Do you love food but hate wasting it? The principle is good since wasted food is wasted resources, money and effort all round, but it can be hard to get on top of this. Here are three ideas to help you tune into your growing family’s food consumption.
Plan your shopping
Planning your meals and shopping is key to cutting down on your food waste. Whether you prefer shopping once a week or...
There are times when you need clean and safe hands but there just isn’t a sink and soap handy. You can almost guarantee that when you’re out and about your baby will decide to fill their nappy after holding on for a couple of days! You'll need a supply of wipes and hand sanitisers - wonderful and hygienic modern inventions.
Wipes are essentially moistened, disposable clot...
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New Zealand has one of the highest rates of child driveway death and injury in the world. Every two weeks a child is hospitalised with serious injuries resulting from a vehicle driving on a private driveway in New Zealand. A further five children are killed annually, on average, in the same way.
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All children get a series of cuts and bruises as they grow and learn about their world. We hope they will be of the minor sort where the pain is reduced by a gentle kiss and sympathy. Some escapades require more attention, like a sticking plaster or ice pack to help with the pain.
If the accident involves broken skin you may need to apply a sticking plaster. Skin needs to be clean and dry for the...
Summer is great for spending time outdoors and enjoying your local environment. It pays to be aware that your little slice of paradise may have the odd unwanted visitor like mosquitoes or wasps. Bites and stings are a natural hazard and most of the time are a relatively rare nuisance and itchy inconvenience. Insects that bite and sting include mosquitoes, ants, wasps, bees, sandflies and fleas....
Everyone loves food at Christmas time – it’s the season for indulgence and the excuse for pure luxury to be enjoyed and shared with family and friends. Here are some ideas of tasty gifts you can make for others. Some ideas have links to recipes on our Babies Club website and for others simply Google or search good sites like foodlovers.co.nz.
Blend olive oil, parmesan, garlic a...
Our friends at ecostore have come up with some thought provoking ideas about cleaning products, what goes into them and how they may affect your baby’s skin. Here’s what they say…
"We understand some of the changes you might be going through as a new parent. (Lots of us at here at ecostore have been there too!) You want to do what's best for your baby but it can be...
Your precious baby’s skin is a protective covering for their body and it needs gentle care to avoid irritation. When it comes to washing clothes you may want to choose laundry products designed for sensitive skin.
Generally ‘sensitive’ laundry products don’t contain synthetic dyes or perfumes as these can irritate delicate skin causing dryness or itchiness. Perfume in p...
As you stock up on commercial cleaning products, do you ever wonder if there’s a different way of keeping your home safe and clean for your growing family? We haven’t always had such a raft of cleaners on offer for every type of mess or smell. There are many cleaning products your grandmother or great-grandmother used which were just as effective as today’s products.
Here are...
If you’ve never taken any interest in advertisements that claim their laundry product will whiten your whites and brighten your colours, that might change now. When you get into cloth nappies (even just for covering your change table), bibs and food stained clothing (yours and your baby’s) you may start to take more interest in these product claims.
Many powder soakers and whitener...
