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The A-C of vitamins - Vitamins: what do you need, how do you get them? by Dr Sarah Jarvis

We all want to be in the best possible health – and we certainly want the best for our children. Most of us can get enough vitamins from a healthy balanced diet – but some of us need a little extra help. Vitamins can be divided up into two main groups. The fat soluble vitamins – A, D, E and K – are mostly found in fatty foods like dairy foods, oily fish, liver and oils, margarine and…
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BlogChildcareParenting Skills

Tips on keeping your child-minding mum happy

Research has shown that one in three working mums rely on their mums or mother-in-law’s for childcare when they return to work or further education. At face value this is a wonderful arrangement that works for both parties – you have piece of mind that the person responsible for your child has a vested interest and granny has lots of precious time with her grandchild.  Plus of course…
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BlogMumpreneurs & Mums at work

Secretary Poem for fed up women

This one is for the girls. I created this painting and poem well over 20 years ago. The painting is based on me. I used to have blonde hair, long story, but not when I painted this painting. Anyway as you can see I wanted to tell my boss where he could stick his pot of tea. Trapped in the City Painting and Poem – now I have a Mums’ network (London Mums Rock!) Trapped in the City From…
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Baby & ToddlersBlogNorth London

Baby massage and baby yoga courses in North London

Tuesday mornings 10.00am Baby Massage 11.00am Baby yoga Avenue House, East End Road, London N3 3QE Baby massage course – we concentrate a lot on baby’s internal organs and help to strengthen and develop systems such as digestive, immune and respiratory. We focus on helping mums with baby ailments such as wind, constipation, colic, congestion and poor sleeping patterns. Massage is…
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Mum Tribes and behavioural trends by Psychologist Jo Hemmings

With the rise of mummy bloggers, yummy mummies filling magazine spreads and new research out from Philips PerfectCare revealing that British women are now busier than ever, psychologist and mum Jo Hemmings explores the behavioural trends that exist. How Mums can fit into different tribes and how their behaviour affects their lifestyle, their approach to childcare and their day-to-day life. The…
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Winners of our London photography competition!!

It’s been a long process but we have finally selected the winners of the London Mums photography competition. The amazing prizes are sponsored by a Fish in Sea and authors of Never Mind the Botox. This was the challenge for our photography competition’s theme London Through London Mums’ Eyes : London Mums‚ life can be very exciting and the backdrop of our iconic capital with…
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Baby & Toddlers

Baby sleep - Leading by example (by expert Jo Tantum)

When you’ve just had a baby, sometimes it feels like they’re holding your sleeping hours hostage! In this article Jo Tantum (Baby sleep expert) shows us how to take back control, and encourage positive sleep patterns. This article is courtesy of www.greatvine.com Isn’t life hard enough without having to live on very little sleep? Sleep deprivation has been named as a…
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Choosing your way forward: Returning to work after having children (by Anne Miller)

Leading Greatvine Life Coaching expert Anne Miller explains how effective life coaching could help mothers who are thinking of returning to work. When we’ve taken time out to look after our children, the prospect of going back to work is not always an easy one, even if it’s what we want to do! Confidence is most likely an issue for us: Having had our heads in baby land for some time…
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Baby & ToddlersBlogCompetitions

Win 1 of 15 pairs of tickets to the Baby Show at ExCel (24-26 February 2012)

The Baby Show celebrates ten years with a brand new look London ExCeL, 24th-26th February 2012. For your chance to win these tickets, enter your answer to the simple question below in our dedicated competition page https://www.londonmumsmagazine.com/competition-area. The question is: ‘How old is the Baby Show?’ The deadline to enter is 19th February 2012. Facts: – 250 baby and…
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BlogParenting SkillsSchooling

COST OF RAISING A CHILD INCREASES TO £218,000

The annual Cost a Child Report [1} from protection and retirement specialist LV=, reveals the cost of raising a child from birth to their 21st birthday now totals a record £218,024. This equates to £10,382 a year, £865 a month or £28.44 a day. The report shows the overall cost of raising a child has increased by 3.3% in the last year with education and childcare remaining the biggest…
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