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Where to buy maternity clothes during your pregnancy
28 August 2010 – 10:39 am | No Comment
Where to buy maternity clothes during your pregnancy

Feeling frumpy, fed up and flustered? Don’t know what to wear to the office? Even with a baby bump there is no need to settle for baggy, oversized clothes that will not only do nothing …

Show kids how to be responsible during the holidays – get a family pet
27 August 2010 – 12:58 pm | No Comment
Show kids how to be responsible during the holidays – get a family pet

During the summer holidays, you tried anything to keep your kids entertained. You’ve built a tree house in the garden with them, raided the local library, visited every theme park in the area, built kites …

Are you making some last-minute Bank Holiday BBQ plans
26 August 2010 – 8:56 am | No Comment
Are you making some last-minute Bank Holiday BBQ plans

If the great British weather is anything to go by, BBQ plans this Bank Holiday may well be last-minute! Ensure your ready-prepared for the last Bank Holiday of the summer, and stock up your freezer – we love Pipers Farm’s Grill & Chill pack, £34.

Samantha Cameron has given birth to a baby girl – three weeks early!
24 August 2010 – 3:18 pm | No Comment
Samantha Cameron has given birth to a baby girl – three weeks early!

The Prime Minister and Mrs Cameron are delighted to announce the birth of their fourth child, a baby girl,’ a spokesman said.

‘Real’ mums don’t want an entourage post-baby, just a soak in the bath
18 August 2010 – 2:48 am | One Comment
‘Real’ mums don’t want an entourage post-baby, just a soak in the bath

Celebrity mums are known for looking fresh and bright-eyed just hours after giving birth – not to mention losing the post-baby weight in the blink of an eye. You’d think that the everyday mum would …

Looking for a summer holiday with a difference? Try skiing…
16 August 2010 – 11:59 pm | No Comment
Looking for a summer holiday with a difference? Try skiing…

School summer holidays don’t have to mean sun, sea and beaches – skiing with kids is something that can be done all year round, and it’s great fun for all the family.
If you like the …

Make time for a summer scrapbook
16 August 2010 – 3:22 am | No Comment
Make time for a summer scrapbook

If the summer holidays are beginning to drag and you are looking for a new activity to keep everyone amused whatever the weather – there’s no better time to start making a summer …

Positive thinking – something you can learn from your children
13 August 2010 – 7:54 am | No Comment
Positive thinking – something you can learn from your children

Positive thinking is a great way to start breaking the cycle of unproductivity, and start making the most of your life. And it’s not something you have to pay a life coach to teach you, …

Board games: the cheap alternative to holiday fun
13 August 2010 – 3:44 am | No Comment
Board games: the cheap alternative to holiday fun

As the school summer holidays come to an end, it’s getting harder to fill the final days.
Have you tried playing board games? They are a great way to not only have some fun as a …

The working mum’s guide to planning a childrens party
5 August 2010 – 9:53 pm | No Comment
The working mum’s guide to planning a childrens party

Any parent will tell you that organising a kids party is no easy feat – what seems like a small group to cater for can turn into a bit of an overwhelming experience if things …

Celeb mum Jennifer Hudson says she doesn’t want to loose anymore weight
4 August 2010 – 11:18 pm | No Comment
Celeb mum Jennifer Hudson says she doesn’t want to loose anymore weight

Jennifer Hudson via last.fm

At last – a sensible celebrity moum who knows when to put the weight-loss breaks on! New mum  and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson has said that she does not want to lose …

Actress and mum Emma Thompson says mothers can’t have it all
4 August 2010 – 10:38 pm | One Comment
Actress and mum Emma Thompson says mothers can’t have it all

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…unless we delegate!
British actress Emma Thompson has told US Good Housekeeping that it’s not possible to have it all – i.e. mothers can’t have a successful career and raise a family.
She is quoted …

Back to school: how to buy the right size school shoes
3 August 2010 – 5:42 pm | One Comment
Back to school: how to buy the right size school shoes

The ‘back to school’ rush can be a stressful and expensive time for parents – but so don’t leave everything to the last week in August.
Besides the unecessary stress of fighting your way in shoe …

Stuck for childcare this summer? Why not try day camps?
30 July 2010 – 12:34 pm | One Comment
Stuck for childcare this summer? Why not try day camps?

Working parents all over the country are busy juggling their work schedule with childcare arrangements now that schools have broken up for the summer holidays.
The choice of holiday childcare is bewildering, with a range of …

Coalition government shakes up the benefits system
30 July 2010 – 5:08 am | No Comment
Coalition government shakes up the benefits system

The Government unveiled radical proposals to reform the UK’s ‘antiquated’ benefits system today, pledging the biggest overhaul in decades in a drive to simplify the structure and make work pay.
Work and Pensions Secretary …

French mother charged with killing and burying eight of her babies
29 July 2010 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
French mother charged with killing and burying eight of her babies

A French nursing assistant was today charged with the murder of eight of her newborn babies.
Dominique Cottrez, 45, is thought to have ‘systematically’ killed the children over the past 22 years before hiding …

Children now go FREE to the best theatre shows in town in Kids Week
28 July 2010 – 5:42 am | No Comment
Children now go FREE to the best theatre shows in town in Kids Week

From 13 August–3 September 2010 children can go FREE to the best shows in town because of Kids Week. And this
summer, the week which is backed by celeb mum and actress Tamzin Outhwaite has been …

The single working mum’s guide to discipline during the summer holidays
27 July 2010 – 3:50 am | No Comment
The single working mum’s guide to discipline during the summer holidays

If you’re a single mother who works, we salute you – parenting can be challenging enough when there are two adults in the home, so you’re a start in our eyes because you do the …

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