Here are some ideas for learning about colours with your toddler: Go on a Colour Toy Hunt! Start with crayons of each colour and have […]
Babies and Toddlers
MMR Vaccine
MMR stands for Measles, Mumps & Rubella (sometimes referred to as German Measles). Vaccines against Measles, Mumps and Rubella are often given together at 15 […]
Babies and Toddlers
10 tips for School Time with your Toddler
Creating a special time (if you are at home or have time in the evenings or weekend) with your toddler to learn about words, numbers […]
Babies and Toddlers
Teaching your child how to swim
You’ve got all your gear ready to go. You’re well rested and so are your kids. Where do you start? Your first visit to the […]
Babies and Toddlers
Potty Training
The most important thing to remember, when potty training, is that it is not a race. Toilet training might take days or months and every […]
Babies and Toddlers
Organising for a Toddler
Adapted from our May Book Club reading – The Toddler’s Busy Book Having various boxes in strategic places all over the house will help keep your toddler entertained […]
Babies and Toddlers
Toddler Tantrums
Screaming, kicking and sometimes biting. Toddler tantrums, if you have not witnessed one, you’ve certainly heard about them. They are the result of the toddler’s […]
Babies and Toddlers
16 Week Injection
The 16 Week injection, as with the 8 and 12 week injections, consists of the following: Immunisation against Diphtheria, Tetanus and acellular or whole-cell pertussis […]
Babies and Toddlers
12 Week Injection
The 12 Week injection, as with the 8 week injection, consists of the following: Immunisation against Diphtheria, Tetanus and acellular or whole-cell pertussis (DTP) and […]
Babies and Toddlers
8 Week Injection
Hesitantly you enter the doctor’s/clinic’s room preparing yourself for your baby’s first ‘shots’…. It is never an easy thing to see your poor baby, which […]
Babies and Toddlers
Baby Choking, CPR, SIDS
A few days ago, a friend of mine had a terrible experience. While she was driving home her son went very quiet. As she was […]
Babies and Toddlers
How long should baby be sleeping?
thelaboroflove.com suggests that your baby should have the following amount of sleep: birth to 6 or 7 weeks: Newborns sleep between 16 and 20 hours a […]
Babies and Toddlers
Introducing Solids
Every parent has a number of magical parenting moments pre-programmed in his or her brain even before the baby is born. Watching your child’s first […]
Babies and Toddlers
Jungle Juice
Jungle Juice!? Yes! You heard right. When I was in hospital, I was given a recipe for making Jungle Juice to increase my milk supply. […]