What I love about living in the UK (being a mum on a budget)

Budgeting mum in UK, English flag

spomsored post As a family we often consider how lovely it would be to live abroad in the sunshine. But being a mum on a budget in the UK does have MASSIVE advantages. Here are my top loves about baby budgeting in the UK… The NHS saved both my children’s life, and took very. very [...]

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Win a Trek buggy from Mamas & Papas exclusively on Baby Budgeting

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This week we are offering you the chance to win a brand new Trek buggy from Mamas & Papas The Trek (RRP £95) is the ideal buggy to keep at Grandma’s house. The lightweight Trek buggy is suitable from six months old and has a padded seat with multi position seat recline and five point [...]

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And the winner of the Mamas & Papas Trip buggy competition is……………

Mamas & Ppas Trip buggy

The winner is …………Karen Woods. Well done to Karen! If you didn’t win this time the next competition for the Mamas & Papas Trek  buggy goes live in about 5 minutes…..it will be drawn next Weds and the winner could be YOU!

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Our colourful garden plan – on a baby budget

Sponsered Post  Our garden projects this year involve making our garden full of life and colour, It’s a bit too ‘green’ if you know what I mean.  We don’t have money for lots of new plants so we are going to have to be creative. Our garden is pretty small so it won’t take much [...]

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Top tips for a cheap, green kitchen

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Thanks Kate for a fab, green guest post that affects all of us…some top tips indeed! Over to Kate…. Thanks to Becky at Baby Budgeting for allowing me to write this guest post. I’m expecting my first child in May and invested in “How to afford time off with your baby” a few months ago. [...]

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Win a pair of tickets to Chelsea Flower Show.

Baby budgeting flower competition

sponsered post We are nearly at the end of  ‘going green’ month on baby budgeting ….so here’s a little competition with a truly FAB, green prize. I have ALWAYS wanted to go to Chelsea flower show, the colourful flowers,  lushious plants, styled gardens, Alan T…oooh I’d love it.  But to get to London and go [...]

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Recycling your dads pants….

Dads pants supporting a baby budget

At theGoodLifeBloggers us light-greenies have always recycled, from bottles, cans, card and paper. We have a paper-shredder so that we can feed our compost bin with a bit of dry stuff.       When our kids grow out of their clothes, we recycle them down to their smaller cousins, and my mum used to cut [...]

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Guest Post – Try before you buy Slings.

Slings at baby budgeting

On ‘going green month’ at baby budgeting we have profiled rentabuggy and now its time to consider rent a sling. Slings are a great ‘green’ option that encourages walking and is conducive to bonding well with your baby. But which one to get? Over to Laura Summers, our guest writer on slings…. When I discovered [...]

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Green and Budget-Conscious Cleaning

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Thanks to Jessica at Green Families for this brilliant green and budget consious post Green and Budget-Conscious Cleaning According to 2007 statistics, the average family spends over £2 a day on household cleaning supplies. You can cut these costs AND get rid of all the toxic chemicals through supplies found in your pantry without sacrificing [...]

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Win a Trip buggy from Mamas and Papas on Baby Budgeting

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Over the next 5 weeks Baby Budgeting will host a weekly exclusive competition through which you can win a Trip, Trek, Tour, Cruise & Voyage.stroller from Mamas and Papas. Let’s start with the Trip…. The Trip competiton! The Trip buggy from Mamas & Papas (RRP £75) is the ideal buggy solution for holidays in warmer climates. [...]

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Review-Daniel Galvin Organics bath products

Lavender Baby Moisturiser

Daniel Galvin  Jr Organic Baby products are free from  pesticides and  toxic chemicals and come in   Lavender, Chamomile and  Melon &  Cucumber.These products look good, contain very simple mainly organic ingeredients that are meant to be very gentle on a babies skin m My daughter and I jumped in tthe bath ogether and tested out out Lavender bathwash [...]

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And the winner is……………………………

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The results for the Daniel Galvin Jr. Baby Organics Sets are in. There were 16 entries and entries 4 11 7 were chosen Random numbers generated Apr 21 2010 at 20:50:15 by www.psychicscience.org Penny, Katy and Karen  your prizes will be with you soon. Well done. Enjoy bathtime and thanks to Daniel Galvin Jr. for [...]

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