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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A new social media study from gifts and gadgets retailer Menkind reveals TikTok’s top parenting hacks. Ahead of celebrating dads on Father’s Day, the analysis delved into thousands of videos with parenting related hashtags from the last 12 months to uncover the most popular parenting hacks according to the number of times they’ve been played.
Inventive dad hacks lead the way over…
Pregnancy is one of the best things that can happen to a woman. Watching a tiny version of yourself sleeping soundly in your arms (or making a fuss about a jar of candies) fills you with so much warmth and love inside. But, the child-bearing journey isn’t easy.
A woman’s body goes through a significant transformation during pregnancy. The expanding belly, weight gain, and breast enlargement…
If you are a busy mother, then you may find it incredibly difficult to find time to work out. This is understandable, after all, you may feel as though sometimes you lack motivation and other times you just don’t have the creativity required to push yourself when you can’t get to the gym. If this sounds like you, then you have nothing to worry about. You’re not alone and so many people are…