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Dadpreneur success story: Paul and the Pickled Onion Gang

Read this success story of a dad who created The Pickled Onion Gang, a fun iPhone app, to help his son learn and develop new skills. Busy dadpreneur Paul Robinson got the idea of the Pickled Onion Gang when he made up a story for his 4 year son Joe. Like most kids, he loved trains and the stories always revolved around a train journey to the seaside that he went on with the gang. The various…
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Chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate chip cookies to make with the kids and at school’s learning kitchens. This is a London Mum’s recipe: these cookies are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. They are really simple to make both at school and for mums to make with the kids. Ingredients: 350g flour (it works also with wholemeal flour for a healthier recipe) 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda …
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Baby & ToddlersBlogFitness & HealthTested & Recommended

Safety advice for regular users of mobile phones and Wi-Fi devices

Safety advice for regular users of mobile phones and Wi-Fi devices – ideal for all parents. Mobile phones, just how did we live without them? At about 80 million, there are now more mobiles than people in the UK. But since the Nineties, when their use became more widespread, there have been lots of nagging doubts about their safety and significant evidence now suggests that they pose a…
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CHILDREN TO BENEFIT FROM NEW FUN AND EDUCATIONAL APP DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS

Finally an intelligent app for kids on the go – A mobile app that will make a mum’s life easier this summer – and more fun! London Mums have tested it and highly recommended it! Children across the UK (and beyond) can now entertain themselves during car journeys, flights and on downtimes this summer holidays while learning life skills at the touch of a button, as The Pickled…
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Baby & ToddlersBlogChildcareParenting Skills

Tips on how to deal with a babysitter when you leave your child for the first time (by guest blogger Georgie Jones)

As every new mother knows, leaving your child with someone new is a scary experience. Every bone in your body says your baby should be with you, but there comes a time when you must take the plunge and allow yourself a well-deserved break and some ‘me time’. We often get asked by parents of ways in which to make the experience easier and there are definitely some easy tips that will help…
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Seeking: Forever Living Product Representative (flexible job opportunity)

Flexible job opportunity – ideal for mums and mumpreneurs – Seeking: Forever Living Product Representative. What is Forever Living? Forever Living was founded 1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. They currently have more than 2.6 USD billion in turnover, and have assets of more than $1.5 billion (cash rich & totally debt free). The company manufacture Aloe Vera based products, and…
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Win a family meal worth £80 at a Giraffe restaurant - enter this competition by 20th June 2011

We have partnered with Giraffe restaurants to offer you an amazing family meal to the value of £80 at one of Giraffe’s venues of your choice. For a chance to win, please register to this website and let us know what is your all time favourite dish. Deadline to enter 20th June 2011. For further information about Giraffe’s restaurants, visit the website www.giraffe.net Facebook fan…
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BlogFeeding the FamilyParty tipsRecipes

Sticky Banana and Chocolate Tart - Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos **Recipe** donated by Gino D’Acampo

Sticky Banana and Chocolate Tart – Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos **Recipe** donated by Gino D’Acampo to charity founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Sticky Banana and Chocolate Tart Ingredients 50g salted butter 120g golden caster sugar 6 firm large bananas, peeled 100g chocolate chips 250g ready-to-roll puff pastry Plain flour, for dusting 1 tub good-quality vanilla…
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VIENNA – Music Box and Princess Town by Barbara Grüll-Cação

Where to go in Europe for a short break with kids? Exclusive article by guest blogger Barbara Grüll-Cação of travel portal Vienna Unwrapped and mother of two (Moritz, 3 and Matilde, 6 years) shares her tips on what to do with kids in her native town Vienna. Vienna is so grown up: the Vienna Opera House, Schonbrunn Palace, the Spanish Riding School, the sumptuous Ringstrassen Hotels, the…
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