World Book Day: A Celebration of Reading

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free”.

-         Frederick Douglas.

The World Book Day (WBD) is a worldwide celebration of reading, a celebration of books, authors, illustrators and everyone that makes writing a book possible. It is marked annually in over 100 countries around the world on the first Thursday of March while some other countries mark the WBD on April 23^rd, the birthday of Williams Shakespeare.

Watch Out! There Could Be Accumulated Mould Hidden In Your Baby/Toddler’s Sippy Cup/Drinking Bottle

It’s really upsetting for any parent to find out mould has accumulated in a cup their child drinks from every day especially when they are as thorough as possible when cleaning.

Earlier last year, over three million Tommee Tippee cups (the type of the sippy cup in the image above and some other models) were recalled in the United States and Canada by the manufacturers for mould issues after a mum shared on Facebook a picture of a valve with black mould in it.

The Placenta Myth: Father Makes a Pizza Out Of Newborn’s Placenta

Tom Maddock is a new dad from Middlewich, England, who made a blended drink out of their first daughter’s placenta. When his wife had a second child, he decided to be more creative; this time, he chopped the placenta into pieces, sautéed it in garlic and onions and added it to the pizza with peppers, tomato puree and mushrooms.

The Biggest Fashion Show For Kids And Teens in Africa Kicks Off Today In Lagos

Image credit: africankidsfashionweek.com

Parents, Kids’ Fashion Designers, Get In Here!

The African kids and teens fashion week 2016 (AKTFW2016) starts its 3-days full packaged fashion event today. According to the organizers, the event is aimed at exhibiting and promoting the best of African fashion for kids and teenagers. It’s also an avenue to bring together a community of stakeholders in the fashion industry to meet with potential customers.

Newborn Babies May Be At Risk If Left In A Car Seat For A Journey Of More Than 30 Minutes

The use of car seat is very important for protecting your child when travelling in a car and it is required by law in some countries to always put a baby, even newborns in a car seat during a road trip no matter how short the distance travelled.

Watch Out! Conjunctivitis a.k.a Apollo or Pink Eye Is In The Air! What You Need To Know About The Prevention And Treatment

When Teni woke up with a red itchy eye, I prayed silently and wished it wasn’t what I thought, but my little boy was so uncomfortable. He tried rubbing his eyes but I gently prevented him from doing so. He just kept saying “What is wrong with my eyes? My eyes are sticky, they are growing bigger and hurts”. That’s the discomfort one gets from conjunctivitis which is commonly called Apollo in Nigeria (who knows where the name originated from sef?).

Tips for Introducing Your Baby to Solid Food Age by Age plus Printable Poster

Introducing your baby to solid food is a major milestone which can be a real worry and can also be fun depending on the way you go about it. Here are tips to guide you in starting your baby on solids month by month, be it homemade food or other baby food.

I put all these tips in a poster you can easily print out to keep for future reference. See Poster below.

International Day of the Girl Child 2016: What You Need To Know.

Let girls be girls. Let’s unlock their positive potentials.

Today, October 11, 2016 is the International Day of the Girl Child. The day, declared by the United Nations is observed globally to create awareness of the need for parents, families and the communities to support the rights and progress of the girl child.

Simple Homemade Food Ideas For Babies Before Age One

Weaning your baby can be both fun and a challenge.

From 6 months old , your baby will need to be fed other food in combination with breastmilk as baby will require more nutrients such as  iron the breastmilk can no longer supply.

How Safe Are Kids Online?

I always want to believe my son doesn’t need or know how to surf the internet yet; Teni is 4 years old and likes to play games on my phone or tab. It’s incredible to see how he and other kids his age navigate their way through the features on our gadgets without being taught.

Brilliant Kids Inherit Their IQ From Their Mothers. How True???

Are you smart, intelligent? Thank your mama.

Did you read my post on why kids’ academics achievements may be due to their parent’s DNA? Where exactly do we get our intelligence from? Mum or Dad?

Must Read Tips For Organizing Yourself Before and After the Kids Go Back to School

I can already hear the early morning alarm clock and the school bells ringing in my head.

Video: Mums Vs Maids! Spending More Time with Your Kids

Do you give your maid time off? In Singapore, anyone who does not give their domestic workers their legal days off may be prosecuted as it has been passed into law to prosecute anyone who doesn’t. It was discovered that some parents deliberately don’t give time off or ‘buy out’ their maids’ days off so they can spend extra time to work.

Yay or Nay! Parents, Would You Support This School Homework Policy?

All work and no play…………..

A Facebook user recently posted a note by a second grade elementary school teacher who has decided to try something new by not giving homework to student unless they have uncompleted work in school. This strategy, according to her is to encourage family time and allow kids do other things at home that relate with their performance at school rather than piling them with homework as most teachers do.

New Educational and Entertaining TV Shows For Toddlers and School Age Kids

You can’t beat your child’s imagination and what they can learn from watching the right TV shows.

With the long summer holiday in full swing, kids get bored easily and begin to explore all sorts of things. As parents, we want to be sure our kids are spending their time at home well. Parents enroll their kids in summer school but what do they do when they return home?

10 Breastfeeding Tips To Increase Your Supply

Like a lot of mums, I also had my doubts/fears that breastfeeding wouldn’t work for me and my baby. Breastfeeding is tough o, but it gets easier once you know the tips that make it work. Here are guidelines to help you get on a good start to produce more milk for your baby.

My Breastfeeding Fears: Why I Was Worried Breastfeeding My Baby May Not Work

We are continuously been reminded with every flyer and posters at the hospitals/birth centres about the health benefits of breastfeeding our babies. I had my fears about breastfeeding especially because I do not lactate right after delivery (read my breastfeeding challenge here). I had to work so hard to start producing milk, I worried that I was never going to be capable of breastfeeding my babies exclusively . Here are reasons I was troubled breastfeeding wouldn’t work for me.

What's The Big Deal? Benefits of Breastfeeding For Mum and Baby!

Breastfeeding is changing the health of families all over the world, helping mothers to value the wellbeing of their children from the start of life.

Did you read my 6 months Breastfeeding Mission? Read here if you missed it. Breastfeeding my baby is one of the smartest decisions I made for myself and my daughter as there are so many instant and lifelong benefits for both mother and child.

Here are reasons why everywhere around the world, breastfeeding is being encouraged and recognized as a key to sustainable development. 

My 6 Months Breastfeeding Mission (Operation No Formula! No Water!)

Like everything else in life, the beginning may be difficult but it gets easier as you continue.

6 months don waka and we still dey carry go, la la la…….. Yay! I did it! 
My baby is 10 months old now and she was on breastmilk exclusively for the 1^st 6 months.

Why am I so thrilled? Kini big deal?

Why Kids’ Academics Achievements May Be Due To Their Parent’s DNA

Children whose parents are very involved in their academics activities have higher chances of excelling at school. Right from an early age, they have greater mastery of early basic school skills than their peers whose parents have low involvement in their school’s activities. Having said this, your kids’ success in academics may now be predicted by age 16 as a recent study published in a journal – Molecular Psychiatry shows that parents’ DNA is responsible for their kids’ academic performance in school and this according to Science daily is the strongest prediction from DNA of a behavioral measure to date.