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Jeans. A good pair can see you through years of subtle changes. An excellent pair will see you through the most mammoth of changes your body will ever experience – pregnancy. I know that when my body went through a humungous shape shift when I was carrying my twins, I couldn't wait to finally buy a good pair of maternity jeans.

They all looked so cute and comfy, finally I could invest in a pair.

But then I thought – "oh, I'll only wear them for, like, eight months, ...

It's been a while since a good period drama hit the screens, but after seeing A Royal Affair, I reckon it was worth the wait. Recounting the story of one of the most illicit affairs in Danish history, A Royal Affair is a feast for the senses. Everything about it is first class: acting, casting, direction, camerawork are all excellent, but the real praise belongs to the costume, make-up and set-design. The whole film is stunning to watch and utterly gripping. If you get the chance, go and see A Royal ...

In the news a couple of months ago was a report that babies whose parents choose a 'baby-led weaning' feeding style may be at a lower risk of obesity than those who are spoon fed.

This makes sense. It's early days yet for research backing baby-led weaning (BLW) over any other style of introducing solids. If the link exists, it's likely to work by allowing the baby to develop a better sense of when he or she has eaten enough. This feeling is called satiety.

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An Australian website has been named the world's best for mother's with a postnatal mental illness.

The site - www.panda.org.au which is run by the Post and Antenatal Depression Association (PANDA) - was rated as the worldwide website leader in a study conducted by the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex.

The study, which was published in the Archives of Women's Mental Health, is the most comprehensive review of postnatal depression websites to date. ...

Dads, if you're looking for a great film that you can share with your son over the holidays--you know, the kind of father/son film that you can enjoy together, laugh at, maybe even shed a tear at; the kind of film that you'll be talking about for days, months, perhaps years afterwards--then go rent Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The latest Adam Sandler film, That's My Boy, is a whole bunch of silliness, and even though it is nowhere near as bad as 2011's Jack and Jill, it isn't much better, ...