Scared of the gym? Then get this FREE one day pass to your local Fitness First gym and see what its all about. It’s a lifestyle choice that could transform you from pregnant Kim Kardashian to pregnant Heidi Klum!

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If you’re wanting to stay in shape while preggers or trying to shed the baby weight, exercise is the best way to do it. Fitness First have over 80 clubs nation-wide and with classes ranging from Spinning to Yoga to Zumba there’s definitely something you’ll like! They also have a range of packages to choose from, each of which includes a voucher for a 40 minute personal training session which you can redeem at any point during your membership. I’ve learnt from experience that it really is better to have a qualified personal trainer tailor make a programme for you so you don’t waste hours doing the wrong thing on the equipment with absolutely no result. Plus they have a membership option where you can access other gyms in addition to you ’home club’ so if you’re away your training schedule doesn’t fall by the wayside. Fitness First offers monthly, 4-monthly and 12-monthly memberships depending on what type of commitment you’re prepared to make.

So don’t be intimidated by the gym – pop into your local Fitness First and take advantage of their one day trial – you never know you may have fun and make a like-minded friend!

Fly away to somewhere exotic and save up to £1 050 per family with the Club Med Summer Sale. With deals from only £79 per night per person you and your family can enjoy the May Half Term break at Off Peak prices.

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Imagine a summer holiday that exceeds all expectations! After a long, cold winter why not treat your family to a family-friendly resort that offers a Children’s Club that lets your kids play, have fun and learn while you enjoy adrenalin pumping activities or kick back and enjoy a cocktail next to the pool. Club Med offers packages to pretty much everywhere in the world – from the Mediterranean and Atlantic Coast to Asia and the Indian ocean so you’re sure to find somewhere fabulous that fits your lifestyle and your pocket.

With deals from just £79 per night per person you can afford an overseas summer holiday but book now some offers end 15 May so book now and be the envy of all your colleagues when you return to work relaxed and tanned.

Get outdoors with this 18" Avigo Breeze BMX bike from Toys R Us. Previously £139.99 Toys R Us are now offering 50% off selected bikes so you pay just £69.99. That’s half price!

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As you may have seen on TV, Toys R Us are offering selected bikes at half price. Included in this awesome sale is this gorgeous pink BMX Style Frame Avigo Breeze bike suitable for 6 year olds and older. It features V System brakes, 18" Wheels with alloy rims, co-ordinated, printed saddle, a handlebar bell and enclosed chainguard. Unfortunately its not available for delivery so when you click and pop into to collect (guaranteed to be in 29 minutes) you can grab a matching pink helmet for just £12.99.

You’ll need to assemble the bike yourself at home but there are full instructions included in the box so if all goes according to plan your little darling should be racing round the skate park on a stable, funky bike in no time. As I have learnt from a previous bike buying expedition, the 18” refers to the height of the bike so even if your daughter isn’t quite six yet, this bike is easy to grow into and highly adjustable. What better way to get out into the gorgeous sunshine this weekend.

I may have a six year old, but I remember exactly how tired I was when she was a six week old. I remember the feeling of my eyes dragging along the ground behind me, the inability to think beyond the weird fog in my head, and the desperate need to lie down wherever I was and just sleep.

So, here are some brilliant tips that will hopefully help you get your little one to sleep in a jiffy!

The sun is shining, prising the last icy fingers of winter from its grip on the great outdoors. Thank goodness. I do not remember having a winter as long as that one before. Starting in August and running all the way through to April.

Normally I don't worry too much about things like vitamin supplements. A good, balanced diet is all any of us need. And there's no clear evidence that we can actually get all the vitamins we need from these supplements anyway.

Right now though I don't want all the vitamins either myself or my children need. What I want is to get a boost, a little bit extra. I think we're all feeling a little run over by the winter of 2012/13.

This is where Seven Seas is hoping its new Haliborange range of vitamins for kids, with their 'softies' appearance and texture, will come in. A much more palatable format, in theory, for children. So do they work?

Right. So as human beings become increasingly focused on oral hygiene and on the various things that can affect it, weirder and weirder devices are appearing on the market to help us out. I got the TePe TongueDetox device in to review because a) I am a sucker for cool oral hygiene stuff and b) this is just too weird.

