Parenting Babyccino Kids: Daily tips, Children's products, Craft ideas, Recipes & More

BABY

NaturalMat -- the answer to better (and healthier) sleep

Since this little girl, who just turned nine, was a baby, Naturalmat has been a part of our lives. I was inspired by the product range on our Babyccino portal, before I even worked with Babyccino, while I was pregnant and looking for baby cots and soft fluffy sheepskin rugs. Naturally, Naturalmat was the obvious ...

PARENTING

Mental Health Week: How to support our kids through emotional ups and downs

It's World Mental Health Week this week, which is a wonderful opportunity to talk about our children's mental health and how best to support our kids through their emotional ups and downs. In the research I did on adolescence for my Tweens & Teens e-course, I learned that it is normal for mental health and ...

PARENTING

How to Encourage Teens to do Household Chores

Giving children regular chores and responsibilities around the house is important for many reasons, and maybe more so for teens and tweens. However, if your teens are anything like mine, you will find that their reluctance to chores increases as they enter adolescence and their attentiveness when doing them deteriorates. For example, Quin, who is ...

EDUCATION

How to prepare children for going back to school

With the summer holidays drawing to a close here in the UK, the return to school can generate anxiety for both children and parents. The holidays often provide such a wonderful break from the regime that the school routine brings; bedtimes can slide a little later, the morning rush can be replaced with a slow ...

HEALTH & CARE

Bath salts to make this weekend

Taking a bath is, for me, one of life's simple pleasures which can feel like a total luxury all at the same time. In celebration of the humble bath, here's a simple bath salts recipe for you to try this weekend. Take some time to enjoy the process of making your own, collecting a selection ...

FOOD

Eat your way to better health and wellbeing

We've all heard the saying, 'you are what you eat' but how much does our diet really influence our wellbeing and what does this look life for a busy parent? We asked Nutritional expert and Babyccinokids contributor Lyndsay Bettles to talk through her journey with nutrition and the simple changes that we can all make ...

WELLBEING

Qoya: Wise, wild and free

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Dulcie, a Pregnancy, Birth and Postnatal Coach who connects women to their inner joy and innate wisdom through pregnancy, birth and beyond on the rollercoaster ride of Mammahood! Dulcie is an absolute inspiration and through her website www.joyfulmamma.com she offers a unique and powerful combination ...

WELLBEING

Self-care in motherhood: start with small doses!

I recently listened to this great Deliciously Ella podcast interview with Michael James Wong on how to ease stress and bring mindfulness into our day. I’ve also been reading Brooke McAlary’s new book Care: The Radical Art of Taking Time, which urges us to rediscover the act of ‘small care’ and small pleasures to weave ...

WELLBEING

Let's go on a wellbeing journey together...

When was the last time that you made time for yourself? Time to do something that you love doing, to forget the day and lose yourself in something for a few moments - through exercise, a relaxing cup of tea or even just simply watching the clouds or noticing a beautiful flower or small detail. ...

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY

How the Olympics can teach your children more than just sport

This weekend marks the start of the long awaited Olympic Games in Tokyo, one year later than planned and five years since the last Games in Brazil. The Games are always a wonderful opportunity for families to enjoy a wide variety of sports played at the very highest level, but aside from this, they can ...

PARENTING

My new e-course on Tweens & Teens: Registration now open!

I'm really excited to share the details of my new e-course! In The Loop: Tweens & Teens is a 3-week community course to help prepare and support you through the adolescent years. It has been designed for parents and carers of children aged 8 to 18, and will bring together a community of parents who ...

FUN

Introduce your children to yoga with this beautiful new book!

My dear friend, Kiki Morriss, has recently launched her book 'Nurturing Your Family with Yoga', and I couldn't be more excited to share about it here. I have watched and witnessed Kiki take this book from a dream to a reality, and while I knew it would be a beautiful book, I love it even ...

PARENTING

Welcome baby Lucy!

Our wonderful team member, Emma, gave birth to her beautiful baby girl, Lucy, a few weeks ago on the 11th of April, and I've been so excited to share the news with you! Isn't she just the sweetest little bub! Emma manages our shopping directory and all of our wonderful shop members, and she's been ...

BOOKS

Many Shapes of Clay -- A Story of Healing

This beautiful book, Many Shapes of Clay : A Story of Healing is written and illustrated by Kenesha Sneed, and it is an absolute treasure. It is a piece of art, every page filled with graphic shapes and sensitive lines to create the most thoughtful story on grief, loss, and celebration of diversity. It is ...

PARENTING

Environmentally-friendly ideas and practices to help 'Restore Our Earth'

In honour of Earth Day this week and the 'Restore our Earth' theme, I wanted to share a few things we do in our family to help reduce our carbon footprint. I am aware that I'm preaching to the converted, and that we're all aware of the importance of lightening our footprint and saving our ...

CRAFTS AND DIY

Make a bright flower petals sun-catcher

For this bright flower petals sun-catcher craft, any available blooms you select will create a lovely effect. We used different flowers we had on hand from old bouquets. Here, we used a mix of tulip, daffodils, cherry blossoms and daisy petals to create an 8-pointed star shaped display. If you have a school-aged child, it ...

FASHION

Shopping for tween & teen girls -- some favourite brands

While it felt like a very slow and steady journey into adolescence for my boys, it appeared to happen completely overnight for Ivy! I don't know if this is a difference between boys and girls, but for Ivy it has certainly been a huge year of growing and changing quickly. She will turn 12 in ...

PARENTING

A big chop for charity, donating hair for children who need wigs...

The photos are from a year ago, but the pride remains the same for my brave big girl who chopped twelve inches off of her hair for charity. She was then six, soon to be seven, and more focussed in her desire and more confident than her years, not flinching even once when she went in ...

PARENTING TIPS

Tips for dealing with children's tiredness

Children's tiredness can be exhausting, not only for them, but also for parents too. We all know that being tired has a huge impact on our daily life and can really dictate the way that we behave towards others. However, it is only really during adulthood that we are able to recognize the link ...

HEALTH & CARE

Essential tips for children's eye health and prescription eye glasses -- tips from a parent that knows

You might not think you need to read this unless you think your child needs glasses, but I promise, it is worth it. I have learned some incredible information from various doctors, opticians, other parents, and eyeglass stores (like our new favourite eyewear shop I wrote about here, Auerbach & Steele). I have become a bit ...

PARENTING

Tips for keeping our teenage boys close

Easton will be 16 this year, and Quin will soon turn 14. Two teenage boys, both incredibly different. What I've learned so far in parenting teen boys is that each child's needs are different, and how I am with one isn't necessarily the same approach I take with the other. But really, what matters most is that ...

PARENTING

A personal message...

Dear friends, A Happy New Year to all of you! It is undeniable: 2021 already has a rocky start... But I hope you can keep your spirits up, and that better times will be upon us very, very soon. I am writing this post with a personal message, and equal feelings of excitement and sadness. ...

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS

A slow and simple Christmas (and craft to make with little ones)

For me and for many, 2020 has been a year of 'Slow and Simple'. Our lifestyles and livelihoods were forced to slow down, to adapt or at the very least relocate to our living rooms. And many of us have had to scale back on things and to keep things simple so as to get ...

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