Recipes

Recipe: Pumpkin, Walnut & Poppy Seed Muffins with Cheddar Cheese

We love this nutritious recipe for Pumpkin, Walnut & Poppy Seed Muffins with Cheddar Cheese filled with lots of power food and nutrients – all good stuff for a healthy family. This recipe is very child Friendly but careful with allergy to nuts. The muffins are freezable, Pre-preparable, you can serve them Cold or Hot – ideal for special occasions such a Birthday Party, Casual…
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Mums Tips

Lifestyle & interior design Agony Aunt answers your questions this December

It’s that time of year already, can you believe it? If you can’t, you obviously haven’t braved one of London’s favourite shopping hotspots like Oxford Street or Westfield yet, which means that a) you probably have a few more hairs on your head than I do and b) you’re either behind on your Chrissy shopping or have been very clever this year and have managed to do it all online! Landmark…
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Fitness & Health

What to put in your First Aid kit

First Aid kits need to be easily accessible in case an emergency situation arises. The kit should be well organised, ideally in a bag with compartments to allow you to quickly grab what you need. It is most important that the kits contents are good quality – often cheap kits will not be of sufficient quality should you need to use them. Your kit should contain a First Aid book or instructions…
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Parenting Skills

How Much it Costs to Get Your Children to 18

So, great news, you have just found out that you are expecting a baby. Or you have young children already and are wondering when your cash flow is going to improve so you can have another. Well whether it`s a surprise or expected news, it`s your first or your fifth, once the initial fuzzy feeling wears off, it is time to start thinking about the real nitty-gritty involved with raising a child.
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Fitness & Health

When to call an ambulance

We are continually alarmed as to the extreme pressure the NHS emergency services are under and the importance of utilising these stretched resources for the right emergencies. But it is incredibly difficult to judge whether the medical emergency in front of us, is sufficiently life threatening to warrant an ambulance, or if we would be better to drive them to A&E or to go to the GP. Attending…
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Get Creative

Educational fun for the whole family

Parents always wonder how they can keep their children involved in educational activities over the school holidays or even throughout the school term. The more involved everyone gets the less likely you’re chlid will feel like they are being punished or being treated differently. Using expressions like “it’s time to work on”, or “you’re not working hard…
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Fitness & Health

Early Learning Boosts Brain Resilience

Did you take music lessons in your youth? Can you speak a second language? New research sourced by Dr Weil in his brilliant daily newsletter suggests that being bilingual can stave off dementia for more than four years, and that childhood music lessons pay off much later in life by speeding brain responses to speech sounds. Scottish and Indian researchers reviewed the case histories of 684…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

London mum Penny Davenport launches kitchen worktop masterclasses; talk about work & life around your kitchen table

Career coach and mentor Penny Davenport has launched a bespoke service bringing her training skills to your kitchen table for you and our friends this autumn. Are you looking for a different direction in life? Have your children started school and you want to get back to work, or are you returning to the world of work after maternity leave? Penny can discuss these challenges, in a constructive…
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Childcare

Hats off to the pioneering London Men in Childcare Network

The London Men in Childcare Network is a voluntary organisation with more than 70 members as childcare professionals that launched last year with the help of social enterprise, London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), with the aim to encourage more men into what is traditionally considered a female profession. To mark the launch last year, LEYF published research that suggested the Jimmy…
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Travel with kids

Tips for your perfect family skiing holiday

Ski Famille, a specialist in family skiing holidays, has provided some tips gleaned from over 20 years of experience to help plan your perfect family skiing holiday. Ski Famille is dedicated to helping you have a holiday where the children have a ball and you can fully recharge your batteries. Catered chalet holidays with inclusive childcare, ensure children are entertained, amused and experience…
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