The BritMums Blog

When Joanne Mallon decided to write Toddlers: An Instruction Manual, she knew just who to turn to for assistance–her fellow parent bloggers. Combining her own experience with stories from other UK parent bloggers was no easy task but the amazing end product was well worth it! Here Joanne tells us about the experience and adds [...]

Welcome to the next stage of your life, says Sarah Ebner, author of Starting School Survival Guide: everything you need to know when your child starts primary school. If you have a three or four-year-old child (or, if you are impressively efficient, one even younger than that), you need to start thinking about applying for [...]

Our video bloggers are an industrious bunch and their latest topic for your delectation is the humble school lunchbox. From making meals go further to baking an easy apricot loaf to ingenious use of the freezer… “After a busy day at the office, I love nothing more than setting about in the kitchen making delicious [...]

Mum of three Toni Hargis blogs as ‘Expat Mum’, and shares her life as a Brit raising a family in the “strange land of the US of A”. Here, as her eldest reaches a crucial milestone, Toni reflects on her years of raising children.  Having just sent my firstborn, the Queenager, off to college (sob) [...]

It’s been emotional. It’s been quieter. And it’s nearly over. The first week back to school, and for some of our little ones, the first ever week of school, is in the final stretch. BritMums have been, as ever, thoughtful and funny throughout.  BareNaked Mummy reflects on the first week in her post, One Week [...]

 For most of our children, the new school year starts next week. They’re another year older, taller, wider and in need of a full new uniform to replace the too-small, too-stained, too-ragged clothes of last term.  And so, with heavy hearts, BritMums launch into the rigmarole of the new uniform. At least you know you’re [...]

Guest-blogger, Jo Berry, is a film critic and mum of one who runs the website movies4kids.co.uk. Here, she talks about the powerful impact that fear has on children’s enjoyment of films, and how it’s not always the obvious baddie that gets the adrenaline pumping… A few months ago, I had to go to a press [...]

There has been fierce discussion over parenting styles for decades, from before Doctor Spock in the 1970s to beyond Gina Ford in the late 1990s. The debates over the merits of different styles and whether they ‘work’ or not, can be a difficult and emotive topic. Are some styles better than others, from tiger mother [...]

Whether you’re a working mum with a sudden childcare blackhole between 8.30am and 3.30pm, a stay-at-home mum with a sudden increase in household decibels, or one of the many in-betweeners, the summer holidays bring more than their fair share of challenges. So how are you going to face the next six weeks?  Home Office Mum [...]