Parenting and family news, picked by parents

guardian.co.uk -- Editorial: The organisation has based its work on the truth that most brain development occurs in the first 24 months more...

web.me.com -- A puppy? At 34 weeks pregnant? Really!? Are we totally bonkers… share your views. more...

guardian.co.uk -- Well before they can speak, toddlers can communicate using gestures alone. But will learning to baby sign help comedian Alex Horne and young Tom have their first father-and-son chat? more...

guardian.co.uk -- Does nursery daycare harm children? Is there an alternative? Should mothers stay at home? For decades, these questions have panicked parents. In a special investigation, Amelia Gentleman examines the more...

guardian.co.uk -- I’m about to disappear on maternity leave, which I gather is not always conducive to keeping up with your reading. All tips very welcome more...

guardian.co.uk -- The idea that pregnancy becomes dangerous after 42 weeks is out of date, says Viv Groskop, whose own third baby was nearly three weeks late more...

guardian.co.uk -- After 26 years, the last of Marion McGilvary’s children is leaving home – ah, peace and quiet, no mess – her own space at last. Job done. So why does she feel so sad? more...

web.me.com -- I was recently asked to write about mother / daughter relationships. Being 8 months pregnant with my first child has had a profound affect on the way in which I think about my own mum and encouraged me to appreciate the times we’ve shared, and those we almost didn’t… more...

guardian.co.uk -- A new study reveals that it’s not just women who get postnatal depression – men suffer as well. Three of them tell Joanna Moorhead how it feels more...

web.me.com -- I’ve heard all concept of time is lost in the first few months of motherhood and am therefore relinquishing all pretence of chronology and succumbing to the pleasures of a malleable calendar. Time will be like Plasticine; join me as I twist my glance backwards and forwards, reflecting on how my own childhood will influence that of my newborn. more...