Author: Jennifer Aldley

I take a particular women’s magazine and have done so since it’s inception back in the 1990s.  It has the usual mix of high street fashion – mostly shown on yong women who are much younger than the average audience…

Grandparents are often left in a quandry these days – to buy the sugary, calorie laden Easter eggs, or to provide healthier gifts for their little poppets.  Most mums, wishing to look super efficient and health conscious, will veer away…

Bringing children up these days is a lot more involved than it used to be – if looking around the news is anything to go by.  Even theyoungest child seems to have their confidence dented pretty easily with just an…

You’d be surprised how excited I can get given the job of buying a present for the newest member of our extended family – a little girl who will be two shortly.  I found the young baby stuff rather tedious…

Ah the wonders of christmas  –  I decided to look at dedicated toy shops for the younger members of my family.  I’d quite forgotten how exciting it can be for an older person who doesn’t normally get involved in the…

There has been much discussion in womens’ magazines and the daily press about the problem of disposable paper and plastic nappies is causing to the planet.  This sort of thing was never considered at all it would seem way back…

For those of us who don’t have babies and children around us all the time, the arrival of a newbie into a family fold can be very exciting.    There are a whole raft of events requiring some toy and game…

Whilst I was pounding away at mmy local ladies’ boutique gym the other day, a couple of young mums entered, intent on getting fit and just enjoying themselves.  They had in tow, their two tiny tots – Together with bag…

I love going in to our local toy shop.  It has become very famous and extremely well respected because it turns out they were the very first reatailer in the UK and possibly the world, to buy and stock a…

The summer holidays are rapidly approaching and there are the usual moans from parents about the cost of entertaining the children.  The toy shops are full of fab hot weather gear like paddling pools and a myriad of play eqipment…