Home and lifestyle tips for families, from organisation and decor to everyday routines that make life easier.
Before even considering a spring clean around the house, there are loads of other jobs that you need to take care of first. With kids running around the house messing the place up as they go along, you often wonder whether there’s even much point (there is!). But a clean home is a happy home … Read more
Barnardo’s warns parents to spot the signs that their child is vulnerable to exploitation As Barnardo’s launches a hard-hitting TV advert highlighting child sexual exploitation, new research reveals hundreds of children are being targeted online through social websites such as Facebook and Snapchat. The study also shows hundreds of children are unwittingly putting themselves at risk … Read more
P&G and Asda aim to provide 75 million days of clean drinking water in joint clean water programme Former Spice Girl and mum, Melanie C, is making an appeal to shoppers across the UK to support the P&G and Asda Clean Water Campaign, which hopes to provide 75 million days of clean drinking water to … Read more
Jelly Bean has been the very proud owner of a Stokke Steps highchair for a few weeks now and he/we are very happy with his new addition. We were first introduced to the Steps when we attended the launch back in January. It was the first that I had heard that a new seating system … Read more
If you’re anything like me then you’ll watch TV advertisements with a slightly sceptical mind, especially when it comes to the ads for stain removal products which claim to remove anything and everything. So when we were sent Vanish Oxi-Action Stain Removal products to try we decided to enlist the help of the children to … Read more
We use fans in every bedroom in our house, we have even used them sporadically through the winter months because our house holds heat after a sunny day. We don’t like to leave the windows open in the children’s rooms for their own safety and so it can become quite stifling. The problem which this … Read more
When we did the big bedroom switch in preparation for Jelly Bean’s arrival, we pretty much kept the style of their rooms the same as they had been. We gave each child their choice of colours but they didn’t want to change them so Little Bean kept her pink bedroom and decided she wanted to … Read more
Abbey Clancy, Rochelle Humes and Peaches Geldof come together to support fashion boutique for charity • Shwop Boutique to sell the best childrenswear items donated to Shwopping campaign • A host of celebrities including Joanna Lumley, Abbey Clancy, Rochelle Humes, Peaches Geldof, Alex Gerrad, Zoe Ball and Mel Giedroyc from GBBO have donated items that … Read more
Yes you read that right, Monster’s Inc fans can bid for the opportunity to have their very own replica door just like Boo’s in the family favourite movie. UKOakDoors have re-created Boo’s door and are auctioning it off to the highest bidder to raise money for a very worthy charity; Green Towers. To find out … Read more