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We are lucky that many of us have easy access to health care services. In the UK we take our vaccinations for granted, we get a letter through the door, we make an appointment, we go to a clean doctors surgery and have a needle stuck in our arm. Its standard procedure and something we are used to. But its not like that all over the world. In many third world countries every year around 59000 lives … [Read more...]
I recently had the chance to be part of a conference call with two lovely ladies, Mary Steen (Midwife of 23 Years, Professor of Midwifery) and Maggie Redshaw (Developmental Psychologist) to discuss what is known as Haptonomy. Now when this was first mentioned to me I had absolutely no idea what it was and so listening to Maggie and Mary was insightful and fascinating. So what is Haptonomy? Well … [Read more...]
Sunday is a 'pants' day in our household. For those of you who don't already know, my husband is in the Royal Navy and travels 300 miles to and from work every single week, meaning he is away during the week and each Sunday is the goodbye day. So, as you can probably imagine, Sunday nights are slightly 'fed-up-ish' with the kids slumping around complaining "It's not fair he has to go away to work … [Read more...]
Wanted: 'Unwanted dresses'.... have you got any that spring to Mind? Sian from Mummytips tweeted me yesterday asking if I would post about something she came across recently. A lady who is carrying out a 365 dress fashion feature on her blog in aid of mental health charity 'Mind'. Would you consider giving up just one of your dresses for her. It's for such a good cause. And quite a novelty … [Read more...]
For a change, this post isn't about parenting, pregnancy, birth or mummy tums.. neither is it about Flying Start or Mumable. It may waste a few minutes or even hours of your life though! All work and no play makes Manda a dull bird, (All I seem to do at the moment is work) so today I decided to have a coffee break or two and partake in something my husband and his ship mates seem to be competing … [Read more...]
I have a friend. She's pregnant. With twins. She also has diabetes. She is currently in labour. For the past 72 hours I have observed on twitter what I am going to name, the "mummy experts". My friend has reguarly been updating her statuses showing her fustration at how plans are being changed (whole way through she was told planned c-section they are now letting her labour naturally), being … [Read more...]
The first ever Mum and Dad (MAD) Blog Awards reached its culmination tonight. The award ceremony, organised by Sally Whittle from Who's The Mummy, was sponsored by Butlins and held at the Butlins Bognor Regis resort. Thousands of bloggers were nominated and whittled down to a list of finalists in ten categories, including a number of our team of authors here at Mumable. We're very proud to … [Read more...]
My lovely mum always told me to be my best self and she gave me lots of examples through stories of how to be a hero. She always told me stories of people who did their very best to shape and change things so others had better lives. She told me about Rosa Parks, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King. What heroes and heroines to litter my childhood....they made wonder woman look purely pants! Mum … [Read more...]
Kids today are doing everything earlier arent they? We hear it all the time. Having boyfriends and girlfriends earlier, sitting exams, staying home alone etc. And as I have recently discovered, using technology! My son from the word go was very technologically minded, he would grab at the TV gadget, would play with the keys on the phone and turn the TV on and off. Recently he has started nursery, … [Read more...]
Its one of the hardest words to say isnt it. Especially as a mother. To ask for help, to ask for advice, to not know everything and not have the answer. As a new Mum who'd had an emergency c-section at 16 I was determined that I wouldnt ask anyone for help because if I did someone would take my baby from me, or they would say I told you so. I struggled. I fought. I battled. But one day it got … [Read more...]
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