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Baby Budgeting

joanne — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:24:03 +0000

Baby Budgeting, a vibrant and highly visual blog perfect for parents, is written by author Becky Goddard-Hill. It’s packed full of budgeting advice for families of under fives. Visit Baby Budgeting for top tips, expert guest posts, competitions and reviews!

Twitter @babybudgeting

Womb for Improvement

joanne — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:34:09 +0000

Many bloggers define themselves by their relationships with others: daughter, wife, sister, twin, aunt, manager, gimp, confidant, friend, random stranger.

I am all of these, but for this blog I am mostly defined by who I am not, namely a mother.

But just because I have been trying, and failing, to get knocked up since November 2006 I don’t use this blog to wallow. The last thing I want to read is a load of “Its not fair” so I wouldn’t expect you to. For the full tale of what we have, and haven’t, tried in the quest to pass on our genes have a look at Womb for Improvement.

Twitter @womb4improve

She Was Not At All Domestic

joanne — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:54:06 +0000

By day, I am the beauty editor on ELLE magazine. I like my job because I love to write and I love to window shop fashion and beauty buys. But there is more to me than a bow and some blush. You see in the past year I have become a mother (to Little Miss P), a wife (to Mr Scruff, who only works so he can cycle there) and a home owner (we live in a fairy cottage that hasn’t been touched for fifty years), and suddenly the perfect fairycake recipe matters.

I started this blog so I can look back and remember. These are our adventures and experiences, the nice things we like, the bits we try and make and the stuff we always enjoy.

Twitter: @MrsScruff

In A Bun Dance

joanne — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:36:40 +0000

I am a journalist, writer, woman, blogger, mother, wife and occasionally whole person. If I’m going to get something, I usually get it in spades – luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas, inspiration, distraction…

Here is my blog, it amuses me.

Twitter – @Ellen27.

Mummy’s Busy World – by me, Little M

joanne — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:20:26 +0000

After hearing his mami say she wanted to start a blog but didn’t have the time, Little M took it upon himself to help her out and started writing for her.

Mummy’s Busy World – by me, Little M is an honest and heart-warming blog by Little M, a half American-half Chilean bilingual tot growing up in the UK and his very busy, sleep deprived yet enthusiastic and funny mami on their parent-child journey. Little M reminds everyone what it’s like to see the world through the eyes of a child.

Twitter: @verybusymama

Carrots and Kids

joanne — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:35:07 +0000

Carrots and Kids is a blog written by Deb, a mother of five, who shows us you don’t need lots of time, knowledge, money or space to grow your own fruit and veg and flowers. When she’s not writing or taking photos she is gardening, hopefully.

Twitter: @carrotsandkids

Jessica Milln

joanne — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:21:59 +0000

Jessica once dreamt of living in sunny Africa to escape a soggy love life. Then one day a kind man bought her back home to lovely Cornwall to roost. With cat, dog and three kids, she feels reluctantly middle-aged and what her single life was like before she can’t remember.

For part of her life she arranges the entire product testing for the Mother & Baby Awards. An oddly surreal experience since her older, ‘on-the-teen-threshold’ offspring have flipped the switch and she no longer feels completely wired into the ’mummy-zone’.

She also writes about life in Cornwall Today – a region with renowned good looks and delicious food – it’s been her longest and happiest relationship.

Blogging has become a means to articulate a mid-life in muddle.

Twitter: @Fishwifemark2

Family Affairs and Other Matters

joanne — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:42:09 +0000

A divorced mother of three trying to keep both her sanity and her sense of humour.

Family Affairs and Other Matters chronicles the various trials and tribulations of life as a single parent with some other stuff thrown in for good measure.

Twitter: @FamilyAffairs

Perfectly Happy Mum

joanne — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:45:38 +0000

Perfectly Happy Mum is about Peggy, a mum of 2 boys (who want to be action men when they grow up). She runs her Life Coaching for Mums business and tries hard to empty the laundry basket regularly. On a good day all of this works in perfect harmony, on a bad day chaos settles in and she watches her hair turn grey much quicker than it should!

