Category Archives: Children’s health
Peterborough SANDS |
Peterborough SANDS is a regional division of the National Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (SANDS). Tragically and without an obvious reason 17 babies every single day in the UK are born as stillbirths or die soon after (11 due to … Continue reading
Bullying: A Sad Fact! |
Bullying refers to the deliberate and systematic verbal, physical and/or emotional harm inflicted from one individual to another where the recipient feels unable to defend themselves. Regrettably, bullying is an all too sad fact in the lives of our children … Continue reading
Keep a-breast! |
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and this is definitely true when it comes to breastfeeding. There are many common myths and horror stories that circulate amongst mothers of poor unfortunate women whose rapacious newborns have ravaged … Continue reading
I’m Coming Out… |
In honour of World Breastfeeding Week I am very lucky to share a guest post from Milli Hill who may be know to some as her blog handle The Mule. I don’t wish to give away the content in the introduction, … Continue reading
This week is World Breastfeeding Week a global initiative organised by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action to protect, support and promote breastfeeding. This year the theme focuses on communication and how Breastfeeding needs to be understood as a 3D Experience; … Continue reading
Today on the blog I have a guest post by very lovely veteran blogger Bethan Townsend. Bethan is a talented writer, consummate twitterer and is the proud owner of a brand new blog aptly entitled The Pieces of Me. Imagine … Continue reading
I am very lucky to be able to offer the readers of ‘Young not Dumb’ a very exciting competition prize in honour of Love Parks Week. Micro-Scooters UK has very generously donated for one lucky reader a scooter of their … Continue reading
This week is Love Parks Week an awareness raising campaign to encourage us all to get from behind our computer desks and get our pasty skin and squinty eyes out into the sunshine and enjoy the wonder that is our local parks … Continue reading
In light of the tragedies that occurred in Norway and the death of Amy Winehouse this weekend; it seems appropriate to look at the issues surrounding childhood mental health. It is rather disturbing to think of children living with mental health … Continue reading
I would like to share with you today a very moving guest post written by a true mummy warrior Christina Bennett who is a campaigner for the premature baby charity Bliss and blogs as Mummy Beadzoid. I was 6 … Continue reading
