On Monday 18th July, double Olympic gold medal winning swimmer, mum and Stockport resident Becky Adlington will be at the Arcadia Library and Leisure Centre swimming pool in Manchester to encourage local families to ‘just keep moving’ this summer. Becky is teaming up with Disney, Change4Life and the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) to launch nationwide interactive family […]
My daughter is nearly 10 months old and in all the time I’ve been breastfeeding her I have struggled to find breast pads that I really get on with! Even now when Elizabeth is on 3 meals a day and feeding a lot less I seem to have quite ‘leaky’ boobs! Being an eco conscious […]
Our first Guest post for Real Nappy Week from Geri Smith a self confessed cloth nappy addict! I am not an eco-warrior hippie earth mother. I am not even close. I have neither the patience nor motivation to recycle everything (anything), grow my own veg, sew, knit and crochet my own clothes, and I am far […]
Mummies! I have a treat for you! As I was shortlisted for the Best Blog in the Sainsbury’s Bank Family Blog Award. The lovely folks at Sainsbury’s Bank car insurance offered me and the other nine shortlisted blogs a one day family ticket to the fabulous Sainsbury’s Jubilee event in Hyde Park, which takes […]
So it’s the last day of Real Nappy Week 2012 and what a week it has been! Last year I was still fairly new to cloth nappies and it was the events of RNW2011 that pulled me in and started my journey to the Fluff obsessed mummy that I am today! I attended a Nappuccino […]
Mummies! I have a treat for you! As I was shortlisted for the Best Blog in the Sainsbury’s Bank Family Blog Award. The lovely folks at Sainsbury’s Bank car insurance offered me and the other nine shortlisted blogs a one day family ticket to the fabulous Sainsbury’s Jubilee event in Hyde Park, which takes […]
Thank you for a wonderful Real Nappy Week 2012 Mummies! I’ve had a lovely time talking fluff with you all and would love to hear back from those of you who have decided to make the change to cloth about how you get on! Remember If you have any questions, just ask!! On Monday I […]
The UK’s largest celebration of food and drink The Foodies Festival returns for the third consecutive year to the beautiful Tatton Park next weekend, 17th – 19th May. Top chefs, including David Mooney of the New Moon Pub Company, star of the BBC’s Great British Menu Mary-Ellen McTague of Aumbry, Thai restaurant Chaophraya’s executive chef […]
When the nights are dark and cold, there’s something really comforting about snuggling up under a blanket with the family and watching a good movie or two. To celebrate The LEGO Batman Movie hitting the cinemas this weekend, the lovely folks at Warner Bros have asked me to share my top tips for a perfect […]
The caped crusader has landed at one of our favourite places for a family day out, LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Manchester! Superhero. Crime-fighter. Master Builder. LEGO Batman™ is all of those and so much more! The North West’s own LEGOLAND has been taken over by The LEGO® Batman™ Movie Days from 10th February until 12th March, […]
This morning we were invited to an exclusive Mumsnet screening of Hotel Transylvania 2 at our local Odeon cinema. Both children have taken after us and developed a love of movies so we try to get to the cinema quite regularly. We’d seen the trailer for this on our last visit and both children loved […]
So yesterday, the 21st of October was National Apple Day! When I heard that Incredible Edible Prestwich & District were holding an Apple Day at Phillips Park to celebrate, I knew we had to go and see what it was all about! Ben, my 4 year old absolutely loves gardening, growing veg and anything to […]
World Book day is almost upon us for another year and this time I had the challenge of finding a costume that met the approval of my rather fussy nine year old. Although he wanted to join in with the day and demonstrate his love of reading, he sees himself as too ‘grown up’ for […]