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MEMBERSMEMBERS MAGAZIN MAGAZINE E Winter 2014 • Issue 176 PRAM PERFECTION THE LATEST BUGGIES ROAD-TESTED FOR YOU OFFICE TALK WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE GOING BACK TO WORK PLUS "What I wish I'd known about childbirth" READER OFFER 10% At Scrummy Mummies OFF See inside for details Registered no. 2370573 (England) The National Childbirth Trust wants all parents to have an experience of pregnancy, Registered office: Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace, London W3 6NH birth and early parenthood that enriches their lives and gives them confidence in Registered charity no. 801395 being a parent. MEMBERS MAGAZINE CONTENTS elcome to the winter edition of the magazine – inside you’ll find some fantastic Editor's Letter original features that we hope 3 you will enjoy reading. Since Birth announcements takingW over as editor last spring, the editorial team 3 and I have been working hard to improve your Branch news 4-5 branch magazine. Shopping: buggies roadtested for you 6-7 With this in mind, we have set up a short survey to Branch volunteers help identify exactly what you want to read about 8 Area contacts and how we can improve even more. If you have 8 just a minute to spare, please follow this link and Volunteering fill in our short survey – it will really help our team 9 YOUR STORIES of volunteers make the magazine better than ever: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GNDH793. Back to work 10-11 Local NCT services Inside this issue, you’ll find the best buggies reviewed and road-tested, while real mums talk 12 about their experiences of going back to work. For those of you with one- and two-year-olds, Classic family recipes: tuna pasta bake we also tackle the tears and tantrums associated with toddlerhood and offer some useful 12 Toddler tantrum tips behaviour tips. And don’t miss our regular birth story and mums' perspective on what they 13 wish they had known about childbirth. Breastfeeding drop-in centres 14 I hope you enjoy reading this issue, and look forward to reading your feedback soon. YOUR STORIES Sara's home birth 15 Calendar of events Steph 16-17 Magazine Editor "What I wish I'd known... about childbirth" [email protected] 30 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS If you would like to announce your baby’s birth on the magazine, please email Claire: [email protected] PARENTS' NAME BABY'S NAME BIRTH DATE BIRTH WEIGHT 7lb Abi & Rob Taylor Isabella Juliet 16/09/2014 E Florence Rose 06/09/2014 6lb 13oz arly le Nicola & Sam Hope-Evans a 10lb rni 20/09/2014 ng Malakai while y Sarah & Mickel Mark-Richards o 8lb u 23/09/2014 b oth Rowan Weisen have Clarinda Chan & James Aitken F 4lb 15oz UN 12/09/2014 Dee Kahlon & Rajj Bhardwaj Veda 4lb 13oz & 5lb 2oz respectively Juliette Reilly & Daniel Prowse Elsa and Joely 08/10/2014 7lb 9oz Joanne & Martin Sellars William 24/08/2014 7lb 2oz Doerthe Schwennicke & Markus Vogt Benjamin 10/08/2014 @ 6lb 15oz Th 25/09/2014 e L Scarlett Sophia ittle G Harriet & Mark Rhodes y 8lb 3oz m 16/08/2014 Alexandra Wentworth-Foster & Thomas Edis Isaac William 3.75kg Emilie Philippe & James Holden Olivia 07/10/2014 6lb 3.5oz Alice & Ross Avery Amber Mandalay 17/09/2014 10lb 10oz Kate & Robert Downey-Evans Esme Isabella 31/08/2014 8lb Susannah & Fionn O'Leary Dearbhla Marie 16/09/2014 8.2lb Charlie & Emily McCall Isabel 08/07/2014 8.12lb Simon & Michelle Pinnell Poppy 05/08/2014 7.7lb Arjuna & Rachel Soysa Ashini 09/09/2014 7.8lb Georgina Loader Benjamin 14/08/2014 7lb Adrian & Charlotte Hinds-Parkinson Alexa 06/08/2014 7.1lb John & Sam Shuker Rory 28/08/2014 7lb 6oz Kate & Christian