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We can all use a few helpful hints and tips to make life a little easier whether you've got a child at home or on the way! Below are some ideas to make the ride more smooth! We're always looking for more advice so if you've got a few tips of your own, please enter it in the box below and share it with all of us!
Give baby medicine by squirting it into the back of his mouth with a plastic syringe, or through a teat. Have older children numb their tastebuds by sucking an ice cube before taking the medicine, then wash it down with a drink afterwards.
Teach your child his address and phone number by singing it in the tune of a familiar nursery rhyme. Tell him if someone asks him for this information, it’s okay to sing it to them.
To help teach your preschooler what his name looks like and about left and right, print his first name and "left" into one shoe or gumboot, and his surname and "right" into the other. He`ll also get his shoes on the right feet.
Teach your child to keep his hands on the car after parking to prevent him walking into danger. He could pretend he has magnet hands that only release when you say a magic word.
Encourage turn-taking by using an egg-timer or the oven timer. Soon you can ask your children what they think the fairest solution to a sharing problem would be.
Get inside the playpen yourself - use it to stand inside while barbecuing to keep small hands away, or to sit in while getting on with a hobby such as sewing while Junior plays in the room around you.
Add extra fun to bath time by letting baby play with household items such as plastic bottles, a colander or a small watering can. Make a puppet out of a flannel and have the puppet wash baby.
To encourage your child to put sunblock on his face, let him paint pictures on his skin with different coloured zinc creams, then tell him to mix all the colours together.
Keep up your child`s interest in painting by giving him different objects to paint with - feathers, sticks, leaves, sponges, old combs. Also give him different materials to paint on - wallpaper, bark, wood, egg cartons, shopping bag paper.
Food cravings can be reduced by eating less more frequently, which also keeps your energy levels higher. You are now in fact eating for two, but remember your stomach is still the same size and big meals will not sit well whereas smaller amounts can be digested over time and you can eat more frequently.
Ginger biscuits or sesame seeds and raisins (high in Vitamin B6) can help relieve morning sickness- nibble on them, don`t eat your food too quickly as this simply fuels heartburn and the feeling of nausea.
Baby Wipes To make inexpensive and gentle home-made baby wipes, just pour a bottle of baby oil over a roll of toilet tissue and let sit overnight until all of the oil is absorbed. The tissue is soft and absorbent and leaves a soothing coat of baby oil behind. One roll lasts and lasts.
Make a fascinating toy for baby by three-quarters filling an old plastic soft drink bottle with coloured water, glitter and beads. Glue on the lid.
A junior toothbrush makes a great gum soother during teething, and introduces your child to the idea of brushing his new teeth.
Children love their own personalised tape. Include favourite songs, including the ABC song stories; their address and phone number; numbers up to 50….
As a change from your child’s books, tell him a story from your childhood, or make up your own story. He might like to add to it as you`re going along.
Ease hair-washing trauma by giving your child a pair of swimming goggles. Get him to look at a picture you`ve stuck to the ceiling while you rinse. The water will run down his back.
Drawstring mesh bags have a multitude of uses - to let bath toys drain, wash sand out of beach toys before going home, to separate collections of small toys like Lego and cars, and to contain baby`s booties in the washing machine so the ribbons don’t get lost.
Mix novelty cereals with plain rices or cornflakes - it`s cheaper and lower in sugar. Also give your child a straw as well as a spoon with his cereal, so he can suck up all the milk.
Turn an inflatable paddling pool that has sprung a leak in the bottom (the non-inflatable part) into a sandpit.
As a change from your child’s books, tell him a story from your childhood, or make up your own story. He might like to add to it as you`re going along.
Freeze baby dinners in plastic microwave muffin tins. When they are frozen tip them into a plastic bag for easy storage in the freezer.
