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Christmas bubbles explained: what are they and what do they mean for families?

The government recently announced that Christmas bubbles will be allowed for the festive period, allowing children, grandparents, aunts and uncles to reunite with one another after what’s been an undeniably tricky year for families. There are a few different…

How to work from home with a nanny (and not feel bad about it)

Working from home has some great benefits; I particularly enjoy the proximity of snacks at all times, the freedom to wear woolly socks, and (of course) the luxury of having a window to stare out of. But there’s also…

How to make Christmas 2020 special for your kids

Thanks to Covid and lockdown, Christmas 2020 will inevitably look different than usual. Although we’ll still be able to indulge in some of our regular festive favourites (Bublé and baubles – a winning combination), there are also a lot…

What does the new Covid vaccine mean for children?

Over the weekend we heard the exciting news that a new Covid vaccine is showing promising results. The new vaccine, created by Pfizer and BioNTech, is one of several options currently being trialled, and initial results suggest that it…

7 tips to keep Covid-secure when having people work in your home

Although many people in the UK have just entered a second lockdown, the government has announced that those who work in other people’s homes (e.g. cleaners, nannies & tradespeople) are allowed to continue under the new restrictions. This is…

How to work from home (when the kids are there too)

Set up a work area you can sneak off to, but accept that this will become the most fascinating part of your home Your children will want to touch every inch of it, steal your Sellotape, rub your blu…

The lockdown habits that will be hard to break

Even in the first week of lockdown, pre-coronavirus norms already felt like they belonged to a different lifetime. “This advert hasn’t aged well,” my husband said, shaking his head as the TV displayed images of people clearly not from…

How to start a new job during a pandemic (with three kids at home)

Since becoming a mum, I’ve been a bit obsessed with how tech can make parenting easier and more fun. Before joining the brilliant Bubble team, I founded an app called Mush, which is a social app for mums with one…

Mind the gap: What’s it like to have three kids over 13 years?

If you’ve have children close together, you’ll be all-too familiar with the goggle-eye look you get when people spot you with bump and a toddler. “Two under two!” they’ll exclaim, the goggle-eye factor increasing if there are multiples involved.…

Lockdown spa: Kitchen scissors, YouTube tutorials and face paint

One new and slightly panicked interest we all have in common since lockdown is DIY beauty and grooming. Within days of being asked to stay home, men were posting photos of their lockdown headshave. Others began to nurture quarantine…

Christmas bubbles explained: what are they and what do they mean for families?

How to work from home with a nanny (and not feel bad about it)

How to make Christmas 2020 special for your kids

What does the new Covid vaccine mean for children?

7 tips to keep Covid-secure when having people work in your home

How to work from home (when the kids are there too)

The lockdown habits that will be hard to break

How to start a new job during a pandemic (with three kids at home)

Mind the gap: What’s it like to have three kids over 13 years?

Lockdown spa: Kitchen scissors, YouTube tutorials and face paint

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