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Winners of our London photography competition!!

It’s been a long process but we have finally selected the winners of the London Mums photography competition. The amazing prizes are sponsored by a Fish in Sea and authors of Never Mind the Botox. This was the challenge for our photography competition’s theme London Through London Mums’ Eyes : London Mums‚ life can be very exciting and the backdrop of our iconic capital with…
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New Trash Pack Game for girls and boys

Trash Pack is the new toy that is taking England and the UK by storm. They did run a talent competition for children to design their own Trash Packs, where the winner would get their design made and sold in stores. Even though there is no competition for the UK at the moment they did email me to say that did not mean never and things could change. So keep your eyes and ears open. Anyway here is…
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How to make a Trash Pack out of Trash

First day back to school after the Christmas Holidays. I brought down the empty toilet rolls ready to go into the recycling and had to rush off to work. When I came back the kids had made Trash Packs out of the empty brown toilet roll holders. Daddy was in charge of the kids for a few hours till I got back and they entertained themselves. How inventive I thought, so I just had to create a little…
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Moshi Monsters thank you cards handmade

I think it is so important for children to send thank you cards to family and friends for Birthday and Christmas presents. It teaches them good values in life and is a fun way to learn some new words. Last night there we were, me creating my Moron the Carrot birthday card for my friend. And my little girl made lots of Moshi Monster cards. Some were thank you cards and two Get Well cards. Little…
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How to make a Birthday Card "Met any morons lately?"

It is my friend’s birthday next month so I decided to make her a personalised card. She is in her 30s and still single. My friend would make a fantastic Mum but you guessed it, meeting a decent man is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The birthday card design started off with the usual girly stuff, handbags and shoes. But as I glanced over at one of my little girls…
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Baby sleep - Leading by example (by expert Jo Tantum)

When you’ve just had a baby, sometimes it feels like they’re holding your sleeping hours hostage! In this article Jo Tantum (Baby sleep expert) shows us how to take back control, and encourage positive sleep patterns. This article is courtesy of www.greatvine.com Isn’t life hard enough without having to live on very little sleep? Sleep deprivation has been named as a…
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Choosing your way forward: Returning to work after having children (by Anne Miller)

Leading Greatvine Life Coaching expert Anne Miller explains how effective life coaching could help mothers who are thinking of returning to work. When we’ve taken time out to look after our children, the prospect of going back to work is not always an easy one, even if it’s what we want to do! Confidence is most likely an issue for us: Having had our heads in baby land for some time…
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COST OF RAISING A CHILD INCREASES TO £218,000

The annual Cost a Child Report [1} from protection and retirement specialist LV=, reveals the cost of raising a child from birth to their 21st birthday now totals a record £218,024. This equates to £10,382 a year, £865 a month or £28.44 a day. The report shows the overall cost of raising a child has increased by 3.3% in the last year with education and childcare remaining the biggest…
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Top tips on how to help your child make the most of university life

University has a brilliant array of opportunities for your child however it can be daunting at first for them to know where to look. Nabil Alizai (Activities Officer for 2011/2012) from the University of Sheffield’s Students’ Union would like to share his top 5 tips on how to help your child make the most of their time at university. Encourage your child to head along to an activities…
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the most read children's book in Britain

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the most read children’s book in Britain, a study revealed yesterday. Researchers estimate that Eric Carle’s 1969 classic about a caterpillar that becomes a butterfly is read an average of nine times a year by the nation’s 5.5 million primary school children. The second most popular book is the classic Cinderella fairytale which is read around 8.7 times…
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