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My Baby's Better Than Your Baby!

Permalink 30/03/11 06:36, by Tikal, Categories: Babies, Parenting , Tags: australia, baby competition, parenting, pushy parents, ugly duckling

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Can you believe that parents who entered their children in a Australian Beautiful Baby Contest have been discovered writing rude, racist and frankly cruel comments on other competitors' baby pictures in order to help their own children's chances?! Paren… more »
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The Love-Drug For New Mums

Permalink 28/03/11 06:34, by Tikal, Categories: Babies, Health , Tags: baby, bonding, love drug, mother, oxytocin, reflexes

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A new nasal spray has been developed for mums that are not bonding with their babies, the spray allegedly helps them become closer to their babies.   The trials of the new spray took place in Sydney last year where a chemical version of the naturally occ… more »
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Hello!

Permalink 25/03/11 07:37, by Tikal, Categories: Toddlers, ToucanLearn, Child Development, Preschool Children, Activities , Tags: communicating, hello campaign, speaking, toucanlearn

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2011 is the national year of communication; Hello is a campaign to promote the importance of children and young adults talking to each other and communicating effectively. They maintain that communication is a skill to be learned and that it is a vital… more »
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Read 50 Books a Year

Permalink 24/03/11 07:07, by Tikal, Categories: Child Development , Tags: books, education secretary, literacy, michael gove, novels, reading

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The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has said that children as young as eleven years old should read about 50 books a year.  This would be part of a national drive to improve literacy standards throughout schools in our country.   He claimed literary d… more »
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Good Night? You must be joking!

Permalink 20/03/11 08:35, by Tikal, Categories: Babies, Parenting, Health, Childminders and Childminding , Tags: bedtime, growing pains, hunger, potty training, problems, sleep, stress, teething, waking

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So many parents - even of toddling or pre-school age children - struggle to get their children to sleep for the whole night without waking up or without them slipping into their parent's bed. They wake; they demand milk; they need cuddles; they refuse… more »
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Playground Games Are As Fun As Ever!

Permalink 18/03/11 07:26, by Tikal, Categories: Learning Play, Child Development, Make Believe , Tags: children, games, michael rosen, playground, playing, research, school

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What were the games you liked best at school...skipping, Cat's Cradle, British Bulldog, hand-clapping rhymes, marbles?  People would have us believe that all these games have completely been wiped out by the advent of the DS, television, DVDs etc.  Howev… more »
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Smile Please!

Permalink 16/03/11 07:31, by Tikal, Categories: Family, Activities , Tags: digital cameras, family pictures, images, photos

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Taking good photos of children can seem impossible, but with the advent of the digital camera it should be easier than ever.  Gone are the days when you take a few snaps, send the films away and six months later see your photos and realise you'd cut off… more »
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How to Deal with Biting

Permalink 13/03/11 08:19, by Tikal, Categories: Babies, Health, Child Development , Tags: aggression, behaviour, biting, teething

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Many children go through a stage, as they develop, where they take to biting objects, but worse, they start biting you and other children.  This can be caused by a number of different factors:- It may be because they are teething and are literally try… more »
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Bigger Feet after having had a Baby?

Permalink 12/03/11 09:06, by Tikal, Categories: Babies, Parenting, Health , Tags: birth, denise van outen, edema, feet, hormones, pregnancy, shoe size, shoes

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Denise Van Outen says that since having baby Betsy last May, her feet have grown from a size 5 to size 6 and she has had to give away all her designer shoes as they simply don't fit any more! Apparently this is not unusual for pregnant women to experie… more »
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Little Miss Princess

Permalink 09/03/11 07:28, by Tikal, Categories: Toddlers, Learning Play, Preschool Children , Tags: books, kate middleton, little miss princess, mr men, prince william, royal wedding

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A new Mr Man book - or rather a Little Miss book - will be published in time for the Royal Wedding featuring a lovely, kind princess who moves into a lovely shiny palace.  It has been suggested that this new addition to the Mr Men and Little Miss charact… more »
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Breast Milk Ice Cream!

Permalink 08/03/11 07:29, by Tikal, Categories: Babies, Parenting, Food, Drink and Eating , Tags: baby gaga, breast milk, covent garden, ice cream, lady gaga, lemon, london, vanilla, whisky

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A London ice cream parlour in Covent Garden is selling breast milk ice cream to customers willing to pay £14 a scoop. The ice cream is served in a tall cocktail glass with a rusk at the side, and dry ice (Liquid nitrogen) bellowing out of the top. The… more »
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'Growing Pains'

Permalink 05/03/11 08:26, by Tikal, Categories: Health, Preschool Children

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From the age of three upwards, your children may wake, screaming in agony, in the middle of the night, complaining of pain in their legs. When they describe the pain to you, it sounds like cramp, but it's quite likely to be something generally termed 'g… more »
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21st Century Skill Set!

Permalink 02/03/11 07:36, by Tikal, Categories: Learning Play, Parenting, Health , Tags: bike, computers, digital age, games, learning, physical, television

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It has been found that children today are more likely to be able to use a mouse to play a game on a computer, than tie their shoe laces or ride a bike. While it seems a shame that so many can't or won't ride a bike, is it really their fault?  After all… more »
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