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Great ideas can arise from frustrating everyday situations. Last October Clodagh, stay-at-home mum of two from Athlone, set out for a nice long evening stroll. It was a dry but cold and windy evening and it was not long before her three-year-old in his buggy announced he was “freezie coldie” and all he wanted was to go home.

The Moycullen Parent and Toddler Group is organising a bring’n’buy sale of baby equipment (Moses’ baskets, baby gyms, high chairs, prams, pushchairs, baby carriers, etc.), toddler/pre-schooler toys, games, books and clothes - used but in very good condition) on Sunday from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Arus Uilinn, Church Road, Moycullen.

A simple guide called Common Ailments in Babies and Young Children, launched today by the Irish Pharmacy Union, gives a snapshot of the most common illnesses that children get and what parents can do to treat their child. It also gives advice on how to administer medicines safely to children. The guide is available free in pharmacies nationwide.

Did you know that if an infant uses a bottle for too long it may cause many problems for their future health and development? It’s a fact that problems with talking, decayed and crooked teeth, increased risk of infection, fussy eating, anaemia, constipation, tantrums and not wanting to grow up may all be affected by long-term bottle use.

A child's developmental progress refers to the development of his skills in a number of areas including physical/motor skills, intellectual/mental skills, language skills, social skills, and visual skills.

Nappies are a huge expense. They are a necessity for parents, so we often take the cost for granted, and because we get used to buying them on a weekly basis, the overall cost is probably never considered. But when you consider that one baby will need upwards of 6,000 nappies over a two-year period, it certainly adds up.

ONE OF Sweden’s most prominent contemporary artists, Ann Sofi Sidén, will deliver a profound reflection on the abandonment of newborn babies for her exhibition at TULCA.