Natasha Judd

Natasha is a writer, web geek and new mum. After spending eight years in various communications and online project management roles, doing an MA and publishing a novel, she now fits writing in amidst nappy changes, playgroups and catching up on sleep.
18
May

Do Some Good: Volunteer from your iPhone

: Micro-volunteering opportunities available on Do Some Good. You can do such a lot with an iPhone. You can manage your finances, learn how to bake a cupcake, buy and sell on eBay, or whittle away the hours playing Angry Birds. And now, with Orange Mobile’s new application, Do Some Good, you can also use your [More...]
12
May

iMommy: Teaching Kids How to Care for a Newborn

Breakfast time for virtual baby. As a first-time parent, I had a lot to learn after my baby was born.I had to figure out how to change a nappy, prepare for bath time, set up a door bouncer, purée apples and stretch a tiny vest over a not-so-tiny head. Second-time parents, I imagine, have most of [More...]
05
May

Cake Days: The Book vs The App

For Mother’s Day this year, I bought myself the new Hummingbird Bakery recipe book, Cake Days. In the week that followed, I spent whole afternoons drooling over the gorgeous glossy photographs of cakes and cookies, muffins and slices, found within its pages. On April 16, however, I learned that Hummingbird Bakery had also released Cake [More...]
22
Apr

5 Best iPhone Apps For The Royal Wedding

At the end of this month, two university sweethearts will wed. The bride used to be an accessories buyer for Jigsaw and she still makes the best-dressed lists. The groom is a helicopter pilot and also His Royal Highness, Prince William of Wales. The British prince, second in line to the throne, will marry his [More...]
19
Apr

Pregnancy: Week by Week – A month-by-month guide

The ‘weekly’ information for weeks 1–4. Forty weeks. That’s the length of an average pregnancy. For some women, the time flies and they find themselves in the delivery suite before they’ve had time to buy the newborn sleep-suits. For others, dealing with morning sickness and an aching back, it can seem much longer. Whatever her individual [More...]
19
Apr

Babychange: Putting the UK’s Baby Changing Rooms on the Map

Before I had a baby, I used to be able to get ready and leave the house in less than five minutes. [More...]
12
Apr

10 Excellent iPhone Apps For New Parents

So, the baby has arrived. He or she sleeps and then doesn’t sleep, feeds and then won’t feed, cries a lot, requires frequent nappy changes and is a constant source of worry for the new parent. Indeed, as a first-time mum, I often find myself on the phone to my own mother or Googling random [More...]
07
Apr

Tappi Bear All in 1 – Pack 2: Five finger challenges

Count to conduct in Tappi Bear’s Rainbow Band How fast are your fingers? Fast enough to conduct an orchestra? Keep a football in the air? Serve donuts to an increasingly demanding collection of teddies? Put your tapping skills to the test with Tappi Bear All in 1 – Pack 2. [More...]
07
Apr

5 Essential iPhone Apps For Pregnancy

For many women – particularly first-timers – pregnancy can mean nine months of questions and confusion. What’s the best time to conceive? Should I eat this cheese? Will this morning sickness ever go away? From hoping for the positive test to sweating it out in the delivery suite, here are five iPhone applications to help [More...]
24
Mar

HTML Writer: Edit Web Pages From Your iPhone

Creating a new web page with HTML Writer. Have you ever wanted to edit your website when you’re away from your computer? Perhaps you’ve been sitting on the train and seen a sneaky spelling error on one of your pages or you’ve finally decided on a hexadecimal code that would give you the perfect background colour. [More...]