The lovely people at Drusillas Park invited us to the park for the day, with the family for a fun day out. The last time we took our eldest daughter there, she was just shy of two years old. So I was like a kid at Christmas, excited to see how both kids would enjoy the experience. Like many of our countrymen, we are an animal-loving family. Not enough to have a mini-zoo of our [...]

BrightonMums.com spent two hours at Officreche, getting to know the premises and staff who run Brighton’s first co-working space with an on-site nursery. We’ve spliced together a couple of vlogs to give you a taste of what you can expect. Peak inside the Baby Room: More advanced play and development for 2-5 year olds:

For the past few years, around this time, Brighton has seen some serious snowfall. In 2009 Chelle’s daughter arrived home during a blizzard and the following day the family were snowed in. 

BrightonMums.com capture the best of day at Baby Expo 11, Sunday 13th November at the American Express Community Stadium.

I am breastfeeding far more successfully than with my first daughter but when I do manage to express a feed for a rare night out, we’ve been using the MAM anti-colic range of bottles I received in my goody bag at Cybermummy 11. MAM claim easy transition between Mum and bottle and this is certainly the case with my 3 month old daughter who was reluctant to take a bottle when I tried a more [...]

Sunday 13th November is Baby Expo at the Amex Stadium. Almost anyone in the business of providing goods and services for parents or parents-to-be will be there! We like the look of the awesome list of prizes being offered by Parentskool peeps on their stand on the day. First prize is a Parentskool course for one or two people, you can choose to have a private course done in the comfort of your own home [...]

Flash Tarts! (and other party nibbles) Saturday 26th November @ Friends Meeting House, Brighton 2pm – 4pm (2 hours) Party time is coming so why not get the kids helping you to cook some delightfully speedy, easy and showy-offy nibbles? In a word – FLASH! Cookery Doodle Doo will show you and your little ones how to make mini party nibbles that will be popular with guests of all ages; from ‘Mini Cheesecakes in a [...]

Meet Sally Cropper, a doula and placenta encapsulation specialist covering the Sussex coast area. Company name: DoulaCare Website: www.doulacare.me.uk Occupation: Placenta Encapsulation Specialist & Birth/Postnatal Doula Age: 48 Area: Based in Brighton, covering the whole of Sussex Children?: Alice, age 14 Partner?: Richard Are you Brighton / Sussex born and bred?: Born in Cornwall, brought up in Hampshire and lived in Brighton for 16 years now, so apart from a spell in London I’ve always [...]

BrightonMums.com present a fabulous opportunity to win an Indian food cookery lesson for one adult in your own home courtesy of Subji. Indian food has become a part of the British culinary blueprint but did you know that most of our traditional curry houses serve Punjabi food? San, the person behind the Subji cookery class philosophy, gives you the chance to impress your friends, family or that someone special with some authentic Punjabi cuisine. No [...]

  Diddi Dance, the franchise of funky pre-school dance classes for pre-school kids is coming to Brighton this September. We find out all about it from Laura Gardner, who is going to running the classes. Diddi Dance was set up over 6 years ago by professional dancer Anne-Marie Wilkins after she realised a gap existed in the dancing arena that gave opportunities for children as young as 2 to join a structured and fun dancing [...]