Twitter: @PerfHappyMum

New Mummy

joanne — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:05:58 +0000

A Stay At Home Mum of one, I swapped my busy working life of product launches for a busy life of being a mum, and trust me, being a mum is harder! I’m a serial blogger, social networking addict and a budding baker. I’m desperately trying to live a green life, while at the same time trying to make the world a little happier with home-made cakes and presents.

I started blogging when my Baby Girl (known as BG) was 12 weeks old and I haven’t looked back. In this blog I write about my journey of being a new mum, though technically I’m not a new mum anymore, but experiencing something new every day with my daughter makes me feel like I still am…

Twitter: @Caroljs

It’s a Mummy’s Life

joanne — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:59:32 +0000

Holly is a mum, a wife, a near enough full time worker. She’s knackered, frazzled, a bit forgetful but a damn fine person. This blog is about Holly, her family, her life, other people, reviews, celebrities and just about anything that comes into her muddled brain. She’s just a woman searching for the elusive work life balance. If you find it do let her know won’t you?

Twitter: @itsamummyslife

Dulwich Divorcee

joanne — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:46:31 +0000

A fortysomething mother of two blunders through the legal system, Dulwich Park and life, in search of True Love.

Twitter: @dulwichdivorcee

Who’s the mummy

joanne — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:00:28 +0000

Who’s the Mummy is the true story of the life of Sally Whittle (that’s me) and my fantastic daughter Flea.

We live in Lancashire, although I sometimes venture further afield in my work as a freelance journalist, blogger and trainer. (Flea wants to be either a pirate or a burglar when she grows up). At the age of 4, Flea has recently taken up a position in Big School. I’ve no idea what this involves because any question on the subject is met with “I don’t remember”.

Who’s the Mummy is home to the Tots100 index, a monthly index of the UK’s top 100 parenting blogs. I hope you will use this index to discover more amazing parent bloggers. But… it’s quite a lot of work, so please don’t replicate it without giving credit.

Twitter: @swhittle

Housewife Confidential

joanne — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:54:24 +0000

Confessions of a lapsed housewife… Making my way through the glory years with my children. The sun shines and I make hay (well actually the farmer down the road makes hay and I laze around in the garden but you get the idea). Lots of ideas for makes, current affairs, family life and food.

Twitter: @that_kat

Got your hands full

joanne — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:48:52 +0000

This blog was set up in 2006 as a resource for parents of multiple birth children. But it has moved on to include journalism, fiction, media requests and advice under the ‘Write away’ category as well as the odd bit of nonsense about my family and eating too much cake.

Twitter: @LindaSJones

Have a lovely time

joanne — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:45:10 +0000

This site was set up by parents for parents after we grew increasingly frustrated at coverage of family travel in mainstream publications.

Too often, we felt, it was aimed squarely at people who live in the south east, have oodles of cash to spare and are more interested in “keeping the kids busy” rather than happy.

What does that mean? Well how many features have you read where the gist seems to be how to keep your children distracted or from under your feet if they are bored? Rather than how to have a good time together?

We’re keen on video and are also very keen on helping readers get the best value from their holidays and days out, whatever their budget.

We don’t believe you have to spend a shedload of money to show your family a good time. We also provide help with directions, incorporating satnav and google map directions into posts where possible and we are always open to ideas as to where you think we should be reporting on.

Twitter: @LindaSJones

Metropolitan Mum

joanne — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:36:18 +0000

Welcome! And thanks for stopping by.

My name is Deborah, but you can call me Met Mum. I am happily married to Big M, love of my life. Little L is our baby daughter, born in April 2009. Together we live in London.

In my former life I was working as an online editor for a youth magazine and wrote voluntarily for a German newspaper. That was before I finished my degree in economics and ended up in the grey corporate world of financial services on floor #19. Becoming a mother put my feet back on the ground and my fingers back on the keyboard.
It’s got Mum in the title, but I wouldn’t necessarily label my blog as a mummy blog only. Sure, sometimes I write about mummy stuff. Like breastfeeding, sleepless nights or trying to lose the last 3 pounds of pregnancy weight. But being a mum also means being a woman – and as such I blog about other things that pop into my sleep deprived brain. Fashion, food, family issues. Traveling abroad and being out and about in London. General nonsense.

