The ones you really love and go to the absolute end of the world for!
If you’re expecting a child soon, you will probably be thinking of making your home child friendly.
A child friendly home is a safe home for your child and a home with more freedom for your child.
School summer holidays are arguably one of the most expensive times of the year where spending is concerned, and if you’ve gone a little overboard. Your credit card spending and are panicking about how to cope, here are some tips to help you:
Children are so engrained in technology these days, it’s often easy for them to run rings around less tech savvy parents…until the mobile phone bill lands on your doormat!
If you’ve had to give your child a mobile phone because they are travelling to and from school but are worried that they may rack up the phone bill, you should watch this video for some tips:
When you spend your time juggling between looking after the kids and working for a living, it can almost feel like too much effort to organise a holiday on top of everything else – no matter how much you love getting away from it all.
But if you don’t go away, you won’t reap the benefits of a real break from the normal routine; a chance to leave work behind for a week or two and enjoy some real quality time with the kids and your partner.
Coming out of a long-term relationship can be a sad and scary time particularly if you have young children to look after, but it can be liberating and exciting too.
Once you feel ready to meet someone new, you might find that the world has changed a bit since you last dated! Nowadays, there is so much more opportunity to meet people that you would never have bumped into otherwise, thanks of course to online dating.
If your family couldn’t afford a holiday this summer holiday don’t feel bad.
Holidays are all about memories and experiencing something new – you can do that from home. Here’s how:
It’s about this time in August that parents and children alike are tiring of each other. The summer holidays (thank goodness!) are drawing to a close, and with it the end constant complaints, nagging, spending and ungratefulness.
While we parents can’t wait for September to rear its head, here are some tips to prepare your children for the start of the school year:
Potty training a child at home can be a mixed bag, but what if a holiday comes up? Do you stop potty training, or take it with you?
We all need a holiday some time, and sometimes a deal is too good to miss on account of potty training.
But it also doesn’t have to mean that you stop potty training either, especially if your holiday comes up while when you’ve just turned the corner with potty training. Here are some tips:
Left it late to plan a family holiday,and running out of ideas? Here are some great ideas for every budget and no matter the age of your children:
Preparing the children for the new school year can be costly. Everything from new school shoes, uniform, books and everything else in between can soon add up.
Here are five tips to help you cut the cost of school uniforms and keep some money in your current account:
The average family will spend £2,102.16 per child keeping their children entertained during the summer holidays*, according to the results of a recent poll carried out as part of the Mums’ SOS (Summer of Stress) campaign for the drink brand Royal Crown Cola.
Who knew children can create so much mess. From using multiple cups, to endless piles of washing, the school summer holidays can create a battlefield at home.
August is here, but there still is a good four weeks to go until schools open again. How do you make sure the mess doesn’t drive everyone to distraction? Here are some tips:
Summer’s here, end of year exams are finished and school holidays are just around the corner. This is the perfect time for the whole family to bond and reconnect and get fit.
There’s a sport that the whole family can do – whether you have toddlers and teenagers, or a mix, there’s something for every family:
The issue of domestic violence has hit the headlines this week following a popular celebrity chef being publicly assaulted by her husband when he apparently grabbed her by the throat.
Having been caught on camera, the husband later dismissed and minimised his actions as a ‘playful tiff’. However he subsequently accepted a police caution after voluntarily attending the police station, which in fact means he accepted he committed a criminal act.
Tight budget or not, buying school uniforms is a must for every parent with school-aged children. And the older they get the more expensive and mandatory school uniform becomes.
So how can parents shop on a budget when purchasing school uniform during times of austerity? Here are four tips to help you buy school uniform on a tight budget:
TV is used by many a parent as a cheap babysitter, but it’s a double-edged sword, because children who watch a lot of TV have trouble keeping themselves entertained, which in the long run makes your job harder!
If you’re trying to limit the amount of TV viewing in your household, you might need a little inspiration. Try these activities to keep the kids busy… at least for a little while!
Choosing suitable childcare is the one of the biggest steps every working mum makes towards returning to work. Most mums are racked with guilt, worry and a bit of anxiety (sometimes at the same time!) at the thought if leaving their child with total strangers.
If you take the necessary steps to choosing the best childcare for your child you’ll be able to go to work with a sound mind and your child should flourish. Today’s video shows you just how to do this.
From old wives tales to books and research about the best way to take care of your new baby, it seems everyone has something to say about something that you now feel you know little about.
If truth be told, you are the best person to make decisions about your new baby and how you want to feed him or her, whether you use the controlled crying method or cradle him to sleep, and when and how you start weaning.
This video has eight wonderful tips from real mums about motherhood that will inspire and empower you to make the right decisions for you and your baby.
With the school summer holidays looming, the spending budget for families will be on the up as children make their purchase demands known!
This is probably a good time to teach children about managing and saving money – and today’s video gives some fantastic tips on howto do just that.
You got through your engagement party and made it to the wedding reception, so planning a children’s party should be a doddle, right? Remember those pre-baby days when you used to host every good dinner or night out going…this should be a breeze, right?
But what looks like a piece of cake, may turn out to be a lot more work, and a tad more stressful than you thought, and you don’t want your child’s party to be the flop of the year, do you? Here are some tips to make sure you make it a success:
