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Learning games for kids

- Early learning fun at home
Creating a fun and inspiring learning environment for your kids is one of the best ways to stimulate growth and development. And it needn't cost a fortune.

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Teenage blogging

- Famous teen bloggers & how to become one
These days, every second person you meet has a blog and now it would seem computer savvy kids are getting in on the blog action, and why not?

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Am I pregnant?

- Pregnancy test: how to choose and use a test kit
None of us wants the anxiety or hassle of being left in any doubt about the end result. When it's your moment, keep in mind our guide to choosing and using a pregnancy test at home - and we wish you all the best with your results.

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More twins being born due to food?

- Studies show surprising results
What is it with twins these days? We seem to be encountering them on the, well, on the double. Poor morning sickness-stricken Kate Middleton is the latest to be linked to the phenomenon of a multiples birth.

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Swimming babies grow smarter, faster

Baby swimming is not a new idea, as is evidenced by how many of us have that cute underwater picture of our little one on the wall. But did you know that new research is showing that the benefits of throwing your infant in at the deep end may be even greater than we imagined?

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Baby bathing technique is a huge hit on Youtube

An experienced french nurse released a video recently on Youtube, showing the technique which she has developed over years of bathing newborn babies. Watched by almost 2 million people, the vid shows signs of changing long-held beliefs about baby bathtime.

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How to stop a child's nose bleed

Is there anything more shocking than a sudden rush of bright red blood from a young child? It must be their youth and purity, bless 'em, but it can be thoroughly startling - the deep colour and sheer volume that suddenly flows.