Category: London
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What Happened To Continuity Of Care?
A small pilot scheme aiming to improve maternity care has been axed. It’s left some pregnant women suddenly without the care they were expecting and wondering where to turn now. It also raises questions for maternity services nationwide. It was announced this week that Neighbourhood Midwives is to close. The group operated an NHS continuity-of-care pilot…
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A Day Out With Darwin
Last week was half term. Much needed by everyone. We had a fairly chilled out break, mostly hanging around in our local park, but we did decide to do a proper outing one day. I say outing, but this wasn’t just a fun day for the kids. We visited Down House, the home of Charles…
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Welcome To The New Southwarkbelle
Notice anything different? Well if I’ve managed to do this properly then southwarkbelle.com will now bring you here, my new WordPress blog. I decided it was time to try swapping over as WordPress is easily the main platform for blogs now and I need to use it for my reviews over on Festivalkidz.com. So it’s…
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How To Cope With Living In London
Embed from Getty Images //embed.gettyimages.com/embed/596759703?et=IdX6zFd2TYNUn4IziQp60w&viewMoreLink=off&sig=tx-EtnckGag0EyOdjj4xzKM58AhLBwCanOI8zyNa7oA=&caption=true I have to admit to a little guilty pleasure, the Mumsnet AIBU thread. If you’re not familiar with it, AIBU stands for “Am I Being Unreasonable?” and the answer is quite often yes, yes you really are. This week someone asked “AIBU to wonder how people cope living in London”…
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2014 In Pictures
I’ve deliberately been writing less about my kids on this blog this year, focusing on the health stories and bad science that far fewer “mummy bloggers” write about. I guess I’m finding a niche as all those how to be a blogger posts tell you to. But I’ve really enjoyed putting together a few memories…
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London With A Four Year Old: The Natural History Museum And Beyond
For those who like them, sorry for the lack of science rants recently, if you’re going to blog about people getting complicated stuff wrong you have to put in a lot of time making sure you aren’t also talking out of your own *ahem* and time has been in short supply of late. Today’s strike…
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2013 A Year In Pictures
I did this for 2012 and it turned out to be a post that I came back to many times to remember what was, for us, a very special year. 2013 had a LOT to live up to after the birth of baby M and of course the Olympics in our very own home city.…
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Canada Water Culture Space
It’s all been a little bit serious on the blog of late – so here is something more fun. A lot more fun actually. I have a soft spot for Canada Water. It’s where F and I first shared a flat. A studio so tiny that I had to put most of my belongings into…
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Review: Sea Life London Aquarium
I grew up on David Attenborough documentaries, bug hunts and trips to the safari park. I suspect that’s where my interest in science was originally sparked, and I really hope my girls will come to share this fascination with the natural world. Sadly I’ve heard a few people say that London kids must find all…
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Everybody Be Cool – This Is A School offer
I tried to ignore it, I tried to convince myself that I was cool about it, hey I’m not one of those parents who obsesses about their kid’s primary school place, it’s just primary school! She’ll be fine wherever. But eventually school offers day had to arrive… We actually did ok, E got offered our…
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