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Eileen Hayes

Eileen Hayes

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My name is Eileen Hayes and I sit on the gurgle experts panel. I am a parent of four, a Parenting and Child Expert, author, magazine columnist, trained family counsellor and parenting coach. Books I have written include 'Crying', 'Understanding your baby', 'Understanding your toddler','Tantrums', 'Crying and Comforting' and 'Your baby's first year'. I am also the Parenting Advisor to the NSPCC. As you can see I am very involved with all aspects of parenting and want to be able to help parents with the rewarding but challenging task of bringing up children.

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Article : Age gaps between babies
Asked by nishanmillie.
I have been told by my mother-in-law and a few friends that it's really hard to have two babies very close together and I should wait until Millie is a least 2 and a half/at nursery school before trying again... has anyone else found this?
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4 yr old a nightmare, HELP plz
Asked by lizzy1984.
i have a 4 yr old daughter, she is really naughter, i tried naughty steps and spots and everything when she was little. however nothing seemed to work. she laughs wen she is bein told off and nothing seems to work. she is nasty 2 dogs, and has a bad temper. she gets wound up by her aunties and i think they have broke her temper. can any1 help me coz im struggling wi her? x
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is she ready to potty train yet?
Asked by prozacfairy.
hi well with the warm weather and summer looking set to be pretty good thought weather would be perfect time to potty train ms pink. shes 20 months old and and very bright or laeast her speech is great and also she keeps trying to take her nappies off. was wondering if there are any definate signs that your chils is ready? i dont want to leave it too late- my sisters little boy is 3 this saturday and at nursery and still not near being potty trained and shes worried- i dont want to get to the same point with lil! also any tips? my mum and aunt said to leave to run round in long t shirts for 1st week or whatever and follow her round with a potty which i am keen to do as i think pull ups sound a total waste of time (arent they just glorified nappies?) and then put knickers on her after that and ofcourse have the potty with us at all times. OH is worried bout the carpets (yeah i know i already told him he is turning into his parents lol) what did other people do? please im open minded so any tips hit me with em x x x x
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Getting a kitten tomorrow, will it be ok round baby?
Asked by Teresa85.
Hiya, unfortunately last week my cat got ran over, only 2years and a much loved family pet and was great around amelia who is only 4months. To help us move on and focus on the loss we are getting a 7week old kitten tomorrow, which i know will be a lot different to before and more demanding. Has anyone else had a kitten round baby before and how are they? Obviously i will take all precautions on keeping baby safe etc..x
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Taking a baby on holiday
Asked by ellybelly.
Can anyone help? I'm taking my baby on holiday to Spain in April, he will be about 4 months old then but I have no idea what to bring. Any advice is greatly appreicated.
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Dummy!!!! Thumb!! What should i do?!!!!
Asked by loveubaby.
Hi there, I want to ask you mummies if your baby is using a dummy, do you sterile or clean it and hoe often? and I also want to ask how many hours aday does your baby use it? I dont like it at all but I have no choice with my baby she is a thumb sucker and I think it is more hyegenic using a dummy and the problem that she was using it much less and was sucking it only while she is falling asleep and them immediately through it out but the last couple of nights she s been crying abd waving her thumb, i think she wants it even when she is sleeping now!! what should i do? i know that both thumbs and dummies are very bad not only for teeth but for disfiguring the roof of the mouth as wee!! my sister is a dentist and she freaked my out of all the possible complications of sucking either of them!! please i need your advice to get rid of both of them! what should i do ? she is only 12 weeks old now!!
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