Whiteleymums is an online community where you can make the most of the challenges of family life in Whiteley, find out what’s going in Whiteley and nearby, share information, knowledge, experiences and stories of life as a parent in Whiteley and the local area. We aim to provide a friendly platform connecting like minded modern mums with Whiteley in Whiteley.
Lifestyle
Gifted or talented: When is your child’s ability a little too unnervingly advanced?
Mummy, what stops the planets colliding into each other and the sun?” asked my four year old son at 6.30 in the morning. At first, I wasn’t sure whether he wanted me to reply or was waiting for me to declare my ignorance (which to be truthful happens quite a lot). This is not [...]
Locks Heath Indoor Car Boot Sale – 13th April 2012
Locks Heath Shopping Centre Indoor Car Boot Sale On Saturday 13th April 2013 Opens at 9.30 til 12.30 Admission adults 30p children Free Toilets and refreshments available Tables are £10.00 each – need to be pre booked call SJ on 07901 501509 Photo Source
Easter Egg Fun at the Farm
Friday 29th March until Monday 1st April 2013 What better place to celebrate Easter than at the Farm – surrounded by chicks, lambs and bunnies? Join in with the fabulous Longdown Easter trail, which is suitable for the whole family. Search for the clutches of eggs in their special nests hidden around the Farm. Children [...]
Would you like your home featured in a magazine?
Flicking through an interiors magazine is a favourite way to kick back and enjoy a peaceful half-hour. But have you ever wondered just how they find all those properties or, indeed, how to get your own home featured in one of these publications? According to Meon Valley-based interiors and lifestyle writer, Faith Eckersall, it could [...]
Whiteley Entrepreneurs
Whiteley Entrepreneurs: Cupid Cards
Cupid Cards offer beautiful, affordable handmade wedding invitations and stationery. Our personal and efficient handmade service covers Hampshire and the whole of the United Kingdom. How did Cupid Cards begin? The Cupid Cards concept began when I was on maternity leave, from my job as a Graphic Designer. I was expecting my second child, and [...]
Whiteley Entrepreneurs: Interview with the Little Chalk House
With the facilities of the internet, cost of childcare soaring and the opportunities for flexible working conditions, more and more mums (and dads too!) are starting their own businesses from home. Here at Whiteleymums we thought it would be enlightening to interview entrepreneurs in Whiteley to find out what they sell, how they started and [...]
Health and well-being
Do you need to relax? Then why not book a massage for £20?
CT Osteopathy is holding a ‘Friends & Family’ day on Saturday 23rd February. 30min back, neck & shoulder massage or a 30min sports massage for £20 each. Appointments available from 8.30am – 5.30pm. Please contact Claire Austin Thomas to make an appointment on 07843010011, enquiries@ctosteopathy.com or like her on Facebook CT Osteopathy Photo Source
Put your feet first – 20% off of your first appointment with Active Step Podiatry
Our welcoming clinic in the heart of Whiteley offers flexible appointment times, disabled access and free parking. Our Podiatrists are fully qualified and registered with the Health Professions Council and provide a comprehensive range of foot health services that include; Routine Chiropody – Removal of Corns, Calluses, Verrucae Treatment, Fungal Infections and Ingrowing Toenails. Nail Surgery under Local Anaesthetic Nail [...]
Simon Says Child Bereavement Support
Simon Says is the Hampshire charity for supporting bereaved children and young people, helping them to re-adjust to life after the death of someone important in their lives. These children are learning to live with a powerful range of confusing and conflicting emotions, which bottled up, could have damaging consequences in later life, not only [...]
Parenting
5 Steps To Helping Your Child Grow Their Confidence
Some children seem to be born with endless confidence, and others not so much. The world can often be a scary place to a child and children are often more timid than you might realise. So it’s not entirely surprising, that helping your children to be more confident can lead better performance in school and [...]
How to calm the mind of the anxious child
Do you look back on school days as the best years of your life free from complications such as mortgages, threat of redundancy and demanding bosses? From an adult perspective children’s lives seem carefree and easy but for some children this is not the case. Some children find life difficult, scary and challenging; everyday routines [...]
30 things my children have taught me:
To pee really, really fast whilst gripping the door preventing little people leaving. To walk into a room and identify all objects that could be destroyed, used as a weapon or climbed on. To eat one handed (with fork) and really fast To pack a bag in 5 seconds flat and remember nappies, snacks, nappy [...]
Hail the Busy Bag: a refreshing alternative to the electronic babysitter.
Do your children arrive home from school and plonk themselves in front of the electronic babysitter (aka the television) or become animatronic once they are hooked up to the wii or Playstation? Do you wish there was an alternative way to entertain them? Or perhaps you are faced with the prospect of entertaining a [...]
The website every parent needs to know about.
Are you looking for a website to help your off-spring with their homework, explain a theory or concept (such as the Calvin Cycle or the first laws of thermodynamics) to a teenager or want to finally understand algebra that you never understood at school? If this is the case than the Khan Academy is for [...]
Education
Guy Bass – Children’s Author to visit Whiteley Primary School
Guy Bass the award winning children’s author will be visiting WhiteleyPrimary School on Tuesday 12th February. He has written several books aimed at KS2 readers and in 2010 he won the Blue Peter Book Award for ‘Most Fun Book With Pictures’ for Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things and has twice won the Portsmouth Book [...]
Education
6 ways to encourage your children to read
Good literacy skills have profound effects on all aspects of a person’s life for the rest of their life; in terms of career, aspirations, wealth, social standing, self-esteem and even health. Luckily, although we expect our children to acquire this skill by year one research shows that reading is not a one off learnt skill [...]
