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1. Buy or borrow second-hand baby clothes – babies grow so fast, they tend to be hardly worn; 2. Borrow a buggy from a friend; 3. If you have to

By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has

WOMEN IN Britain can discover the gender of their unborn baby just six weeks into their pregnancy with DNA testing kits, a firm has claimed. The kits are going on

By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has

FOR THE first time ever, doctors have successfully used gene therapy to treat children with a rare disease of the nervous system. The European Association for Leukodystrophy (ELA) said the

By: CHARLOTTE KAMMAN features@algarveresident.com Charlotte Kamman is a life coach, working with divorced parents in new relationships. She coaches clients from over the whole world by phone, chat and e-mail.

features@algarveresident.com Youngsters who watch too much television are likely to suffer later behavioural problems – but researchers have said that children may be able to reverse the damage. The Johns

Summer holiday time is fast approaching and, if you are travelling with young children or babies, it can be advantageous to pre-book your airline seats online. With Monarch, for example,