Competitions

Win a bundle of Smurfs Plush toys & The Smurfs 2 DVDs

To celebrate the Blu-ray and DVD release of The Smurfs 2 on 2nd December 2013, we’ve got 1 copy and a set of Smurfs Bean Bag Plush to giveaway to one main winner and 3 copies of the film for runners up. The new movie is absolutely hilarious and I was not a Smurfs fan but my 7 year old son made me watch it and I had to admit that the movie is entertaining. The highly detailed and collectable…
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Books

Book review: Mouseton Abbey

Move on out, Crawley Family, there’s a new Lord & Lady in the Village! If you are a fan of Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey, you will adore Mouseton Abbey, the hottest children’s book of the season published by Make Believe Ideas. Meet the Mouseton family and their staff, who inhabit the many rooms of Mouseton Abbey. Every Cheesemas, the Mouseton family has a banquet, where each mouse…
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Fitness & Health

Early Learning Boosts Brain Resilience

Did you take music lessons in your youth? Can you speak a second language? New research sourced by Dr Weil in his brilliant daily newsletter suggests that being bilingual can stave off dementia for more than four years, and that childhood music lessons pay off much later in life by speeding brain responses to speech sounds. Scottish and Indian researchers reviewed the case histories of 684…
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Newsletter

December 2013 Newsletter

Hi London Mums Christmas is almost here, believe it or not! And London is welcoming it in full splendor! The Christmas atmosphere everywhere is incredibly warm despite the cold weather. Even if you don’t have much money to spend at fairs and shops, it’s just a treat (for me personally at least) to walk down the river or the high street and take photographs of our lovely Capital.
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Product reviews

Christmas Gift Guide 2013

Here is the London Mums ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for 2013 including unique gifts chosen by the mums trying to pick unique and current trendy pressies. Enjoy. According to recent research, one in three mums won’t be buying presents for adults this year, instead just spending on children. I certainly fall into this category. The study unsurprisingly found that techie toys will be some of…
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Books

Christmas Books for young children

Here are some of our favourite Christmas books for young children. Books make for ideal stocking fillers. Dear Snowman by Kathryn White Illustrated by Alison Edgson (£7.99, ages 3-6) – published by Little Tiger Press Little Rabbit and Snowman are the very best of friends. But when winter fades, Snowman is nowhere to be found. Wherever can he be? Soon a postcard arrives for Little…
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Books

Classic Christmas Books for Kids

This Christmas give children books as presents rather then games. Here is a selection of new books that could be fab presents for children as well as highly educational. THE SNOWMAN AND THE SNOWDOG PAPERBACK & CD This wonderful new picture book and CD is based on the new animation. It tells the story of Billy, whose Snowman and Snowdog come to life and take him on a…
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Product reviews

Christmas Gift Guide 2013: GIFTS FOR HER

Here is London Mums original Christmas gift guide including GIFTS FOR HER i.e. for mums, new mums, grandmothers, sisters and girlfriends. HOME WALL CLOCK: We love this gorgeous retro, traditional and quirky ‘Clocks Double Bell Wall Clock’ in black. RRP £9.00. It’s really great value and looks more expensive than it is. It’s available at Tesco which online sells the…
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Product reviews

Christmas Gift Guide for BOYS

London Mums’ Christmas Gift Guide 2013. Boys can be so brilliant! Here are our top gift ideas for our boys this Christmas. LEGO® DUPLO® brand new Disney Planes sets During the summer Disney released the hit movie Disney Planes™, from above the world of Disney Cars™, an action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure features Dusty, the little plane with a big fear of heights and big…
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Product reviews

Christmas Gift Guide 2013: GIRLS

My favourite Christmas gift guide is clearly the girls’. And I am sure all mums (even those who have boys like me) would enjoy girls’ toys …. There’s a playful girl inside all of us 🙂 LEGO Friends launches Dolphin Cruiser Finally even girls get to play with proper construction toys. The infinitely popular LEGO Friends range is set to wow fans with the latest addition…
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