New mums take four months and 23 days before they adjust to being a parent
Researchers found the first few months with a new member of the family pass by in a flash of confusion.
David Cameron’s wife Samantha Cameron gives birth to baby girl
Samantha Cameron, the wife of Prime Minister David Cameron, has given birth to a baby girl while holidaying in Cornwall. The 39-year-old gave birth to their fourth child at the Royal Cornwell Hospital in Truro. A spokesperson for the couple said: “The Prime Minister and Mrs Cameron are delighted to announce the birth of their…
NHS fails baby born with back-to-front knees
The distraught family of a baby boy born with back-to-front knees slammed the NHS for failing to treat him properly. Little Gabriell Camilleri-Nugent was born with hyperextended knees and bronchomalacia, meaning his lungs and airways are too small for him to breathe on his own. A 20-week scan showed Gabriell’s legs were doubled back near…
Mum sells BREAST MILK on gumtree to beat the credit crunch
A young mum has come up with a novel way of earning some extra cash while on maternity leave – by selling her breast milk online. Cash-strapped Toni Ebdon, 26, gave birth earlier this year and found herself producing more than enough milk for baby boy David. A friend joked that she was producing so…
Lazy baby crane needs extra swimming lessons
Meet Larry the baby crane who is so lazy that animal handlers have been forced to give him extra – swimming lessons. The fluffy youngster is part of a breeding programme in which 24 cranes are being reared to re-introduce the rare species to Britain from Germany. But while his peers happily swim around during…
Broken arm saved my unborn baby’s life
Doctors who treated a pregnant mother for a broken arm discovered her unborn child had been days from death – then delivered a baby so tiny it weighed less than the plaster cast on her mother’s shattered limb. Mother-of-three Shona Stacey, 41, was six months pregnant when she tripped and fell on her way to…
Meerkat baby rejected by mother raised in an ice cream tub
A tiny meerkat born the size of a human THUMB and rejected by its mother has been nursed back to health – in a margarine tub. The tiny creature weighed just 18 grams and was kicked out of the family nest by her mum because she was the runt of the litter. She was found…
Supermarket giant Asda caught selling baby food year out of date
Supermarket giant Asda has apologised after selling a batch of baby drinks which were more than a YEAR out of date. Emma Dennehy, 28, bought an apple and raspberry Hipp Organic smoothie from an Asda store in Bridgwater, Somerset. But after feeding the drink to her ten-month-old daughter Grace, she noticed the bottle’s best before…
Miracle meningitis baby starts breathing after life support is turned off
Emily Ashurst, 26, and partner Pete, also 26, were devastated when their newly born baby contracted meningitis and grace was rushed to intensive care and put on life support. Several days later her life support machine was turned off – but miraculously little grace started breathing on her own… When Emily and Pete planned to…
