To read about this campaign please click here. This weeks word is ‘cwtch’. As a mum there is nothing more precious than a cwtch from your children. The same thing can be said from a child’s perspective. A cwtch from a parent can help show a child that they’re loved, safe, secure and can make…
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Ty Hafan’s Precious Moments Campaign
Read moreMy husband and I are delighted to share with you the news that we’ve been asked by Ty Hafan to become blogger ambassadors for them. Ty Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers care to children and support for their families, throughout Wales. The work that they do is…
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Are you beautiful or average? How do you see yourself?
Read moreWhen you look in the mirror what do you see? How does your reflection make you feel? Dove have released a new film to inspire women in the UK to reconsider the choices they make about their beauty. A staggering 96% of women do not choose the word ‘beautiful’ to describe how they look. Dove…
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Dettol Baby Blanket Donation Charity Campaign
Read moreDettol have recently launched a new charity campaign called The Dettol Baby Blanket Donation Campaign. With the help of Rachel Stevens, celebrity mum of two and new ambassador of Dettol Anti-bacterial Laundry Cleanser, the Dettol Baby Blanket Donation Campaign was launched to promote the dangers of bacteria on blankets and highlight the shortage of baby…
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Cancer Research UK Campaign For Standardised Tobacco Packaging Products
Read moreEvery year in the UK 207,000 11-15 year olds take up smoking – that’s 570 children every day! Addiction keeps them smoking into adulthood, where it then kills one in two long-term users. Since tobacco advertising became illegal in the UK in 2002, tobacco companies have invested a fortune in branded packaging to attract new smokers. Most…
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Charity Update
Read moreImage courtesy of winnond/Freedigitalphotos.net As most of our blog readers have heard by now, Twin Daddy and I are raising money for two brilliant charities. Cancer Research UK and Bliss. Both charities are very close to our hearts. I have experienced the loss of my mum from ovarian cancer and our twins were born 6 weeks premature and as a result…
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Ban Bounty Reps from Maternity Wards
Read moreOnline parenting website, Mumsnet are calling for Bounty Reps to be banned from maternity wards and I’m supporting their campaign. At 34 weeks gestation, I was booked in for a planned c-section. We were expecting twins and had been told the previous week by our consultant that twin 2 had stopped growing, so we would…