Thames Valley Mums Blog is a blog by local mums, for local mums. It is full of practical parenting information, from healthy suggestions for packed lunches to what to do with the kids on term breaks. There is loads of unpractical information as well. And rants. Oh, and did we mention opinions? We are never short of those.
Dads – we’re not trying to leave you out. If you want some insight as to what the heck the mother of your child gets up to during the day and why she hurls the baby at you as soon as you walk in the door and then blurts something about getting your own dinner, continue on…
If you're a stay-at-home-dad or single dad, come on in, you'll get a sympathetic ear.
About the founding contributors:Susanna Scott
Susanna has three children -- all born within a three-year time span. When people hear this their eyes usually widen and say something like “you must be busy!” She has been a working mum and a stay-at-home mum, with some variations in between. After a career in journalism and marketing, she took three years off to reflect on how the heck she went from charging around Europe to charging around the play park. She recently re-entered the workforce, and is pleased that she hasn’t lost as many brain cells as she feared. You can read more at her blog, A Modern Mother.
Charlene
Charlene has four school-age children. She is a chauffeur, a critic and short order cook. She is in constant amazement about why, even with a full-time nanny, she doesn’t have time to answer her email. In a previous life she was a tax accountant with one of the Big Four, at least she thinks that was why she took the train into London each day. The sheer logistics of getting the kids to school and 16 activities per week keeps her on her toes.
Other Contributors
Lucy Cavendish was born in the Home Counties and has spent most of her life working in journalism for the Evening Standard, the Sunday Telegraph, the Observer and the Guardian. She lives in the Thames Valley with her husband Michael and their four children. Samantha Smythe's Modern Family Journal is her first novel. Her new book, Lost and Found is now available! You can keep up with Lucy at Samantha Smythe's Modern Family Blog.
Audrey has been living in the Thames Valley for the past 14, count 'em, 14 years. She is married and has three children, two dogs and four fish. Prior to settling down in the UK, she travelled the world, had cool politically related jobs and completed two masters. You can read more at her blog, Multitude.
Liz is wife to Paul and mother to Lily a gorgeous five-year-old princess and Betty the mad gigantic black Labrador puppy. She loves everything vintage, home decoration, cooking and she hopes to teach myself to sew. She used to be an IT Manager but after 10 years of climbing under desks and wiring parts of computers together, it lost it’s allure! She is now an Internet Marketing Manager and work two days a week, the rest of time is spent on Violet Posy.
Tawny has a nine-year-old daughter and lives in Aylesbury. She is a Guide and Ranger leader, and also a church Treasurer. She is a mother, girlfriend, sister, guide leader, and friend all rolled in to one. You can read her tales at I promise that I will do my best.
Claire Burdett is a journalist and editor who specialises in parenting and family issues, women in business, business mums and work/life balance, ‘grown up’ city breaks and family travel, and food, drink and nutrition. She runs Funky Angel, a web site for WAHM's, and blogs at Over the Kitchen Table.
Coding Mama is a mum, a software developer, an editor, a designer, a wife, a book-keeper, a cook, a personal shopper, a cleaner, and a dog-walker. If you want to find out how she does it all, read her blog, Wahm-Bam!
Anna Colette lives in Henley and works from home as a part-time marketing consultant and copywriter. She is also a part-time mum (or 'shared care' parent) to five year old Ella. You can read more at her blog, Part Mummy, Part Me.
More than just a mother lives in Oxfordshire, and juggles a full-time job, three children in nappies, and a husband. She is new to blogging and loves it.
Home Office Mum resides in West Berkshire. Take one tired mum. Add two small boys. Mix in one manic home business and one long suffering husband. A simple recipe for chaos. Read all about it at her blog. She is also embarking on the Clipper Around the World Race, you can keep up with her at More to Life Than Laundry.
Mummojo blogs at Mummo Mia, where she chronicles the highs and lows of giving birth to a business.
Peggy, originally from France, blogs at Perfectly Happy Mum. And she is, perfectly happy that is. She is mum to two energetic boys and an Antenatal and Postnatal coach.
Kelli Terrington is an Oxford mum and founder of Ox and Cross Publishing, publisher of the Oxford Colouring Book, where all proceeds go to charities that help children.
Whistlejacket is a mum to two boys and in her 30s and lives in Berkshire. She's expecting a third baby at the end of 2009. This has been carefully planned so she can be disorganised at Christmas and have a good excuse. You can read more at her blog, Babyrambles.
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