Twitter: @MetropolitanMum

Cafe Bebe

joanne — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:48:16 +0000

Cafe Bebe is a resource for parents everywhere Cafe Bebe reviews the latest baby and toddler products to provide you with valuable opinions on everything you need for your child. Cafe Bebe is also a personal blog written by Karin, first-time, stay-at-home-mum who writes about her trials, tribulations and triumphs as Mum to Little Miss. An American Expat as well, Karin has some interesting observations on the differences between life in the US and life in the UK.

Twitter: @cafebebe

Slummy Single Mummy

joanne — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:05:37 +0000

Slummy Single Mummy is written by Jo Middleton, a freelance journalist and single mother of two daughters – one a typical teenager and the other an energetic seven year old.

Jo writes about the high and lows of parenting alone, with what she hopes is a sense of humour with just a dash of experienced parent cynicism. To be honest, it is mainly the lows that get the coverage, but then that’s the beauty of blogging as a single mother – it’s like having a virtual husband to vent your fury at.

If you have ever worried about your hands-off parenting style, sent a teenager to school in the rain because you don’t want to lend them your coat, or hidden your dirty dishes in the cupboard, then Jo’s down to earth family management style is sure to appeal.

Twitter: @mummyblogger

Sleep is for the Weak

Handpicked Media — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:06:48 +0000

Sleep is for the Weak is written by Josie, a twenty-something, slightly neurotic, seriously sleep deprived stay-at-home mum from Staffordshire in the UK.

Her days are mostly filled with doing her very best not to be too bad a mother to her rather demanding and spirited young son while stealing all available free time to write, think, grow and try to stay sane. Trying to juggle a blossoming writing career with a toddler that manages to tick all the ‘better keep an eye on this one’ boxes on her Health Visitor’s check lists isn’t always easy. Her portrayal of motherhood is often raw and painfully honest, but she survives with the help of a great deal of chocolate, a good splash of humour and by refusing to take anything too seriously.

When not hiding under her duvet and being hopelessly self-deprecating, Josie takes a lot of photographs, writes poetry, and runs a popular weekly writing workshop for bloggers.

She’d love if it if you stopped by, or sent her some cake. Either one…

Twitter: @porridgebrain

Notes From Inside My Head

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:24:15 +0000

At the respective ages of 49 and 40, my husband (the frog) and I, two sane adults who had never before given a single thought to becoming parents, decided we ‘may as well give it a go’. This meant getting pregnant which it turns out is like living in another body, in another country on, effectively, another planet… who knew. Nine months later our little potato came bobbing up into our living room and two of the most reluctant parents ever to agree to give birth were suddenly completely and utterly subjugate to his every whim. He is now 3. Blogging about it is, I suspect, cheaper than counselling.

Twitter: @Sparx12345

Hot Cross Mum

Handpicked Media — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:24 +0000

Hot Cross Mum offers an honest, frank and humorous insight into the domestic rollercoaster of life as a Stay At Home Mum to two young boys. Recently listed in the Independent Top 50 Parenting Websites and Blogs and ranked in the UKs Top 100 Parenting Blogs Index, Hot Cross Mum’s warm and witty insights are clearly striking a chord with parents and bloggers alike. She says of herself, “My days are now less about deadlines and boardrooms and more about washing lines and bathrooms. As an antidote to washing floors, worrying about what to cook for tea and the pain of stepping on small cars in bare feet, I write about my life as a mother and other mother’s lives. It’s very therapeutic!”

Twitter: @hotcrossmum

MummyTips

Handpicked Media — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:11:51 +0000

A blog for the truly modern mother. An evolving story of love, life, family, work, ups, downs, loves and hates.

Twitter: @mummytips

Rosie Scribble

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:07:09 +0000

Rosie Scribble is the parenting blog of a 30-something single mum juggling work, rest, play and a six-year-old child. Rosie is a freelance writer living in the Midlands.

