What are your favourite London Christmas lights? Possibly a controversial choice, but I love the creative quirkiness of the Carnaby Street ones over the crowd-pleasing illuminations of nearby Oxford Street and Regent Street. Previous Carnaby ones have included giant marshmallow snowmen and hanging astronaut Santas, and this year they didn’t disappoint; there’s a Rolling Stone…
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10 Of The BEST Things To Do In London With A Baby
What Are The Best Things To Do In London With A Baby? Here Are 10 Of Our Favourites Want To Know The Best Places To Go In London With Babies And Small Children? We Take A Closer Look: Here are ten of the best things to do in London with a baby. These are all…
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The Tate Modern With Kids: The Best London Art Galleries For Babies And Toddlers
Taking A Trip To The Tate Modern With Kids Thinking of going to the Tate Modern with kids? Wondering how child-friendly the Tate Modern is for toddlers? Here’s what we thought on our recent trip to the Tate Modern with a baby. How Child-Friendly Is The Tate Modern With Kids? If you’re thinking of going…
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Mumderground iPhone App: Easy Tube Travel With Babies
We Look At The Mumderground iPhone App – Easy Tube Travel With Babies Do you need some tips on how to travel around London with babies in a pram? We’ve been trying out the Mumderground iPhone app to see if this can make travelling around London with kids slightly easier. It’s funny how things change.…
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In the family
Top row: Eliza with Grannie Gill and Grandad Keith. Bottom row: also with my brother Steve, and Grandma and Grandad (my mum and dad). Like a lot of people we know who live in London, Alex and I don’t live very close to most of our immediate family. I grew up in Shropshire, and after…
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Saturday (brunch at The Charlotte Street Hotel)
Saturday was a day of new and old experiences, most notably Eliza’s first trip to central London. The pair of us headed off to the Charlotte Street Hotel for a late birthday lunch for one of my friends (along with another friend who currently lives in Dubai, so hadn’t yet met the baby).
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First night out minus baby
Thanks to some strategic power expressing, last week saw the momentous occasion of my first night out minus baby. The NCT dads in our group have had beers on a couple of occasions, so purely in the interests of balance and fairness – of course! – it was the mums turn this time (the men +…