party. Not knowing anybody who was going, I arrived alone and…

The empty seat
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The Empty Seat

The middle-aged lady sat in the living room of her upmarket apartment and tapped her fingers on the glass coffee table. She looked at the empty seat again. The police officer was late. In fact he was so late he clearly wasn’t going to bother coming. It was nearly a week now since her car accident…