MUMFORCE

FANTASTIC FEMALE – LAURA BUCKINGHAM, AUTHOR OF IT WILL HAPPEN Laura Buckingham is a nurse, mum, author and podcast host.  She had a long and heart-breaking journey to motherhood, enduring 7 pregnancy losses before rainbow baby Albert arrived in March 2019.  Laura had started blogging to help process her thoughts and feelings during some of…

How Lockdown Has Taught Us How To Accept The Way We Look Lockdown has been a strange time unlike any other, and the effects have spilt over into a lot of different areas of our life. Ranging from socialising and work to how we spend our money and time, many of us have turned to…

That’s Montessori: Montessori Play Tips The Montessori Group’s latest findings have identified five key traits that are integral to young children’s development; Independence, Leadership, Problem-solving, Curiosity and Creativity. As a child-led approach to education, the Montessori method actively supports thedevelopment of these traits and encourages children to take on tasks and challenges on their own, helping them to…

THE REALITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND LOCKDOWN We are halfway through Domestic Abuse Awareness Month and with the U.K slowly going back into lockdown, the pandemic has shone a spotlight on children who are living with the daily nightmare of domestic abuse. Calls to my own charity, Strength With In Me Foundation (S.W.I.M) have hugely…

Five Tips to Create a Calming Bedroom for Your Child by Katherine Christopher, Director of K Christopher Interiors Are you looking to re-do your child’s room but don’t know where to start? Maybe you know the design that you like, but you want to make sure it is calming and relaxing for your child too?…

Overcoming relationship issues after having your first baby – Mig Bennett I recently met with a client, Marga, 29, who felt she’d lost all attraction to her partner since the birth of their first child 12 months before. She wanted to talk about the nagging fear that the relationship was over. She’d begun to wonder…

LOSS TRAUMA AND PTSD My first pregnancy almost 18 years ago was such an exciting, wonderful experience – a ‘textbook’ pregnancy. I was fit and well throughout. At 36 weeks I started with stomach pain, which I assumed was due to a curry I’d eaten. This was, however, followed by heavy bleeding. Shock, fear and…

10 Top Tips to Prepare Young Children for the Winter Clock Change Get an extra hour in bed when the clocks change with these top tips for youngsters from Heidi Skudder, The Parent & Baby Coach Top tip:  If you’re worried about the effect of the clocks change on your children – Start to prepare…

Anything can happen over Zoom these days especially in the time of COVID—bra fittings included. It seems counterintuitive to the process, but that’s exactly what I set to find out with Sarah C: Lingerie Fitting & Styling Virtual Bra Fitting. I’m not particularly shy about my body around professionals—it’s their job to get hands-on. (In public is…

Susannah Davda – The Shoe Consultant Susannah grew up in an unconventional household. Her father was a vicar who made shoes for the family as a hobby. She began her career working in shoe shops as a teenager, then studied Footwear Design at university. Susannah spent many years working for footwear brands and retailers, within…