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Relying on ready-made products rather than freshly cooked food for your Sunday roast can lead to high salt intake, research shows.

Four million children are wearing the wrong-size shoes, according to new research. Why?

With some expert help, we did a cereal breakfast research, aiming to establish the salt and sugar level in different cereal and porridge brands, and to find out what are really the healthy options. The results were in a way shocking, and often away from the great for kids statement in many TV ads of [...]

This week, the dance mad daughter turned 14. I can’t tell you what a seismic effect this is having on the lives of everyone in our family

A little under a year ago I blogged about choosing childcare for Lara who was going to be 7 months old when I returned to work. It was a long and stressful process that required a lot of thought. One year on, I have to start the whole process all over again. I’ve moved house [...]

It’s Official: Why you no longer need to feel guilty for being a working mum

a list of 7 green energy suppliers for you to check out if you are thinking about going greener, this is a good place to start

who knew that decorating a little girl’s room could be so much fun?

Do you need to buy another compost bin to hold all those Autumn leaves???

BumGenius have just launched their new range of ‘Mini Socialite’ nappies in the UK. They are a limited edition range of brightly coloured One Size reusable nappies with some gorgeous abstract designs by designer Chelsea Perry. My favourite design is the yellow one called ‘Free Spirit’ but Lara looked pretty groovy in the blue one [...]

I feel like I am coming to the end of an era.

Lara has been wearing reusable nappies ever since she was 6 weeks old. We’ve done so well. But, over the past month we have been struggling

TfL expect the project will cover operating costs within three years and will then go on to meet implementation costs