During pregnancy, there will be a point when a woman will need special clothing to accommodate her growing baby bump. In the early months of pregnancy, these clothes are of course not needed as a woman’s normal clothes will fit, but be a bit snug. Generally into the second trimester, pregnant women will need maternity clothes. Many women wonder what kind of clothing item ... Full story

Judging by the latest online hit video that shows two 17-month boys deep in an earnest conversation, expectant parents may very soon have to learn baby language as a necessary part of their preparation program. Full story

Dutch scientists have come to a curious conclusion: girls’ appetite turns out to depend on what dolls they play with. Full story

In the State of Texas, USA, women will be obliged to familiarize with the obtained ultrasound image of the fetus before an abortion. Such law was passed by the House of Representatives of the State on March 3. Full story

Hello Kitty is one cute pet that has practically besieged us: there are Hello Kitty Headphones, a Hello Kitty calculator, and the number of Hello Kitty mobile phones ought to be now very difficult to estimate. If you take a good look around your house you may find Hello Kitty lurking in more places than five. Yet here is a gadget that stands out of the common crowd: Hello Kitty Wristwatch Cell Phone. Full story

Jean-Paul Gaultier, who had already showed consideration for youngsters with his Junior Gaultier line, moved on in the same direction by creating babywear clothing intended for children for their first two years. The first items are unveiled as the Gaultier Bebe collection. They will soon be followed up with bodysuits, denim pieces and tulle skits in Gaultier signature colors of blue, red and white. Full story

A team of Japanese architects from Level, on being approached with a request to design a special family abode that would be remembered far into children’s adult life, decided that slides is the best home fun facility. It looks like they aren’t far off the point! Full story

Today, people often ask themselves why, despite all the advances in modern medicine, so many babies are born dead. Every day in the UK 10 babies are stillborn, and it's almost 4,000 children a year. Full story

One of the latest food crazes in London all but takes us back to mom’s breast as a restaurant in Covent Garden serves ice cream made from milk of human origin. Full story

Another incontestable proof that simple physical joys have always been here and are here to stay - the Spooner, a balance board that may not look much and may even look inferior compared to a larger and more impressive boards of this kind. Then again, as you will rediscover this time, appearances are deceptive. Full story

A pregnant English woman, Nathalie Hoyland, is worried that she might oversleep the delivery day of her own child. As reported by Daily Mail, the resident of England suffers from a rare ailment called Klein-Levin syndrome which enables a human being to sleep for a month or longer. Full story

The 21-year-old British woman Kayla Donnelly had been on military service in Afghanistan having no idea about her pregnancy until she went into labor during the seventh month. While pregnant, she thought she was just gaining weight because of the army’s high-calorific food, The Daily Mail informs. Full story

American scientists have created a functioning artificial ovary which, according to their data, became the first three-dimensional tissue structure with three cellular lines of different types to have ever been created. Full story

After an adult man had grabbed the 13-year-old girl’s hand, offered her money demanding sex in return, and tried to pull her to his house, the girl’s younger brother interfered with his intentions. Full story

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), providing services on pregnancy abortion questions the local law about abortions. According to the BPAS experts’ opinion, the regulations of this law (adopted in 1967) should allow women to have abortions at home, and not in hospital. Full story

Psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics published the results of his latest study. His findings report that attractive people tend to have girls, while ''average-looking'' people tend to have boys. Full story

Here’s a useful poll arriving right before Christmas when so many people are pondering what gifts to buy… Although there is one hitch, the results come not from 3,000 kids but from 3,000 parents, who may want to get back to good old childhood days with the help of their children’s toys. Full story

By the decision of the European Commission baby bottles produced with the use of the chemical Bisphenol-A, also known as BPA, will be prohibited in Europe starting from the next spring. Full story

A little late for Halloween when they would have looked ideally in place, it turns out that the new “roadkill” soft toys can make a dint in Christmas celebrations too. Full story

Children born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) physically grow faster than their peers do. This was the conclusion made by specialists from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Full story

Of course there are mothers who realize that their babies are born into an unfathomably new high-tech society, and everything beginning with prams and strollers is bound to look vastly different from now on – like the non-traditional stroller design created by David Rollins. Full story

It used to be Jack for most boys born in England and Wales for fourteen years on end, but last year Oliver, who had long been coming second on the list, came on top, as show the Office for the National Statistics data on children’s most popular names. Full story

A report from an official in Madrid says that a ten-year-old girl delivered a baby in the South of Spain. Full story

Xiao Hao, a three-year old Chinese boy weighing 60 kilograms has been banned from nursery school. The authorities are concerned he might accidentally run over his peers while playing. Full story

A study that looked into the heaps of toys piled up in the nursery came up with a list running to 238 items that cost the parents nearly £7,000. Full story