Have you created your personal profile yet?
If you want to create a personal profile, all you need to do is open your control panel using the tab at the top left-hand side of the screen (just below the white header panel) and then click on the different sections to add / edit information. Hopefully you’ll find completing the sections easy enough, but if you need any help just email support@mummo.co.uk.
You can set a different access level for each section - for example, you might like to make ‘a bit about me’ visible to all Mummo members, but keep ‘where I am today’ for your contacts only and ‘where I’m heading’ private to yourself. It’s entirely up to you.
As they say, “a picture speaks a thousand words”, so if you do nothing else, please consider uploading a photo. It doesn’t have to be a photo of you (although that would be lovely!) - it could perhaps be a picture of you that one of your children has drawn, or just any image that means something to you. It all helps to liven up the site!
Want to feature in the next ‘mummomag’?
If you haven’t already seen it, you might be interested to see a fantastic example (though I do say so myself!) of what we mums can achieve by working together. It’s the very first edition of mummomag, an online magazine created entirely by mums for mums. It was launched on Mothers’ Day 2009 to promote the ‘million mums’ campaign which aims to help prevent women from dying needlessly in pregnancy and childbirth.
We had such fantastic feedback from the thousands of mums who saw the first magazine that we thought we’d do another ... although it’s take us a good six months to summon up the energy! But we’re now planning a second edition to be released on Mothers’ Day 2010, also in support of the ‘million mums’ campaign. If you would like to write an article for inclusion in the magazine, or advertise your business, please get in touch as soon as possible. We’d love you to get involved.
Help us out ... please!
If you haven’t already completed the mummo survey on motherhood, could you spare a couple of minutes to do it right now?! We’re giving 25p to charity for every response, and at the moment the total doesn’t even amount to £25! So please save us from having to write a poxy, embarassingly small cheque and ask all your mum friends to do the survey too. We’re hoping to achieve to raise at least £100 (which means 400 mums completing the survey) and the best bit is that you can have a say in which charity it goes to. Just vote in our poll ...
The three parent family is almost possible. Meddling with nature, or providing hope for those struggling to conceive? Marie Claire online 12/11/09
Apparently, video games can help to alleviate depression! After four weeks of regular game-play on a Nintendo Wii, twenty people suffering from advanced-stage Parkinson’s disease reported significant reductions in feelings of depression. More detail here ...
According to Dr Richard Wiseman, author of ‘The Luck Factor’, optimistic people are better at picking a winner at the races, because they find it easier to tune in to their intuition. Yet another benefit of optimism ..." target="_blank">here ...
Shag bands - would you let your daughter wear them? If you don’t know what they are, prepare to be shocked. Times online 10/11/09
To have another or not to have another? No, we’re not talking about glasses of wine, we’re talking about kids! This article explains why one can be the perfect number, for both the child and the parents! Junior magazine online
Here’s a refreshing alternative to today’s obsession with ‘boutique hotel’ style - designer mum Petra Boase has created a funky, colourful family home that isn’t too precious. Who loves it?! Telegraph online 13/11/09
At last, someone (other than me!) selling the benefits of flexible working. Times online 28/10/09
Yo Sushi! founder Simon Woodroffe talks about his seven meeting rule for aspiring entrepreneurs, and advises being outrageous! Guardian online 12/11/09
An interesting insight into the recent phenomenon that is ‘mummy blogging’ - Times online 01/11/09 and Times online 28/05/09
Fancy bagging yourself an original work of art, possibly (if you’re lucky) a masterpiece, for a mere £40? Head to the Royal College of Art’s Secret 2009 event. Guardian online 13/11/09
Okay, so it’s not exactly news, but it is a bit of frivolous fun - here’s a selection of Dannii Minogue’s X-factor hairdos. Which one’s your favourite?! - Guardian online 11/11/09
Definitely worth a visit this autumn, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the venue for an exhibition of Rob Ryan’s intricate and imaginative paper cut outs and screenprints. He did a wonderful piece to promote the work of the White Ribbon Alliance and the ‘million mums’ campaign
There are times when life seems desperately unfair. Depressing, but don’t we owe it to these amazing people to at least take an interest? Guardian online 11/11/09
Can the UK actually achieve its carbon-reduction target for 2050? Seems unlikely, according to a recent study. Times online 13/11/09
These days, it’s becoming less about ‘me’ and more about ‘we’, according to this article in Psychologies online.
The UK has fallen outside of the top 10 in a world prosperity index, according to a report on thisismoney.co.uk 26/10/09
Women are still earning less than men, but apparently not as much less as before (and check out the comments for some ‘interesting’ views!). Guardian online 12/11/09<
Gordon Brown is in even more trouble, this time over his plans to do away with childcare vouchers. Guardian online 10/11/09. Even women MPs are up in arms about it. Times online 08/11/09
