Mum’s genius grout cleaning trick leaves her bathroom walls sparkling clean in seconds

‘I couldn’t believe my eyes’: Mum’s ‘genius’ and VERY simple grout cleaning trick leaves her rental bathroom walls sparkling in minutes A mum has shared how she ‘cracked the code’ on how to clean shower grout   Posting online, she resorted to using bicarb soda mixed with Domestos bleach She said the mixture worked remarkably well … Read more

Health: Anxious mums can pass on their stress to their babies, scientists warn

Anxious mums can pass on their stress to their babies — leaving them with an ’emotional imprint’ that can scar them for life, scientists warn Depression and changeable moods impact 10–20% of expecting and new mums This can negatively impact the mother’s role in their child’s early development German experts studied anxious or depressed mothers’ kids … Read more

Katie Price’s daughter Princess, 13, dutifully pushes her mum’s wheelchair to the hair salon

Katie Price’s daughter Princess, 13, dutifully pushes her mum’s wheelchair to the hair salon before snapping selfies during pamper session By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline Published: 11:34 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 12:46 BST, 4 September 2020 Katie Price treated her daughter Princess to a pamper session on Friday.  The former glamour model, 42, … Read more

Australian mum’s chemical-free trick for removing stains with eucalyptus oil branded ‘revolutionary’

Mum’s VERY simple chemical-free trick for removing stubborn stains with eucalyptus oil is dubbed ‘life-changing’ by hundreds A mother has found an unlikely use for eucalyptus oil as a natural stain remover She posted on Facebook asking how to get permanent marker out of a hoodie Dozens recommended soaking it in the plant oil, then … Read more

Single mums retire on tiny sums compared with other women and men

Single mums are retiring on pensions a third the size of other women’s and an eighth the size of men’s typical retirement pots, new research shows. Before retirement, mothers bringing up children alone are more likely to hold a job than the average adult, but tend to be employed in low-paid part-time roles that fit … Read more

Lockdown drove us to drink! Three working mums shame-facedly reveal their drinking diaries 

Four months of juggling the horrors of home schooling with work and domestic drudgery — with no avenues of escape — has been enough to make many a woman turn to drink. The internet is awash with mums swapping tales of double gins as they struggle through maths lessons and 2pm becoming the new 6pm.  … Read more

Mum’s simple three-step recipe for ‘Dorito-crumbed chicken’ hailed as the homemade dish of the year

Mum’s three-step recipe for ‘Dorito-crumbed chicken’ is hailed as the ‘homemade dish of the YEAR’ by amateur cooks A mother from Melbourne made crispy chicken coated in Doritos in an air fryer She coated strips of chicken in flour, lightly beaten egg and crushed Doritos Then cooked the meat in an air fryer at 180°C … Read more

Teen snuck off on first lads’ holiday to Magaluf behind his mum’s back – and sent her a plane selfie

A crafty teen snuck off on a lads holiday to Magaluf after his protective mum banned him from going – and only admitted his whereabouts with a cheeky plane selfie. Keiran Lindsay, 18, from Saltcoats, Scotland, had booked onto the trip just four days before his eight pals were due to jet off to the raucous … Read more

Mothers and Daughters: Sophie Morgan – ‘I felt guilty that, because of me, Mum’s life changed, too’

How do you turn one of the worst things that could happen into a positive? For TV presenter Sophie Morgan, left paraplegic after a car crash, her mother Carol’s can-do attitude was inspirational Sophie with mum Carol in 2011 Sophie’s story TV presenter and disability rights campaigner Sophie Morgan, 35, lives in London For a … Read more

‘Baby brain’ is only a blip and new mums regain full cognitive function within a year, study shows 

‘Baby brain’ after giving birth is only a blip — with new mothers regaining their full cognitive function within a year — a study has found. Often dubbed ‘Mumnesia’, it is said this phenomenon manifests as increased forgetfulness and absent-mindedness in mothers shortly after giving birth. However, researchers from the US found that it is short-lived … Read more