{"id":5523,"date":"2012-04-30T10:53:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T09:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=5523"},"modified":"2016-01-05T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:38:52","slug":"join-kidstart-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/join-kidstart-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Join KidStart Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>I don&#8217;t know about you but I love online communities, whether they are about food, fashion, parenting or my very favourite &#8211; everything combined. Over my parenting years I&#8217;ve found them reassuring through pregnancy, fantastically helpful through breastfeeding, sleeping problems and potty training and full of wisdom over everything from childcare problems to toddler tantrums.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/join-kidstart-connect\/share\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5531\" title=\"Share\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Share.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThese days I use them more to connect with other mums, and mostly to get some good shopping and money saving tips in these rough financial times. If you&#8217;re an online community virgin, I can tell you that through these communities I have saved \u00a3300 on car insurance, found out a way to have a holiday on a budget and recently how to make a Peppa Pig birthday cake. 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