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26May2010

Healthy packed lunches

I was really surprised the other day to hear from a friend that her children’s school had appointed one of the dinner ladies to act as the ‘packed lunch police’ checking whether the lunches brought in from home were healthy enough. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Food

25May2010

Baby Houdini!

As a general rule friends of mine all say that the more children you have, the feistier the later additions to the family are. In many ways I can verify this to be the case with our third child. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Products

20May2010

NCT friends for life

I was chatting with a friend of mine, whom we met at our NCT group 10 years ago, and started to analyse the way your social life and circles change as a parent. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Lifestyle

15Apr2010

Thoughts on choosing nursery furniture

Choosing nursery furniture can be fun but it can also be challenging. There are all kinds of types of furniture options in this sector from individual pieces of furniture through to complete sets and it can be hard to know where to make a start. Read the rest of this entry »

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10Apr2010

Mummy knows best

A few weeks ago one of our children seemed a bit under the weather for a couple of days. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Health

28Mar2010

Buggy buying tips

On a recent mission to assess our newest arrivals transport we had what I’m guessing is the usual happy dilemma – which pram, buggy (or buggies) do we need? We had lots of second hand buggies, from Maclaren foldable four wheel buggies Read the rest of this entry »

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20Mar2010

Children and Ibuprofen

Did you know that if your child is unwell and is not eating or drinking regularly it is safer to use Paracetamol for a fever/pain relief than Ibuprofen- according to the children’s ward of our local hospital. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Health

11Mar2010

Toddler backpack with reins

My one year old daughter is obsessed with bags of all kinds. She makes a bee line for any kind of bag from the smelly sports kit to the very expensive totes of some of my most yummy mummy pals. Read the rest of this entry »

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5Mar2010

Digital ear thermometer

One of the most useful parenting items purchased for us nearly 10 years ago now was our digital ear thermometer. It has been used by 3 kids (and grown ups too) and is a brilliant, pretty non-invasive, way of just quickly checking when you are concerned that your baby or child might be running a fever. The newer range can be seen online at Philips. Read the rest of this entry »

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3Mar2010

High chairs

Whilst having a secret latte in Costa the other day as my baby snoozed in the buggy, I overheard a group of first time mum’s chatting (very loudly, over their babies gurgles!) about which would be the best high chair to buy for their little one. Read the rest of this entry »

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