The working mum’s guide to weaning: by spoon vs baby lead

The working mum’s guide to weaning: by spoon vs baby lead

I started weaning my now 33 year old daughter in an African Country where we were lucky if we even received a daily newspaper. I was lucky to have the help of my very learned friend and housekeeper, Mary, who had been around many babies over the years. There were no magazines to read, no internet to research and celebrity mothers hadn’t been heard of.

Cherie Blair’s right…all mums should work…in a way that works best for their family

Are mums who stay at home just using their children as an excuse to retire from their careers? Are they making their children less independent?

Cherie Blair may just have a point about the importance of mums working-081418.jpgIf you’re Cherie Blair – former prime minister Tony Blair’s wife – then you’ll say yes to that. In fact she has been quoted saying the very thing, and. She’s not apologetic about it either.

But does she have a point, or is it just another attack on stay-at-home mums from a working mum?

How not to look like a ‘wife’ – @mosskate, aka Kate Moss, would be proud!

There are wives around the country who wanted to throw a pan at Kate Moss today on hearing that she dresses the way she does because she doesn’t want to look like a wife…apparently her husband likes her in her rock chick glam!

20120614-155315.jpgBut there is an army of yummy mummies out there who agree – looking like a ‘wife’ seems to have quite a negative connotation. The look of complacency, not trying too hard to look glam because you’ve snared a husband.

One way to not look like a wife is with your hair – and this is the one area that doesn’t have to break the bank, and can transform your look if you won’t change your fashion sense.

15 minutes of fame: how to become a media bimbo

Bimboism is rampant in today’s media climate – how many times do we see Z listers squandering their 15 minutes of fame with empty words and idiotic antics?

Yet, how much of your time do you waste watching reality TV, listening to their interviews on the radio, and reading more about reality stars in newspapers and magazines? Compare that to how much of your time you spend on current affairs, politics or global news… Unless you have a keen interest in the latter, you probably find yourself drawn into some reality ‘star’ story at some point in your week

Becoming a media bimbo is comparable to what reality TV stars do – they het their 15 minutes of fame and they milk it dry, but at e end of those 15 they are a household name, and have a few endorsement deals under their belt, Max Clifford looking after their media interests and a decent bank balance.

Here are some tips on what you can do when the media come knocking on your door to make sure your 15 minutes is stretched out and leveraged as much as possible.