The euphoria occasioned by the golden performances of the Team GB Olympic athletes is starting to subside a little, hastened by news that the Government is making it easier for schools to sell off playing fields.

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I was thrown in at the deep end for my first assignment as Nursery World’s new guest blogger, and asked to report on the team’s visit to a Busy Bees nursery on a leg of their Olympic torch relay. Apparently my invite got stuck in the post?

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The perfect cure for a stressed out toddler- massages, foot baths and walking barefoot on grass, says a kindergarten in Germany where they have introduced a programme of ‘anti-stress exercises’ for pre-school children.

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I’ve always watched in horror as children push handfuls of soil into their mouths while their parents turn a blind eye to their child’s new habit. The hypochondriac in me has always thought about what dangers lurk in the mud and whether they could do a child more harm than good. However could a new study by Cornell University in New York, featured in the Daily Mail, which says that eating mud or clay might even be good for children’s stomachs, be about to prove me wrong?According to the study, eating dirt may act as a shield against ingested parasites and plant toxins, as well as provide nutrients that children or adults lack such as iron, zinc or calcium. Who knew?

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Has Eastenders gone a leap too far with the latest baby death and swap storyline? Actress Samantha Womack has defended it as being about ‘producing dramatic television’ but is it this or simply a tasteless way to increase ratings in the new year? Read More »

An innocent, proud dad comment from Labour leader Ed Miliband on the BBC news last week triggered alarm bells. I just knew he was going to get slated for casually pointing to shelves of formula milk and commenting on which one his baby Samuel has.

In the following days he’s been branded as ‘naive’ and his parenting decisions have been questioned.

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‘If the nursery is going to let dd have such a big nap so late then they should babysit her so I can have a glass of wine in peace!’…’It pisses me off to have to pay someone to look after a sleeping child’…’My daughter is still going to bed later than normal and I don’t have a life.’ Read More »

We all know how important it is to practice good hand hygiene and are constantly reminded that using soap and water is vital in the fight against germs.
But now I believe one company has taken it too far by creating a liquid hand wash for children that smells of chocolate orange.

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Parents planning to give out sweets to trick or treating children this Hallowe’en might want to reconsider in the light of an Australian child obesity campaign.
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I felt strangely guilty before conducting a phone interview today.  Last night I happily cooked some more meals for my baby daughter and this morning I spoon-fed her Weetabix for breakfast before speaking to Gill Rapley, the queen of baby led weaning (BLW).

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