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10 Of The Best Kid Friendly Cafes In Melbourne

May 18, 2010

This fabulous list was compiled by Jolie from Hey Bambini. Hey Bambini is an online review site for baby and child friendly cafes and restaurants. As Jolie says lots of cafe’s: “will say they are “baby friendly” – but are they really?? And do they have a little extra to offer the baby crowd?? You [...]

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Reflections On A New Baby – 12 Months On

March 11, 2010

This will be the last in my reflections posts. Our beautiful baby turned one late in January. In that very quick year he has brought such immense joy to the whole family. It isn’t without sadness that I say goodbye to the first year of his life. Here are some things that I will remember [...]

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10 Things You Can Do For A Mum With A New Baby

January 19, 2010

On Friday, my beautiful fifth child will turn one! I honestly find it difficult to express the pure joy he has brought to me and the whole family. While I do lament that he will soon no longer be a baby, I also look forward to the new stage of life that this will usher [...]

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ecoSTORE Baby Care Pack Winner

November 13, 2009

Thank you to all who entered the eco STORE give away. Congratulations goes to Lize whose comment was number 23. Lize wins the following gorgeous products from ecoSTORE: Baby Shampoo Baby Body Wash Baby Sleeptytime Bath Baby Soap Remember this was the first of the monthly reviews and give aways that I will be doing. [...]

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Reflections On A New Baby – 9 Months On

October 23, 2009

I usually don’t post photos of the children in full, but as he is still so little and while we are in Singapore, you will get to see a few photos of our beautiful baby! He is pictured above enjoying breakfast this morning at our hotel. Yesterday my lovely baby turned 9 months old. As [...]

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Homemade Baby Food Recipes

October 8, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I wrote on the process that I follow for making homemade baby food in bulk. Now that our bub has been eating for a while, he is starting to eat more flavoursome food and I thought I would share a couple of recipes that all 5 of my babies have [...]

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Homemade Baby Food

September 24, 2009

Our beautiful baby has been eating for a couple of months now. I like to make sure the baby has homemade baby food, but with our family schedule, as he can’t eat all the things we do, I don’t have the time to make it fresh daily. I have had great success though with making [...]

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Baby Routine 6 – 9 Months (What Routine???)

September 17, 2009

Many baby books will have suggested routines for what a baby aged 6 – 9 months of age should be doing. They tend to have the routine look a little something like this: Time Activity 6.30ish Breast or bottle feed 8am Breakfast – Cereal or fruit and yoghurt etc 9ish Sleep 11.00ish Breast or bottle [...]

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Introducing Solids To Baby

July 27, 2009

This week our beautiful boy turned 6 months. Up until now he has been exclusively breastfed, but this week we will begin introducing solids to our baby. Each time that we reach this stage of our children’s lives, I always refer back to a great list that I received from my Maternal and Child Health [...]

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10 Tips For Coping With A New Baby

May 12, 2009

Our beautiful little boy is three and half months old now. It is amazing how much you learn with each child. Some of this stuff I wish I knew when I had my first and second children, so I thought I would share some coping strategies for life with a new baby. (1). Enjoy your [...]

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Reflections On A New Baby

March 12, 2009

We are definitely in love with the latest addition to our family. J5 is seven weeks today and I can’t imagine life without him. All stages of a child’s life have their own beautiful and unique characteristics, but for me there is something particularly special about a newborn baby – finally meeting this wonderful new [...]

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Thank You

February 20, 2009

I find it hard to believe that my little baby is already four weeks old! I would like to thank everyone for their lovely comments and emails that I received upon the arrival of our gorgeous son. In my offline world I have been so lucky to have had such a supportive and generous network [...]