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Gorgeous pegs that are hand crafted, and have infinite uses:
* party favours
* add to baby shower hampers
* attach clothing to wrap for discreet breastfeeding
* attach baby wrap to your pram
* ideal stocking fillers/token gifts
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Calling all Mums, Dads & Grandparents!!
Harvey Norman PhotoCentre is searching for AUSTRALIA’S BEST BABY OR TODDLER MOMENT.
Get those photo albums out and find that photo of your child or grandchild that warms your heart and makes your smile. It is as simple as logging onto Harvey Norman Photos for your chance to win.
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A $10,000 Education Savings Plan courtesy of the Commonweath Bank
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The winner and 25 runners-up will also receive a copy of The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Happy Baby Cookbook and Kid’s Little Party Cakes, as well as a Harvey Norman PhotoCentre 16"x 16" canvas art of your photograph. Plus, we’ll publish your child’s photo in your favourite magazines.
Don’t miss out - enter your photo, along with a caption describing it, today! Competition closes 22 March 2010.
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es get excited, it is that time again, a YBBG giveaway!
All active members for the month of February 2010 go into the draw to win a $50 Chic Kids Voucher to spend at the internet's most chic baby and children's boutique, Chic Kids
Simply be a registered YBBG user, and be active on the website, it may be as simple as posting a picture, chat in the forum or add your business to our directory... IT IS THAT EASY!
AND there is a BONUS! Invite your friends using the 'invite feature' and for each friend that registers you get another entry.
Best of luck, one lucky winner will be announced early March and contacted via e-mail.
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It is that time of the year again when all the kids are heading back to school. Have you forgotten anything? Well dont worry, Schoolwise.com.au have created a great Back to School Checklist.
You can download a PDF copy from their website by using above of click the link below.
oil for cooking
1 small onion, diced
1 clove garlic
425 g tin tuna in springwater or brine, drained
1 tablespoon tomato paste or pizza sauce
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
100ml cream
1 cup grated tasty cheese
Heat oil & cook onion & garlic until soft. Add tuna, cook for 1 minute. Add sauce, paste & cream. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add cheese, stir through and serve with pasta or rice.
You can quickly locate statistical and contextual information about schools in your community and compare them with statistically similar schools across the country.
The My School website has been developed by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), an independent authority that is responsible, among other things, for publishing nationally comparable data on all Australian schools. ACARA has worked closely with education sectors and partners across the country to develop this website.
The My School website provides detailed information about all the schools in Australia. It uses a new index of student and school characteristics, developed specifically for the purpose of identifying schools serving similar student populations. This enables schools’ results on national tests to be understood in a fair and meaningful way, and enables schools seeking to improve their performance to learn from other schools with statistically similar populations.
By providing extensive information on Australian schools, the My School website introduces a new level of transparency and accountability to the Australian school system.
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Source: NineMSN
Here’s what you need to know about looking after your little one on those hot summer days.
Written by Sara Verge
Feeling hot, hot, hot? Well, if you are, then your baby is too. However, there’s no need to panic at the thought of another sweltering summer approaching. Babies can get stressed by the heat, but coping with summer just means a little extra care and some commonsense to keep both of you cool, comfy and stress-free.
How many layers?
If you’re feeling comfortable in a summer dress or shorts and a singlet top, then don’t bundle up your bub in a long-sleeved grow suit. Parentcraft educator and M&B expert Sharon Donaldson says: "For a newborn baby on a hot day, a singlet and a nappy and a wrap is plenty for them to maintain their body temperature."
If your baby likes being wrapped, make sure you’re using a muslin or light cotton one. When it’s really hot, Sharon advises putting a cloth nappy or small towel over your arm when you’re nursing your baby. This avoids too much sticky skin-to-skin contact and the risk of overheating your baby from your own body heat.
Plenty of fluids
"Babies do dehydrate very quickly,” says Sharon. However, there’s no need to panic, or try to pump bottles of water into your bub in hot weather. If you’ve got a good supply of breastmilk, you don’t need to give water," says Sharon. Instead she recommends short, frequent breastfeeds, as often as every two hours. Make sure your own fluid intake is good too.
As long as your baby has a wee after every feed and is producing six to eight wet nappies a day, there’s nothing to worry about, reassures Sharon.
Spend the hottest part of the day indoors, in the coolest part of the house with a fan going. (Don’t point the fan right at your baby.) If it’s really hot you can put a wet towel in front of the fan to cool the air. If you’ve got air conditioning (lucky you!) watch that the room doesn’t become too cold; 24C–26C is low enough. A tepid bath is another way to keep your baby cool on a very hot day.
Slip, slop, slap
Children’s skin is particularly vulnerable to harmful UV rays. Too much sun when you’re a kid really increases your risk of skin cancer later in life. Cancer Council Australia recommends keeping babies out of the sun as much as possible.
Tips to minimise your baby’s sun exposure:
-Try to organise your day so you can be inside between 10am and 3pm, when UV is most intense.
- Cover as much of your baby’s skin as possible with loose-fitting clothes and wraps. - Protect his face, neck and ears with a broad-brimmed or legionnaire-style hat. - Use a sunshade on your pram or stroller and check regularly to make sure your bub is still in the shade.
- Use a SPF30+ broad-spectrum sunscreen on the parts of his body not covered by clothing – face, ears, hands and feet. The Cancer Council advises there is no evidence that using sunscreen on full-term babies is harmful. (The skin of premature babies may be more permeable because it is not completely developed.) Sunscreens labelled for toddlers and babies contain the same chemicals as ones labelled for adults, but usually have a gentler base and no perfume and so are less likely to irritate a baby’s skin.
Chic Kids has some great Christmas bargains for babies and kids up to five years of age. All toys in Playtime are marked down by 10% plus all past season clothing marked down by up to 30%. And don’t forget to check out the gorgeous new Summer ranges now in store. For further discounts KidStyleFile readers receive an extra 15% off storewide. Check out their website http://www.kidstylefile.com.au for details and the special coupon code.
Sale commences Monday 16th to midnight Sunday 22nd November.
05:30 AEST Fri Nov 13 2009
Source: Nine MSN - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/970582/breastfeeding-strategy-urges-mums-to-ditch-the-bottle
State and Federal governments will today launch a five-year plan to promote breastfeeding as a way to fight obesity and chronic disease.
The Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy will encourage mothers to avoid using the bottle at all for the first six months, in addition to launching a national breast milk bank.
Milk donated from nursing mothers at the bank would be fed to sick or premature babies.
The strategy will also aim to topple the social taboo related to breastfeeding and instead encourage its health benefits.
"The experts all agree that where possible, breast is best for babies and mothers and that every month of breastfeeding is a bonus for babies," South Australia Health Minister John Hill told the Advertiser.
A 2004 study said 92 percent of newborns were breastfed initially but the number had dropped to slightly more than half of babies at the three-month mark.
Breastfeeding has also been shown to reduce the risk of breast and ovarian cancers.