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• VARIED DIET DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO UNFUSSY EATING IN BABIES

  Mothers who eat a varied diet during pregnancy could be less likely to have children who are fussy eaters, French scientists have claimed.

• MORE MIDWIVES IN POST – BUT NOT ENOUGH, SAYS RCM

  An additional 896 midwives were in post in November, compared to March 2011, the Conservatives have said.

• MIGRAINE LINK TO COLICKY BABIES

  Babies are more than twice as likely to suffer from colic if their mothers suffer from migraines, say researchers from the University of California.

• NO TERM-TIME HOLIDAYS IN NEW GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS

  Education ministers are considering plans to strip headteachers of their right to grant "authorised absence" to parents seeking to take their children on holiday during school.

• THE 25 WORDS ALL TODDLERS SHOULD KNOW

  Twenty-five words that all two-year-olds ‘must know’ have been revealed by scientists.

• DAMP HOMES CREATE CLIMATE FOR ASTHMA

  A new American study has revealed that babies exposed to mould are up to three times more likely to develop asthma.

• HEALTH BILL WILL HARM CHILDREN, SAY PAEDIATRICIANS

  The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have said the government should scrap the proposed Health and Social Care Bill, as it will damage children’s health.

• 4CHILDREN CALLS FOR MORE TO BE DONE TO HELP FAMILIES “ON THE EDGE”

  The charity 4Children has issued a statement supporting the findings of the latest Netmums survey, which says 70 per cent of families are “on the edge” of surviving.

• CHILDHOOD ABUSE MAY STUNT EMOTIONAL MENTAL GROWTH

  A new study from Harvard University has shown that key parts of the hippocampus are generally smaller in those people who report childhood maltreatment.

• TOO MUCH SUGAR IN CEREALS, SAYS WHICH?

  Children’s breakfast cereals contain so much sugar they would “be more at home in the biscuit aisle”, consumer watchdog Which? has said.