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  • Mummy Friendly Salons Near Radlett and St Albans, Herts

    Where to get your haircut in Radlett, near St Albans ‘You know you’re a mum when a trip to the hairdressers feels like a week away at a health spa.’ Like most mums, I’ve let myself go a bit and instead of having my hair done monthly I now have it done yearly.  A few…

  • No kids allowed! How to design a child-free, adult bedroom

    In association with Sainsbury’s The minute you bring kids into a home, the space is transformed. While there are many things to love about the changes they bring, it’s nice to create a space for you and your partner that is completely child-free. This can be an oasis and a sanctuary which can wonderfully complement…

  • 5 iPad Apps for Halloween 2013

    5 iPad Apps for Halloween 2013

    With half-term looming, Halloween around the corner and weather forecasters warning about storms coming next week, I spent a bit of time looking for a few Halloween iPad apps in case we have a few days stuck indoors. We’ve had a really good play with some of the Halloween iPad Apps today and I can…

  • Top Tips for protecting your child from pornographic content

    Do you know how to keep your kids safer online? I first met Tony Anscombe a few months ago at a ‘Child Internet Safety’ round-table discussion and how parents felt about tackling it.  The general consensus was that parents are aware of some of the dangers of the internet, many of them are willing and…

  • Slow Cooker Leek and Potato Soup

    Hearty Slow Cooker and Leek and Potato Soup with Crispy Bacon Bits Apparently we have a rather large storm on the way, which is going to be comparable to the one in the 1987.  However, I wasn’t in the UK in the 80s so I missed it but I have read ‘Rumours of a Hurricane’…

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