Food and recipes
Family-friendly meals
All the ingredients you need for feeding family and friends over the weekend: seasonal food and 2,500 recipes tried and tested by other Mumsnetters, plus tips on food budgeting, a conversion chart, and expert tips from webchats with top cooks and chefs.
Family Friendly
Coming up in 2012
We're hosting our first Family Friendly event so programme members can share ideas and pool effective ways to make workplaces more family friendly. Plus, meet our latest member, Trutex.
Live webchats
John Hayes MP
Education minister John Hayes is our guest on Tues, 7 Feb for a webchat at 11.15am. He wants to get your take on apprenticeships, so if you have any thoughts or questions, please join him.
Campaign of the week
Chatterbox Challenge 2012
The children's communication charity I CAN is launching its annual Chatterbox Challenge this week. This year it's inviting kids to sing songs and rhymes around the theme 'Kids in motion'.
Competitions
Family competitions
Prizes this month include a hamper of French goat's cheese, a family break in Brittany, a £250 M&S gift card, a family camping weekend, a Panasonic digital camera and £250 of Polarn O. Pyret clothes.
Mumsnet Bloggers Network
Meet Mumsnet bloggers
We're featuring new voices, big names and the best blogging around. Peer between the riverboats to find our blogger Spudballoo surrounded by books and pics.
Pregnancy
Need to know
Signs of pregnancy, due date calculator, tests and scans, where to give birth, antenatal health, hospital bag essentials, Braxton Hicks, stages of labour, pain relief, water births, caesareans...
Slow cookers
Delicious recipes
Slow cookers (aka crock pots) are easy to use, economical and make meals with a lovely, rich flavour. Get started with Antony Worrall Thompson's slow cooker chicken recipe.
Learning
Learning outdoors
Learning outside is gaining in importance in primary schools and it's important at home too. Find out why, plus get nine great outdoor learning activity sheets from The Wildlife Trusts.
Relationships
Families, friends, flashpoints...
Our newest content area focuses on relationships and the issues that test them - from minor (chores and childcare) to mighty (affairs and divorce) and the stuff in between - a libido quashed by tiredness...
Family money
Budgeting, saving...
Could you do with getting more of a handle on your finances? Join the club! Thankfully, lots of Mumsnetters have thrifty ways, so we've pulled together some prudent advice.
Parenting teenagers
Living with teens
Parenting teens is a lot like parenting toddlers - food fads, tantrums, weird sleep patterns - but with new, scary stuff like hormones and 'gatherings' thrown in.
Family travel
Family holidays
Planning your summer holiday? Or a family ski trip? Browse our advice and holiday reviews before you book.
Style and beauty
Hair, skin, undies...
We've distilled some of your peerless advice, from finding the right bra and jeans that fit to home pedicures, DIY beauty treatments, fake tan, maternity wear and more.
Work and families
Jobs and childcare
Looking for work after a long-ish break, or returning after maternity leave? We've got info about benefits, rights, childcare, flexible working, plus tips on job applications and interviews.