Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

An interview with Emma Hammett from First Aid for Life

I am Emma Hammett and I have been a contributor at the London Mums magazine for many years now. Here’s is a little bit about me in an interview I did with the editor Monica Costa. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions about First Aid, please do not hesitate to email me. So, Emma, how did First Aid for Life come about? My career path has been both varied and…
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Parenting Skills

Four steps to breaking the news of a separation to your child

When going through the difficult time of a separation, having children involved can become an emotional minefield. Aside from looking after yourself and powering through, you also need to make sure that the little ones don’t end up as your divorce’s collateral damage. More and more children are experiencing their parents separating, and the process can affect their wellbeing if it’s not…
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Travel with kids

Camping with your little ones

Camping is exciting, especially for young children as it means they are so much more space to explore. Taking the family on an outdoor holiday in the wild may seem daunting. But with a little planning and expectation, you’ll be able to enjoy a stress-free camping trip. So, if you’re thinking about taking your little ones on a camping holiday, stay prepared and use this guide to help…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Tips on How to Fund your Mumpreneur Business

Are you ready to get started on the scary world of being a Mumpreneur? It could be that you already have an idea or concept in mind – and can’t wait to put the plan into action. Sometimes a hurdle to getting things started is funding to go towards the set-up costs. If that’s the case – you might find our tips on how to fund your project and mumpreneur…
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Parenting Skills

How to help your child 'resist' the Fortnite charme

With big breaking storiesevery daygiving worrying new insightintothe dangers of social media and screen-time to our children, and as a mum to a 12 year old boy ‘addicted’ to Fortnite, I am looking at ways to keep my son off the highly addictive video game which has been compared to heroine. I have been reading reports about the devastating effects of gaming platforms…
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Fitness & Health

Me-time: Why parents shouldn't feel guilty for taking time for themselves

Me-time or no me-time? That is the question…Across the globe, there are 258 worldwide births per minute, resulting in a huge 516 individuals becoming parents for either the first time or expanding their family further every 60 seconds. Only parents know the true extent that having a child can have on your life, with time, energy and undivided attention required at all times. With no…
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Special Kids

Helping Your Child with Autism Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Children who place on the autism spectrum can struggle with several aspects of life. Most commonly, people think of how loud, active environments can trigger a negative response in autistic children thanks to the sensory overload it can lead to. However, this is only part of autism spectrum disorder. Another common problem that can occur for children placing on the autism spectrum is…
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Baby & Toddlers

Baby Sensory’s ‘Say Hello to the Sun’ ranks UK Number One in Kids iTunes Chart Knocking ‘Baby Shark’ off the Top Spot

The 20 year-old song inspired by the Earth’s natural elements also beat Elton John’s ‘Can you Feel the Love Tonight’ and Toy Story’s ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ by Randy Newman. Popular preschool sensory class provider, Baby Sensory (www.babysensory.com),has been celebrating its historic chart victory recently, having reached number one in the children’s UK singles charts…
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Travel with kids

Family skiing in Alpe d’Huez - The trip that made me fall in love with skiing again

Like its gorgeous slopes, Alpe d’Huez in France has something for everyone, as I recentlyfound out. My first exciting trip of 2019 was to the mountains surrounding Lyon in Southern France.Ski aficionados will tell you that the slopes in Auris-en-Oisans(www.auris-en-oisans.fr/en) and Oz-en-Oisans (www.oz-en-oisans.com/en) have something to offer to all levels of…
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Parenting Skills

Social Media and Parenting- Author of Your Guilty Secret discusses how social media has impacted her own experience as a mother

Whilst researching my latest novel, Your Guilty Secret, about an A list celebrity whose life unravels in the full glare of the public eye, I bumped into an old acquaintance. I hadn’t seen her for years, but she started to tell me about the exotic holiday she’d just returned from with her kids. “It was sheer hell,” she said. “The children didn’t sleep. One of them was sick. I got food…
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