Reduce the Risk of Dog Bites
Have you added a four-legged friend to your family over the past few years? If so, you are not alone, pet ownership has rocketed since the pandemic as working habits and values continue to evolve. Many of these pets are…
Breathing Techniques to Teach your Kids
Before we teach kids anything like numbers or the alphabet, we should teach them to breathe correctly. Breathing is essential to our development - it changes the way we feel and interact with each other. The best part is, once…
How Parents Can Stay on Top of their Mental Health
Parenting is without a doubt the hardest job in the world! Juggling work, family, finances and trying to crowbar a social life and relationship in there can be almost too much at times. Parental mental health is often overlooked. Keeping…
The walk to school needs to be safer to improve our children’s happiness in the North West
Over half of parents in the North West see a noticeable improvement in their children’s happiness after they walk to school, new research has found. National charity Living Streets conducted research with parents of primary school children in the North…
The Genies & Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week
When Sara Jackson’s eldest was entering his terrible 2’s, his baby brother had just been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Desperate for stories to help the family during this difficult time, she found nothing suitable or uplifting in the…
Save a Life
St John Ambulance, the nation’s leading first aid charity has teamed up with Northern Life Family to bring you some simple, but life-saving, first aid tips. In this aticle we deal with choking. Breathing is vital to life. Every time…
14 Tips on how to keep your baby cool during this heatwave
Cool Baby 14 Tips on how to keep your baby cool during this heatwave by The Sleep Nanny Babies sleep well in a room that is between 16-20 degrees C but with this warm weather it might be difficult to…
Flat Stan Saving Lives
Primary schools all over the country are being over-looked, and young children are being deprived of the opportunity to be taught vital life skills. Funding is said to be not ‘available’ for practical lessons in CPR awareness – even though…
FittaMamma’s Top Ten Tips for a healthy, Fitta-Festive Season!
Just because you're pregnant don't feel daunted by Christmas! Pregnancy fitness specialists FittaMamma share their top ten tips to enjoy a healthy, active festive season:- Strictly speaking browsing around the shops buying presents doesn't count as cardio-exercise but nevertheless you'll…
‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’ Say Midwives on BBC Story on Maternity Unit Closures
Today the BBC have released the findings of a freedom of information request on temporary closures of maternity units. Commenting on the findings, Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “Birth is unpredictable and sometimes units…