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		<title>Get Organised with IKEA!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t hide it &#8211; IKEA is my Happy Place. The endless pathway throughout the store, the cute &#038; affordable accessories, the swedish meatballs&#8230; It&#8217;s where I go when we have the morning to loll about and it&#8217;s raining outside. I very much grew up around and with IKEA products, and when it came to decorating my first child&#8217;s room (and second child, and the lounge room and the play area&#8230;) , IKEA was my first stop! The range of products in their Children&#8217;s IKEA section is always growing &#8211; you&#8217;re always bound to find something that&#8217;s both functional and funky as you walk through their stores. Now that we have 2 growing kids, we have a multitude of growing toy piles. Yes, piles. So when I&#8217;m at IKEA, I&#8217;m always looking for great ways to store toys, books, shoes and everything else that could use some organisation. IKEA have uploaded a short video showing how easy it is to organise your children&#8217;s bedroom with a few IKEA products. That&#8217;s inspired me to show you what I&#8217;d recommend too! one. KUSINER Mesh basket with lid, red $9.99 Fantastic down next to our rug, we store all of my daughter&#8217;s therapy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fizzics Education &#8211; Science Parties for Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Planning a special birthday party for our kids can be tricky &#8211; when they&#8217;re old enough to have specific interests and search for something to keep them busy, then you&#8217;ve got to get creative! A perfect idea for budding scientists is a science birthday party and this is where Fizzics Education comes to the rescue! Helping Sydney &#038; Melbourne families hold an educational and fun science party is their speciality &#8211; you can choose from a science party, gross science party (more goo!), robotics party, liquid nitrogen party, space party, forensics party and a dinosaur party. They also hold winter evening science for kids slumber parties, Beebot robotics party for 4 to 7 year olds for Sydney families and a cosmetic kitchen birthday party for girls. The people at Fizzics Education have alot of experience in working with children and guiding them through the science experiments. They&#8217;ll engage the children in a fun and educational way and keep them busy! The sessions last anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes (not including set up and pack up time). Fizzics Education have a good reputation for being the best fun at birthday parties around Sydney and Melbourne! For more information, please check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insulated Cooler Bags by Funkykat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether the weather is behaving or not, a cooler bag is a necessity for any mum or dad on-the-go. A good insulated cooler bag will store your lunches, drinks and baby bottles safely. A great insulated cooler bag will look cool Funkykat&#8217;s multi-purpose cooler bag features an unique leopard print (in pink or gold) that is such fun to bring out every day with the family. You&#8217;ll never lose sight of it in the car, and it looks great hanging from the pram! The Funkykat cooler bag is big enough for a small picnic &#8211; we threw in a whole bag of mini Easter buns, a lunch box of grapes &#038; nectarines and a bottle of water, together with our iced block, with no problems. It also held a couple of bottles, sandwiches and bananas with ample room to spare. The padded sides kept everything nice and safe (no squished bread here) and the PVC lining means we could wipe clean the inside without hassles. The zippered pouch on the front is a handy pocket for nappies, wipes or any fiddly little accessories you want to keep seperate from the food &#038; drinks. Funkykat&#8217;s cooler bag would be great not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sh1ft.org/babyblog/index.php/2012/02/insulated-cooler-bags-by-funkykat/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s New at Button Baby!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to check out what&#8217;s new across the internet! Button Baby has a beautiful selection of toys and accessories for children, and their new products are no exception With $8.90 next day delivery Australia wide, you can&#8217;t go wrong! one. I&#8217;m Discovery Farm House $49.95 two. Hevea Panda Teether $16.95 three. Teamson Magic Garden Standing Mirror $199 four. Very Hungry Caterpillar Backpack $26.95 &#8211; great for outings and school! You can spot this one from a mile! five. Dyles Flip Over Snow White Doll $29.95 six. I&#8217;m Lambie Padding Ride On $79.95 seven. b.box essential nappy caddy green $59.95 eight. Alimrose Designs British Guardsman Money Box $24.95 Check out more at Button Baby www.buttonbaby.com.au]]></description>
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		<title>SenseAbilities &#8211; Sensory Motor Development Toys &amp; Equipment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being thrown into the world of Autism and sensory processing issues has been interested for myself as a parent, it often feels like trying to learn a new language in order to communicate with your child. We&#8217;ve been attending our occupational therapy sessions every week and I&#8217;ve been slowly learning games and tricks to help my daughter come out of her shell. I felt that it was important to continue therapy at home once I&#8217;m confident in my own skills, so I went on a hunt to find a few little tools that we could use at home. One great website I&#8217;ve found is SenseAbilities &#8211; SenseAbilities is committed to the provision of equipment and resources designed to assist with the sensory motor development of children. They provide supplies for parents, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Physiotherapists, Teachers and other health professionals &#8211; who are involved with children and adults that need help with their sensory motor development. I will note that it&#8217;s best that you first spend some time with your therapist before you buy any toys for a child with additional needs. You need to know what works for your child first. I ended up buying a few whistles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sh1ft.org/babyblog/index.php/2012/02/senseabilities-sensory-motor-development-toys-equipment/</link>
