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Mosquito repellent

 

A natural, safe remedy to keep mosquitos away from your baby is to add a few drops of vanilla essence to a small bowl of water in her room. Mosquitos hate the smell of vanilla and you have a sweet smelling natural air freshener.

- A Ramduth
 

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Fruit

 

Get an extra serving of fruit into your tot each day by freezing seedless grapes. They're sweet and the fact that they're frozen makes them feel like more of a treat.

- Jane Luftmore

Happy Father’s Day

 

He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington KellandTo all our dads - new and not so new - we’d like to wish you a Happy Father’s Day for Sunday 15 June.

Hiccups

 

My baby (4 months) gets frequent hiccups which seem to annoy him quite a lot. He also sucks in a lot of air when he gets them. I've discovered that if I give him a bottle of boiled water and get him to swallow just a little bit, the hiccups stop. It's a really quick cure!

- Nicole, Cape Town

Calming Song for Baby

 

I started singing the same song over and over - in the car, shower basically anytime and anywhere possible when I was pregnant. Now that my baby is born I noticed that when I start to sing that song, he immediately calms down and starts to smile. By repeating the same melody I found a fantastic way to soothe him when he is upset.

- Carina, Polokwane
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