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25Child: Play a Pancake Version of Beetle-Drive for Free, Family-Friendly Fun
If we have a quiet weekend, we adore playing board games, and whole-family paper-based games, like Beetle-Drive. Here is the Pancake...
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25Child: Eco-friendly skincare to set your tween off on a sustainable cosmetics pathway
When your tween (by this I mean 9 years+, but not yet pre-teen) needs or wants to start using 'products' on their body and hair, why not...
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25Child: Normalise talking thoughtfully with your young kids about body parts and consent
These books are all excellent at helping us as adults gain the confidence to talk to our young kids (by young I mean about 4 years in age...
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25Baby: Discover vest extenders - they will save you money!
Why haven't I discovered these before now!? They are baby vest extenders. They add much-needed inches to any baby vest which is getting a...
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25Baby: Using just one reusable nappy per day would save 365 nappies from landfill!
We use a combination of reusable nappies and ‘eco’ disposables (Naty nappies – they also sell cornstarch nappy sack bags). My youngest is...
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25Baby: Show your baby/toddler that the world is made up of people who don't all look like you.
This year on 'National Clean Out Your Bookcase Day' (20th Feb) the older child and I looked through all of the toddler's board books to...
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25Baby: Hide fruit + veg + oats in snack-sized muffins for toddlers (18 months+).
- Makes 20 snack-sized muffins – Ready in 1.5 hours (including cooling time) – Gather together… 2 heaped cups (175g) rolled oats for...
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25Baby: Celebrate National Days.
Celebrating and enjoying 'National Days' can stop every day with a small person feeling like Ground Hog Day (which is actually on...
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25Baby: Toy rotation will declutter your home and make play more fun.
Declutter your living room and encourage new ways to play by getting onboard with 'toy rotation' - which means only having a few boxes of...
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25Baby: Dress your toddler in trousers AND tights (with foot grips) when the weather cools.
When the weather cools, save money (and the planet) by keeping the heating lower for longer by putting your toddler in tights AND...
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25Baby: Use coconut oil as a multi-tasking nappy cream / all-over baby moisturiser.
In the summer I simply use organic coconut oil (decanted into a reusable plastic tub for safety) for a throwaway-plastic-free, nourishing...
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25Baby: Make meals during nap time to leave in the oven (e.g. Sweet Potato Quorn all-in-one Curry).
- Serves 4 - Ready in 1 hour (inc. 30 min oven time)- or can be left in a cooler oven for up to 4 hours- By turning down the oven...
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25Baby: Lactation Cookies (without brewer's yeast).
- Makes approx. 18 cookies for ADULTS – Ready in 45 min - I just couldn't make a nice-tasting lactation cookie when using brewer's yeast,...
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25Baby: Reusable breast pads are fab -make sure they have a waterproof layer though.
Washable breast pads will save you money and will help save the planet too. I suggest that you need at least 18 pads (9 pairs), so I have...
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25Baby: Date and Cacao Bites for grown-ups.
- Makes 16 truffle-sized balls - 20 minutes plus 3 hours of chilling time - An easy to grab, energy-boosting, good-for-you adult treat....
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25Baby: Yellow Metanium cream is THE best cure for teething-induced nappy rash.
I tried every nappy rash cream that I could get my hands on. We had hours of nappy off time 'letting the skin breathe'. I used plain...
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25Baby: Make and Batch-freeze Cheesy Baby Cookies (9 months+).
- Makes 16 cookies (enough for 8 lunches or 16 snacks) - Takes 40 minutes - Gather together… 75g melted (unsalted) butter. 175g porridge...
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25Baby: Make and Batch-freeze Mini Snack Pancakes (9 months+).
- Makes at least 40 mini pancakes (enough for 20 toddler snacks) - Takes 1 hour - Gather together… 300g self-raising flour. 2 tsp baking...
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25Baby: Constipation is made worse by BRAT foods.
If your weaning baby is struggling to pass overly-hard poo then read on... It turns out that the bland, easily-digestible morsels that I...
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25Baby: Make and Batch-freeze Spinach Burgers (11 months+).
- Makes 6 large burgers (enough for 6 lunches or dinners) - Takes 1 hour - Gather together… 1 tbsp rapeseed oil or olive oil. 2 onions,...
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