A delightful day of gentle activities including an Angel Garden, puppet shows and craft activities for children together with stalls selling a range of handmade, fair trade and local gift ideas for Christmas presents.
There will also be a cafe selling a range of organic food, cakes and tea & coffee.
Saturday 29th November, 2008. See the Exeter Steiner School website for more details.
Reusable bags make great Christmas presents - something that people REALLY want and they last forever.
We have added to our range of bags, and now you can find a full range of bags for shopping, trips to the farmers’ market, swimming, ballet lessons, carrying books around, as nappy change bags and just generally transporting your stuff.
I do love a good nosey around other people’s blogs and I just love this one - http://incywincytogs.blogspot.com/
Incywincy is the highly talented fabric artist/textile designer who made our beautiful new banner (you can see some pictures of it on the blog) and she makes the most amazing fabric covered buttons and peg doll kits - we have had hours of fun with the dolls we made.
The blog showcases some beautiful crafts and always sends me off to the fabric cupboard.
We are delighted to announce the start of our new programme to help support Steiner Education in the UK - we will donate 10% of the value of all qualifying orders to the Exeter Steiner School.
To find out more, see http://www.naturalnurseryblog.co.uk/steiner/.
If you are involved in fundraising for a school, toddler group, breastfeeding group or the like, contact us to see how we can help you raise funds too.
Want to know what to do with those plastic bags that you seem to accumulate? Well, this blog has all the answers.
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/138/1/Recycled-plastic-bag-crafts.html
We are working on a new dog lead that the moment, so I will post up some piccies soon.
New in stock is the the Baby Sense Sling, which has been designed to encourage parents to carry their babies in the optimal position.
The Sling’s soft fabric cocoons the new baby in a foetal position, which supports the neck well – essential for the newborn. Curled up snugly and close to the parent the baby is calmed in a familiar womb-like environment.
The sling is available in the pretty trail fabric shown and in blue gingham too, and costs £34.99.
Also avaiable from Baby Sense are the practical and informative range of parenting book, including The Sleep Sense Book, £9.99.
by Arabella Greatorex
Most parents bond instantly with their babies, an intense feeling that makes you want to hold and love and protect them. For some parents, this can take a little longer, especially if there has been a difficult pregnancy or labour.
Research indicates that babies who develop fulfilling relationships with their parents tend to grow into secure, well-adjusted adults and even perform better at school.
Bonding is a natural process but there are many ways to help out, especially if you provide focused, responsive care in a nurturing environment.
Breastfeeding - a breastfed baby will receive regular close contact with its mother, helping an early bond to develop. Unfortunately, this is not always easy, so speak to your health visitor if you need any help or assistance.
Touch - a baby’s first communication is via touch, so hold your baby close, cradle her in your arms or use a sling if you need to get on with chores.
Massage - is a more structured method of touching your baby and a way of promoting physical and mental growth as well as the parent/baby bond.
Singing - no matter how tone deaf you may think you are, your baby will love to hear your voice. The rhythmic nature of nursery rhymes is very soothing and is believed to help with language development.
Talk - although she may not understand what you are saying, your baby will love to hear you chatting away about what you are doing, whether it is changing her nappy, peeling the potatoes or folding the washing. She will gain confidence from the fact that you are always near and always focused upon her, even if the household chores need to be done.
Pull a face - even very young babies are fascinated by facial expressions.
Regular activities - such as nappy changing time, are a wonderful time to show your baby just how much you love them. Talk to her, kiss her tummy, tell how what lovely dimples she has, how much you love her smile. This will take your mind off what a messy job it is and show that you love her, no matter what.
Slow down - life is getting faster and faster but slow and steady is best for baby. Stop and spend time with your baby, relax and enjoy yourself, your baby will love you no matter what.
If you live in Glasgow or the area, I highly recommend visiting The Lighthouse. There is something interesting for everyone in the family. After visiting the Haptic Exhibition and taking part in the children workshop linked with it, we stopped by the Sustainable Den, a cute little project demonstrating a range of sustainable building materials from energy saving insulation and renewable energy systems to ‘green’ products, and new ways of living.
My Sust House is an on-line interactive game, there’s one game for the environment and one game for buildings. The little clips are interesting, taking you through the house and ways to save energy, the impact of where and how we live, choosing material for building your own house…
It’s unfortunate that the activities are not voiced over as children much younger than reading age would enjoy them, especially the environment one. The building one is more suitable for older children.
Sleepgowns are one of my absolute essentials for new born babies. Not only do they look so sweet, they are so very practical too.
The sleepgown is like a nightie really, suitable for boys and girls, and will have a wide neck opening so it is easy to slip on over the baby’s head, long sleeves and a very long body with elastic at the bottom, a bit like a bag.
This means there are no fiddly poppers to mess around with in the middle of the night when you are changing nappies and the baby can wriggle and kick their little feet all they like - many babies like the feel of being able to rub their feet and legs together without clothes getting in the way.
Most babygowns have integral mitts, ideal for keeping little fingers warm during the winter and stop stop scratching.
You will find that you use them all the time - and they last for ages too. When our daughter out grew the largest size because of the length of her legs, we snipped the elastic in the bottom (you can do this without spoiling the sleepgown) and hey presto! a nightie that lasted another 6 months.
Our newest sleepgown is this organic cotton one with a pretty all over star print - Star Sleepgown and you will find quite and range on our site. Prices depend upon the brand but are around £10-£11 each, for the organic cotton ones.
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Yes, we know it is early, but we have started to list our Christmas stock for those of you who like to spread the load.
So far we have added some lovely wooden, ethically traded stocking fillers. Prices start at under 50p and many would make lovely pressies for inside handmade Christmas crackers too.
I love these memo clips - fantastic for holding special pictures or notes, they are made from sustainable wood and cost 85p each.
