Spook-tacular Halloween Recipes from McKenzie’s

With Halloween quickly creeping up on us, it’s time to get prepared for all things sweet! Looking to wow your neighbourhood trick or treating guests? These delicious and spooky cupcake recipes from McKenzie’s are perfect for all to enjoy! Get… Continue Reading >

5 Mindfulness Tools to Combat Anxiety

Children and young people experiencing anxiety can feel both physical and emotional symptoms  including: racing heart beat rapid breathing being teary and irritable being sweaty and breathless ‘butterflies’ in your stomach pains and discomfort in your body. For some children… Continue Reading >

Bitter is learnt: Introducing children to a new food

Eating is a learned process, and this process starts before birth! Our first journey to new flavours starts in the womb, as we are introduced to sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter flavours through the amniotic fluid. The first 1000 days… Continue Reading >

Creating Calm Environments: The Science Behind Sensory Spaces

Ever noticed that some environments make you and your kids feel stressed? Maybe it’s the mall, the play centre or that stylish but unbelievably noisy cafe around the corner.  Those are busy places with hard surfaces, bright lights and constant… Continue Reading >

Why has my child suddenly stopped eating broccoli?

By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Follow Bayside Dietetics on Facebook Two minutes and 32 seconds into a Man vs. Wild show, Bear Grylls uses his teeth to rip the head off some maggots he’s found inside a dead… Continue Reading >

5 Reasons to Celebrate the Iconic Sophie la girafe toy on her 60th Anniversary

Media kindly brought to you by Sophie la girafe   It’s time to roll out the birthday cake on May 25th, to wish Sophie the giraffe a very happy 60th Anniversary and celebrate her status as the world’s most beloved… Continue Reading >

5 Top Sensory Experiences that can be Achieved within the Home

By stimulating your child’s senses, (touch, smell, taste, vestibular, proprioception, sight and hearing) you are helping them flourish in all areas of development. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and help children to make connections through their senses and the world in… Continue Reading >