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Preparing for baby — stocking the freezer!
With colourful Autumn produce spilling out of our local Farmer’s Market this weekend, I was reminded of this time last year. I was pregnant with an obvious bump on display, and was enjoying the change...
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A pretty times table poster by Lollipop Design
How are your kids’ multiplication skills? We recently sat down with the pretty multiplication poster by Lollipop — a design based upon the ‘wheel’ method of learning tables, which makes it easier for...
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Keeping Christmas Simple — with Simple Matters author Erin Boyle
Meet Erin Boyle, mama of one with another one on the way, friend of Babyccino, and author of both the fabulous blog, Reading My Tea Leaves and the super inspiring book called Simple Matters: living...
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Baby gender, orgasmic births and other unsolicited pregnancy advice
I have always really enjoyed the social aspect of pregnancy. I love that a baby bump seems to break down barriers between people, making it easier for strangers to strike up conversation. Pregnancy...
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Advice on car seats: extended rear-facing
I think Courtney has already written a post on this matter a few years ago but I believe that this is such an important subject and needs to be revisited! Let’s talk about rear-facing car seats. I’ve...
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When to consider speech therapy and other types of educational support
About a year ago my youngest daughter, who was holding a book, turned to me and said, “Mommy, it is really interesting — I can see this letter in my head, but I cannot manage to write it on a piece of...
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Tuesday Tips: the toothbrush ABCs
This is a little tip/trick I learned from Courtney when we were still living in London. Easton and Sara were both tiny little toddlers, playing so sweetly together (if they weren’t pulling each...
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Some thoughts about stretch marks and accepting our ‘imperfections’
Pregnancy-related stretch marks are a genetic reality in my family. My mom, who birthed five babies, has them, as did her mother, and I knew the chances were good that I would get them too. When I was...
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What to name our 5th baby?!?
I have four weeks until our baby is due… and we still haven’t made any firm decisions on names. I am sure we are overcomplicating things and being far too picky, however this being our fifth baby, it...
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Would you let your children watch your birth?
I have always loved the idea of a homebirth — the thought of staying in the comfort and cosiness of my own space, of lighting candles and playing music, of never having to leave my family, of snacking...
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Tuesday Tips: What to pack in your hospital bag
As I wrote last week, we are hoping to welcome our baby at home (there is a big inflatable birth pool in my bedroom as I write this! on the eve of my due date no less!), so I have not even packed a...
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Team Favourites : Best Books for Pregnant Mamas
New life is on our minds at Babyccino both because Spring is in the air, (yay!) and… because we currently have a few pregnant mamas and a newborn on our team. So we wanted to share our favourite...
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One of my rules
One of the reasons I like writing posts for Babyccino is because it gives me a chance to stop and think and analyse my parenting philosophies. So often when I tell my kids to do something and they ask...
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My thoughts on child birth
I was on the phone to Courtney the other night and we were laughing about how people can have such different attitudes towards child birth. There is a world of difference between the hippie town of...
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Tuesday Tips: a pretty plaster for every little pain
Since having children I’ve developed a fun little interest: I pick up cool Band-Aids wherever I find them. Especially when I travel I tend to be on the lookout for new designs. It’s a fun little...
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Team Favourites: Best Newborn Baby Gift Ideas
Do you have a signature newborn baby gift that you always give? Or gifts you’ve received that were just so thoughtful and unique? That newborn baby time is so special — a time for fun and thoughtful...
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Tuesday Tips: some sweet gift ideas for a girl who just got her first period
A little while ago, a reader asked us for some gifting inspiration for the daughter of a friend, who just got her period for the first time. I thought this was such a very sweet and special idea! It’s...
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What to pack in your beach bag
Over the past couple years, we’ve had the hard task of spending lots of time at the beach. : ) Okay, I joke… but the beach did become a central theme of our travels, especially as we discovered our...
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Thursday Thoughts: ‘Read the Room’— advice for kids
I have recently realised that a lot of my parenting philosophies can be synthesised down into a few short phrases or even words. The phrases have changed with the years (I don’t seem to be screaming a...
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‘Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls’— an inspiring book for girls (and boys!)
I was chatting to a friend over the weekend and she told me she recently read an interesting article about raising girls. The article pointed out that when a young girl is showing signs of being...
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