Welcome to London-Baby, an insider’s guide to affordable London activities and attractions for parents and carers of babies and children under five years old.
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By the time my daughter was born, I had been living in London for two years. I had no family near me and the only friends that I had made were co-workers who, because they did not have young children, seemed to live on a different planet than me after my daughter came along.
We lived in a tiny, central London flat; not being much of a homebody to begin with, my new-born and I immediately set out in October 2005 to discover what London has to offer the under 5’s. I have found this city to be amazingly friendly to carers of small children. In 2007, we moved to a different neighbourhood and I discovered an entirely new part of Central London. Now that our son has joined us in 2009, I can continue to discover London for babies, toddlers and mums with more than one small child.
My reviews are the result of nearly three years of caring full-time for my daughter, and now infant son, in London while also experiencing being a parent travelling to different cities and towns in Europe and North America. This web site is based on all the friendly chats that we have had in playgrounds here in London and elsewhere about destinations and activities for our small children. Further, as a teacher I have accompanied and led groups of children around greater Chicago and London and I bring these experiences to this site.
Having listened to and given so many reviews of these destinations and others, I guarantee they will have exactly the kind of information that you will need for you and your baby and/or toddlers. If you know of new playgroups and classes in your area, please let me know and I’ll add them to the site!
To find local activities, playgroups and great child friendly places, just click on a neighbourhood from the list above to get started.
Hello,
Lovely meeting you today at the pool. Your site is terrific. I had no idea there were so many nearby activities for babies. Perhaps you might consider doing a version for Southfields where we’re moving later this month. I forgot to mention when we met that I also write a mommy blog (such a cliche) for The Faster Times at
http://thefastertimes.com/newmoms/
I look forward to seeing you on the baby circuit. Keep up the good work. -stephanie
Hello, I’ve just found you via the new list of the top 100 parent blogs – and wanted to say how useful your blog seems – if only we still lived in London! But I’ll bookmark it so that when we next come to visit the big smoke I can get some fresh tips from you
Well I’m already a fan of your great blog and I’m just dropping by to say well done on making the list this month x
Just thought I’d update you… Robyn, who runs the great Mayfair library under 5s group is now running the charing cross group (which is currently quite small)… starts at 10:30 on a Monday morning
… and many thanks for giving me ideas of where to head to when i moved to Mayfair a couple of months ago!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! You are making my life so much easier!!!! I just came accross your website, already a big help. Looking forward to this week now.