Twitter: @RosieScribble

Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy?

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:06:16 +0000

I am Laura, mother of two (boy aged 3 and girl aged 5) and stepmother to 1 (aged 14).

I have been married to The Husband, a graphic designer, for 3 years, together for nearly 10. He spends most of his time wishing I was more interested in housework, looked like Andrea Corr and didn’t snore quite so loudly.

We have a dog, P’Nut, a chocolate brown labrador, who’s party piece is puking up which is nice.

I’m trying not to lose my marbles. I am aware that I have already mislaid some of them… one is stuck under the sofa, one in the Lego box and the 3 year old may have inadvertently swallowed the other.

This blog charts my journey through motherhood, the longest journey I’ve ever taken.

Twitter: @LauraAWNTYM

Insomniac Mummy

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:48:18 +0000

“As perpetually sleepless mother of two, Insomniac Mummy’s blog is much more than your average account of motherhood. A mixture of real life, real opinions, raw emotion and random silliness, it is mainly written when the rest of the world is (rather sensibly) sleeping.”Twitter: @InsomniacMummy

Maternal Tales From the South Coast

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:47:37 +0000

Maternal Tales from the South Coast is a humourous look at life from a Stay at Home Mother of two small children. This is a no holds barred blog involving much hilarity, lots of laughs, some seriousness and perhaps the odd tear. ‘Maternal Tales’ as she is known, draws on her experience as a former Television scriptwriter to deliver a damn good tale, again and again.

Twitter: @maternaltales

Self Employed Mum

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:54 +0000

Self Employed Mum is about keeping it simple for the self-employed mum’s of today. Set up by two time poor mums juggling various business activities, we wanted to provide ’smart bitesize hacks for avoiding spontaneous combustion’ that cuts through the hell of a lot of fluff out there by offering opinions, advice, and solutions in quick, easy to digest short posts. We’re effectively coolhunting the best of what’s out there for the mum who’s running her own business whilst juggling kids, housework, partner, and everything else in between.

Twitter: @selfemployedmum

Nixdminx

Handpicked Media — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:29:38 +0000

the life and times of a happy go lucky blogger; set free by the credit crunch and journeying from P45 to career nirvana while navigating motherhood, culture, fashion, fine living, travel and having a few laughs along the way.

Twitter: @nixdminx

Baby Baby

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:28:41 +0000

Sandy Calico writes the blog Baby Baby about life with her husband Andy and two sons, born within a year of each other. Presley is two and Cash is one. Baby Baby is a lively mix of the joys of parenting, the hopes, the fears and the tantrums. Sandy writes when her children are asleep. The rest of the time she eats a lot of biscuits (when she’s got a hand free to do so).

Twitter: @SandyCalico

Bringing Up Charlie

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:23 +0000

A blog about a Dad in a Mum’s world, Bringing up Charlie charts the progress of a stay-at-home dad as his wife goes back to work leaving him holding the baby and changing the nappies.Twitter: @dotterel

Nonstopmama

Handpicked Media — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:54:57 +0000

Nonstopmama is a daily blog and site for on-the-go mamas. Edited by Jenni Baden Howard, previously beauty writer for The Daily Telegraph and a range of magazines, it features beauty, fashion, fitness, homes and celebrity interviews in a glossy, at-a-glance format.

Twitter: @nonstopmama

Sticky Fingers

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:41:34 +0000

I am a British mum with two young children (aged 4 and 7). I quit my stressful newsroom job because I was spending too much time on a motorway and not enough time with my babies. I now work from home with a child hanging off each leg.

Twitter: @tara_cain

MumsRock

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:48:25 +0000

MumsRock is an edgy online glossy for independently-minded mums and dads – because there is life after birth.

Variously described as.. ‘an older ex-chain-smoking) sister of mumsnet’, and ‘just plain funny’, MumsRock is for parents who still believe that they can find the perfect work/life balance, and want to have a laugh finding it.

Twitter: @MumsRock