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Mumpreneur's testimonial: celebrity-favourite maternity guru Emily Evans

We continue our popular series of inspirational mumpreneurs’ testimonial. This month we present mother-of-three Emily Evans, founder and owner of 9 London, the original and best maternity boutique located in London’s Sloane Square, and home to gorgeous maternity collections – from one-off vintage pieces to 9 London’s own-label range of beautiful occasion-wear. Designed by Emily Evans…
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Mini Guide to Paris - Travelling to Paris with kids

We at www.Luvaville.com love Paris! After living in Paris for a couple of years we enjoy visiting the City of Lights as often as possible. Paris is a wonderful city even with kids… especially when you know where to go! In the last couple of years, many great and nice cafés and restaurants have opened focusing on children and families. Furthermore Paris offers great parks and outdoor…
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Get your pre-pregnancy body back

Fitness Expert Dax Moy is helping London Mums once again to get our pre-pregnancy bodies back. The notorious fitness guru – most famously responsible for helping X-factor winner Michelle McManus to lose 10 stones – has turned his attention to pre- and post-natal ladies, offering tips for staying healthy and regaining pre-pregnancy bodies while staying safe and healthy. His research into pre-…
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Visit Santa, See the Northern Lights and Stay in an Igloo – All in One!

Everyone knows Finnish Lapland is the home of Santa Claus and Christmas. This year, the latest addition to Yuletide destinations is Santa’s Resort Kakslauttanen near Saariselkä. At Santa’s Resort, that magical Christmas experience is guaranteed as Santa greets everyone in person at his house, while his elves run around and serve hot drinks and ginger biscuits. Outside, Santa’s reindeer pen…
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Baby & ToddlersBlogParenting Skills

Brush up on your burns first aid skills in time for Bonfire night with FREE First aid training for all parents!

81% of parents in the UK don’t have the knowledge required to administer basic first aid to a baby or a child although one in four will have to deal with an emergency first aid situation. A new online training campaign has just been launched to help improve parents’ first aid skills. New research* by Tesco Baby & Toddler Club also reveals that 72% of parents wouldn’t feel confident in…
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Photo story! Essex house wrapped in £50 notes totalling £12 billion - Tips on saving money!

A semi-detached house and family car in Hornchurch, Essex, received the ultimate big-money makeover yesterday to highlight the amount of savings UK households could make – totalling over £12 billion – when comparing prices online and switching to the cheapest deal. Figures from price comparison site, ArgosCompare.co.uk, show that UK households could save over £465 each year on…
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DADS TAKE ON CHILDCARE DUTIES IN ONE IN SEVEN UK HOUSEHOLDS

Dads are the main childcare provider in one in seven (14%) UK households with dependent children, according to new research from life insurer Aviva. The study suggests at least 1.4 million* men in the UK, now take on the role of the ‘primary parent’. A further 25% of families with children under 18 say the childcare is shared equally between both parents. This is up from 18% in 2010 when a…
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BlogFeeding the Family

Mini Meatball and Tomato Sauce Pasta

Meatballs are a great way to feed kids as you can hide all kinds of goodies inside them that they’ll never even know about! Making them really small makes them easy to eat and to mix with Garofalo Motori pasta. You can make a huge batch of these and freeze them for later use. 2 to 3 tablespoons richly flavoured Extra Virgin olive oil 1 cloves garlic, unpeeled and lightly crushed 200g/7 oz…
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BlogFeeding the FamilyRecipes

Traffic Light Pasta

Cars and little trucks feature amongst the shapes in Pazzielle, so I thought a traffic light theme might be quite fun. Involving children in the cooking process not only teaches the a valuable life skill, but it also encourages them to want to eat the food they have helped to make, so for this recipe you can all get cracking on the job of de-seeding and cubing the tomatoes. To make this more…
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Moonbeam Pasta

Stars and crescent moons make up the shapes of this gorgeously pretty variety of pasta for children. So I am inspired to create something that reminds me of shooting stars and happy dreams. Dress the pasta with as much of the sauce as you like, as some children like lots of sauce and others only want it barely coated, and refrigerate or freeze the rest for later use. To turn it into something…
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