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18 tips for bringing your baby to the beach

18 tips for bringing your baby to the beach

Forget everything you love and know about the beach: Having a baby or toddler on holiday changes everything. He'll eat the sand, you'll need a tent (trust us!), and you're not actually going to get to lounge for more than five minutes. But don’t worry, it’s not all bad! Here...
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Dealing with night terrors thumb

Dealing with night terrors

Comforting our children after a nightmare is one of the fundamental tasks of being a...
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12 reasons every mum feels guilty thumb

12 reasons every mum feels guilty

Going out to work, turning on kids’ TV for a bit of peace....for time-starved mums...
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An expert guide to coping with tantrums and flare-ups thumb

An expert guide to coping with tantrums and flare-ups

So your child’s tantrums shoot off the Richter scale? You’re not alone.
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Days out thumb

Days out

Why not entice the kids away from the telly and maybe even do your bit for the...
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Future friendly crafting: egg box owls thumb

Future friendly crafting: egg box owls

We have recently been taking part in the P&G Future Friendly Sustainable Living...
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Take little green steps with your kids thumb

Take little green steps with your kids

If ever there was a time to turn your family into a clan of eco warriors, then this is it...
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Take little green steps thumb

Take little green steps

Doing your bit for the environment needn’t mean turning into an eco-warrior. Simple...
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Taken children thumb

Taken children

Almost every other day a child is abducted from England and Wales to a country where they...
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'I've schmoozed with Mr Tumble...' Sara Cox on motherhood thumb

'I've schmoozed with Mr Tumble...' Sara Cox on motherhood

Sara Cox was an archetype of 90s ladette culture, riding the crest of a wave which, if...
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Dad rules OK thumb

Dad rules OK

Book shops and the internet are flooded with parenting guides for mothers, but what about...
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A heads up on head lice thumb

A heads up on head lice

Approximately one in 10 primary school children have head lice at any one time yet many...
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In praise of imperfect mums... thumb

In praise of imperfect mums...

Do you try to be a perfect mum, and berate yourself when you’re not? Here are ten...
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What kind of me time do YOU need? thumb

What kind of me time do YOU need?

As a time-starved mum, you need time to yourself - but so often, even when your partner...
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Realising your dreams thumb

Realising your dreams

If you haven’t seen the colourful hair ribbons of lead character Rosie or heard of...
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Top water safety tips thumb

Top water safety tips

More often than not, holidays with kids involve trips to the beach or swimming pool....
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