Four Simple Steps to Introduce Meditation and Mindfulness into your Child’s Regular Routine.

Meditation is a great way to improve both our mental and physical health. It’s a positive way of giving the body and the mind a well deserved rest too. But it’s benefits are not just for adults – children can… Continue Reading >

Teaching Your Kids How to Behave Around Pets

For lots of us, our families started growing when we brought home our first pet, long before the children arrived! Like all cohabiting beings pets and kids need to learn how to live together. Setting the ground rules of how… Continue Reading >

Tips for Fostering a Love of Reading in Your Young Child

Parents work hard to teach their children all manner of concepts and skills to prepare them for school and the world. However, one area not focused on nearly enough is literacy. The sooner and more effectively children learn to not… Continue Reading >

5 tips on how to successfully combine breast and bottle feeding

Provided by Philips Avent Ambassador and midwife, Liz Wilkes   The modern mum is a busy woman and often needs to consider how best she can juggle bub’s feeding needs with her own. The ability for somebody else to give… Continue Reading >

Introducing Solids – How, What, When

Introducing Solids is an exciting milestone for mother and baby and also a period of great learning. Recent changes around recommendations for the introduction of allergies, have resulted in much confusion when it comes to how, when and what to… Continue Reading >

Settling for newborns

When your baby arrives into the world, we think of how cute and tiny they are. With their adorable faces and innocent smiles. It is hard not to marvel at the miracle of life. But many parents are not prepared… Continue Reading >

How to gently decrease milk reliance and increase family foods

By Simone Emery As a children’s nutritionist, Simone Emery works with parents to navigate the infamous fussy eating years of childhood. Today, she shares her best tips on how to wean your child off their dependence on milk and increase family foods…. Continue Reading >

Tips to get Children Excited about Reading

As a teacher I love books. In fact, I love them so much that you could easily mistake me for a Mum who lines up at Aldi each January when the book sale is on and fights her way through… Continue Reading >

Why eggs are no longer the devil!

There are lots of people out there with an opinion on how to introduce solids to your baby. Well-meaning grandmas, celebrity chefs, the random lady down the street. You name it, they have a great plan for what you should… Continue Reading >

Finding Your Mid-Week Dinner Mojo with Fussy Eaters

With a busy pace of life, it’s not hard to feel in a mid-week dinner slump, especially when you have fussy eaters. To make it easier, think about looking at these three mindset-shifts rather than diving into a brand-new recipe… Continue Reading >