with designer childrenswear. For more children’s shopping, there are a number of shops in the Dublin outskirts.P Is For Pearl South William St. Tel: 00 353 086 389 3657; www.pearl.ie. A new city centre store that caters well for children clothes and accessories

wonderful day by the seasideThings to do Brighton Toy Museum With over 10,000 toys and models on display and period antique toys, this museum offers hours of entertainment for aspiring Fat Controllers. If your child is a big fan, there is also a shop

. In the centre, there is a zoo and an aquarium, and throughout the city there are winding alleys that lead to quirky shops and tasty tapas bars. The central boulevard, Las Ramblas, leads to the beach and is lined with street performers and toy stalls. You can

GlasgowGLASGOW IS AN energetic, gutsy city whose face has almost been wiped clean of its 19th-century industrial grime. These days, the city houses some of the greatest art collections in Britain, has the biggest shopping centre outside London

, we looked like the only family who had been to Orlando without visiting Mickey, judging by the number of the Disney shopping bags everyone was carrying. With Joe cuddling his cuddly Shamu toy, it sort of felt fitting that in the killer whale