You know you live in a great city when you can satisfy your child’s urge to see all things fishy with a trip to the Brighton SeaLife Centre (which, fact finders, is the world’s oldest aquarium). This is where the ‘Octonauts’ and ‘Finding Nemo’ come to life. The newest addition which opened this week is the ‘Rainforest Adventure’…a chance to discover what lives in the swamps and jungles underneath the rainforest canopy…and a chance […]

This weekend saw people flocking from far and wide to Hove Centre for all things vegan and veggie. VegFestUK celebrated everything vegan, from food to clothes, gifts and toiletries. I’m not vegan, but attended because I wanted to sample the food to see whether the negative stereotypes were true that I’ve heard over the years (you know the age-old, ridiculous jokes about vegans only eating leaves and cardboard). I was also interested in the free veggie speed […]

Mother’s Day is this Sunday! Yes, you read that correctly fellow parents - this Sunday!   I had a very panicked man approached me in Waitrose last Friday, red faced and sweating: “Excuse me,” he said “Is it Mother’s Day on Sunday?” Sensing his fear I replied calmly, “No, it’s on 30th March. You’ve got over a week to go.” Relief washed over his face, “Thank god for that!” he replied, and off he went to get his free […]

I never thought I would breastfeed. In fact, I never thought I would have children at all. After a chaotic and ‘adventurous’ early adulthood, I felt that having children looked too much like hard work. The hormones kicked in at about 35. A combination of a ticking body clock, finally being settled and in love with a wonderful man and searching for a bit more meaning in life than my career offered.

Jude Turner is a mum of one living in the Hanover area of Brighton and running her own award winning covered button and vintage business, Jessie Jumbles.

Ruth Habibi is 31 and lives in the Preston Park area of Brighton with her husband and one year old son. She has recently started up TinyTalk Baby Signing classes in Brighton and Hove. Signing with her son she discovered the benefits of him being able to communicate at such a young age, both in terms of knowing what her son wants but also more broadly in opening a window onto how he sees the […]

Before I found out I was pregnant with Busby, Mr H and I used to eat out at least once a week. Food and wine were (and still are) big passions of ours, and sampling the diverse range of restaurants that Brighton and surrounding areas had to offer was one of our favourite pastimes. Fast forward almost two years and here we are, living just outside of Brighton with a 13 month old daughter and […]

Venturing out last saturday we noticed a new supermarket open across from St Peter’s Church. I say we noticed but we have read and tweeted with this ethical supermarket, supported it for months before it opened. It’s called HiSbe (How It Should Be). If you have missed all the fuss then start with why they have wanted this project to get off the ground… ‘at hiSbe we think that putting happiness first is a route […]

Hello and Happy Sunday everyone, My post today is a guided meditation video. So find somewhere peaceful, roll out your yoga mat or a blanket and get ready for some you time, to really relax … Allowing yourself some time to lie down and relax for a few minutes each day can go a looonnnng way. So click HERE for my short video to help you do this. Enjoy!