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THE NIGHT TIME WORRIES OF MUMS: REVEALED - MORE THAN HALF CAN’T SLEEP BECAUSE OF CAREER FEARS

The work worries of 1,554 mothers are today being made public by Women Like Us, the award-winning recruitment agency that helps mothers to find part-time jobs they can fit with family and provides them with career coaching to help with CVs, interviews and the hunt for jobs in today’s market. Women Like Us conducted research amongst its members in November 2011, which reveals that 56 per cent…
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Mumpreneur's testimonial: Nicole turns her passion for fashion in to a cutting edge business! Half-Pint Chic founder makes designer children’s clothes affordable

Mumpreneur turns her passion for fashion in to a cutting edge business! Half-Pint Chic founder makes designer children’s clothes affordable. Mum to twins Nicole Frost set up Half-Pint Chic after the birth of her daughters, Isabella and Sophie. Previously employed in a demanding advertising role, Nicole relished her busy lifestyle but when the girls came along in 2009 she needed a…
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Affordable kids' fashion: Keeping your kids cosy in the cold

Kids fashion expert Nicole Frost shares her top tips on affordable ways to wrap up warm this winter. Half-Pint Chic Founder Nicole Frost knows only too well how contending with the British weather and growing children can mean clothes need to be adaptable and interchangeable. Nicole set up members-only website Half-Pint Chic when she struggled to find good quality clothes for her twin girls.
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70% off designer kids' clothes

With Christmas around the corner, Half-Pint Chic is the perfect solution for those looking for gorgeous clothes for their little ones but without breaking the bank. They run weekly sales offering up to 70% off from fabulous designers such as Caramel Baby & Child, Baby Graziella, Simonetta and Their Nibs. It is free to join and is the perfect place to pick up some stylish bargains. This…
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Win 1 of 5 climbing lessons for your chance to climb to new heights with London Mums and Westway Climbing Centre

To celebrate the Westway Climbing Centre Christmas party, London Mums is offering five lucky winners the chance to attend an hour taster climbing session at Westway Sports Centre, completely free. Winners will have the chance to hone their climbing skills in a taster workshop with an instructor. By the end of the session, winners will have grasped the basics in indoor climbing and how to climb…
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Win 1 of 10 pairs of exclusive tickets for The Little Book of Diet Help –Workshop 8 Dec choose either 3pm or 6pm start

Are you fed up with feeling negative towards your body? Fed up with feeling like you have failed at weight loss? Does weight loss feel hard? Are you exhausted even thinking about starting another diet? Come along to this workshop and learn how you can start to make positive easy changes that will help you to lose weight. With me there are no weigh-ins, no discussion of what you have and haven’t…
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN: PLEASE READ STREP B WARNING!

MESSAGE FROM TANIA HOLMES TO ALL MUMS AND MUMS-TO-BE (from our archive March 2010): “It was New Years Eve and I was babysitting all of my friends kids. No, it wasn’t because I’m the kindest person in the world, it was because I was 35 weeks pregnant so thought id do them a favour I could claim back later on! It was my first baby and I knew it was a boy. I was so excited and…
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Precious Babies - being a mum after fertility problems...

Whenever you’re in a large group of mums and children in London, the chances are that at least one of those mums had some problems trying to get pregnant, and at least one of those children was conceived with medical help. One in every six adults will experience fertility problems – and given that many of those will go on to get pregnant, the end result is quite a lot of London babies! …
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Glam make up tips: STRICTLY CHRISTMAS MAKE-UP COLLECTION 2011

Dance fever has taken over the nation again with the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing. The Strictly Make-up collection designed by Head Make-up Designer and artist to the stars, Lisa Armstrong, has also hit Boots stores nationwide. Especially created to inject some Strictly glamour into your make-up collection and solve gift dilemmas for your family and friends. Read our interview with…
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PIXIE LOTT, ASTON MERRYGOLD AND JEDWARD LEAD THE WAY FOR BEATBULLYING'S THE BIG MARCH 2012

The Big March 2012, calls upon the United Nations to explicitly enshrine ‘bullying’ in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). To kick start this year’s Anti-Bullying Week, teen sensations Pixie Lott, Aston Merrygold and Jedward have been busy creating avatars of themselves, complete with Pixie’s new blonde bob, Aston’s characteristic beanie and Jedward’s…
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