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It was with great excitement that we headed out to a press night at the newly opened Bush Hall Dining Rooms in Shepherds Bush last Tuesday. Munchkin insisted that she should wear a 'posh dress' because she was going out for dinner.  So she changed and we headed out to meet some friends and their child in the newly opened ...

I love going to art galleries; I love looking at paintings and I love the peace of an art gallery. Can you manage to experience this with a 4 year old and a 5 week old? Well, last Monday that is what I attempted to do. Munchkin, B2 and I spent several hours in the National Gallery and had a ...

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about my dislike of the mainstream magazines available for children.  The price, the advertising, the social stereotypes; all things which really rankle me.  The response from you all in comments and tweets was fantastic and I had various smaller publications recommended to me.  Since then I have contacted all those magazines which ...

We are returning to a guest post Friday slot.  Today we have a post from Kath Morgan.  See more about her below.  Her post today is about feeding your kids on a long car journey. If you would like to submit a guest blog post then please email us on morethanamum@gmail.com In the coming weeks we will also be running a ...

Well, you know that Loretta and I are keen supporters of all things reading, for both parents and kids and when we were contacted by Polka Theatre to help them raise awareness of their London Bookswap event, we definitely wanted to be involved. This Bookswap is a London wide event managed by Discover Children’s Centre, who we visited just a few ...

Sarah came to our More than a Mum course last March.  She was  keen to start something for herself; perhaps as a hobby; perhaps as a business.  A little while ago she contacted us again having started up some websites.  Today she has written us a guest blog to share her experience so far; hopefully inspire some of you to have ...

Not wanting to put a dampener on the festive season but we were recently sent a press release at MTAM that contained some shocking statistics: The Festive season is one of the busiest for A&E departments with more than 80,000 injuries, pushing the monthly average number of accidents in the UK to its highest level¹.  Injuries range from burns sustained from ...

Last Monday I uploaded a free factsheet about reading and promised that maths and science would follow.  So, here, today is science: Fact sheet science.  These are collated thoughts about the world of science and how to introduce your child to these things. There are many blogs out there with brilliant science experiments for little ones. We have a good number ...

As you may well be aware, I chose not to send Munchkin to preschool. We are also considering our options with regard to home schooling instead of reception. During this time I have thought a lot about what experiences and styles of learning best suit my daughther and also how best to help her progress in the key areas of ...

Does a glass of wine once the children are in bed affect the way you parent? Alcohol, the festive season and parenting. There is always an increase in awareness campaigns around alcohol in the run up to Christmas and this year is no different. This year, however, a campaign in Scotland is said to be aimed at parents.  Are we the worst ...