What do you do to ensure your child’s health is on the right track? How do we know if they are getting the right nutrients for growing bodies and eager minds? We have different nutritional Read More
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The responsibilities of being a parent Becoming a parent means taking on a whole lot of new responsibilities. Some embrace these extra responsibilities like a seasoned pro while others (like myself) fumble through like a Read More
It doesn’t take much to get started – just a few basics – and the benefits of passing on a skill to your children they will carry on for a lifetime are priceless. Perhaps you didn’t Read More
Mothers’ groups swear by it and there are recipes flooding the internet on how to perfect it, but is veggie smuggling (the art of hiding veggies in your kids’ food) the way to go or Read More
Summer school holidays and are just around the corner and that means finding ways to entertain the kids. This year, though, it’d be nice to do something with the whole family, wouldn’t it? It can Read More
It’s one thing to admire our children and pat ourselves on the back when they have achieved a milestone or surprised us with their independence, but it’s quite another thing when they mimic a behaviour Read More
Back to school has fallen upon us for 2014 and that means one thing…the return of the school lunch. Love it or hate it, the school lunch is a grind and monotonous chore but the fact is it Read More
There are fun ways to extend play time under the water spray and it’s a great way to include a water game at a birthday party if you don’t have a pool. You can even have the kids Read More
Just like pies and peas or strawberries and cream, kids adore cheese – they’re a match made in heaven. In an efforts to serve the most nutritional diet we can to our kids, adding certain Read More
Fruit squeeze, puree pouches, food bags with a spout – if you have had a child in the last couple of years you will know exactly what I am talking about and you will know Read More
There are two choices when our children take on an undesirable habit. 1. React immediately, nip it in the bud and point out that it is unacceptable or2. Simply ignore in the hope Read More
If you find yourself googling for some school lunch inspiration, there’s no escaping the feeling that the standard has jumped up a notch or two. It seems the day of the plain old vegemite Read More
As another year rolls in, so does the craziness of after-school sports activities. After being cooped up in the classroom, this is a chance for our little ones to run off extra energy while building Read More
If there’s one part of parenting that I seem to ‘come undone’ on, is kids and snacks. You would think after five years I would have it nailed it, but unless you’re prepared to resort Read More
With all the hype and in-your-face marketing about vitamins and supplements for kids these days it’s easy to assume that they are a necessary part of our kid’s everyday diet. Fortifying foods is becoming increasingly Read More