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Halloween Cupcakes
August made Halloween cupcakes today with his Nana.They made pumpkins, spiders and skeletons, with only red and yellow food colouring, liquorice, marshmallows, a couple of jelly sweets and an edible...
The Recipe for Trying New Foods
I was given this “The Gruffalo” cook book for August at my baby shower for him! I just stumbled across it again and he’s JUST at the right stage to...
How to get Dinner Cooked with a Toddler Around
Get your dinner cooked by involving your little one in the kitchen with you. They just need something to do! Give them a load of things from your kitchen and...
Making Pizza
We LOVE to cook together. I set up all the ingredients so August can be as successful and independent as possible. Having everything ready to go keeps the activity moving...
2 Ingredient Yoghurt Melts!
Mix Greek yoghurt and blended or puréed fruit of your choice inside a ziplock bag. Snip a tiny hole in the corner and pipe onto a @zaziplays silicone placemat and freeeeeeze. Flex...
How to Teach your Little One to use a Straw
It's a big shift going from sucking in a nipple/teat to sucking on a straw and most kids don't pick it up straight away. It takes practice. Knowing how to...
6 Reasons to Involve your Child in Food Preparation
If your little one is refusing foods, throwing food, spitting things out, gagging, trying to escape the high chair, not keen on exploring new food - it's time to involve...
How to Help your Toddlers to Try Foods they don’t like
Exposure + Fun = Success My friend’s son is just like any other toddler (including mine) – he refuses some foods. But often he’ll eat new food if they’re served...
Baking Flapjacks with Nana
This is an incredibly delicious recipe and it didn't last five minutes. We scoffed it.Nana Lynn's recipe:250g oats125g brown sugar125g butter (room temp)4tbs golden syrup Add all to a blender...
Toddler Chef: Eggy Bread
Give them a go! This recipe is super easy and every step is something that your toddler can learn to do on their own.Crack one or two eggs into a...
Lunch Time Hack: Roly Poly Sandwiches
Make sandwiches interesting again by mixing up how they're presented to your toddler. Cut the crusts off and use a rolling pin to flatten out the bread a little, add...
Your Toddler can Prep Food
Don't be scared to get your little one involved with prepping food. They're much more likely to try new foods this way, and even touching different foods is good early...
Homemade Ice Pops
The joy in these is making them with your little one. Make sure you get them involved - even if they're really little and only get to play with the...
How to Survive Mealtimes with a Toddler: My 5 Tips for Success
Remember - toddlers are just always looking to take control of their worlds and what they consume is one of the only things they control. If you make it a...
Homemade Pizza
So in another bid to tempt sick August into eating something, we decided to make pizza. Super easy and HE ATE SOME - can't get more successful than that. What...
Little Helper: Spreading Butter
Life skills - if they don't get the opportunities to practice then how will they learn? It's as simple as that! Sometimes we have to just give our littlies a...
Supporting Behaviour: What to say
It sounds really nit-picky, but the language you use matters. Kind, calm boundary setting can replace any shouting, threatening or saying "no" and is also much more effective. Not only...
How to support your child to sit while they eat
If you're not bothered by it, you're not bothered by it. No judgement here. But if you would prefer your little one sat whilst they ate - these are the...
Christmas Baking: Gingerbread People
Baking is messy. I can't lie to you. It's messy. And if you've followed me for a while, you know I rave about messy play being really important for development....
Frozen Banana Yoghurt Pops
I totally regret not making these WITH August today so I'm sharing them with you so you can be better than me!How: chop a banana in half, shove lolly sticks...