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How to declutter your wardrobe by stylist Lisa Talbot

Do you feel it’s time to de-clutter your life, one of the best ways to start this process is to give your wardrobe a new lease of life. If you wear 20% of your wardrobe 80% of the time, don’t panic you are not alone but it is time to de-clutter your wardrobe. A popular article from our archive. Whilst working with clients on a wardrobe revitalisation I have been told it has been…
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ARE YOU DAME FOR A LAUGH? Bring The Magic of the Panto Season Into Your Own Home - Top Tips for the Perfect Panto

Christmas cross-dressing and a dancing horse signal the start of the uniquely British tradition of the Pantomime Season. Bringing festive cheer to whole families, these magical adventures are often the first taste of theatre that children get. Susie McKenna, Creative Director of the Hackney Empire who are doing Cinderella this year, explains: “Pantomime is an important cultural step for…
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Are You fed up with using Calpol? Homeopathic remedies offer a non-toxic alternative! by Liselotte Rolander

Great article from our archive on homeopathic remedies as a non-toxic alternative! Hi, I’m Liselotte Rolander and I’ve been a registered homeopath for the past 10 years. My decision to study homeopathy started 15 years ago after my first visit to a homeopath. I had had antibiotics for bronchitis 5 times in a year and things were not getting any better. I was prescribed some remedies…
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Wills for Mums by Solicitor Rebecca Dawe

Death is a taboo subject, but the parents of young children cannot afford to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to something as important as making a Will. What if you died unexpectedly, leaving your children behind? One of the most crucial things that you can do to safeguard your family’s future is to take control of what would happen in this situation by making a Will. What if…
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Not on a School Night!

It’s bedtime. Brush your teeth, snuggle down, turn out the lights. Sleep? Not a chance! ‘Not on a School Night!’ is a great book by new talent in children’s picture books Rebecca Patterson. This book is published by Macmillan Children’s Books on 5th January 2012. Age 2+. It’s lights out for a pair of boisterous brothers. But when sheets can transform the boys…
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Modern teaching methods and the obstacles it presents to parents

Number chunking, number lines and synthetic phonics – new teaching techniques brought in with the Labour Government’s 1999 Numeracy and Literacy Strategies – now mean that 95% of parents keen to help their children boost their grades are simply, ill-equipped to do so. “Most parents do not understand how their children are taught, and it really isn’t a surprise”, says Geoffrey…
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ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN CHILDREN by Adam Fox

A very popular article by Dr Fox from our London Mums archive. Typical features of allergic rhinitis are blocked, itchy and runny nose, sneezing and itchy eyes. However, in more severe cases they cause disturbed sleep, lethargy, sinusitis and glue ear. Whilst often being thought of as a problem of adulthood, allergic rhinitis is becoming increasingly common in children, affecting around 10% of…
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Survive the festive season: all you need to know to fend off the festive flab

Read this essential guide to surviving the festive season by Fiona Kirk Nutritionist and author of the best selling ‘2 Weeks in the Fast Lane’ diet book www.fatbustforever.com The guide attached provides all you need to know to fend off the festive flab – plus a few additional pointers below. As we all know buffets have the potential to make or break a healthy eating plan. On the…
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THE PARENT AS LEADER by Barry Jackson

However successful we are in other areas of life, nothing makes us feel more inadequate than the feeling that we don’t measure up as parents. No feeling is more wretched than the feeling that “I’m just a bad parent.” Talking with a lot of Mums, and having been married to the mother of my own children for nearly 35 years, convinces me that such guilt trips are even more of a Mum…
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Baby & ToddlersBlogTested & Recommended

Mum... what foot?

There is something quite sweet about seeing a youngster with their shoes on the wrong feet – but when the child is insisting that they are on the correct feet and refuses to change them over – it stops being cute! When graphic and website designer Ellen Lichtman’s daughter was three years old, she provided her mum with an “Aha!” moment that would, four years later…
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