Celebrity Shoe Auction
The Royal Society of Medicine, One Wimpole St, 

From 7pm

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Moss and Colin Firth are among many celebrities putting their best foot forward this month for a Celebrity Shoe Auction, organised by Small Steps Project. Many of the celebrities will be appearing on the night to show their support for this unique charity (delivering shoes, aid and medical care to children on rubbish dumps all over the world). Tickets £35.00.

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Southern Baby Event & Family Day

Fontwell Park Racecourse

10am-4pm

It is the third exciting year for this show where as well as practical parenting and pregnancy advice you will find a range of competitions (including 'Babyface' & 'Cheeky Chops', a Yummy Mummy picked on the day and Bonkers Daddy on the Bucking Bronco challenge!) as well as fun fair rides, farm and pet animal corners, pony rides and bouncy castles. Free Admission and Free Parking

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The Baby Show

Meet the Baby London team at The Baby Show Earls Court this month. With lots of new and innovative products, big brands and smaller exhibitors, the show is packed full with irresistible products. Make sure you come and find us in the stylish Boutique Baby on stand BB1. We’ll be talking about the magazine, giving out great goody bags and much more! Plus Receive a third off the ticket price! Pay just £13.50 per ticket by quoting our exclusive discount code ‘EC601’.

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Tickets have now gone on sale for the CBeebies Live! ‘Reach to the Stars’ Tour 2012. The popular show will be on at Wembley on Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April, before moving on to other cities around the country. We wanted to let you know early so you could take advantage of this fantastic offer - the first 5,000 tickets are available at a special offer rate of just £10 each. Or why not reach to the stars with the best seats in the house - their limited premium seats have also just released! Click here for more or call 0844 815 0815

BabyExpo

American Express Community Stadium

10am-4pm

A day out for all the family welcoming parents, parents-to-be, young children and extended family members! With a wealth of exhibiting companies for the pregnancy, birth, baby, toddler and early year’s markets alongside parenting experts, play zones, product demos, seminars, children’s activities/entertainers and much more. Admission: £2.50 for tickets in advance, £3.00 on the door.

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Willows Farm Village
Saturday 22 –  Sunday 30 October, 10am-5.30pm

Thousands of pumpkins grow in Willows Pumpkins Patch. Every child who visits this lovely farm during the festival receives a pumpkin.The attraction – which is just by junction 22 of the M25 – (sat nav AL4 OPF) includes a large indoor play area with Woolly Jumper's slides, adventure play and ball pools, Captain Chicken's Egg Dodge and shows in Woolly's Showtime Theatre. 

Admission: Adult £12.95, child £13.95, under-2s go free. Click here for more

A brand new website has launched this month selling designer changing bags we adore - specialising in a range of 9 contemporary and chic styles. Boring baby bags are so yesterday, today is Yippydada! Yippy Whata? I here you ask – Yes Yippydada! The coolest changing bags for the coolest mums with the cutest babies. Prices are from £45.00 - £75.00. Yippydada are offering a HUGE 25% discount!! Simply use the reader offer code London25% at the checkout. (Limited to the first 100 products only and on a first come first serve basis) Visit the website

Angsana Laguna Phuket is a new luxury beach resort in Thailand opening this December. Located in Bang Tao Bay, the resort has a sensational spa, a serpentine pool and a Thai specialty restaurant, Baan Talay, serving fresh seafood.The resort has a dedicated Children’s Club designed as a two-storey tree house, with activities including cooking classes, painting classes, classical Thai dancing and kids spa treatments.There will also be an exclusive ‘Kid’s Café’ on site brimming with nutritional and fun meals.  Contact 

Western & Oriental to enquire (020 7666 1230)

People the world-over have been enchanted by the Harry Potter films for nearly a decade. The wonderful special effects and amazing creatures have made this iconic series beloved to both young and old – and now, for the first time, the doors are going to be opened for everyone at the studio where it first began. You'll have the chance to go behind-the-scenes and see many things the camera never showed. From breathtakingly detailed sets to stunning costumes, props and animatronics. Tickets are now on sale for this unique attraction at Leavesden Studios. Click here for more