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Work and Pregnancy

What are my rights now that I am pregnant? Babyworld have put together some advice for pregnant women. Antenatal Care Pregnant women have the right to what is termed as ‘reasonable’ amounts of time off to attend antenatal appointments and to be paid for this time off. Your employer may ask for written confirmation that…

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Review of Bunn Leisure’s West Sands Holiday Park

I (Mim), my girls Niamh and Keelin (7), my sister Linda and her son Liam (4 1/2) were lucky enough to have a weekend break in Selsey with Bunn Leisure at the largest of their parks ‘West Sands’. I arrived 45 minutes before our check in time, the reception staff greeted me warmly and checked…

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Maternity Questions Answered

The Working Families helpline team answers your frequently asked maternity questions The charity reports that some commonly reported problems are not a cause for concern – but some are. Some common maternity questions are nothing to worry about and some are. The Working Families helpline team is on hand to explain where you stand on all…

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Parents Paradise Review

This soft play centre has the tag line ‘…because when they’re happy, we’re happy’ and they really do try to cover all the bases in this respect. We spent the morning here on a gloomy May bank holiday and both our 3 year old and 1 year old had a great time. It’s normally closed on Mondays for cleaning…

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Eureka – the national children’s museum Review

On arrival we were amazed by how exciting Eureka! looked through the glass building it was housed in. There was a range brightly-coloured and unusually shaped resources and we were very keen to go in and take a look. The children had a mad 5 minutes whizzing around the activities in the large outside playground as they worked…

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Breast feeding systems full test results

Bottle feeding system chosen: Boots own brand Costs: £1.80 for 125ml standard neck bottle, or £5.50 for a three pack of 250ml bottles including medium flow silicone teats What you get: Available in narrow or wide style with silicone teats Tester: Andrea Mars with Alex and Sam in Lytham St Annes Why we chose this…

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Breast feeding systems full test results

Bottle feeding system chosen: Boots own brand Costs: £1.80 for 125ml standard neck bottle, or £5.50 for a three pack of 250ml bottles including medium flow silicone teats Availability: www.boots.com What you get: Available in narrow or wide style with silicone teats Tester: Andrea Mars with Alex and Sam in Lytham St Annes Why we…

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Healthy pregnancy guide

To coincide with National Pregnancy Week, Tommy’s Campaign has launched a new booklet called Healthy Pregnancy: A guide for parents-to-be. The booklet clearly sets out ten essential points to consider for a happy healthy pregnancy. Tips in the booklet cover a healthy diet, folic acid, food safety, alcohol, smoking, drugs, hygiene, relaxation, antenatal care and…

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National Family Week – dedicated day!

Forget banks – let’s have a day dedicated to celebrating UK families With new research revealing that 83% of the population think we deserve an extra bank holiday dedicated to UK families, National Family Week is calling to get a new national holiday officially added to the calendar. With the UK trailing well behind the…

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Fifi and the Flowertots

Popular pre-school favourite, Fifi and the Flowertots -starring the voice of Jane Horrocks as friendly Fifi Forget-Me-Not – returns to the small screen over the bank holiday weekend from 1st May on Five’s Milkshake! at 8.05am and coming soon to Nick Jr. To celebrate, we have TEN goodie bags to giveaway courtesy of BHL and Chapman Entertainment which…

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