Hope you had a great Easter Holiday.  If you do not have school-age children you should know that London will be over-run the next two weeks with families on term break.  Most drop-in playgroups will be closed.  If you head out to the museums this week, get in the queue by 9:45 and be prepared [...]]]> Hello London-baby readers,

 Hope you had a great Easter Holiday.  If you do not have school-age children you should know that London will be over-run the next two weeks with families on term break.  Most drop-in playgroups will be closed.  If you head out to the museums this week, get in the queue by 9:45 and be prepared for heaving crowds.

Below is a short list of events for children under five years of age, subscribe to London-baby.com to get the rest of the details.

Enjoy the next few weeks of school holidays,

Theatre:

Little Angel: Wednesday, 7th April – Sunday 11th April, 11:00 & 2:00 pm (2:00 & 5:00 pm Friday) Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair ages 3 – 7, baby friendly performance on Thursday 11:00 am. £8

 Unicorn Theatre: Wednesday, 7th April- Saturday 10th April, 11:00 & 2:00 pm, How Cold are my Toes, ages 2 – 7, £10.50, family ticket £30

 Puppet Theatre Barge: Tuesday 6th April – Sunday 18th April, daily 3:00 pm, The Hare and the Tortoise and Other Tales from Aesop. Ages 3+.  Tickets: Children £8.50, adults £10.00

Hands On:

V & A: Tuesday 6th April – Friday 9th April, 10:30 – 12:30 & 2:00 – 5:00 pm Drop-in Design Special: Quilts, Silks and Stories: design a textile panel to be added to the story quilt, no age restrictions, free

 British Museum: Monday 12th April – Friday 16th April 11:00 – 4:00 pm.  Come to the Great Court for a variety of activities. No age restrictions, free 

 Horniman Museum: Tuesday 6th April – Friday 10th April & Monday 12th April – Friday 16th April: Family Art Fun, 11:00 – 3:30 pm; Discovery fro All, 2:00 – 3:30 pm.  All ages, free

 Tate Britain: Tuesday 6th April – Friday 16th April, Art Trolley.  All ages, free

Stories and Songs:

National Gallery: Tuesday 13th April – Saturday 17th April, 11:30 – noon, Magic Carpet Ride, all ages

 London Transport Museum: Tuesday 6th April – Friday 9th April & Monday 12th April – Friday 16th April, 11:00 & 4:30 pm, Sing-along Suburbia. Under fives, free

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 [...]]]> WESTMINSTER VICTORIA CHELSEA NOTTING HILL BELGRAVIA KNIGHTBRIDGE MAYFAIR PIMLICO KENSINGTON PADDINGTON BAYSWATER SOUTH KENSINGTON BLOOMSBURY HOLBORN COVENT GARDEN SOHO MARYLEBONE

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.