The subject of death is terrifying to say the least, but no more so when the death in question is that of a child. Of all of the articles I have written for BabyGaga I knew this would be the most chal...
Since the release of Disney's groundbreaking full length animation, Snow White And The Seven Dwarves in 1937 the film studio has maintained a solid grip on the imaginations of every generation.
Everyone wants to be a good example, the very best example for their kid, and they might think that they are doing exactly that by not drinking in excess, or smoking in front of them, or swearing like...
The majority of the time, adults have a filter. If they see something freaky they can bury it deep inside and never talk about it again...but kids, kids don't have filters for what they're saying. Kid...
Discovering that one's child is being stalked is a parent's worst nightmare. But it is an issue that is all too real, all too frequent and all too often ending in tragedy.
It can be hard work teaching a child meaningful life lessons. Lessons like beauty being found within, honesty being the best policy and the importance of valuing friends and family. In their little mi...
If parents are finding themselves stumped when it comes to choosing a name for their baby boy, why not turn to the rich tapestry of Disney to improve the chances of making the perfect choice?
A few weeks ago I asked my partner what it was like when he realised that he was going to be a Dad. He told me that he thought to himself 'well, that's it. My life is over. I should do everything I ca...
It's pretty much a guarantee that there have been hundreds of relationships and friendships that have been torn asunder because of the waking of a sleeping baby.
It is one of the questions woman start asking themselves the moment they find out they're pregnant, 'what's it going to feel like to push a baby out?' Many women try and be stoic and polite when it co...
Sometimes, when my partner leaves his 3 year old daughter at day-care, a brief thought flickers through my brain 'How can he do that? Isn't he worried something might happen? What if something bad hap...
To eat the placenta is the 'in thing' right now. While mothers in the animal kingdom and human beings from countless cultures have been eating the afterbirth since forever, it's only been in the past ...
There are plenty of names that, when we hear spoken aloud, we immediately know the meaning of. That is just how it goes. But there are also names which baffle us, which leave us pondering hard about w...
Astrology is pretty mind-blowing. While the concept of celestial bodies and stars having an impact on the lives of human beings sounds ridiculously far-fetched, it actually has an element of truth abo...
I thought I'd seen enough horror films and read enough books to believe I was pretty clued up about the world of child possession. But researching this article taught me it's a world so much more twis...
It is the one thing that the majority of expectant moms fear - that the baby will start their journey out when nobody is around to help. There are the exceptions of course. Moms who are ready and prep...
The placenta, that blood filled blobby thing that comes out once baby is in the world, can be a precious commodity outside of a woman's uterus, too. When it was inside, this temporary, quite magnifice...
I am an English native, yet the little country that shares the landmass of my motherland is very much a mystery to me. On the handful of times that I've heard Welsh being spoken 'in real life,' it's b...
Home or hospital, what's is going to be? Many women are choosing a home birth over giving birth in hospital for a myriad of reasons. They want a comfortable setting and less interventions. They want t...