Get beach ready fast – without spending a fortune

Beach ready hair!

This is a guest post by the very lovely, absolutely beach ready Liz Jarvis As well as blogging at www.kidstart.co.uk/livingwithkids, Liz Jarvis is the former Editor of the health and beauty glossy Shape, Lifestyle Editor of Closer, and writes about lifestyle for various magazines and national newspapers.

I’m a firm believer in Me Time for mums – [...]

Look after your breasts – get a ‘good’ bra

Nursing bra

Thanks to T-J Hughes for this extremely useful guest post
One of the areas of our health and well-being that women often forget about, or take for granted is their breasts. We were born with them. We either love them or hate them. Our fellas love them (haven’t met any that don’t!), and they’re also there [...]

Babysitters on a budget – some advice

Great grandma

Babysitters
It goes without saying its crucial to get yourself a babysitter you absolutely trust. In the early days, a social life without baby can seem to be an impossibility, but it is really important to try and keep a life for you. In my opinion he best babysitters are the ones who do it for [...]

Weigh in – Week 4 (Project 70-0)

Reebok

Well I no longer have 70lb to lose
and 
I no longer have 65lbs to lose
and
I no longer have 63lb to lose
Over the last 2 weeks I have lost 4lbs so now ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I have only 59  to go ….YAY!   
 11bs lost in total  !
I’m working thos Reeboks and still playing a lot of garden footie!

Taking care of mum

This is a guest post from life coach Grace Marshall. It’s excllent advice…………………You’ll find Grace’s own blog at www.grace-marshall.com

Mums are amazing. Some of the world’s best nurturers, carers, encouragers and cheerleaders are mums. Yes, we are often completely out of our depth, and certainly no strangers to being stretched, but we are GOOD at looking [...]

20 minutes (to a gorgeous mum)

@Lottielove1

When I found out that Baby Budgeting was focusing on Mum’s and how they can look and feel fabulous throughout July I had to ask Becky if I could join in and guest post.
I wrote the following tips on my blog a few months ago and found them to be well received, particularly by my [...]

Parenthood, the Mellow Way from Jumbly Mummy x

Relax and have fun

Parenthood, the Mellow Way
Thanks to Emma Button for this inspiring, calming guest post.  Emma  is a working mum who blogs at Mellow Mummy. A first-time mum to Lara, Emma likes to take a relaxed approach to parenting and is always on the lookout for money-saving products that take the stress out of parenthood.
 People often ask [...]

How to find more time for busy mums – Competition

Busy mums

A few days ago we had a guest post by inspiting life coach Tracey Wall from Empowering Mums. I was lucky enough to be sent one of her e-books to read on a subject very close to my heart!   Here’s my review of ‘How to find more time for busy mums’ and keep you eyes [...]

Mums forever and a place to rest

Retreats for you

Some lovely thoughts on being a mum long term and the need to rest from guest poster and freelance journalist Deborah Dooley who blogs at  http://www.retreatsforyou.blogspot.com/  
Deborah runs mummy me time retreats which state that they provide  as much chocolate as you possibly need! (sounds VERY good to me!) Over to Deborah…
 
One of the great tragedies [...]

Ten top tips on dressing well for mums

Some top tips from a top designer
Today there is a high chance that you will get food wiped down your front, have tears cried onto your shoulder and the hem of your skirt tugged on with grubby mitts to get your full attention. It is time to spend a bit of time caring for yourself [...]