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Childhood conditions such as chicken pox, croup, slapped cheek and head lice are among the most commonly searched health terms in the children’s health centre of BootsWebMD.com. Would you like to learn more about how to be prepared to manage these conditions? Join BritMums and Dr Rob Hicks (www.drrobhicks.co.uk) on Thursday 17 May from 13:00 [...]

BritMums was among the bloggers this past weekend at Cybher. Big congratulations to Sian and the entire @CybherUK team for a great event, from the registration and the fab bags onward! It was great to see our former Cybermummy partner Sian with her new endeavor and chat with old friends, as well as bloggers we [...]

The #BGFreeSwim Twitter last week had people chatting about swimming. We heard stories of fun in the water in exotic locations, childhood memories and discussion on the best age for children to learn to swim. We discussed lost socks, the lack of a pound coin for lockers and the need for warmth and flattering lights. [...]

BritMums tends to be apolitical, at least when it comes to political parties. But last week we were part of a roundtable discussion that included Siobhan Benita (pictured), the independent candidate for London mayor. The discussion was about entrepreneurship and role models, a category which – whatever your politics – Siobhan fits in nicely. She [...]

• The #BootsWebMD.com Twitter Chat competition is open to people aged 18 and over who are resident in the United Kingdom. • All tweets with a tip, comment or question about common childhood conditions with the #BootsWebMD.com hash tag will automatically be entered into the competition. Please note each entrant will be entered into the [...]

Many blogs feature sponsored content such as paid posts. Up until recently, many of us may not have realised that those need to be marked as “no follow” links for the benefit of Google, to ensure good ranking and adhere to the search giant’s rules. Our stance, which we included in an article for The [...]

Voting on the BiBs shortlist closes Monday April 30, 2012 at 17:00 BST. Cast your vote for your favourite blogs in 12 categories to celebrate the best of parent blogging in the UK! Use the form below or click onto the webform Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading questionnaire tool.

Families all over Britain will be hitting the water this summer with the British Gas Free Swims programme. (If you haven’t already, claim your free swim now.) Join us on Wednesday 2 May 13:00-14:00 for the #BGFreeSwim Twitter party to share the best thing about getting in the pool for you. Is it the exercise, [...]

Just imagine that every time you shopped – every grocery shop, every time you bought baby supplies or a school uniform or something for yourself – you were benefitting a charity, without costing you more. Take part in our #MumsforGood campaign and you can! We’ve teamed up with Give As You Live, a site that [...]

Sarah Ebner blogs for The Times on School Gate, and has also written The Starting School Survival Guide to help parents and children who are starting school. Here she gives her expert advice on what to do in wake of the announcements about primary school places this week: If you’re the parent of a 4 [...]