Ten Top Tips to Cut Your Food Bill: Guest Post from Menus4Mums
With food costs rising by 20%, are you wondering how to make ends meet at the supermarket checkout? Menus4Mums, the online family meal planners, have given us these tips to help get your grocery costs down but keep the quality high. Tip 1: Plan your meals. Start by writing a list of all the meals your family likes. Then, each week, think about whether there will be any days when people will...
Read MoreCoping with a newborn and a toddler – any tips?
Having bought this book The Second Baby Survival Guide the consensus seems to be: Fit the baby into the toddler’s routine Give a present from the baby to the toddler when it’s born Use a special toy box for toddler while you’re breastfeeding Embrace the concept of the TV babysitter! Don’t stress too much (ha!) Any other pearls of wisdom? I’ll report back from the battleground on this...
Read MoreWork from home when you have small children: how to do it and stay sane!
Well, this poor old blog has been somewhat neglected lately as I’ve been flat out writing my new eBook How to Run a Work From Home Business When You Have Small Children. As you can see, it’s finished and uploaded to the Kindle Store on Amazon, hurrah! That makes 3 full length books so far and several extracts. Basically, I wanted to write a book for those mums and dads who were trying to...
Read MoreSkip The Stomachache For Your Child’s Party: Guest Post by Lisa, The Party Works
Let’s all just take a moment to reflect on the birthday parties of our youth. The cake, the ice cream, the soda and the pizza all combined to make one great party and an even greater stomachache. To spare your children the aches and pains that our old school birthday parties caused, you can throw a healthy party that is low on fat and high on fun. For the first course, try...
Read MoreMeal Planning Made Easy: A Guest Post from Menus4Mums
With food bills rising by 20%, and the average family throwing away £700 worth of food each year, have you made it a New Year’s Resolution to get more organised in the kitchen? If so, planning your meals is a great place to start. Not only does it make it easier to buy just the food you need, avoiding impulse shopping and waste, but you’ll also find that you can eat more healthily by...
Read MoreMy Sports Contact
As the recent Mum’s The Boss Hertfordshire networking meeting, I had a nice chat with Sarah Whale of My Sports Contact, a company providing information, promotion and local news for people who play sport, teach sport and provide sporting facilities. My Sports Contact aims to support the national drive to increase participation in sport and activities – particularly timely given the advent of...
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