Blog of the Week: Our adoption story
In honour of National Adoption Week we wanted to feature a real adoption story as our blog of the week. This post by Sally Donovan is featured on the blog Life with Katie: Our adoption story, which...
View ArticleDepression in pregnancy – my story
Today’s guest blog is from Otilia – a mum who writes honestly about her experience of antenatal depression. Otilia Stocks blogs at Romanian Mum In London. She moved to London 6 years ago when she fell...
View ArticleBlog of the Week – Scavenger Hunt
This beautiful post and pictures by Josie from Sleep is for the Weak really made us smile. She has captured exactly what it is that kids love to do – and proves that when we take the time out to do...
View ArticleOne Born Every Minute – What happened next…?
At the very start of the year we ran a series of blog posts and prompts to run alongside Channel 4′s hugely successful One Born Every Minute series. Heather Francesca, one of the women featured on the...
View ArticleSheep dipping your teenager
Today’s guest blog is from Charlotte who writes about parenting her teenage son Fred who has Aspergers and the trails and tribulations this throws up. Charlotte lives in Bath and has two children of...
View ArticleLate so soon by Zoe Armstrong
Image: Netmums Friday is usually the day for a Team Netmums blog but as things have been a bit topsy turvy over Christmas and we posted on Monday today we bring you a guest blog. Today’s guest blog...
View ArticleBlog of the Week –‘Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit…’ by Older Single Mum
Our Blog of the Week this week comes from Older Single Mum who offers us an insight into her daily Mum monologue. The post is called ‘Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit’ and it sounds very, very familiar to us…....
View ArticleIt’s going to be a Frugal January for Team Netmums
Brassic, strapped, skint, impecunious (we looked that one up!)…just a few words to describe the financial state of so many of us this January. It’s a really bleak month as far as money goes. Many...
View ArticlePop Music for kids – is there a demand?
Today’s guest blog is written by Fi Case and Barbara Bishop who are the founders of Zeamu music. They realised that whilst pre-school and primary children loved listening to pop music there wasn’t...
View ArticleTeam Netmums are snowed under
Little feet pitter patter speedily along the landing and your bedroom door bursts open and little voices cry….‘LOOK…It’s SNOWING!!!!!’. It’s a brilliant way to be woken (well, as long as it’s not...
View ArticleMama Glow – Get, Set Glow!
Today’s guest blog is from Latham Thomas, the founder of Mama Glow who shares her top ten tips to looking and feeling great during pregnancy to help mums get a glow. We have 10 copies of the book ‘Mama...
View ArticleGuest Post: Cat Williams ‘Stay Calm and Content No Matter What Life Throws At...
Netmums spoke to Cat Williams, a mother of two, Army wife, relationship counsellor, and new author, to ask her about her book ‘Stay Calm and Content No Matter What Life Throws At You’. The book...
View ArticleBlog of the Week: Valuable
Our Blog of the Week this week is by Sonya at Ramblings of a Formerly Rock ‘n’ Roll Mum. Sonya describes her blog as being ‘about family, babies, children, sleep, music, weight loss, cake, chocolate,...
View ArticleThe Baby Diaries by Sam Binnie
Today’s guest blog is by author (and mum) Sam Binnie whose new novel The Baby Diaries has just been published. We have 10 copies of this brilliant book to giveaway. Scroll down to find out how to get...
View ArticleThe first time ever I saw your face, toes, nose, weird umbilical cord stump…..
It’s Friday which means it’s time for another Team Netmums blog and this week we’ve been a bit broody as we reminisce over glimpsing our newborn babies for the first time....
View ArticleMy Journey by Angie Stevens (Doodlemum)
You might remember last year we shared with you the wonderful drawings on a blog by Doodlemum (also known as Angie Stevens). Each day she posts up a new drawing of a moment from family life and they...
View ArticleMums Like Us
We have a treat for you today as our guest blogger is the unlikely heroine of a brilliant new book called Mums Like Us. Stella Smith is ‘an ordinary bedraggled mum’ who tells it like it is. She has...
View ArticleBlog of the Week: Top Ten Great Things About Being a Mum
It’s Blog of the Week time on Netmums and with Mother’s Day fast approaching we thought we’d share this funny but oh-so-true post by ‘Just because I love’ which celebrates Top Ten great things about...
View ArticleTeam Netmums – Mums the word
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another Team Netmums blog and this one’s for and all about the mums ******************************************************************************** It’s Mother’s...
View ArticleBlog of the Week: My (faulty) invisibility cloak
This genius post from Letters from your Mum was a clear favourite for Netmums Blog of the Week. We think you’ll find yourself smiling along in recognition as you read it – we certainly did!...
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