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Baby steps REAL PARENTING ADVICE
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Parenting editor: Jen Kelly Ph: 9292 2693
babysteps@heraldsun.com.au twitter: twitter.com/Babysteps_shs
The latest
Gifts for a new dad
T’S a week to Father’s Day and Manly: A father
GREAT AUSSIE BITE
TEETHING
tots have
been biting
down on
I truckloads of power tools,
gadgets and Xbox games are
flying off the shelves.
But a dad only gets one first
Father’s Day, so why not make this a
carries his child in
a Ramalama baby
carrier.
Sophie the
Giraffe for
almost half a
FIRST
day to remember with a special gift century. Now Sophie — a rubber
that stands the test of time? teething toy created in 1961 —
We’ve tracked down eight gifts
perfect for a dad’s first Father’s Day, has a house to live in. Sophie’s
from keepsakes of the birth to House is a take-anywhere fabric
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practical gifts for dads and babies to
get out and about.
toy for babies and toddlers that
folds from flat into a house with
PERSONALISED CARD $5.95,
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carry handles, and includes lots
postage free of rattles, flaps and learning
IMMORTALISE
activities. Buy for $159,
Dad on a gift that
will be cherished including a Sophie teether, at
for life on one of www.buttonbaby.com.au.
the new
personalised, PICK A TARGET
professionally REWARD charts are a fun way to
printed Father’s
Day cards from inspire toddlers to eat their
Hallmark. greens, brush
Order online, add your own photos
their teeth, use
and text and the custom-made card
will be printed and mailed the same the potty or
day if ordered before 3pm weekdays. make their
Order at beds. The
www.hallmarkcards.com.au.
plastic
FOOTPRINTS KEYRING $190
C M Y K
pockets on
BUY Dad a gift certificate from
Smallprint to have a miniaturised these adorable
version of your fabric charts from The Freckled
baby’s footprints
pressed in metal
Frog mean you can change the
clay then finished in required behaviour targets as the
fine silver. child grows. Choose from
The final product pirates, outer space, jungle
takes a few weeks and
animals or pink butterfly. RRP
F B 1 2 3
you will need to visit one
of a range of venues to do $49.95, Stockists:
the footprints before the www.freckledfrog.com.au.
prints are scanned into a
computer, resized to fit, then STROLLING AROUND
stamped on to the keyring.
THE stylish Bugaboo Cameleon,
Order by 5pm tomorrow and
specify it’s for Father’s Day to receive envied by many a mum, has been
the gift certificate in time. See released in an off-white limited
www.smallp.com.au edition. Like the
PHOTO FRAME WITH BABY original, it
PRINTS from $34.95 MEN’S BABY BAG 1 RRP $330 insulated compartments to keep HIP CARRIER RRP $210 weighs
REMIND Dad what he helped create liquid or food hot or cold for four only 9kg,
SPOIL dad DAD will look ultra-cool carrying
with a DIY keepsake combining your hours, a padded changing mat, wipe- your baby in this manly Ramalama
baby’s photo with handprints or with an OiOi suits
clean lining, adjustable strap and Infant Carrier (above), made from
footprints. Daddy Rider loads of pockets for wipes and leather with suede lining in newborn to
The 20x30cm BellyArt Black leather bag, nappies. chocolate or black. 17kg and
Inkless Print Photo Frame (RRP one of the It’s suited to babies from about
Like the Daddy Rider, this one is comes
$64.95) has room for two footprints or flashest of the five months up to 20kg and can be
great for the office once the kids are
handprints next to the photo, while new wave of past nappies. Stockists: worn on either hip. with a
the 12.7x17.5cm version (RRP $34.95) stylish men’s www.storksak.com.au, A denim version is also available. bassinet. RRP $1925. See
has room for either one handprint or baby bags hitting the market and the Buy at www.ramalama.com.au by
(02) 9328 1700. www.bugaboo.com for stockists.
footprint. one Dannii Minogue’s partner, new Tuesday to make sure you receive
These Australian-made timber dad Kris Smith, has been snapped PERSONALISED KEYRING before Father’s Day.
frames use an inkless-print system so toting around.
from $19.95 SNAPPY HOLDER $25
there’s no paint and no mess.
Order at www.bellyart.com.au by
Dad retains his street cred, while
inside the five compartments are
CHOOSE from DADS on the run will love the manly WIN
24 meaningful black Dash Clutch nappy wipes
Tuesday to receive before Father’s loaded up with nappies, wipes and
cream. Includes an insulated bottle
quotes on a holder — or choose zebra, leopard or One lucky
Day or see the website for stockists. Poetic Pieces snakeskin prints for dads who like to Baby Steps
holder and change mat and made
Key Ring to walk on the wild side.
from grey brushed leather. Stockists: reader will
inspire Dad to It clips closed and it’s airtight and
www.oioi.com.au; 1300 131 693.
greater heights. water-resistant. win a
MEN’S BABY BAG 2 RRP $309 You can have the back of the key Buy at www.dashbaby.com.au by Toblerone Super Dad Hamper,
ring stamped or engraved with your Tuesday to receive before Father’s
DADS who love style but won’t trade valued at $520.75, and filled with
child’s name and birth date or a Day. Free postage Australia-wide.
practicalities for fashion will go for
the Storksak special message. more than 70 Toblerones of
Jamie Order online at assorted sizes including two
messenger bag, www.ohmygiddyaunt.com.au by 4.5kg Super Dad Toblerones
an all-in-one Tuesday to receive before Father’s
Day. (RRP $110 each), the perfect gift
luxurious for sweet-tooth dads this
leather satchel From $19.95 with the quote only, or
with thermo-
from $29.95 if stamped or engraved. Father’s Day. For a chance to win
and to see terms and conditions,
go to www.heraldsun.com.au/
lifestyle/competitions. Vic
Survival guide TIPS FROM MUMS ON CHOOSING CHILDCARE/WORK DAYS WHEN RETURNING TO PART-TIME WORK residents only. Closes noon
September 2, 2010, drawn 2pm
■ I chose days hubby was less frantic holidays fall on a Monday and you still ■ Try for two consecutive days — I because of public holidays — then on that day, winner published
at work, so if baby was sick he could have to pay for the day. find this helped my daughter’s you have to cram your week’s work in online on the same day.
share taking time off work to stay Amanda, Altona Meadows transition into childcare better rather to one less day. Working Fridays is
home and care for baby, and I could than having one day in care, one day PARENTS’ PANEL
■ Part-time mums should not put all also hard as lots of people take
Want to join our parents’ panel
focus on rebuilding my career. days together because if your child is at home and then a day in care again. Fridays off or are in a rather festive
Narelle Caulfield, Lysterfield sick you lose all of your days, whereas It helps with them adjusting. mood, making it difficult for us part- and offer your views and
a gap gives them a day to recover. Agnes Falzon, St Kilda East timers to get our work done! reviews on baby products and
■ If you have a choice I would not tricky topics? Email
recommend a Monday, as most public Kristy, Sandringham ■ Working on Mondays is hopeless Julianne Rice, Moonee Ponds
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