Just look at the instructions:

Rinse the TongueDetox thoroughly under cold water. Extend the tongue. Place the TongueDetox at the back on the tongue with the thumb grips facing down. Gently press down and pull forward along the surface all the way to the tip. Rinse the TongueDetox under warm water and repeat as necessary.

So, cold water to start, warm water to end, and some pretty serious instructions considering this is a glorified tongue scraper. To review this I started out with an 11am tongue. I had drunk coffee, eaten breakfast, had more coffee, an orange, lots of water and one lovely truffle. My tongue was bound to be a cesspool of germs and bacteria – the cause of bad breath and the formation of plaque on the teeth.

I went to the bathroom and followed the instructions on the card. Right, so before you worry that I am about to go into horrific detail about weird stuff dripping off my tongue scraper I can reassure you. Nothing happened. My tongue just feels, well, rather scraped. I don’t think I feel any different at all.

So what is my verdict? It says it has a mint aroma, I didn’t notice it at all. The two handles make it very easy to use. One scrape does it all and you don’t activate the gag reflex. There is no way to prove that it has improved my breath or sense of taste so I cannot tell you if this genuinely works.

I like it. I like the fact that it makes my tongue feel all tingly, but I probably won’t use it as religiously as I do other oral hygiene products. I like the range of colours and that it takes away germs. I also like the fact that it is made from environmentally friendly materials and costs only £3.35. It gets 7.10, losing points for the fact that the mint is barely detectable and there is no way to prove it works.

Scoot off with an awesome deal from Halfords. The JD Bug Classic 4 Scooter comes in a cool green colour and has been reduced from £59.99 to £19.99, that’s a £40.00 (66%) saving! But hurry, offer is valid for the weekend only and ends tomorrow (Monday).

• Click here for the JD Bug Classic scooter from Halfords

The JD Bug Classic 4 Green Scooter is a superb green coloured scooter that has an extremely light aluminium frame with a quick folding mechanism that means when it’s not in use it can be easily stored away.

For hours of scooting fun the JD Bug Classic 4 Scooter features 5" PU wheels, ABEC five bearings and a safety locking mechanism. It’s made from ultra-light alloy and is quick and easy to fold away, super cool. It’s suitable for kids five years old and over up to a maximum weight of 50kg so don’t let dad or your big brother get hold of it.

Hurry and get this awesome scooter deal before it ends tomorrow!

Thanks to Cinniecat @ HUKD!

Shocking statistics reveal that across the UK, four out of five people wouldn’t know what to do if their baby stopped breathing. The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK), the official charity drowning prevention, are launching workshops nationwide to equip all parents or child carers with the skills that could help them save the life of their child should they encounter a choking or drowning situation.

• Click here to find out more about how you could save your baby’s life

The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK), the UK’s national drowning prevention and water safety charity, is launching Save A Baby’s Life  - a new campaign to reduce these horrible statistics and give parents and others who care for children the confidence to put emergency lifesaving skills into practice if, in the unlikely event, a baby's life is threatened.

Local leisure centres and community groups across the country will be hosting Save a Baby’s Life workshops where trained instructors will cover basic life saving techniques and provide advice on what to do when a baby stops breathing, or how best to deal with a choking or drowning situation. Using a life-like baby manikin, people will learn how to perform basic CPR and first aid as they would in a real life situation.

Don’t miss this opportunity, it’s free and you never know when you might need to know how to save a baby’s life.

Activity Toys Direct has dropped the price on this ace red push around buggy from £54.99 to £24.99. You are saving £30 – around 55% - off the original price which is absolutely awesome. You don’t get free delivery on this, though, so remember to add on another £4.99 to the total price.

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The Step2 red push around buggy is a brilliant way for getting kids to zoot about in the sunshine this summer. It is strong and durable with a removable handle that can be stored beneath the buggy for easy transportation. The buggy includes a seatbelt for extra security and the storage compartment under the hood is brilliant for putting snacks, keys and other such travel essentials.

The buggy is ideal for kids aged 18 months to three years and includes a pretend steering wheel with a honking horn. You can get it in  pink or red apparently, although I am not sure if the deal applies to the other colour.

