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21 June 2024
Kids’ Room Ideas: Transform Your Child’s Space into a Magical Haven – Motherhood Diaries features our tips on rent.com here.
26 May 2021
Have we relied too much on screen time during lockdown? Interview with Tony Livesey on BBC Radio 5 Live
14 February 2021
How are you going to entertain the kids this half term? BBC Breakfast
4 January 2021
Should children go back to school in January 2021? BBC Breakfast Live
4 January 2021
How are you going to handle lockdown and homeschooling? With Eddie Nestor at BBC Radio London
4 August 2020
What’s going to happen when we send our kids back to school in September during the coronavirus outbreak? JVS Show – BBC Three Counties Radio
17 July 2020
How are you going to keep the kids occupied during the summer holidays? BBC Three Counties Radio
9 June 2020
Discussing government’s plans to scrap kids starting school before September. With Emma Meadus of Coppice Valley Primary School on BBC News
5 June 2020
Would you call your son cube? With Danny Walker on BBC Three Counties Radio
30 May 2020
Should kids go back to school on 1 June 2020? Zoom call with John Maguire, Reporter for BBC, Dr. Nighat Arif, Consultant GP, Dr. Chris Smith, Virologist and Branwen Jeffreys, Education Editor for BBC. Aired on BBC Breakfast
27 May 2020
Are mums doing all the childcare work? With Eddie Nestor on BBC Radio London
19 May 2020
Should kids go back to school in June. With JVS on BBC Three Counties Radio
8 April 2020
How to keep your kids occupied during lockdown. With Sarah Walker BBC Berkshire
31 March 2020
How are you surviving the lockdown with Nana Akua at BBC3 Counties Radio
23 March 2020
How are you spending self isolation/lockdown? With Eddie Nestor at BBC Radio London
23 March 2020
Are people acting irresponsibly during COVID lockdown? With Nick Coffer at BBC Three Counties Radio
11 March 2020
Do you let your babies cry it out? With Dan Walker and Sally Nugent at BBC Breakfast
10 March 2020
Should schools close down during COVID crisis? With JVS at BBC Three Counties Radio
05 March 2020
Have you measured your feet? With Eddie Nestor at BBC Radio London
04 March 2020
Is World Book Day about the kids or parents? With Roberto Perrone at BBC Three Counties Radio
14 February 2020
Would you spend a pound on your partner’s engagement ring? With Eddie Nestor at BBC Radio London
30 January 2020
Kids as young as 7 with a mobile phone by their bed – With Roberto Perrone at BBC Three Counties Radio
13 January 2020
Are parental WhatsApp groups meddling too much into children’s primary school lives? With Jim Davis at BBC Radio London
10 January 2020
Is there a problem with breastfeeding in public? With JVS at BBC Three Counties Radio
8 January 2020
Should mobile phones be used in the classroom? BBC Breakfast
7 January 2020
Are you sold a Disney-like pregnancy online? With Nana Akua during the parenting show at BBC Three Counties Radio
12 December 2019
Will changing the label on food entice people to exercise? With JVS at BBC Three Counties Radio
29 November 2019
Is a smartphone addictive? With Oliver Hides at BBC Radio Wales
26 November 2019
List of rules for visitors when visiting your new baby. With Nana Akua during the parenting show at BBC Three Counties Radio
7 November 2019
Radio 5 live with Nicky Campbell – Where is TV going?
16 October 2019
How do you limit screen time with Liz Green on BBC Leeds Radio
10 September 2019
Should school uniforms be gender-neutral? With Nana Akua on BBC Three Counties Radio
5 September 2019
Stop the government from closing our local parks and playgrounds
30 August 2019
Lack of outdoor play facilities in their area has played a role in children’s physical and mental health problems. With Mark Hardy of API Play and Phil Kennedy on BBC Berkshire
30 August 2019
Decline in parks and playgrounds are having an effect on children’s physical and mental health. Interview with Jason Rosam on BBC Radio London.
