Felix stop laughing and being happy! You were pushed forwards this morning.

'Babies Stressed Out By Buggies'

Children made to face away from their carers are more likely to end up anxious adults, the first ever study on the effects of buggies has revealed.Babies pushed in buggies facing away from their parents could suffer lasting psychological damage, scientists claim.

The away-facing babies in the research were "emotionally impoverished", laughed less, talked less and suffered more stress than those facing their parent...........

Dandelion creates the perfect gift for girls - the Pony Pad Playhouse in pink!

Little girls love all things pink & pony and this gorgeous hand crafted playhouse combines both of these favourites, making it the perfect gift this Christmas.

The Pony Pad is made from 100% cotton with embroidered detailing, stable doors and rosettes, creating a world of imagination and pony adventures. The playhouse promotes inventive, active play and fun in a world too often dominated by television and electronic games.

With their very own stable playhouse kids create adventures indoors and out. The Pony Pad makes a beautiful and fun centrepiece for a bedroom or playroom setting or an equally gorgeous outdoor feature. Designed in the UK with a strong focus on added value functionality as well as aesthetics, the playhouse is non flammable making it a safe environment for children to play in and providing parents with peace of mind.

The Pony Pad is erected and dismantled easily and stores away requiring minimal space. Its high quality handmade detailing makes it an ideal gift for children to play, create and dream and is built to last an entire childhood long.

Was your baby a maternity unit miracle?

Baby Lifeline has launched the second ever UK MUM (Maternity Unit Miracles) Awards, calling on mums and dads to nominate the medical staff who helped to save their little bundles of joy. The charity wants to uncover the real-life stories of MUMs from across the country. Baby Lifeline wants to champion the work of dedicated professionals committed to helping those who don't always get the best start in life.
If you had a midwife who went that extra mile, a surgeon whose skill saved a life, a nurse who nurtured a struggling little one, or a whole team effort, we want to hear about it and help mums and dads out there show how much they appreciate the great work of these healthcare professionals Parents who wish to nominate their unsung heroes should log on to www.babylifeline.org.uk for a nomination form.

Caterpillar Music 'First Class Free' Discount Vouchers

Music classes for babies, toddlers and young children.

Captivating activity sessions using music, nursery rhymes, action songs, puppets and percussion instruments. Classes develop vocabulary, social skills and confidence but the main aim is to have fun and develop a love of music in a relaxed, secure atmosphere.

Age group: 0 to 4 years. Classes are split into 2 age groups.

“Caterpillars” – 0 to 3 years.
“Butterflies” – 18 months to 4 years.

Click here to find your nearest Class

Warwick Castle Discount Voucher

Mummyimbored.co.uk has been granted exclusive Warwick Castle Kids go free vouchers.

FESTIVE FAMILY FUN AT WARWICK CASTLE
6 December – 4 January

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise...because Warwick Castle has transformed its castle grounds into a magical Christmas Tree Forest for children to explore.

Featuring up to 600 towering Christmas trees, breathtaking ice effect sculptures and a menagerie of magical creatures, the forest sets the scene for what promises to be Warwick Castle’s best Christmas yet.

Just click and print

Funky Monkey Discounts Vouchers

We now have Funky Monkey 1 Child Goes free Discount vouchers for each site across the UK.

Check out the main site to print yours!

Better Food in Nurseries? Yes please!

Better Food in Nurseries? Yes please! You may have seen a report recently highlighting that many nurseries provide nutritionally poor food for their kids; with a shocking few spending as little as 25p per meal per child. As over 600,000 kids attend nurseries in the UK, Organix thought they’d find out a bit more and have ended up signing a petition calling upon the Government to put in place guidelines which ensure there are clear nutritional standards covering our children’s nurseries, just like there are now in schools. show your support by adding your name - go to www.nurseryfood.org and take a look.

Keith Allens Treasure Island Captain's Blog, London West End

We will be posting a competition soon on mummyimbored.co.uk to win tickets for a family of 4 to see Treasure Island. The winner will also benefit from a free lunch to the value of £80 at the Rainforest Cafe, and your Chiltern train tickets.........So keep popping back to see

Check out the Treasure Island site

mib Posters start going up in train stations....

oooooh!

Join us on Facebook

We now have a 2 pages at face book.

Our mib facebook page

Our mib Group Page

Join both and you won't miss out on anything!

Birmingham Post Business pages!

