AS Angela Riello bounces her triplet babies on her knee, her love for her children is clear to see. Yet Angela, 45, has a bond deeper than most with her kids — for she is not only their mum but their GRANDMOTHER. Angela gave birth to her grandchildren after daughter Mayara, 27, donated her eggs through IVF. Angela said: “Mayara has given me the most amazing gift. “‘It’s like a dream come true. It’s hard work having babies at my age, especially three, but it’s everything I wanted. “I don’t tend to tell people how they were conceived, but then people…
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A NAMING expert revealed the most outrageous baby names around at the moment, but suggested we may grow to love them. The unique monikers aren’t the average Tom, Richard or Harry but they are on the rise. Names like Maverick – which is currently in the US top 50 – would have been incredibly rare but is on the rise. The experts at Nameberry compiled a list of names that are likely to grow in popularity, but would you use one for your child? Aquamarine Apparently this is not just a fashionably Dulux paint colour, it’s also an increasingly popular baby name.…
A MUM has been accused of putting her 11-month-old baby in wigs because his hair is so long. Rachel Silvis, 31, from California, was stunned when she gave birth to her son Adam to discover he had a full head of hair. His flowing locks have now had him dubbed as another member of The Beatles and many have asked if he is wearing a wig. Rachel revealed that Adam’s hair grew so quickly that she now has to tie it up into a ‘man bun’. The mom of three explained that whenever she takes her son out in public, strangers…
From premature twins in the pandemic to PTSD after a traumatic labour – these mothers reveal why they won’t risk having another baby as told to Eimear O’Hagan Alice Wright, 33, is a family support officer for the charity Twins Trust and lives in Norwich, Norfolk, with husband Tom, 40, and their twin sons Alexander and George, two. “Nestled in bed, a baby in each arm, I should have been so happy, but instead I wanted to end my life. After months of terror, separated from my twins by Covid restrictions, I believed my family would be better off without…
A young mum has shocked followers on TikTok with her enormous seven-month-old twins – who have already tripled their birth weight. Alexis LaRue, 22, can’t believe how fast her twin girls, Camila and Elena, are growing – they weigh a huge 21lbs each. The mum had to post a video of her weighing and measuring her babies to prove that they really are as big as they look and that she’s not editing her videos. She says the response she has received has been overwhelming. One video of her with her holding her twins has amassed more than 46 million views. ‘It’s funny because when I posted that video, I didn’t…
Halima Cissé, 27, certainly has her hands full with her children, the world’s first documented nonuplets.
WEANING your baby can be a stressful time for everyone involved. With so much conflicting advice out there it can be a bit confusing – especially for first-time parents. It’s a process that can leave little ones in tears and parents in despair as you try to work out their likes and dislikes. Previous research found that many people are finding the task difficult, with two in five parents giving their babies solid food too young. Guidance from health chiefs at the NHS says tots should not be weaned off milk until around six months old. But around 40 per…
FORMER bartender Chloe Hurst, 20, from Leicester, is mum to Ru, who has just turned one, and pregnant with her second child, due next month. She’s been trolled for having ‘back-to-back’ babies at such a young age and has opened up to Fabulous to tell her story: PEEING on the pregnancy stick I held my breath. It was August 2020 and I was three weeks pregnant with my first child. But I was just 18 and had only been with my partner, team leader butcher Billy Bailey, now 23, for seven months. We’d met eight months earlier in December 2019…
Researchers have studied eye-tracking and home videos for new insights. (Reuters Health) – Babies begin to learn words and what they mean well before they begin talking, and researchers are beginning to understand how they do it. “I think it’s especially intriguing that we find evidence that for infants, even their early words aren’t ‘islands’: even with a very small vocabulary they seem to have a sense that some words and concepts are more ‘similar’ than others,” Dr. Elika Bergelson from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina told Reuters Health by email. “While they still have a lot to learn before…