Name three products you couldn't do without
A Jumperoo – a real life saver though I still find myself humming the music sometimes.
Eco-friendly Naty nappies and wipes - they assuage my conscious every time I wipe!
The Hoop App – a great guide to what’s on locally. I found an experienced ballet master in Clock House and a drama class in Dulwich. I have put the NCT groups on it too!
Anything you wish you'd never bought?
Foam floor tiles which just became a trip hazard and got really dirty quickly.
Where are your favourite local haunts?
Dulwich Picture Gallery do fantastic messy art classes for toddlers. The Chancery pub on Bromley Road BR3: great food, accommodating to kids and they even host monthly comedy sessions you can take your baby to! And 25 minutes away is the Southbank Centre: trains, boats on the Thames and great activities for kids – everything you need for exhausted children and a good night’s sleep.
Any advice to someone interested in volunteering for NCT?
It doesn’t take up too much time and you will be making a real difference to other parents and carers. We recently had to
We'd love to have you on
the team - check out www.nct.org.uk/branches/beckenham-borders/meet-team
for more details about
volunteering
have an online fundraising event to save a local breastfeeding group from closing and the comments and gratitude of the mummies on there really moved me. The support we can provide to all parents is a small but vital thread in the local community and you can easily be part of it just by baking a cake, putting coffee cups out at a group or even just buying a raffle ticket.