Baby & Toddlers

My Psychic Baby

  Picture the scene…  You’re dozing off to sleep, you went to bed much later than you promised yourself and you’re JUST reaching that point of sheer bliss where you’re practically unconscious.  And then it happens.  Through the monitor, the noise that sends chills down your spine and makes you jump 10 feet in the air.  It’s the baby.  Your beloved, gorgeous, smiling little…
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Pregnancy & Birth

The Magical Mysteries of the Umbilical Cord ...

Why would I store my baby’s cord blood? There are so many products and services pushed to pregnant women nowadays.  Everywhere you turn, there’s a new product being pushed that you’ve never heard of, that you just HAVE to have. Cord blood banking is one of these things.  It sounds like you should probably do it, but all the information out there is so scientific and for your everyday Mum…
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Party tips

9 Mystical Child-Friendly Halloween Party Ideas

  Looking for Halloween Party Ideas? Don’t look any further, London Mums. This year we have put together the best child-friendly Halloween Party Ideas for you.   In just under a few weeks, pumpkins will be carved, trick or treaters will begin knocking at the door, and there will be a magical and mystical air as Halloween descends.   Whether you believe in…
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Travel with kids

5 Reasons why a Family Vacation is Important

  Are you guilty of checking your work emails on your days off? Cell phones allow us to carry entire computers around in our pockets, so it’s really hard to switch off completely. Rather than spending your time off sitting indoors, watching television, organize a family vacation to give yourself a proper break. If funds are tight you don’t need to splash out on an expensive…
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Travel with kids

Best Family Villa Holidays for 2018

  The team at Oliver’s Travels have shared with London Mums their best villa holidays for 2018. Ibiza Ibiza, the all-night raving capital of the world – but there’s more to this festooned island than meets the eye. Step off the beaten track and you’ll soon discover that the White Isle is far more low-key than you could have ever imagined. Beyond the…
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Travel with kids

Designing the perfect hand luggage with children aged 7-13 years old

When a group of children were asked to design the suitcases of the future by travel experts HolidayGems.co.uk, we weren’t quite ready for the imaginative and enterprising results. From integrated netball poles to mini chocolate refrigerators, dinosaur-feeding pouches to automated first class upgrades, we’ve seen a glimpse of the future… and we think we like it!       “A…
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Fitness & Health

6 GENETIC DISORDER MYTHS

  There are about 6,000 different known genetic disorders in the world. It is estimated that one in 25 children in the UK is affected by a type of disorder, equating to around 30,000 babies and children being newly diagnosed each year. Some genetic disorders are apparent at birth while others are diagnosed at different stages throughout childhood, and sometimes into adulthood. It…
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Fitness & Health

Stop self-employed mums getting a raw deal, and bag yourself a free health check

Self-employed new mums are suffering in silence, and we need your help to stop it, London Mums. We need your help with a quick survey and we will enter you in a prize draw to win a free heath check. What it’s all about A group of GPs have launched a campaign for fairer maternity pay for self-employed mothers, after witnessing first-hand the ‘silent suffering’ that exists in…
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Pregnancy & Birth

Natural Cycle IVF is not new

The first IVF baby in the world was from a natural cycle in 1978 in UK. IVF (In vitro fertilisation) is a medical procedure where an egg (or eggs) is fertilised outside the body. It can be done to aid conception when couples or single women are having difficulties conceiving naturally. There are many patients who have failed or are not candidates for stimulated IVF and have…
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