This section of the site looks at the childcare issues that we believe cause parents of 0-5 year old children the most anxiety.

We have tried to cover a broad breadth of issues including those areas of child rearing that are often the most emotive, e.g. sleepless babies and anti social behaviour. Parents' share their first hand experience of these and other issues that we hope will give you food for thought.

You can find information and support about:

• crying and colic;



• sleepless babies;



• dealing with behavioural issues including separation anxiety and descriptive praise;



• fussy or picky eaters;



• teething;



• toilet training;



• weaning and weaning recipes;



• using dummies;



• allergies;



• multiple births;



• premature babies;



• second children;



• eating out including a list of recommended restaurants;



• special needs;



• starting school;



• eco-nappies, including eco-friendly disposables and cotton nappies;



• child safety;



• using sign language to communicate with your baby;



• baby swimming, including a list of suggested companies.

Our aim is not to give an overall view of what we think is the best way of dealing with a situation, but we will provide solutions that have worked for certain parents in certain circumstances. One of them may work for you!

We can not address medical issues but do feel we should provide details of where you can get support about medical problems. To this end we have included, where appropriate, details of support groups and medical services.

We've also included some recommended reading ideas.

If you have any views to add that may help another parent please let us know via the interactive section. The site is only as good as you make it!

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