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
While in Scotland over Christmas, my mum left a print-out in our bedroom for us to find (along with cuttings from the local newspaper on people I went to school with and a broadsheet interview with Henry Holland who I used to work with). Taken from Scottish Government website Play Talk Read, it was an …
I often forget that H&M even do kids’ clothing. Every now and then, I remember and pop in for a look, picking up one or two bits, but on the whole, they do too many mini-me outfits and not enough let-kids-be-kids outfits, for my liking.
After reading a post over on The Mumday Times about H&M’s …
1. You get to annoy all your non-parent friends by posting daily updates on Facebook about your child’s virus/toilet habits/tantrum. Do them a favour, and let them know about this app.
2. You have a legitimate excuse for that slightly rounded tum of yours. “Well, I’m a mum. I’ve had a baby. I’m clearly not going …
1. Morning sickness. In its all-consuming, green-tinged vileness. The worst thing about morning sickness is that it happens (usually) in that early stage of pregnancy when you’re keeping your mum-to-be status a secret. So not only do you have to cope with those waves of nausea, you have to do so in utter secrecy. Colleagues will …
Over the past few weeks, I’ve interviewed 12 mums for my Twelve Mums Of Christmas series, and one question that I asked each one was ‘What’s your favourite Christmas tradition?’
I loved finding out what different families do – it made me feel a bit warm and fuzzy inside, and gave me lovely ideas of things …
Ask most women who their biggest mum-crush is, and you’ll find they answer with the name of my final interviewee for The Twelve Mums Of Christmas. Yep, broadcaster and journalist Cherry Healey just seems to be one of those mums we all want to be. “She’s so cool and has a gorgeous little girl. Oh …
Meeting other mums when you have a baby can be the difference between saving your sanity or going slowly mad. Over the last couple of years, more and more groups and organisations have been popping up, bringing like-minded mums together, and one of these networking groups is Mothers Meeting. Founder Jenny Scott is mum to …
You might know the next mum in my Twelve Mums Of Christmas series from her showbiz reporter role on Capital FM or her stints on This Morning, but Sam Mann’s current labour of love is Mumazine – a new website by mums for mums which has contributions from the likes of Sarah Cawood, Alison Hammond, Mel …
I feel like I have lots in common with Donna Air, the next mum in my Twelve Mums Of Christmas series. She used to star in Byker Grove, I used to religiously watch it. She used to be in 90s pop duo Crush who toured Japan, I love Japanese food. OK, so perhaps it’s all …
I, personally, will give it my best shot. And that’s the average number of calories consumed by a Brit on Christmas Day, according to this infographic. The geek in me loves an infographic and some of the stats on here made my jaw drop - the average family spends £133.70 on Christmas dinner… but 1/5 …
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…