Thanks to katiexpx at HUKD!

Have you ever looked at something that someone has given you with deep suspicion? This was me when I first received the TePe Angle kit for review. This extremely strange and alien looking product is a box with six, coloured, plastic sticks inside, at the end of each stick is a furry thingamajig that sticks out like an angry caterpillar. These, dear reader, are intended for your teeth…

You are, like me, probably wondering why caterpillars are needed for your teeth. Well, let me tell you. These are interdental brushes that have been designed for easy access and efficient cleaning between the teeth. These are the solution for those of you who just cannot get their heads around dental floss.

The pack contains different colours because each one is a different size. You start with the smallest one and work your way up the sizes to find the one that fits your teeth. You insert the brush between the teeth at the gum level and move it back and forth a few times. Don’t force the brush into anywhere or you can really damage yourself.

I really like the packaging. It is easy to open and you can reseal it so that your brushes stay safely stored. And that’s where the awesome ends. I managed to get my TePe brush in between maybe three teeth. The wire constantly bends and I had to keep straightening it with my fingers – not hygienic! That was the small sizes. The bigger sizes worked and didn’t bend as easily so they are the best of the bunch, but they were not a great fit and hurt a bit.

Then you rinse your TePe Angle under cold water and re-use it. None of them fit snugly between my teeth I’m afraid, but when I did get them to work, they were great. I’d give it a 7/10 for being effective with points coming off for difficulty initially but points regained for ease of use and the angled handle.

Use this Sportbaby promotional code to get cool sporty clothes for active kids.  Sportbaby sells kids and baby swimwear, swim accessories, sun protection, outdoor and ski gear too. The offer is valid for all full priced items on the site.

Click here to use your Sportbaby promotional code

•     Discount: 10% off
•     Promotional code: F&F10
•     Expires: Unknown

To use this promotional code on full price items from Sportbaby go to their website and select your items. After that go to the checkout to use your promotional code F&F10 and get your 10% off. I went to the Sportbaby site and select a Zoggs Neoprene Swim Jacket, a really cute little life jacket for the upcoming summer months. The swim jacket is £19.99 so when I put the code in and got my 10% off it became £18, lovely.

Sportbaby has specially selected high quality, competitively priced items from the most popular ranges of reputable brands. They have kid’s swimsuits, baby swimwear, buoyancy aids, goggles and swimcaps, sun hats and sunglasses from Zoggs, Splash About, Jakabel and Baby Banz. There are waterproof jackets, rain suits and fleeces, snowsuits, salopettes and ski jackets from Kozi Kidz, Hippychick, Trespass and Dare 2b.

For the budding young team supporters they also offer high quality, official England RFU and Premier League Football baby clothes for Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur fans.

I recently got very lucky and managed to get a Skylanders toothbrush set for a measly £1.75. The set has a toothbrush with Gil Grunt on one and Spyro on the other and is an absolute win for parents who have kids that are Skylanders fans. This is one game that has gone absolutely stratospheric.

So, how do you review these, I hear you ask me? Well, we have used one of these toothbrushes for over a month now and so far it has proven to be very robust. It has withstood my daughter’s tendency to chew on the bristles while brushing her teeth without getting too damaged, and it hasn’t developed a serious case of sticky-outy-mad-bristle-syndrome either.

These Skylanders toothbrushes also feature a grip in the middle of the brush with easy hold rubber for little hands.  The one has a bright orange easy hold area and the other has a black one. Both toothbrushes also feature coloured bristles for extra colour fun. They don’t do fancy colour changing features to let you know your toothbrush is about to die, they are way too cheap for that.

I bought my set at Game where they are currently having quite a big sale on cool Skylanders merchandise, but this is not showing online. You can also find them for £1 at some Poundland* stores or you can get them at Amazon* for just over £3.

The only thing that I find wrong with these Skylanders toothbrushes is that they are assuming all Skylanders fans are boys. Both the characters are male and there are absolutely no toothbrushes with female Skylander characters on them. This, I think, is a huge shame and drops the product points down substantially. It is time that manufacturers stopped marketing to boys exclusively when it comes to games. The score was 8/10 but now it is only 5.

