Mummy and Me Magazine August 2014 July 2014

What’s inside? Contents Magazine Founder & Director Michelle Thompson WEEKLY LOCAL CLASSES Researchers/Critiques Eden & Bethany Thompson Creative Learning Consultant Alan Bennett Educational Researcher Danielle Furber Special Needs Consultant Anita Harris Artist/Illustrator Ilan Sheady Creative Designer Neil Bennett July 2014 Company Focus - The Baby & Toddler Show - Page 4 Product Highlight - The Raspberry from iCandy - Pages 6- 7 Pregnancy - Pages 8 - 11 Birth & Beyond - Pages 12 - 13 Local Activity Timetable for July 2014 - Pages 14 - 25 Early Years - Pages 26 - 34 Inspirational Families - Pages 35 - 37 Daddy and Me - Commando Dad - Page 38 Kids Page & Reader’s Rogues Gallery - Page 39 Marketing Manager Lee Thompson Sub-Editor - Chester & Wirral Gill Pryce Executive Editor St. Helens & Knowsley Sue Bennett with Water Babies , the UK’s leading baby swim school ✓ Fully qualiﬁed , world class instructors ✓ Award-winning programme classes held... Liverpool, Cheshire, St.Helens and surrounding areas... teach your baby to swim 6 ✓ Saving lives through water conﬁdence and safety skills Many thanks for picking up this July issue of Mummy and Me Magazine! This month celebrates the 1st birthday of Prince George and in this issue we highlight a fantastic treat for any Prince or Princess, available at Harrods, London. My eldest daughter (Eden) recently celebrated her 3rd birthday and experienced this ‘royal’ treatment - it is simply enchanting! Also this issue, we celebrate 15 years of Julia Donaldson children’s favourite ‘The Gruffalo’ and how forests around the country have fantastic Gruffalo trails on offer featuring carved sculptures of the ‘terrible tusked’ beast himself. If you haven’t already done so, please do head over to our facebook page www.facebook.com/mummyandmemagazine for additional tips, advice and information. To join in the fun call 01925 243 643 Photographer & Stylist Elanza Butters Hello lovely readers, At 34 weeks pregnant (as this goes out), I’ve certainly reached the ‘difficult to paint you toe nails’ stage in pregnancy! I’m really looking forward to meeting her now and hope that the birth goes as I would like it. To ensure that your birth goes your way, it is important to write your birth plan and in this issue we give you some tips on how to go about this. teaches babies from birth ✓ Teaching you to Executive Editor North Cheshire Kate Bedding Letter from the Editor waterbabies.co.uk Enjoy your July issue, see you next month! Michelle x

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