A guide to different parenting magazines

Having a baby and bringing up children can be an overwhelming experience. There is so much information available that it can be hard to know where to turn. However, just flicking through a parenting magazine can make you realise that you are not alone. There are a variety of publications available that offer help and advice on everything from breastfeeding to fashion.

Something for everyone

This article takes a look at ten parenting family magazines available in the UK. Whether you are a first time mother wanting an environmentally friendly way to bring up baby or a busy mother trying to raise toddlers in the city, there is something to appeal to all lifestyles.

Baby and parenting magazines

Baby London Magazine This is London’s only parenting magazine, available quarterly, and aims to help parents out with articles on how to raise children in a busy city. Child Care This monthly magazine is aimed at childcare professionals delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage. Every issue contains ideas, resources, news and features. Green Parent Published bi-monthly, Green Parent is the UK's leading green lifestyle and natural parenting magazine. It aims to give readers a more balanced and healthier approach to life and parenting. Guide to Pregnancy and Birth Aimed at pregnant women and new mothers with babies up to six months old, this monthly magazine offers advice, real-life stories and fashion to help readers to celebrate their pregnancies. Gurgle Gurgle is a bi-monthly magazine available at Mothercare and Early Learning Centres. It claims to be a fresh and stylish adaptation of the traditional parenting magazine for mothers of babies aged six months up to six years. Junior Junior is a monthly, glossy lifestyle magazine with expert advice on all aspects of child development as well as fashion and interiors features. Mother and Baby This is the UK’s biggest selling baby magazine. It aims to appeal to new mothers by cutting through the excess of baby advice out there and presenting only jargon-free, helpful and insightful advice and articles. Nursery World Published every fortnight, this is the leading magazine for the childcare industry covering education, care, family support and health. Practical Parenting and Pregnancy The magazine claims to be the UK's most trusted authority in all areas of pregnancy, birth, babies and preschoolers. Published every month, it promises to help to solve all your troubles from bawling babies to terrible toddlers and make parenting less stressful. Prima Baby This monthly magazine is aimed at the young expecting mother who may be having her first child and feeling rather overwhelmed by the wealth of baby advice. Written by professionals, it includes a wealth of articles, features and tips on everything which is baby-related.