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		<title>10 Books under $10 each at Dymocks Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Books are very much part of our daily rountine &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing we love more than to sit down with the kids, and read a book together. Whether it&#8217;s practicing our alphabet and word recognition with our 4 year old, or focusing on the illustrations with our 2 year old &#8211; books are a valuable member of the family and hunting for affordable new books is one of my favourite things to do for my kids. Now with Borders closed (oh, how I loved to take the kids there and wander around all morning!), our next best book store is Dymocks. When we can&#8217;t get out to our local store, Dymocks online is the place to go. Browsing through the $10 and under children&#8217;s books section makes it easy to find a bargain! Here are my favourite 10 books that are $10 and under at Dymocks today: World of Eric Carle: Eric Carle&#8217;s Opposites $9.95 My Very First 100 Words $7.99 &#8211; great bright pictures for the early readers My Very First 100 Animals $7.99 Say Ahhh Finley Pig $7.99 Three Little Pigs $4.95 &#8211; can&#8217;t go wrong with a classic! Dr Seuss On The Loose $5.00 Animals $5.99 Blue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sh1ft.org/babyblog/index.php/2012/02/10-books-under-10-each-at-dymocks-online/</link>
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		<title>Delicious Classic Cordials by Alchemy Cordial &#8211; Giveaway! (Closed)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always time for a refreshing drink, or a yummy popsicle and Alchemy Cordial is on the menu! Alchemy&#8217;s tagline is ‘Transforming Refreshment’ and you can taste it in their Classic Cordial range This summer we&#8217;ve been having iceblocks to cool off in the heat, and I&#8217;d begun to tire of the same flavours you find ordinarily in the supermarket. When I was asked to try out their cordial range &#8211; I could not pass it up. From a Sunday market stall to an internationally distributed range of gourmet cordials and syrups, Alchemy is still proudly family owned and operated. They operate out of Cleveland on Brisbane&#8217;s bayside and their products can be found in all the best stores and cafés across Australia and online. Alchemy&#8217;s Classic Cordials contain - NO Artificial Colours NO Artificial Flavours NO Artificial Preservatives NO Emulsifiers They are also Gluten Free, contain no Genetically Modified Organisms and once you dilute them with water, they have about half the sugar content of soft drinks. Fantastic for sugar-conscious mum&#8217;s like me who don&#8217;t want to load their kids (and themselves) with more sugar than you want. We tested Mambo (yummy Mango &#038; Lime), Dewdrops (my new favourite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sh1ft.org/babyblog/index.php/2012/01/delicious-classic-cordials-by-alchemy-cordial/</link>
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		<title>Cute Australian Girls Clothes by Pippa Little &amp; Little Miss Pippa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for cute girls clothes made in Australia by an Australian, make sure to check out the labels Pippa Little &#038; Little Miss Pippa. I posted about Pippa Little sunsuits last year, and they&#8217;re still the most gorgeous ones I&#8217;ve seen I&#8217;m also proud to be on the competition judging panel for the Pippa Little &#038; Little Miss Pippa Street Style Competition that is running. Four girls aged 1 to 10 years old, will become the new faces of the label aswell as an awesome mini holiday and photoshoot! Check out the competition details here on the official website. Entries close February 15th &#8211; so there&#8217;s still a little time to get your Pippa Little or Little Miss Pippa order and take an amazing photo of your little girl. A few of my favourites from the label include &#8211; Strapless Ruffle Maxi by Little Miss Pippa, Blossom Maxi Dress by Little Miss Pippa, Lemon Pea Top by Pippa Little and Kitten Dress by Pippa Little. To find out more about Pippa Little &#038; Little Miss Pippa, visit the website www.pippalittle.com]]></description>
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		<title>The Noisy Book Games- iPhone &amp; iPad App for kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The iPad and the iPhone are increasingly becoming a popular educational tool for kids &#8211; the Apps you can find these days are getting more clever and colourful, aswell as more alluring to children. I had the opportunity to test out The Noisy Book Games on our iPad this past month and we love it! There are 4 sections &#8211; Discover The Sounds, 1-2-3 Sounds, Memory Games and Noisy Rap. Each section is filled with bright &#038; colourful illustrations and great sounds that are recorded professionally in a studio. Designed for kids from 2 and up, each game is alot of fun and is easy to use. My 4 year old loved trying to find the train sound, and used Noisy Rap to create a musical symphony of trains &#038; cars. Ooooh, what&#8217;s this? What was surprising (and fantastic!), was that my 2 year old daughter with Autism really responded to the Noisy Book App also. Similar to our PECS folder images, she loved the simple layout of the images to choose from and loves to see the picture come to life when we&#8217;re in Discover The Sounds (see image below). I think that it&#8217;s a great way to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sh1ft.org/babyblog/index.php/2012/01/the-noisy-book-games-iphone-ipad-app-for-kids/</link>
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		<title>A Lovely Newborn Gift Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The joy of a newborn baby in your family is an amazing time. Finding gifts for newborns is probably the most fun anyone could have &#8211; everything is super cute! For newborns, you have the option of buying something for now (cute onesies, tiny baby shoes etc) or find something that will last them years like name puzzles, soft toys or books. It&#8217;s easy to find great newborn gifts online (and offline), but if you&#8217;re having some troubles here are just a few ideas to steer you in the right direction: one. bud &#8211; heirloom slipper charcoal $29.95 two. Alimrose Prince Doll $49.00 three. New bundle birdies set $30.00 four. 3 Sprouts Organic Hooded Towel Chicken $39.95 five. Brio Bell Rattle $12.95 six. Baby Bell Roller Dog $21.00 seven. Nappy pants &#8211; Sooki baby Fast cars Was $26.95 On Sale! $16.00]]></description>
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