Doherty Benjamin Patrick 18/09/2014 3.47kg Martha & Edd Cross Isla Louise Cross 23/09/2014 9lb 2oz Nicky & Chris Shaw Jessica Amanda 23/09/2014 9lb 3oz Elizabeth & Nick Rothwell Arabella Rose Gwyn 27/06/2014 9lb 8oz Hannah Bujalska & Angus Bujalski Matilda Eleanor Gillian 21/06/2014 7lb 6oz Geri & Matthew Jacks Beatrix Rose 03/06/2014 2.76kg Danielle & Stuart Evans Elizabeth Amy 06/06/2014 9lbs 1oz Anna Roberts & Keith Wootton Zeb Edward Harve 01/06/2014 3.54kg Ourania Vlahos & Jonathan Carson Elena-Louise 04/06/2014 7lb 5oz Evgeniya & Craig Shaw Annabelle Kristine 10/06/2014 7 lb 9.5oz Wayne & Polly Barnes Juno Deborah Barnes 01/09/2014 7 lb 13oz Darrell & Amy McDonald Maya Edrys McDonald 21/09/2014 7 lb 15oz Ross & Liz Poulter Charlotte Anne Poulter 13/09/2014 7 lb 8oz Frank & Sinead Finn Jack James Finn 09/09/2014 8 lb 3oz Jamie & Kasia Wood Alexander Jack Findlay Wood 17/09/2014 7 lb 7oz James & Kate Tucker Molly Rose Tucker 15/09/2014 3.97kg Ryan and Sandy-lee Connolly Luca Ryan 19/09/2014 8lb 6oz Laura & Fraser Robertson Masie Clark 25/05/2014 6lb 4oz Emma & James Healing Alice Mary 16/05/2014 7lb 2oz Angie Shelton & Jonathan Lucas Abigail Isabella 14/05/2014 6lb 15oz Emma & Dominic Hughes Oliver George 19/05/2014 8lb 10oz Ellie & Nigel Cox Lucy Philippa 09/06/2014 3.164kg Laura Civinskalte & Andrey Kelin Grant 09/05/2014 8lb Claire & Nick Pickens William Henry 14/06/2014 7lb 3oz Lucia & Marcus McSorley Jesse John 20/06/2014 8lb 7oz Chantell & James Mills-Callard Rory Sebastian 11/05/2014 6lb 13oz Caroline & Jacob Bridges Arthur Lee Vance 05/05/2014 9lb 9oz Lucy & James Brice Oliver Henry 17/05/2014 3.8kg The Little G Grigoria & Blair Gray Helena Eleftheria 20/04/2014 ym Hampt 7lb 4oz on & T Rebecca & Joe Vandervloet Noah Joseph 21/05/2014 94-102 High S eddington (T 6lb 3oz treet, Hampt el.020 89 Rachel & Peter Griffiths Ben Arthur 13/04/2014 on Hill, TW12 1NY / hampt 77 0099) 7lbs 12oz on_teddingt Sarona Taylor & Simon Burden Sylvie Taylor 07/09/2014 on@thelittlegym. 10lb co.uk Sarah & Jeff Montgomery Evan Brooks 19/08/2014 7lb 8oz Beth Hale & Paul Duggan Elise Rose 01/09/2014 7lb 11oz Susi Ozkurt & James Joyce Jasmine Ceyda Joyce 01/09/2014 7lb 8oz Kelly Morrison & Sam McMulkin Olive May 05/07/2014 8lb 3oz Lisa & Leigh Evans Amelia Caitlyn 25/06/2014 7lb 12oz Stephanie & Richard Felton William Joseph 26/06/2014 3.45kg Sarah & David Clark Bella Mae 09/08/2014 6lb 10oz Cristina & Maurizio Russo Gaia Sophie 17/06/2014 Emilie & Simon Hickman Abigail Marie 27/07/2014 www.thelittlegym.co.uk 3 SARA'S Blog spot NEWS If you haven’t yet come across blogzine Selfish Mother, then log BRANCH NEWS on now. This honest and inspiring ‘mumzine’, created and edited by journalist Molly Gunn invites selected writers to contribute t time of writing it’s a couple of weeks until Christmas, although postnatal courses. Although we haven’t the kind of musings on motherhood that you wouldn’t expect the festivities will probably be a dim and distant memory by the firmed up dates for everything in 2015 find in a parenting book, including ‘My love/hate relationship MEMBER time you receive this magazine! I hope you all had a fantastic time yet, if you follow us on Facebook A with soft play’, ‘When work feels like time off’, And ‘Was COOK, EAT, OFFER with your bumps and little ones, it’s such a magical time of year. it was or Twitter you can stay up to date parenting more fun in the 70s?’. also great to see so many of you at our Family Expo in the autumn, and with the latest information and news. “This isn’t a site about how to look after your kids,” also at all our other events and meet-ups. 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