Warwick Castle sponsor a mummyimbored ad!

Click here for Warwick Castle voucher

6.30pm Chill out time

We watched this for the first time, and no wander Abi uses it for 'chill out time for Felix at 6.30, I very nearly fell asleep myself!

Who thinks of it!

In the Night Garden

Bring on the cheese!!

You may of seen this pic around in local press. It's something they had to do, honestly.

Thats Nick the mib founder, his wife Abi and their two sons Joshua and Felix . Don't they look like an idyllic family, with a token billy goat!! The boy's are ALWAYS sitting still like that when they come into the office as well!!

Felix looks a little confused!

Oh, and Felix does have hair, just very little. Don't worry mate, it will come!! Ahh

Father Xmas is definatley putting this in boys stockings!

These aren't top trumps, they're Plop Trumps, the wickedly funny, hugely scientific, and the tiniest bit gross, new competitive card game, perfect for those of curious mind, of any age. Beautifully photographed, elegantly designed and wittily written, each Plop Trumps deck contains 40 fabulous cards, packed with fascinating pootastic trivia and the most compelling images. After all, who doesn't want to know what a cricket poo looks like? Or just how big and smelly a tiger poo really is?

...Plop Trumps have been carefully written to contain no offensive language and therefore are suitable for inquiring minds of any age (over three years).

You can by them from a great dads site www.dadcando.com

A taster of the new mummyimbored.co.uk Ad Campaign

Look out for our Ad Campaign online and offline from October onwards......

What do you guys think??

Hilarious! It's fact, Huggies are the only nappy to hold throughout the night!

Is it over, anyone, is it over?!

Nearly, just one week left. My wife has been put through it the last six weeks, (that's not her by the way!). She's had the eight year old boy who inspired me to create this website and call it mummyimbored! and the most active 15 month old boy to deal with at the same time, I swear, he should be in the next Duracell advert!

Well done darling, you did great!

3 cheers for the mums, hip, hip........

mib partners Cottages 4 you to provide 5% discount

Cottages4you has teamed up with mummyimbored.co.uk to provide our users with 5% discount when booking any properties featured.

So go on, log on a book now - http://www.chooseacottage.co.uk/partners/MIB/index.asp

We will hopefully be increasing the discount in the near future!

Times like these!

The Times, the UK's largest selling paper last week thought to promote mummyimbored.co.uk, and it wasn't even to do with PR, they just like us!

The Time Aug 13 2008
Web Search -
It reads, "If you are having trouble filling in the last weeks of holidays, the website www.mummyimbored.co.uk is a source for ideas of things to do, from film recommendations to book reviews, as well as information about what's on in your area, with discounts available for entry to certain special events".

This kind of recognition is fantastic for us and just shows after 4 weeks being live that we are on the right track.

Chiltern Railways sponsors mummyimbored.co.uk

Chiltern Railways - winner of 'Passenger Operator of the Year' at the 2007 National Rail Awards and winner of 'Innovative Transport Project of 2008' at the London Transport Awards has seen mib as the perfect partner to get themselves recognised as a Friend of the Family! Chiltern is very family orientated and has various tickets to suit families traveling up and down the Chiltern line which can include various attraction discounts. http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/start/leisure/

Mummyimbored.co.uk will not only be promoting these services, but also a New service to mummyimbored.co.uk coming soon that Chiltern will be the proud sponsor of. Watch this space.......

BBC Breakfast helps us out......

Being bored 'fires children's imaginations'

It's the familiar summer holidays cry: "Mummy, I'm bored."

Research suggests the best answer might be: "Good."

A survey of 293 parents in the UK suggests that a majority - 70% - feel it is important for school holiday time to be filled with planned activities, and 45% worry that they do not do enough.

But research commissioned by the Lego Learning Institute suggests that it is good for children to be "bored" - because they have to start using their own imaginations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2206049.stm

Get your dancing shoes on again folks!!!

Baby Loves disco is about to open it's 4th venue in the UK at the custard Factory in Birmingham.

So get your tickets book asap as it runs out super quick.
You can see what happens there in the YouTube clip bar to your left.

www.babylovesdisco.co.uk

Only a week left to win this fantastic Jungle Gym for your own garden. Enter now on the site.

If your one of the unlucky ones, then go straight to the website and get one ordered, dad will love building it as well. You could get the kids in to help to, great bonding session!!

www.gardenforce.net