- Archive for October, 2011

[caption id="attachment_268" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sloes for the Gin"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_269" align="alignright" width="225" caption="A pint of Gin!"][/caption] I know two blog posts in one day is extravagant, but here at More Than A Mum we don't like to be too conventional and post rural/urban blog discussion of rural pursuits left Loretta complaining I'd never offered her Sloe Gin! So, here's the recipe I'm trying this ...

So the BritMums blogging prompt this week is:  In 100-200 words WHO are we? (Really got to cut the waffle for this one!) We are More than a Mum. We want to support women in being brilliant Mums, AND help them to rediscover their own identity. We are Loretta and Ruth, two Mums who love being parents, but don’t want to lose our ...

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Recently I have been thinking a lot about the pros and cons of rural versus urban childhoods. Does the perceived safety of a rural environment allow children more freedom? Are children who are brought up in the city more tolerant of difference? Are rural kids fitter? Do urban kids have more access to cultural and intellectual stimulation? As part of my ...

I am too tired to write a deep and meaningful blog post this morning and I’ll tell you why:  Whose stupid idea was it to change the clocks twice a year?  Obviously they were not thinking of the impact on Mother’s across the nation whose little darlings get up at 5.30am like mine does!  What on earth were they thinking ...

A couple of things have prompted me to write this blog. Firstly, last week I was described and recommended as a ‘black’ mummy blogger to a mum who was looking for the same (apparently there are not many in the UK so identify yourselves if you’re out there!) In case you’re thinking this offended me, it didn’t in the slightest ...

I know that we are More than a Mum, but at the end of last week, I chatted with two men who challenged my preconceptions and made me re-evaluate what it is to be a Mum and what it is to be a Dad. The first challenge came on Thursday night, when I chatted with Dean from @DaddyNatal. I was really ...

As well as being a mum and a singer I also work as a radio presenter and producer. My show is for Unsigned artists and I meet some incredibly talented people.  This week an artist who is also a friend of mine (Jules Rendell) sent me a new track she has written which was inspired by the 2009 Children’s society ...

This is a topic which we think is important to our More than a Mum readers.  It is about schooling.  I know that not everyone will share the views I express here, nor will everyone have the luxury of choice, as I do.  But I want to explain why I will not be sending Munchkin to preschool. I am a teacher; ...

My part-time work is in media and today I was forwarded some very interesting findings from some research by Bauer Media into the women’s market.  Bauer Media own more than 80 influential radio, magazine, TV and online UK media brands, including heat, GRAZIA, Closer, FHM.  The research aimed to help advertisers find new ways to influence the conversation of British ...