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Meet the Mumpreneurs : Truly Madley Baby

Julie’s career started early when, aged 16, she left school to work for NatWest bank. After five years there, she left to try to pursue a career in business and joined Keiper Recaro – the car seat manufacturers – where again she worked in finance. She ended up running the accounts department at the tender age of 22 before…

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Congenital heart defects : Julie’s story

Every year in the UK, more than 5,000 new babies are born with congenital heart defects. Forty years ago, only one in five children born with a heart defect survived. Today, thanks to advances in surgery and treatment, four in five children survive. Read Julie’s story Find out more about congential heart disease Sadly, some…

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Announcing pregnancy on Father’s day

If you are pregnant, what better give could you give him on Father’s day! So while you don’t need to crack open the piggy bank and buy a glitzy gift – after all what could be better than being told you’ll be a daddy – there are a few things you can do. First, if…

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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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Travel Planning

You may have happy memories of spontaneous holidays, but now you have a child in tow, you need to be a little more organised! Allow at least six weeks to get a baby passport and four weeks prior to departure for most of the following: You will need to apply for a free European Health…

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Review : Domaine de Dugny Parc in France

Located in the Loire Valley, Domaine de Dugny is the newest addition to the Siblu family of holiday parks spread throughout France, Italy and Spain. Getting there Domaine de Dugny is on the northern bank of the Loire, between Blois and Amboise, and about a 2 hour drive from Paris. If you want to take your car,…

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Books

Foreward from NCT Book of Postnatal Depression: "Anyone reading this [book] who has suffered from postnatal depression will know what a frightening and debilitating illness it is. I myself suffered severe depression when my son Matthew was born nine years ago and although I can’t prevent it happening to others, I can talk about my…

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Making credit cards work for you

Despite numerous interest rate falls, the cost of borrowing on credit cards is still very high. Store cards tend to be particularly expensive with APRs of 31%, and some well known banks are charging over 23%. Transfer your balance to a new card company and you may be able to reduce this rate to an APR of…

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