Our Friends – Fun Stuff, Parenting Advice and Childcare Resources
Fantastic resources for parents and stuff kids will love.
We’re always on the lookout for excellent ideas, products and services that we think parents, kids and childcarers will find useful or simply love. We’ve added a few of our personal favorites below and we’d love to hear what’s important to you. If you have a great website, product or service of your own we’d love to hear from you too. Send us a link by contacting us, or say hi on Facebook or Twitter.
Stuff we just can’t get enough of
Funky Lunch - www.funkylunch.com
Funky Lunch is packed full of goodness with creative eating ideas helping you create unique sandwich designs for all ages. We just can’t get enough. Find out more.
The Mommy Blog - http://themommyblog.net
Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood. We especially love the mommy blog's quote of the day! Find out more.
NowYouKnowAbout - www.nowyouknowabout.com
NowYouKnowABout makes fun films for children about famous people. Not Jordan or Posh Spice, but think Van Gogh, Newton or Columbus. For every film purchased, they give one to underprivileged children. Find out more.
ReallyKidFriendly - www.reallykidfriendly.com
Your guide to how child friendly pubs, restaurants, cafes and days out really are - with opinions and ratings from people who have actually been there with kids! You can search for things to do on a rainy day, find a baby friendly pub, or even some great spots for your child's birthday party. Had a fantastic outing, found a child friendly gem or had a complete disaster? Other parents would love to hear about it! Find out more.
Great sites for parents and mums to be
Beansprog - www.beansprog.com
Beansprog is a new online marketplace for buying & selling new & quality second-hand baby, kids and maternity items. Snap up a great value purchase from a pram to a jigsaw puzzle OR make some money from your outgrown but still lovely kids stuff. Find out more.
Working Mums - www.workingmums.co.uk
Workingmums.co.uk provides access to flexible jobs which can help you gain a better work-life balance, plus offers advice and support for all working mums! Find out more.
ParentDish - www.parentdish.co.uk
A long term friend of FAB. ParentDish UK is about the joy of parenting, providing parenting advice in a friendly and personal tone with plenty of parenting news, reviews and entertainment. Find out more.
Gurgle - www.gurgle.com
We love Gurgles regular emails for each stage of our young ones development. Gurgle in packed full of parenting advice, pregnancy tips, baby names and much more. Find out more.
Mums Like You - www.mumslikeyou.com
The social network enabling mothers to stay connected, share advice and support each other at times when it matters most. Find out more.
What's On 4 Little Ones - whatson4littleones.co.uk
Find local activities for you and your baby or toddler with easy to use search. Full details of hundreds of local classes and groups and plenty of ideas and advice too. Lots of fun 4 for your little ones. Find out more.
What's On 4 School Kids - whatson4schoolkids.co.uk
Find local activities for school age children with our easy to use search. Loads of groups, clubs and classes for your kids - and our own junior Ed updates our Kids Only page especially for them too! Perfect 4 kids that don't stop. Find out more.
What's On 4 Kids Parties - whatson4kidsparties.co.uk
Organise the perfect party for your children with our comprehensive directory of local party entertainers, venues and more. Plus help and ideas with party planning guides. Everything you need 4 your party to succeed. Find out more.
mumandworking - mumandworking.co.uk
Friendly advice and info to help you find a flexible job that really does fit around your family. Real mums tell their story and experts are on hand to answer your questions too. Find out more.
VIVACIOUS MUM - www.vivaciousmum.com
An independent association, community, resource centre and a monthly online magazine for Single Mums. Featuring competitions, pampering evenings, workshops, seminars, picnics and much more. Find out more.
Compaholics - www.compaholics.co.uk
http://www.compaholics.co.uk for loads of great online competitions.
Childcare advice and handy tools
Way2paye - www.way2paye.co.uk
If you need help paying your nanny taxes we recommend Way2paye. They’ll do all the hard work for you calculating your nannies wages and National Insurance. Find out more.
Baby's Days - EYFS Software - www.babysdays.com
An EYFS Software System allowing Childminders and Nurseries to complete all paperwork areas of the EYFS quickly and efficiently. Includes Long & Short Term Planning, Individual Learning Plans, Focused Observations, Daily Diaries and more. Find out more.
Free Ads in the UK – Vivastreet.co.uk
UK’s second largest free classified ads site that will help you find a place to live, can sell your guitar, find a Spanish lesson locally, advertise a service or plan a Saturday night out at a gig just with a couple of clicks!
Find nursery jobs, nanny jobs and other child care jobs across the UK.
Meet Families & Share Childcare Costs.
Helpiammoving.com - www.helpiammoving.com
A Free, independent advice site which aims to point people moving house in the right direction, making life and the whole process of moving as straight forward as possible. Helpiammoving.com offer useful hints & tips, lists of removal companies, packing boxes, checklists, and advice on house moves. Find out more.
betreut24.ch
betreut24.ch is Switzerland's leading search platform for Childcare. It is completely free and you can find a huge selection of babysitters, Nannies, playgroups, tutoring and sports & leisure offers.
www.workingforparents.co.uk
www.workingforparents.co.uk is a jobs board advertising a range of high quality positions to parents (male and female) who require greater flexibility. Working for parents offer a comfortable environment for candidates to search and apply for jobs, in the knowledge that employers who advertise have flexible working policies and a family friendly culture.
www.childmindinghelp.co.uk
http://childmindinghelp.co.uk: "Registered Childminders, Childcare Professionals and Parents - Working together to provide, promote and encourage quality childcare"
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