Froutalia: Greek version of a frittata
The second in a series of breakfasts from around the world featured in Little Tables by Vanessa Lewis, published by Beatnik. Froutalia [Greece] Froutalia…
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Sugar-free Strawberry Muffins, YUM!
Strawberry Muffins Ingredients 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 cup Natvia 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted 2 1/2 cups plain flour 4 tsp baking…
5 ways to teach your child using educational toys and tools
By Hannah Schenker Children love to play – well, we all do! This is also how children learn – discovering things about the world…
Our Top 6 Summer Essentials
By Hannah Schenker In not too long, we in the southern hemisphere are going to be enjoying summer and everything that comes with it:…
Celebrating a mother’s beauty
By Hannah Schenker We are ALL about the body love here. That’s right, however you look in this very moment is perfect. Lovely soft…
Healthy mouths for the whole family
By Jack n’ Jill Kids Today’s post will be concentrating on how to keep those pearly whites bright and healthy! I will discuss the…
Grief vs Depression in loss
By Dr Kumari Valentine October is Pregnancy and Baby Loss awareness month. As a clinical psychologist, one of the questions I get asked is…
The sugar hiding in ‘healthy’ baby snacks
A recent survey has found that many packaged snack foods aimed at babies can be up to 60% sugar. The products – some of…
Yoga: A little goes a long way
By Hannah Schenker Yoga is for everybody. Have you heard this little catchphrase before? Yet all you see when you log on to Instagram…
Top tips to beat the busy blues
By Ricki Harrison I feel like most of my life I am rushing. Always on my way somewhere, always just not on top…
What is an au pair and could it be right for you?
An au pair is a young person from abroad employed by a ‘host family’ to care for their children. Au pairs provide a live-in…
Finding the positive: Finding natural birth
This is the first in a series of stories for The Natural Parent Magazine by Emily Holdaway of Raising Ziggy Before I was pregnant,…
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Ingredients 2 cups/180g/6.3 oz almond meal 1/3 cup/30g/1 oz rice flour 1/3 cup/30g/1 oz cornflour (make sure it’s gluten free) 2…
In-Home Childcare Providing Support for Children with Diabetes
More and more kiwi parents are facing the challenge of raising children with type 1 diabetes. According to Diabetes Youth New Zealand, the number…
How what your kids eat impacts their schoolwork
It’s that time of year again! The kids are back at school and they’re ready to start learning…or are they? Â It’s important to make…
This mum’s “performance review” will have you reaching for the tissues
By Hannah Schenker This one is for all the working mums out there. The ones who despite having a new child, make the huge…
Dutch innovation at its greatest: The “Tesla of eco-villages”
By Hannah Schenker If you know anything about the Dutch, it’s that they are incredibly innovative and creative when it comes to where and…
8 ways to give your kids healthy habits for life
We know how important it is for our kids’ health, wellbeing and even schoolwork to have a healthy diet and active lifestyle. But how…
Hidden trauma in pregnancy-related losses
By Dr Kumari Valentine October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This month is significant to me because I lost my daughter on…
Raising World-Changers…second-generation unschooling
By Amanda Sharma When I think of doing school as a child, I think of sunny days spent hanging upside-down on the monkey bars…