Goody, summer is just around the corner and here’s the perfect way to get the kids out into the sunshine. You can get the Delta Double Swing and Seesaw from Smyths Toys for just £44.99! That’s half price as it was previously £89.99, whoopee.

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The Delta Double Swing and Seesaw will provide hours of fun outdoors in the sun. It features two swing seats and a double swing arm with two-seater sky-ride which will entertain up to four children at one time.

The swing set has a safe and robust frame with ground anchors to make sure that it doesn’t move around. Up to four kids can play on it at any one time so hopefully there won’t be too many fights over who gets a go. The swing set is 1.84 x 1.62x 3.3m in size and suitable for kids over the age of three years old.

It can take up to 50kg per seat so watch dad doesn’t get any ideas to join in the fun!

Slendertone and celebrity personal trainer Jarod Chapman along with the help of two fellow bloggers Simply Hayley and The Chap Blog bring you a new fitness video and you can get it on Youtube for FREE, washboard stomach on its way!

• Click here to view the full length video from Slendercise

This year the Slendertone team are introducing a new way to get in shape and finesse the body Mother Nature gave you, The Jarod Chapman Slendercise Sessions (it’s a bit of a mouthful I know but it’ll be worth the effort on the beach this summer).The Slendercise Sessions offer a series of fun and easy-to-follow toning routines, which you can do in the comfort of your own home and they were made with mummy blogger (Hayley) and male grooming blogger (Michael). The first in the series, available now, is Abs.

If you want to have a quick look first click here to go view the teaser video which is less than two minutes long just so you can get an idea of what it’s all about. After that you can set yourself some time to watch the full video and get a proper workout.

These videos of Hayley, Michael and Jarod in action are awesome, please go take a look and get working on that beach body before summer starts!

You can also have a read of how Hayley and Michael found the filming of these videos:
http://simplyhayley.com/blog/i-was-in-a-fitness-video/
http://www.thechapblog.com/2013/03/the-beach-body-you-deserve-coming-to.html

Hello serious bargain from Smyths Toys! This awesome girl’s bike is the perfect bike for pink princesses and is half price. The 12" Pretty Bike was £99.99 but has been reduced to £49.99 so you’ll be saving £50, wow.

• Click here to ride away with this great deal from Smyths Toys*

This is one of those dream bikes for little girls. Not only does it come in a bright pink colour but it also has loads of features that will delight any girl that is ready for her first “big girl” bike. From a safety point of few the Pretty Bike has a steel frame, puncture proof tyres and removable stabilisers. There’s a front mudguard and front and rear calliper brakes, a handlebar pad and a fully enclosed chain guard to protect little fingers.

But let’s face it, that’s not what your little girl cares about. The part she will love is the doll carrier at the back and the glittering handlebar tassels as well as the pretty pink printed saddle.

Don’t miss this one if your little girl is in need of her first bike!

When you become a Mum free time becomes just a distant memory. With errands to run and things to sort out here, there, and everywhere, it’s not very easy to get some time to yourself to relax, de-stress, and stay fit. In fact as a new Mum, or even an older Mum, you can pretty much forget about spending much time at the gym right?

Not only do you have to find the time to get down to the gym, making sure it fits in with all your commitments, you also have to find the money to pay for it, which can be pretty extortionate, especially when there are lots of things your kids are asking for!

Still, exercising is a great way to de-stress and relax, and just help to rejuvenate your body and mind. And how do you fit it into your ever changing schedule? Well that’s why we created GymCube.com.

GymCube.com is a revolutionary new website, the first of its kind to use state of art streaming technology to bring LIVE and On Demand exercise classes straight into your home, office or hotel, on any internet enabled device.

So if you can’t make it down to the gym, or just don’t like the gym, all you have to do is log onto GymCube.com with your smart phone, tablet, smart TV or computer, and then you can be joining in with a massive range of exercise classes and workout videos to suit everyone’s tastes and abilities.

We have leading pre/post natal expert Cherry Baker teaching the highest quality specialist exercises for expecting and new Mum’s, making staying fit and healthy simple and easy during and after pregnancy, and we have top quality dance instructors so you can Strictly Come Wiggle, or Salsacise every week!

