News Of The Week: Paid Surrogacy – Immoral Or Not?
I read an article this week which really bothered me. To start off with, the article titled Why it is immoral to deny payment to surrogate mothers, was certainly meant…Continue Reading →
Brilliance In Blogging 2010
Well, I never. I have been shortlisted for the 2010 Brilliance In Blogging Awards, in the category of ‘Bloggers Making…
A Christmas Tradition
We’re fast approaching Christmas, or more specifically, Ameli’s second Christmas. As a couple, we have various traditions that we’ve developed…
Help Me Plan Next Year On Diary Of A First Child
This is a survey for regular or at least occassional readers of Diary of a First Child. The aim is to help me plan for next year – both to…Continue Reading →
News Of The Week: Forced Adoption And Conditional Love
I was reading the Guardian Life & Style Family section and “My mum said I must give up my baby 
News Of The Week: Scientists Discover What Triggers Labour
Well, doesn’t that just sound like great news! I can’t begin to count how many articles, stories and books I’ve…
News Of The Week: Everyday Chemicals May Be Harming Kids
If I had a £1 for every time I had said to people ‘just because there’s a smiling baby on the cover doesn’t mean it’s good for your baby’, well,…Continue Reading →
News Of The Week: A Four Year Old Can Be Sued
Surfing through my Google reader tonight, a headline from last week’s New York Times caught my eye. It read: 4-Year-Old…
Where, Why, What Is World Kindness Day?
November 13th is World Kindness Day. Although it’s the first time I have ever heard of World Kindness Day, it…
Boobs for Babes, Tits for Tots – The Breastfeeding Calender
Have you read the book or seen the movie or stage show Caldender Girls? A group of middle aged country ladies get naked in aid of their WA group and…Continue Reading →