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When you have children it can feel like your home becomes their domain. Toys are scattered everywhere and chocolatey fingers threaten the upholstery. Not only that, but your formerly stylish interior now a major safety hazard. Your glass coffee table is a source of bumps and bruises and your chenille rug is a messy, sticky, tripping hazard. Help is at hand however; here are some top tips to help child-proof … [Read more...]
Christmas is on the horizon which means that the pantomime season is officially here. It’s time to dust off you best hisses and boos, slap your thigh and get the kids down to the local theatre, to enjoy this time-honoured, uniquely British tradition. Wherever you are in the country you can guarantee your nearest panto will be a brilliant day out for all the family. Here are our favourites... Peter … [Read more...]
Westfield Stratford City is offering a free game to help parents keep their kids entertained during the festive sales. The Christmas Alphabet Hunt is available to use in centre and rewards kids with a free children’s gift on completion. The game is downloadable from http://uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity/christmas/2011/christmas-alphabet-hunt/and challenges kids to see how many festive-themed … [Read more...]
A recent study showed that one in four couples choose an 'extended family holiday’ - preferring to holiday with parents and grandparents[1]. A week away provides quality time with loved ones who can be hard to see throughout the year. There are also many added bonuses too - grandparents love to help with the babysitting, cousins are great playmates and often a villa all together can be quite … [Read more...]
Much like Halloween, although a lot less scary, baby showers originated in the US but have slowly crept over to British shores and are now an essential part of many women’s pregnancies- especially celeb ladies! A survey by Carte Blanche recently revealed that two-thirds of mums-to-be have plans for a baby shower before their nine months are up and it’s not surprising; they’re the perfect way … [Read more...]
The re-launch of Mumable is here! It's been lovely finding out that so many of you have been missing Mumable's regular features by all the emails we have been receiving.... We are now working on a little re-design and some new regular parenting content coming your way very soon. If you are interested in being on the parenting author panel, just fill in the form and we will respond as soon as … [Read more...]
Iconic British retailer Marks & Spencer has launched an online advice tool which gives pregnant women advice on maternity bras and breast health, tailored to their exact stage of pregnancy. The tool is available online within the Lingerie area of www.marksandspencer.com and features advice from Julia Mercer, Lingerie Technical Manager at M&S. It allows users to select how many weeks’ pregnant … [Read more...]
Once again, we have been bombarded with snow and extreme weather conditions which has caused our roads to become treacherous and our schools to close. But, doesn't this happen every year? Aren't we sick of waking up in the winter months and wondering whether it's safe to transport our kids to school? Where I live I'm afraid we are. There aren't many schools in the area and because the population is … [Read more...]
I am not the parent I was twenty years ago when my eldest was born, for good and for bad. What is certain is that my four year old's experience of having me as her mother is quite different than my twenty year old's experience. Over the course of the past twenty years I have grown less strict about many things, although making certain that I do set boundaries and limits for my children. My biggest … [Read more...]
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...]
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