16 August 2019
What would you do with a spare room in the house when your kids go away to university? With Roberto Perrone on BBC Three Counties Radio
14 August 2019
Social media and kids – damaging their mental health – With Eddie Nestor on BBC Radio London
6 August 2019
How young is too young to dye a child’s hair? With Nana Akua on BBC Three Counties Radio
23 July 2019
Increase in obesity during the summer holidays with Nana Akua on BBC Three Counties Radio
8 July 2019
Are you comfortable enough to wear a bikini after having kids? Interview with The JVS Show on BBC Three Counties Radio
5 July 2019
MEP Protest, learning a second language, obesity and pocket money – Interview with The JVS Show on BBC Three Counties Radio
5 July 2019
How were you disciplined as a child and should school sports days be non-competitive? With Nana Akua on BBC Three Counties Radio
11 June 2019
What time did your parents make you go to bed? Bedtime routine discussion with Nana Akua on BBC Three Counties Radio
14 May 2019
Mental Health Awareness Week – Discussion with Nana Akua on BBC Three Counties Radio about mental health and anxiety issues in parents
26 April 2019
Interview with Jonathan Vernon-Smith at The JVS Show on BBC Three Counties Radio about WHO recommendation of no screens under 2 and 1-hour max up to 5
9 April 2019
Kids wanting to grow up and become YouTubers and Instagrammers
7 March 2019
Quantifying motherhood with Danny Kelly
26th February 2019
Discussing with Jonathan Vernon-Smith whether the pensioner who complained about his neighbour’s trampoline was right in complaining and an invasion of privacy? BBC Three Counties Radio
20th February 2019
Discussing Screen Time with David Foster, Nisha Dogru, Joanne Orlando, and Sally Payne regarding the damage of screen time on our children
14th February 2019
Why our scheduling obsession may be bad news for our kids
8th February 2019
Interview with Claudia-Liza Armah, Leyla Preston, Andy Burrows and Amy Neville from AmyNevFashionDiaries on Instagram banning graphic images of self-harm – Channel 5
6th February 2019
Parenting Show with Nana Akua guests Leyla Preston and Tim Kloss on BBC3 Counties Radio
23rd January 2019
Interview with Anna Williamson, Leyla Preston and Aron Preston (8) on Step2 CAMHS Multi-Family Anxiety Group Sessions – BBC3 Counties Radio – Mental Health Hour
18th January 2019
Interview with Anna Foster, Tony Livesey and Leyla Preston regarding Facebook relaxing its rules around child images on BBC Radio 5 Live
4th January 2019
Interview with Andy Collins and Leyla Preston on Step2 CAMHS program Multi-Family Anxiety Session – BBC3 Counties Radio
4th January 2019
Interview with Mike Sweeney on BBC Radio Manchester about Screen Time and children
4th January 2019
Worry less about children’s screen use, parents told
4th January 2019
Blogger Leyla Preston on the effect of screen time on her children – BBC Breakfast
Watch the video from BBC’s website here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-46756993/blogger-leyla-preston-on-the-effect-of-screen-time-on-her-children
7th December 2018
Blogger behind the blog (Motherhood Diaries)
Read the interview here: https://whattheredheadsaid.com/blogger-behind-the-blog-motherhood-diaries/
18th September 2018
Travel Secrets to Flying with Children
Read the guest post hosted by Skypark Secure here: https://www.skyparksecure.com/blog/flying-with-children/
15th March 2018
Money Talks with Motherhood Diaries
Read the interview here: https://katykicker.com/money-talks-motherhood-diaries/
16th January 2018
Inspirational women: Leyla Preston (Motherhood Diaries) Interview
August 2017
Motherhood Diaries was lucky enough to win Best Parental Guidance Publication – South East England, thanks to tmt Magazine!
23rd May 2017
Ambassador Interview: Leyla Preston
Read the interview here: https://talktomums.co.uk/mumbassador-interview-leyla-preston/
29th June 2016
How to save money on your food bill by buying in season
Motherhood Diaries worked with mySupermarket to encourage users to save money by buying their produce in season. Read the full article here: http://news.mysupermarket.co.uk/2016/06/29/how-to-save-money-on-your-food-bill-by-buying-in-season/
9th October 2015
Ten Wonder Filled Oreo Recipes
Motherhood Diaries was featured in Foodies100 for replicating our favourite ice cream, Vienetta, but, this time with an Oreo twist! Check out the full recipe here: https://motherhooddiaries.com/golden-peanut-butter-oreo-vienetta-wonderfilled-recipe-challeng/
10th April 2014
Top tips for preparing for a new baby
7th April 2014
Preparing for a new baby
It’s true when they say that you can never really be fully prepared for the birth of a new baby, but there are things you can do to help ease the process. Having two baby boys myself, I’ve compiled a list of my ten top tips for preparing for a new baby.
17th February 2014
Mumpreneur profile: Leyla of Motherhood Diaries
What’s your favourite thing about running your own business? Being able to sing to my own tune and pick my own hours (which is barely a few hours in the day at the moment!) But, most importantly, I love how I can create such a personal relationship with my readers and my clients and not have to answer to someone higher up than me. I have always had a problem with working to someone else’s goals (and pocket!), but most of all, I have found it difficult to see how cutthroat and corporate some businesses behave. I vowed, when I started my business, I would always keep to my original plan and never sway from that, which is to offer great quality factual and real opinionated content for free to parents from around the globe on the topics of preconception, pregnancy, labour/birth and parenting. And, as it’s my business, I am free to keep to that mantra without someone telling me something different.
9th January 2014
What you wish you knew before you started online
“I now understand Richard Branson’s mantra that outsourcing is key to your business. I never realised early on how important it was to outsource little projects to people better skilled and qualified to perform that part of your business. I spent a lot of time trying to design my own website from scratch, using WordPress, a platform I’d never used before. I took two years turning my site into a basic running machine. A few months with qualified website designers and they managed to turn my basic site into a magazine! You can’t know/do everything, so utilise freelancers/acquaintances with skills to do the work for you. You save money in the long run and, most importantly, you manage time more efficiently.” Leyla Preston / Motherhood Diaries
19th August 2013
From City Lawyer to Owner of an online magazine!
As part of our continuing series on people who have made inspirational big changes in their working lives, quittingthe9to5 interviewed Leyla Preston. Leyla is the owner and Editor of Motherhood Diaries Global Magazine for Parents. Leyla is a busy mother of two even busier boys; Aron, 2 ½ years, and Aidan, 16 months. When Leyla isn’t feeding, changing nappies or cleaning the infinite mess at home, she is busy working on her magazine, and her law consultancy, L Law Consultancy – no rest for the wicked!
