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Why do toddlers sleep with their bums in the air?
Updated August 2025 For new parents, it can be the most adorable sight to see your newborn babies sound asleep with their little bum in the air. But should you worry if your toddler still sleeps with her bum in the air, does it increase the risk of SIDS? And why do toddlers sleep with…
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How To Survive Christmas With The Kids
How to Survive Christmas With the Kids: A Realistic Guide for Parents By Dr Tracy Laverick Dr. Tracey Laverick is a leading expert in child development and family dynamics. With over 20 years of experience in education and psychology, she has worked closely with families to foster positive relationships and ensure children thrive in nurturing…
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Revisiting Your Family Vision: Why It Matters More Than You Think
Today, we’re talking about something that might not have crossed your mind recently – your family’s long-term vision. With our busy lives, swamped with endless work deadlines, soccer practices, and school projects, it’s so easy to forget about the bigger picture. But what if I told you that the future of your family – its…
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Working Mum Guilt
By Tracey Barraclough I’ll get straight to the point. I’m completely and utterly fed up of female celebrities telling me that as a working mum, I feel guilty for going out to work, along with a suggestion that guilt is the most natural thing in the world, nay a prerequisite. Guilty as Charged! I’ll get…
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Only 940 Saturdays until your Child is 18
By Hayley Anderson-Richardson Since my last MMB Magazine Blog I have received lots of messages from working mums who are struggling with gaining a work/life balance and keeping the mummy guilt at bay. I know this feeling all too well myself; I remember several years ago while I was in an employed job role and seemingly…
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5 Parenting Tips
By Tracy Laverick I want a way that works! Do something different in 5 easy steps. Parents often come to me when they are at the end of their tether. They have got into a negative cycle with their kids. There is often a lot of shouting, there may be restraint and violence. Or it…
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Our Children’s Aspirations
Dr Tracy Laverick CPsychol HCPC DEdPsych MSc MEd BA(Hons) QTS Dr. Tracey Laverick is a leading expert in child development and family dynamics. With over 20 years of experience in education and psychology, she has worked closely with families to foster positive relationships and ensure children thrive in nurturing environments. Her insights and research focus…
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Can the court force you to vaccinate your children?
The continuing roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme has brought back the debate on the safety and long-term implications of administrating vaccines. Similar to when Andrew Wakefield released his false conclusions that the MMR vaccine could be linked directly to autism, a minority of people fundamentally opposed to vaccinations have found a voice. The speed…