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Update your app (no, seriously!)
Not since the launch of the toastie maker has there been such a huge technological advance... Here at Mush, we think of ourselves as a platform to connect mums to find friends, information and support, and we are proud that 1.5 million friendships have come out of it...
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How to read to your baby
Before we start this article, let's get one thing clear: when you first start to read to your baby, you will probably feel like a tit. You’re going to be doing silly voices and making noises and singing song. It will make you feel ridiculous for a bit, but what the...
Coping with dark nights
The clocks went back a few days ago and if your heart plummeted into your boots as the first dark evening rolled around on Sunday, then you are not alone. I dread it every year. Something about the lack of daylight and the knowledge that we’re now stuck in winter for...
Weird, scary and complicated… but Mush users say sex is BETTER after a baby
There’s no avoiding the fact that having sex again after giving birth is a big deal. In the first weeks, stitches, soreness and nerves can have a huge impact on new parents’ sex lives. Months and even years on, exhaustion, co-sleeping, a loss of libido and lack of...
Where’s a Monster Mush near you?
Are you ready for the spookiest week of meet-ups ever? Throughout the week of Halloween, Mush mums are hosting Monster Mush meet-ups across all corners of the country. Here is a list of some of the spooktakular meet-ups planned. Check into your local Mush group and...
Four things you don’t have time for when you’re a mum (because… children)
From the second they emerge into the world, children have a real knack of taking up all of our waking hours, and plenty of our sleeping ones too. There’s no avoiding the fact that this kinda puts the kibosh on pre-baby indulgences like showering unobserved, hoovering...
Everything you need to know about spring babies
With the news that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry - Duke and Duchess of Sussex - are expecting their first baby in spring 2018, here’s Rachel Tompkins, (mother of a spring baby herself), about what to expect when you give birth at that time of year… Maternity leave...