Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Online webinar! Steps to take control of your money

Want to get fierce with your finances but need some help, motivation or a starting point? We get it, getting on top of yourfinances can be…. well…. overwhelming even knowing where to start can be half the challenge, so we put it off and delay and delay taking any action. But whether we like it or not, we need to get our financial gear into action and the good news is…
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Pregnancy & Birth

Orgasmic Birth, Oxytocin and Hypnobirthing  

Orgasmic birth or otherwise known as ecstatic birth is where a woman will feel an intense, powerful, pleasurable and sometimes orgasmic feeling when giving birth! The pleasure of childbirth which is backed by many studies has not made its way to the mainstream as many still believe it’s just not possible! The physiological connection between sexuality and birth is massively overlooked within…
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Parenting Skills

Health and safety at sports summer camps: how accidents and injuries can be avoided

We have received an interesting guest post about health and safety at summer camps written by Charlotte Dowson, Senior Solicitor in the Accident Claims Team at Bolt Burdon Kemp. During each summer holiday thousands of children across the UK attend sports summer camps. Parents choose a camp for their children based on the kind of sport on offer and their children’s particular needs. For parents…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Exclusive! Star parents: Hollywood power couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard share their parenting tips and insights into their family life

I recently got star-struck when I met world class comedians Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard at the UK launch of their family brand Hello Bello. Dax and Kristen are the most formidable husband and wife duo in Hollywood. Not only are they at the top of their game as actors, but in 2019, from their kitchen table, they created premium yet affordable eco-conscious products for the family. Available…
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Fitness & Health

ASK THE EXPERT! Dr Helen Brough talks about Asthma in children

London Mums have talked to Dr Helen Brough, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, about Asthma in children. How does asthma in children differ from asthma in adults? Asthma in children is mostly allergic asthma, which means that it is driven by a type of cell in the lungs called the eosinophil and is usually associated with triggers from environmental allergens, such as house dust mite…
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Fitness & Health

Where to buy Kratom products

Caffeine occurs naturally in various plants and has therapeutic as well as social and recreational applications. Some of the world’s most potent medicines are derived directly from plants. Although researchers have primarily replaced them with more powerful and less expensive synthetic opioids, earlier opiate painkillers were derived directly from opium poppies’ latex. Even after…
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Mums Tips

The importance of teaching our children to bee-friendly & bee-kind

In a world where bee populations are threatened by habitat loss, it’s more important than ever to teach your children to bee-friendly and bee-kind. Persuading your children to love bees can have its challenges. Whilst they are gorgeous to look at – particularly the furry, bumblebee variety – as well as industrious and critical to our environment, it’s not as if you can…
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Parenting Skills

Is the Online Gaming voice chat feature suitable for children?

We’ve all had that gaming session where it was just top notch. The ones which you remember and try to recreate, the ones where you try to game with the same people time and again. Even when you’re fighting against another team, it’s the camaraderie and chat that can turn a good session great. For such a small part of the game it has a huge impact. Yet it’s the one part of the game which…
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Schooling

Do today’s classrooms prepare children for tomorrow’s careers – or do we need a different approach?

One question most children are asked at some point is, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Whether they say an astronaut, a doctor or a footballer, the reality is that 65% of children joining primary school this September will work in job roles that don’t exist yet. In today’s rapidly changing world, many people, such as social media consultants and app programmers, are already…
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Pregnancy & Birth

The power of dance during labour

Who doesn’t love a good song and dance? I mean ABBA hit the nail on the head! Without a song or a dance who are we?! Thank you to the music for giving me an easier labour… Ok but seriously, the bottom line is dancing and singing during birth have been shown to decrease the intensity of labour and raise the levels of that juicy oxytocin in the women and baby! Add music to the mix and you’re…
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