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Welcome, SITStas about Town!
Well hello there, SITStas. I can hardly believe this day is here. I literally slapped my own face in delight (ouch!) when I got the email announcing my feature day was coming up. For those who still don't know, SITS
Mummy Bloggers head to Bangladesh
Sometimes blogging seems like nothing more than navel-gazing. But most of the time I'm immensely proud of being a blogger and inspired by the efforts of other mums who have taken blogging to the next level. That's why I'm cheering along
Urban Mums in the VIB Lounge
Before launching Babes about Town, I enjoyed discovering other blogs by metropolitan mamas all over the world. One of my favourite finds was Urban Mums, the simple yet super chic blog run by Lindsey. This mum-of-two captures the Big Smoke
Babes about Town on Madame Noire!
Does parenting gross you out? Or have you found it easy to adapt to the many icky aspects of becoming primary poop scooper? Either way, you can probably relate to 7 Habits of Highly Disgusting Parents. It's my debut piece for the
Competition Winners: LolliBop!
I'm excited to announce that we have our winners for the LolliBop Festival competition. The new owner of a Family Ticket for LolliBop is... Mike! Congratulations Mike, I hope you and your family have a fantastic day out. And in our runner-up position,
What’s Burning Wednesday: To smack or not to smack?
I was invited onto BBC London Live 94.9 FM radio the other day to air my views on The Children's Society's latest report about smacking. According to the report, more than two-thirds of Britons think it's okay to give their children
An Audience with Gustafer Yellowgold (& Giveaway!)
Acclaimed kid's act Gustafer Yellowgold is an award-winning, globe-trotting phenomenon. Loved by New York Times and New York magazine critics, the alien sun child is the multi-media creation of Morgan Taylor, a former rock act and self-taught illustrator. We caught
Cybermummy 2010 (Recap)
It was strange walking, or rather staggering (not drunk, just laden with goodies) out of the Cybermummy conference on Saturday to find that it was still light outside. After a full day of panels, schmoozing, coffee breaks, lunch, readings, quiz,
What’s Burning Wednesday: Cybermummy!
We interrupt our scheduled programming of burning issues to focus on a smoking hot event happening this weekend in London. CyberMummy, the UK's first conference for parent bloggers (yup, CyberDaddies will be in attendance) is taking place this Saturday July 3
10 Trophy Mums
While watching highlights of the nail-biting match in which six-times champion Roger Federer struggled to survive on the first day of Wimbledon, Mr. Babe and I decided we knew why. 'It's parenthood,' we concluded. 'The twins have finished him off.' Later
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