Half term here for some, just around the corner for others and snow in Scotland!! I have to admit I put the heating back on this week we were so cold. What is wrong with our weather system? Where did Spring go? If you find it please bring it back we’re off to Devon next [...]
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Special Needs Round-up: Joining forces peacefully
This month the Round-up is going to take on a completely different format. For never ...
Hangout with the Knackered Mother’s Wine Club
Helen McGinn writer of the Knackered Mother’s Wine Club and winner of the Fortnum & Mason Online Drink Writer award joined us to talk about her journey from blog to book and to pass on some of her top wine secrets too. Our food editor Emma Raphael and author of A Bavarian Sojourn and Sarah [...]
NCT vs NHS: Is it worth paying for antenatal classes?
With a hefty price tag, many mothers can’t afford to sign up to antenatal classes run by the National Childbirth Trust. But when Emily Payne was told by her midwife that the alternative offered by the National Health Service was not always up to scratch, she couldn’t decide what to do. In the end, she [...]
Author Clare Mulley to speak at BritMums Live
BritMums is pleased to announce that author Clare Mulley is joining the panel: Feminsim: Reclaim or rebrand? at BritMums Live this year. Clare was inspired to start writing when she discovered that her first subject, Eglantyne Jebb, the founder of Save the Children (where Clare used to work), confessed how little she cared about individual [...]
Babies and Bronchiolitis – what you need to know
When Stephanie’s three week old baby wouldn’t wake for her night feed, she instinctively knew something was wrong. Luckily she listened to her instinct and shares her tale to spread the word about bronchiolitis I never thought I would say this but I’m glad my babies were both terrible sleepers. It meant that the night [...]
Health round-up: Angelina Jolie, childhood cancer and diabetic recipes
You can’t have failed to notice Angelina Jolie in the news over the last few days, speaking out about her decision to have a preventative double mastectomy. She has written openly and candidly about her decision after discovering that she has a faulty gene that significantly increases her risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer. [...]
Photo Blog Round-up: Viral photography
Before I get to this month’s photo round-up, I’m asking you to help me out. As I start working on my talk for BritMums Live!, I want to make sure that the information I give you is information that you most want to hear. With that in mind, I’d really appreciate it if you could [...]
BritMums Google+ hangout with Helen McGinn >> 8pm
Tonight at 20:00 we are as pleased as punch to be hanging out with Helen McGinn aka Knackered Mother’s Wine Club, who has recently published her eponymous book with Macmillan. If you haven’t got the book, go find it now as it is the perfect tool for every busy mum’s shopping basket. Even India Knight [...]
Style Round-up: Press days and transitional dressing
This month in the world of style blogs it’s all about press days and transitional dressing. What IS a girl to wear when the weather seems to have forgotten it’s almost summertime? A mixed-up combination of knitwear, sunglasses, shoes without socks and scarves….oh and an umbrella! Style blogs are a godsend as we all struggle [...]
Twitter party: What makes a good family holiday
What makes a good family holiday? Come share your tips at our #funnestfamily Twitter party on Tuesday 21 May at 13:00 and you could win shopping vouchers to spend at dozens of high street shops. Join us with your best tips! The party is sponsored by Carnival Cruise Lines (@CarnivalFamily), the alternative to all-inclusive land-based [...]
May Foodie Round Up: Holiday food and the BiBs
I read somewhere recently that the latest thing to do in Paris is “Le Drunch” – a strange name for a combined lunch/dinner… It sounds much more appealing perhaps once you know what it is! After all, what’s not to like about the idea of a long leisurely lunch spilling over into dinner and [...]
Dads Round-Up: Welcome to the cabaret!
Wilkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! To the cabaret! I’m Spencer, your MC for this month’s dad’s round-up and on the bill today I’m proud to list some stars of the dad blogging world, in my eyes anyhow. Award winning. Inspiring. Funny and brilliant. These gents have it all and then some. They’re all that and a bag [...]
Kingsley Napley to lead legal essentials session at BritMums Live!
BritMums is pleased to announce that two lawyers from Kingsley Napley, Simon Halberstam and Andrew Solomon, will lead the Beginning Blogging Legal Essentials session at BritMums Live! The session will cover: the basics of libel law issues related to reviewing products – i.e. are there things you can and cannot say about a product or [...]
Join the Summer Turkey Recipe Challenge – win £250 voucher
Cook a quick turkey summer recipe – you could win £250 of shopping vouchers courtesy of Lean on Turkey. Fresh turkey is an ideal ingredient for tasty summer recipes – from satisfying salads to stir frys to burgers and more. Share your quick and easy original turkey recipe in our Summer Turkey Recipe Challenge and [...]
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