Fitness & Health

ROYAL BABY: Save the Children reveals what not to buy for a baby shower

As the nation prepares to deluge the royal baby with gifts, here is a handy guide for those thinking of buying for Kate or other mums to be. Toys with irritating jingles top the list of most annoying gifts for new mums. Thinking of buying that cute baby grow? Think twice, most new mums already have more than enough, and as for baby shoes, newborns grow out of them way too quickly. The dos…
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Parenting Skills

Summer Water Safety Tips To Save Lives

The UK’s drowning prevention charity provides Summer Water Safety Tips To Save Lives as forecasters predict red-hot July. The weather is hotting-up this month according to forecasters and the UK’s drowning prevention charity – the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) – has issued water safety tips that could save lives this summer. The met-office recently announced its prediction for…
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Fitness & Health

Children's Skincare

How many times do we wonder as parents whether we do the right thing with regards to our children’s skincare. I have asked myself lots of questions over the years and done some research, checked with experts and here are some answers on skincare that are simple enough be explained to kids too. What makes birthmarks? Will they go away? Nobody really knows what makes birthmarks or why some…
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Schooling

Fairtrade school uniform - have you swapped?

With back to school steadily creeping up, parents will have the same old concern that they have year on year, buying the ‘right’ school uniform. However recently, buying the ‘right’ school uniform no longer just means the correct uniform for the school, which fits well, washes well, is comfortable and increasingly fashionable etc.  Nowadays the ‘right’ uniform should also be ethical…
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Fitness & Health

Couples who don’t have sex but insist everything is hunky dorey

The article states that most evenings, with their little girl safely tucked up in bed, Charlotte and Chris Everiss enjoy a kiss and a cuddle on the sofa in front of the television. They have been happily married for a decade and they cannot bear to even imagine their lives without one another. Yet, astonishingly, they haven’t made love for more than two years. Both insist that their marriage…
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Baby & Toddlers

Royal Baby essentials

As we eagerly anticipate the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first baby, thoughts turn to what products they will need once their little bundle of joy arrives. In celebration of the imminent arrival of the Royal Baby, London Mums have compiled a lovely selection of Royal Baby themed outfits for you to please your eyes. With William and Kate’s first baby due in July, this…
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Schooling

Further education – the next step for your child?

As children approach the end of formal education, it’s a time full of big decisions. They might want to complete A-Levels, go to university, but if they are not sure yet what to do, further education could be the answer. At the recent Big Bang Fair in London, Automobile engineering was one of the areas preferred by boys in particular. And it’s an industry that is expanding and requires…
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Fashion & Beauty

Mumalicious sun-damage treatments

There’s nothing more panic-inducing than spending the day with a beautiful, toned mummy. Her hair will always be perfectly highlighted, she’ll be wearing just enough make-up to look composed & glamorous (not-at-all trashy or WAG-tastic) and her child will always be well behaved. You (me) on-the-other-hand will always be displaying your tummy/arms/butt to their fullest and your child will…
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Mums Tips

‘Playful tiff’ or domestic violence?

Following the recent news about Nigella Lawson being publicly assaulted by her husband, Charles Saatchi, when he apparently grabbed her by the throat, we received some useful advice for women by leading family solicitor Claire Cleary, at law firm Fisher Meredith, about domestic violence. The issue of domestic violence has hit the headlines this week following a popular celebrity chef being…
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Parenting Skills

5 Ways to Improve Family Life Balance

As a parent managing the school run, extracurricular activities, work deadlines, family and social engagements as well as making family time a priority can be a constant challenge! So what’s the solution? Here are my suggested 5 ways to improve family life balance. 1 Getting organised Get into this mindset by thinking about the week ahead and anticipate your family’s needs and focus on any…
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