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This blog is the personal blog of Barbara, the editor of parenthood.ie. There will be regular updates on the happenings in our parenthood world and look forward to your contributions and feedback to this blog.

Maternity leave trends

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An article in the Irish Examiner says that research done by Quinn Healthcare found that more than half of Irish women would split their maternity with their partner, if they could.


Children's TV habits

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Most of us have read that children's time in front of the TV should be restricted and monitored. There are many recommendations from professionals, which state that children under two should not watch television. In general the recommendation for children over two is a max of two hours a day.


Yet another mad parent

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I am a WAHM

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So Parenthood.ie is barely launched two weeks and already my children are complaining that I work too much. I've gone from a calm enough stay-at-home mum to a WAHM, and I'm already starting to hate that acronym (Working At Home Mum). As if all I did before wasn't work. The only difference now is that there's just more to do.