Why Music Is So Important For Babies And Young Kids
From around the time my daughter was seven weeks old, I took her to weekly music and sensory classes. I'm always singing to her, and encouraging her to sing. Watching her make the 'Twinkle Twinkle' hand movements as a nine-month-old was one of the loveliest mum moments ever. Read more
Beautiful Handmade Tutus? It's All About TutuTallulah
Sometimes you discover new products and get excited by how gorgeous they are. This happened a few weeks back when a friend tagged me in a Facebook post about new website TutuTallulah.com. My friend thought it was right up my street - and she was right. Founded by Imogen Read more
The Never Ending Quest To Find The Perfect Jeans
It's exhausting, isn't it? No, not being a parent (yes, that's knackering too) but what I'm talking about here is finding the perfect pair of jeans. I don't know anyone who enjoys going shopping for jeans. It's such a depressing experience. It seems like it doesn't matter what Read more
Are Micro Scooters Really Worth The Money?
Every weekend, when we visit the local park, I can't believe how many scooters we see. They're everywhere! Our park even has a couple of little scooter stands where kids can park their scooters while they play. When our daughter turned two, we suggested to one set of grandparents Read more
I was in a taxi today and the cabbie asked me if I was going on holiday this year. “I’ve just been, actually,” I replied, before launching into a full review of Martinhal Beach Resort in Portugal. “It’s a brilliant place to go with kids,” I finished up. “Oh, right,” he said. I realised I …
It’s all well and good having an amazing holiday – whether abroad or on UK shores – but if the journey there and back is as hellish as going to a soft play centre on a bad hangover, it can make you wonder if it’s worth going away at all. I’ve admitted before that my …
I’m writing this from a holiday apartment in the amazing Martinhal Hotel & Resort in Portugal (more on that to come later…) and the day has been a whirl of poolside smoothies, pink foreheads and Vinho Verde. It struck me that there are certain things that are a regular feature of any holiday I go …
I’ve done it. I’ve booked a holiday abroad with our toddler. Our first ever trip abroad together. Our first proper holiday (providing you don’t count Centerparcs).
I want to scream with excitement and fear, all at the same time.
After two and a half years of being too chicken to go abroad with our child, the place …
When you’re pregnant with your first child, it’s not uncommon for someone to say to you “Make sure you go on holiday before the baby arrives! It’ll be your last relaxing break for 18 years!”
This is true to a certain extent, but what I’ve learned in the two years and five months since becoming a …
Half-term is just around the corner (how did that happen? We just had Christmas. Honestly, these kids have got it easy) which means parents all over the country are planning activities. Fun days out, play dates and holidays. Whether you’re planning a family break for February half term or just day trips, you need to be armed …
Time to meet the second mum in my Twelve Mums Of Christmas series – Fiona Gillott, 34, from Kensal Rise in London. Fiona is mum to 20-month-old Maia Wila Echo and while her day job is organising very important people and events at the famous Abbey Road Studios, her other passion is yoga. Before she …
Do you have a career ‘Plan B’? Mine is being a wedding and honeymoon planner. I’m scarily good at organising and researching stuff and I have a love for holidays and hotels that borders on a slight obsession.
Back in 2010, when I was six months pregnant, I went on a ‘babymoon’ to my all time …
Hackney Weekender? Pah! Isle of Wight festival? Don’t make me laugh. V2012? So 2011.
The (the) festival to be seen at this summer is Lollibop. Dubbed the big festival for little people, Lollibop takes over Regents Park for three days in August and instead of headliners like Biffy Clyro and Example, this badass event has ZingZillas, …
Parents! What is the best thing you can think of? A lie in followed by breakfast in bed? A day on the sofa watching box sets of The Killing? A tropical beach with a personal babysitter?
Well, wait just a minute because I’ve discovered something that betters all of that (well, almost). I’ve discovered a brilliant …
Hello, I’m Alison. My day job is working as a chief geek for a women’s magazine. I started Not Another Mummy Blog while I was on maternity leave in 2011 and it was quickly named as Netmums Blog of the Week. I also won the Best Mummy Blog Writer gong at the 2011 Gurgle Blog Awards…
