http://babyccinokids.com Kids and the City Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:34:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love bright colours -- especially in this cold, grey winter season a splash of colour does wonders to my mood. And my daughter loves dresses she can twirl in -- the moment a dress twirls, it is labelled a princess dress! So when we received a beautiful dress from ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/15/masala-baby-dress-and-win/ When the girls asked me to write for Babyccino one of my first ideas for a post was Kew Gardens.  We got to know the Royal Botanical Gardens when we moved down South and immediately became members. We now go every couple of weeks and still love it just as ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/15/kew-gardens/ I love clever concepts. Something new, something different, something fresh!  Take this jacket from Bastida Solutions: ONE jacket, that thanks to some clever zips and folds adjusts from a 6 months size to a 3 year size! How cool is that? And it's not only ingenious in design, it's also ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/14/bastida-clever-clothes-that-grow-with-your-child/ It's amazing how much of an impact the time of year your baby is born has on sartorial choices. My son was born in June -- which is winter-time in Australia. So woolen hats outnumbered any other gift (other than socks, for some strange reason). But I was talking to a ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/13/seasonal-choices/ Williamsburg is seriously as cool as it gets. In fact, I used to joke with a friend of mine that they should just plaster a picture of either Beck or Moby on the front of all the Subway cars to identify that the "L" train to Brooklyn was for hipster ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/12/williamsburg/ When packing for our trip I knew I had to pack children's books -- we couldn't go a whole three months without them, no matter how heavy they made our suitcases! So I decided to pack books that were relevant to our travels -- books about nature, animals, sea creatures, ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/12/read-and-wonder-storybooks/ My son has a funny thing going on with witches and wolves. He can't get enough of the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and also the Three Little Pigs is another favourite. Especially if you make it a little more exciting with well implemented sounds and pauses, he's completely ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/11/a-crazy-cuddly-wolf-from-tes-fou-louloup/ Oh, I think I have died and gone to heaven!  Olive's friend Pop is a collection of vintage-inspired clothing inspired by proper little-girls' clothes of post WWII, from a time when little girls looked like...well...little girls. They call it 'nostalgic playwear' -- capes, bonnets, overalls, pinafores, aprons and so much ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/11/olives-friend-pop/ I met the Reverend Ian about 9 years ago after I'd read an article about how Madonna's son Rocco was wearing these scratch-mits from a new baby-wear brand he'd set up called Nippaz with Attitude (NWA).  I immediately fell in love with him (not like that! but he is seriously one ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/10/nippaz-with-attitude/ Soul Cycle just opened an amazing new space in Tribeca and while I totally TOTALLY dread working out I decided to just suck it up and force myself to go.  After all, as mentioned before, the only cardio routine I have these days is courtesy of the Dancey Dance segments ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/10/resolution-2-of-999999-soul-cycle/ Need I say anything? I can just imagine the baby in my belly in 3 months time, born swift and safely, and cozied up in her Noonie after bath time. How sweet will she be? Noonies are the original idea and design of Lala Pequenos, designer, mum, and co-owner ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/09/cant-beat-the-cuteness-noonies-from-lalas/ I'm probably not winning any points for originality with our Australian  readers, but before coming to  Australia I had never heard of Lucas' Papaw Ointment and it has since become our favourite Australian discovery. This natural remedy, made from an enzyme in papaya fruit, can be used on burns, boils, ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/09/papaw-ointment-an-australian-treasure/ Two years ago our Christmas got canceled on Christmas Eve -- well the trip we had planned to Switzerland did anyway.  It was our first Christmas with a child and you know how important they are!  We were devastated.  I think the only thing that saved us was Melrose & ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/08/melrose-morgan/ If you live anywhere but Australia you might be thinking, "what is she talking about?!"  But maternity clothes are SO expensive in Australia. I didn't buy any maternity jeans while pregnant because I couldn't justify forking out $200-plus. So I walked around in my regular hipster jeans with the top button ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/08/finally-affordable-maternity-jeans/ Another fabulous interactive colouring book just begging to be illustrated! They seem to be popping up everywhere these days and with good reason too. Created by talented Melbournian Nicole Mandile, in the first of her My Picture Storybooks series, The Magical Milky Way's Super Galactic Zoo kept my rambunctious 4-year-old ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/07/the-magical-milky-ways-super-galactic-zoo/ If only just for the intro you should have a look at the website of Franka Stockholm. I think it's one of the coolest websites I've seen! I admit I usually have no patience for a website intro, but I promise you this one shouldn't be missed -- it ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/06/playful-kids-clothes-from-franka-stockholm/ While I would really love for my kids to play with handcrafted, eco-friendly and artistically stunning toys,  I also know full well that I might as well just set a pile of money on fire. The beautiful wooden farm house with hand painted animals is coated in a layer ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/05/kidding-around-toys/ When we planned our trip to Australia we purposely scheduled our campervan trip in the middle to allow for some down-time after the camping. We thought we would return to Sydney to spend three more weeks in the city, but unfortunately we weren't very organized and by the time we ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/05/bellachara-a-blowhole-and-a-big-beach/ Yes, it's true.  I've been having a secret affair with a man called Roger.  It started shortly after my son was born 3 years ago and my husband doesn't know about it ... yet.  I got caught up with this guy when I bought a book called The Happy Lion ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/04/my-secret-affair/ It is hard to believe but Merci, one of Paris' most fashionable concept stores has been out-trumped by a kid's store.  Just a stone's throw away from Merci on the corner where the boulevard Beaumarchais turns into the boulevard Filles du Calvaire, Bonton has opened up a 800 M² new ... http://babyccinokids.com/2010/03/04/new-bonton-store/