And with our extensive Anytime archive section available for our members to catch up with any of our 300+ exercise classes, ranging from circuit training to yoga, to aerobics and Pilates, you don’t need to worry about missing a workout any more because of other commitments! You can just watch a class whenever you want, wherever you want.

We’ve even got some kids dance classes on, to give yourself that little half an hour of free time to yourself, while your child gets some fun and safe exercise, promoting healthy living and eating in the meantime.

The best thing about it? We’re giving you the chance to WIN one of two Annual Memberships to GymCube.com, so you can exercise and keep fit with all our instructors for a whole year!

Register for your free trial by visiting here , and see below for more details on how to enter the competition. Good luck, and happy exercising!

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This is a very fancy, very easy and very expensive toy, but it is one that I highly recommend for parents who are trying to get themselves into a place of fitness and health. At the moment Amazon* have the Polar FT4 heart rate monitor and watch set down from the usual price of £74.50 to £51.82, which is a nice saving of £22.68, and a great opportunity to get this rather cool gadget.

I’m not going to lie, this set takes a bit of getting used to. I keep forgetting to set it up and put it on before I go out for my morning run. This has a lot to do with the fact that my morning run involves my trying to sneak out of the house like a cat ninja and if I don’t keep the Polar close at hand, I can’t wear it.

This device has been designed to show your fitness improving based on your heart rate, shows the calories you are burning, sets up your target zone based on your age, a back light, and a date and weekday indicator. It is also water resistant up to 30m, which is very handy indeed. It is very easy to put on and use – you will need a maximum of ten minutes to programme the Polar FT4 heart rate monitor – although I don’t like the fact that there are so many fiddly components as I keep thinking, “Aargh, I am going to lose this.”  One of the smallest parts is the most vital!

One of the biggest selling points of the Polar FT Heart Rate Monitor is the fact that it tells you when you are training in the fat burning zone so you can moderate your speed or effort to get the most out of your training programme. One of the biggest down sides (and for me this is big when you consider the price) is that it doesn’t tell you the distance you have covered.

The chest strap is comfortable, the watch efficient and easy to use and the water resistance a big sell. It gets 8/10.

Bio-Oil is a fabulous product for stretch marks and scars but it’s normally pretty expensive. At Chemist.net at the moment you can get a 200ml bottle for £12.99. The bottles are normally £20.37 so you’ll be saving a super £7.38.

• Click here for this great deal from Chemist.net*

Bio-Oil is a specialist skincare product that helps to improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks and uneven skin tone. Bio-Oil does this by helping to increase the elasticity of the skin; this makes it harder for new stretch marks to appear. It can also be used during pregnancy to reduce stretch marks before they even form. Its advanced formulation, which contains the breakthrough ingredient PurCellin Oil, also makes Bio-Oil highly effective for numerous other skin problems, including aging skin and dehydrated skin.

For the best results, Bio-Oil should be used twice daily, for a minimum of three months. When you use Bio-Oil there is no need for an additional moisturiser, however, it does not contain a sunscreen factor, so sunscreen should be applied after the Bio-Oil.

Take advantage of a great deal like this, Bio-Oil is fabulous stuff.

I’m not being sexist when I say that in most families it’s mum who bakes the biccies. Or buys them. Many hubbies are awesome in the kitchen, but I’ve found that when it comes to crunchy snacks, it’s mum who has them in the bag. So who makes mum something tasty on Mother’s Day? Well, the kids and dad, of course, so I’ve tried and tested a bunch of EASY biscuit recipes that dads and kids can make together and that are guaranteed not to flop. Well, they didn’t flop for me!

What’s really great about these recipes is that they won’t end up costing you a fortune in silly extras and bits and pieces. Most of these have ingredients that are already in your kitchen, and the others are cheap and cheerful to stock up on. You can also buy in bulk and mum will be delighted to see her fully stocked pantry for those chilly Must Bake days…

Colds and flu. Coughs that keep everyone awake all night. Stuffy noses that hurt and make your eyes water. All these horrible things just make the cold seem worse and the nights darker. So let’s beat those bugs with some simple home remedies that you can whip up right now at home. Some may need a quick trip to the supermarket, but you can do it!