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It’s 10.15pm on a Monday night. All is quiet in the Silver household. I’m exhausted. I’ve been steadily losing my voice for days now, all the while having to shout louder and louder because Midi Silver has lost his hearing. And while he struggles with an ear infection and I battle on with whatever bug he’s been kind enough to share, the Milk Man and his Daddy are so far blissfully avoiding...

Dear Maternity Leave, I can’t believe it’s been one whole year since we met. And what a year it’s been. We’ve been through so much together in such a short space of time. I’ve loved you, cherished you. I’ve hated and cursed you. Sometimes, I just wanted us to call it a day; to go back to being normal for a bit…to go to work and have a minute to breathe or just bloody wee. When I...

I can't really pin down what has been up with me this last week or so, all I know is that I have been very busy and very tired which has resulted in me feeling demotivated to exercise, look after myself or even relax properly. I was in London twice the week before last and then at my cousin's wedding followed by Lincoln and Nottingham for a couple of days last week and whilst that was all very...

The 26-year-old Philadelphia woman who lost custody of her daughter after being videoed falling asleep on the bus has responded to the public's criticism. Taking to her Facebook page to address her critics, she said: While the woman was not charged with any crime, the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit decided to remove the girl...

I had my first child in 2007 and it was everything I had imagined. I had met my husband late in life and like a lot of women I was concerned about fertility. I needn’t have worried at all. Whilst the little man wouldn’t sleep unless he was with me, cried incessantly and had reflux, I sailed through. I fell pregnant again when he was around 5 months old. Little man number 2 started out rocky...

Every now and again a story appears that really makes you appreciate all the good there is in the world. When mum-of-four Brenda Schmitz found out she had terminal cancer in 2011, one of the last things she did was write a letter to a local radio station asking for three wishes to be granted for her family. She put this letter into the care of a close friend and asked her to send it to the station...

Heidi Klum says she believes parents rely too much on television to entertain their children. The model admits she’s banned her own kids from watching TV for long periods and encourages them to play outside as much as possible. Heidi says; “I’m old-fashioned, and I feel like technology ran away with everything. I don’t believe in setting your kids in front of something, always. I think...

Actress Natalie Portman has admitted her view of mothers has changed significantly since having her little boy Aleph in 2011. In her interview with Thor co-star Tom Hiddleston in ELLE UK, she says parenting is the hardest job she’s had. “I love being a mum, but it’s much more intensive work than being an actress – going to work feels like you’ve got a day off. “Not that I want a day...

American chat show host Jimmy Kimmel sent his team out onto the streets to ask kids to reveal the worst thing they've heard their mums say. Here's what happened...

A British mother is criticising a taxi driver for charging her a cleaning fee after she gave birth in his cab. Jenny Larkin started giving birth when the driver arrived at the maternity unit and midwives were forced to deliver the baby in the front of his car. The driver presented her with a valet bill for £40 two days later, which Miss Larkin says is unfair as they paid the £16 fare and the...