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Helping you through pregnancy, birth and beyond FREE Issue 22 | Christmas 2014 FEATURES Fabulous editorials, real life stories, recipes, health tips and competitions to see you through Christmas FESTIVE FOOD Food & drink recipes and menus to see you through the Christmas holidays PARENTS IN BUSINESS Helping with support, advice and knowledge CHRISTMAS TIME! See our bumper Christmas Gift Guide for the whole family! ADVENT CALENDAR GIVEAWAY 25 FABULOUS PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY EVERY DAY UP TO CHRISTMAS! www.babybuzzmagazine.com | Twitter: BabyBuzz Mag 1 2 www.babybuzzmagazine.com | Twitter: BabyBuzz Mag 04 WELCOME TO THE WORLD A warm welcome to gorgeous li le ones 06 ENTERPRISING MUMS Finance - Ge ng your accounts in order 09 BABY BUZZ MEETS... Billie Faiers for My Babiie’ 10 PARENTS IN BUSINESS Meet the parents behind the brand 23 ROCKET LAWYER Legal advice - Taking in a Lodger 31 THE DADS NETWORK New Dad Books: Viral Blogger Al Ferguson, Releases a Paren ng eBook with a diff erence 8 YOGA BELLIES Create a Whole New You... 14 JO CLIFF, PLATYPUS RESEARCH Keeping The Magic of Christmas Alive 14 SLOW TOY AWARDS Slow Toy Awards Unveiled at John Lewis for 2014! Yikes, can you believe it’s almost Christmas! 15 JM HERBALIST - Q&A Your ques ons answered! How prepared are you, have you started your Christmas shopping as yet? If not, don’t worry - we have an amazing gift 16 MICHELLE ESHKERI - PARENT PARTNER guide for every member of the family from the grandparents Coping with Christmas & young babies/children... to your pets! We’ve also made sure to cater for every budget, 23 THE NEW INTESTACY LAW not all of us can afford the big expensive presents this year - Legal made simple - Rocket Lawyer just remember it’s the thought that counts... 24 BRAUN’S TOP TIPS On surviving colds and fl u this season We have a fabulous issue lined up for our readers this year 27 RUBEN TABARES which includes our spectacular Advent Calendar Bumper The importance of healthy ea ng and exercise Giveaway - 25 days of 25 prizes that will be drawn every day 31 SUZANNE SHAW in the run up to Christmas. We have toys, games, beauty products, vouchers and pushchairs as well as essential baby Bringing a ray of sunshine to Wembley equipment to giveaway to lucky readers - all you have to do 32 KATY HILL AND ZAPF CREATIONS is enter via email for your chance to win. Each prize will be Prepare your child for the arrival of a newborn .. drawn in the evening of that respective day and winners will be notifed via email and social media. We have our fantastic 36 FESTIVE FUN stories, parents in business feature and health tips and advice By Elizabeth Hobson from our many experts. Just remember if you would like me to feature a specifi c subject, just send me an email and I will 32 THE NOMAD CINEMA do my best to research the information for you. The roaming pop-up that gives back.. 38 FESTIVE FOOD & BEVERAGES A me to overindulge All that is left to say is have Merry Christmas and a Happy 39 FESTIVE FOOD AND NIBBLES New Year and we’ll see you in 2015! For the fes ve period Nickie xx 40 THE GREAT ADVENT CALENDAR GIVEAWAY 25 Days of Amazing Prizes to be won Picture Credits: 32 CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDES Front Page Photography Credits: Helen, Owner of Cuddledry For all the Family 69 FASHION FOCUS © Dolgachov | Dreamstime.com - Happy Family With Tablet Pc 82 BABY BUZZ BOOK CLUB Computers Photo | © Martinmark | Dreamstime.com - Christmas Stress 88 FAMILY TRAVEL GETAWAYS Shopping Woman Photo |© Paulmaguire | Dreamstime.com - Driving In Snow Photo | © Skypixel | Dreamstime.com - Human Egg Cell Photo © Warrengoldswain | Dreamstime.com - Healthy Balanced Lifestyle 76 BABY BUZZ PRODUCT REVIEWS Photo | © Martindata | Dreamstime.com - Child With Grandparents The latest products for parents and children Photo | © Lambroskazan | Dreamstime.com - Pregnant Smilling including the best in family cars, baby essentials, Woman With Laptop Photo fashion & lifestyle and books for the family. www.babybuzzmagazine.com | Twitter: BabyBuzz Mag 3 Welcome to the World... 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If you’d like to be featured in this section and give your business a shout out, contact me today: [email protected] It’s a Rollercoaster but it doesn’t have to be the Big Dipper!! Try and plan to have your child settle in properly before you actually start back at work. This will also give you some space to deal with any emotional issues of leaving your child with someone else and before you have to present a ‘fresh face’ in the offi ce. I remember crying my eyes out on the front steps of my offi ce on my fi rst day back after Maternity leave after an emotional Nursery drop off and a stressful commute into London. Make sure you have a back up plan for when the child or At Enterprising Mums, we aim to the childminder is sick....I guarantee this will happen, more than support and inspire each other once, so you and especially your Manager need to be prepared through our networking meetings. for when it does! Do you have relatives or friends nearby who Many of the women we meet tell can stand in? Will you have the fl exibility to work from home at us how diffi cult they found the times? These are all questions to make sure you have covered. transition of going back to work after maternity leave. In this Domes c Rou ne month’s advice column, we give This is the part where the juggling and planning ahead is you some tips on returning to work. essential! Get lunches, clothes, bags, homework, consent forms, library books, PE kits etc etc etc....ready the night before! Do Returning to work after Maternity leave or a career break can everything online, keep lists, plan meals and delegate the chores be one of the biggest transitional roller coasters we take in life. at home. This is the time to ensure your Partner understands How to make this less ‘bumpy’ simply comes down to a number of that, now you are a working parent, domestic chores are not your key things which are underpinned by planning and organisation. sole duty and that its time for them to ‘step up’! Most of all, don’t Time out of the workplace, whether it be 6 months or 6 years can try and strive for 100% perfection at home (or at work for that also often impact your confi dence and self belief. The important matter), because with so much going on it is largely unattainable thing to remember is that you are not alone. It’s very normal to and you will only beat yourself up.