New Year’s resolutions suck and in 2015 I will use common sense to detox my lifestyle and live better. At the end of the day health is the most important thing in life! I have made a list of the key ingredients to live 2015 to the max.
Linking my annual rant about lifestyle detox to Sandra’s recent article Will this be your last New Year diet ever? here are my top tips to make simple…
I am an only child not by my parents’ choice but life hasn’t been generous in my family and here I am alone. My son is also an only child, again not completely by choice and still I get to be asked the question ‘are you not giving your son a brother or sister?’. This has raised many dilemmas in my head such as ‘Am I ruining my son?’ Asking people if/why they…
When couples go through divorce, managing time between you and your ex can be stressful, and trying to ensure that your children aren’t affected is equally difficult.
However, in some situations the opposite can happen. When one person appears less interested in maintaining a relationship with your children, this situation can cause even greater upset and hurt for both you and your children.
“I feel exhausted trying to juggle being a single parent and working at the same time. I don’t feel I am doing well at either.”
Does this sound familiar? Being a single working parent can be very demanding. The transition from being part of a team managing your time equally, to coping alone can often seem impossible.
Being a single parent means that you have to juggle so much…
So, it’s New Year resolution time again! How many people begin the year with the same old weight-loss resolution and say to themselves ‘This will be the last time’.
An estimated 25 million people will start dieting again on January 1 in the hope that this time it will somehow, be different, that they’ll lose weight and keep it off for good. Sadly, all the evidence…
As soon as you fall pregnant, apart from questions about morning sickness and whether you’re going to find out ‘what you’re having’, have you had any cravings yet?, is one of the top questions that people ask.
As a nutritionist and mum of two, I have come across many different pregnancy cravings, but it’s not necessarily the flavour combinations or feeling like you need something sweet…
Of all the stats and facts I have recently read about Christmas and families, the latest research about sleep over the holidays is the quirkiest and funniest and certainly strikes a cord with me and I guess with most London parents.
An online survey, carried out for Dreams by Opinion Matters in December (2014) among approximately 2,000+ UK adults, reveals Brits’ strangest festive sleeping…
Could that peanut butter and jelly sandwich you pack in your child’s lunch box be contributing to his asthma? Or maybe it’s the high fructose corn syrup in her fruit juice that’s making her wheezing problem worse? Most people are unaware of the powerful role that diet and nutrition play in controlling and preventing asthma, even thoughjust by incorporating certain foods into…
School holidays are long enough to get kids out of their homework routines. There are many resources available to parents and here are some ideas to make school homework fun for children.
Children claim that homework is boring. But parents can help them focus and make school homework fun by turning it into a game and by getting rewards for achievements.
To do maths homework for example, you can…
On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th December 2014, London Mums teamed up with illycaffè to host two coffee tasting and training days for its new brand ambassadors.
We had a fantastic day, starting off in illy’s Regent Street café where we had a delicious Italian lunch, and then moving on to illy’s Islington University of Coffee where we learnt to tell our cappuccinos from our lattes!
At the…