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For the first time this year, Pigeon Baby Products is delighted and proud to collaborate with the McGrath Foundation during the month of October, with proceeds from the purchases of their products being donated to the wonderful charity.
The funds raised from the sales of Pigeon Baby Products will assist the McGrath Foundation with raising money to place breast cancer nurses in hospitals across rural and regional Australia and educating women to become breast aware.
Pigeon, the leading manufacturer of baby care products and available in over 100 countries worldwide, has been helping families lead healthy and enjoyable lives since 1957 and strive to deliver only the best for mums so they can enjoy a healthy and happy journey. Pigeon Baby Care products can be purchased in leading pharmacies, Big W and other major baby outlets.
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Unless you have been living under a rock you would know it is now election time in Australia. Families can be greatly affected by the outcome of who is leader and as a parent there are some important items in each parties policies that will affect our day to day, most important for new parents is paid maternity leave. Here is a brief run down.
LABOR
*The 2010 national minimum wage order has been set at $569.90 per week, calculated on the basis of a week of 38 ordinary hours, or $15 per hour. The PPL scheme payment is calculated at the hourly rate of $15.
LIBERAL
Carers will not have to be working full-time to access the Coalition’s Paid Parental Leave scheme because it uses the same
So what’s your thoughts? Comment below and take part of this week’s reader poll. Which parties paid maternity scheme do you prefer?
* or date of placement for adoption
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oil for cooking
1 small onion, diced
1 clove garlic
425 g tin tuna in springwater or brine, drained
1 tablespoon tomato paste or pizza sauce
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
100ml cream
1 cup grated tasty cheese
Heat oil & cook onion & garlic until soft. Add tuna, cook for 1 minute. Add sauce, paste & cream. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add cheese, stir through and serve with pasta or rice.
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Written by Sara Verge
Feeling hot, hot, hot? Well, if you are, then your baby is too. However, there’s no need to panic at the thought of another sweltering summer approaching. Babies can get stressed by the heat, but coping with summer just means a little extra care and some commonsense to keep both of you cool, comfy and stress-free.
How many layers?
If you’re feeling comfortable in a summer dress or shorts and a singlet top, then don’t bundle up your bub in a long-sleeved grow suit. Parentcraft educator and M&B expert Sharon Donaldson says: "For a newborn baby on a hot day, a singlet and a nappy and a wrap is plenty for them to maintain their body temperature."
If your baby likes being wrapped, make sure you’re using a muslin or light cotton one. When it’s really hot, Sharon advises putting a cloth nappy or small towel over your arm when you’re nursing your baby. This avoids too much sticky skin-to-skin contact and the risk of overheating your baby from your own body heat.
Plenty of fluids
"Babies do dehydrate very quickly,” says Sharon. However, there’s no need to panic, or try to pump bottles of water into your bub in hot weather. If you’ve got a good supply of breastmilk, you don’t need to give water," says Sharon. Instead she recommends short, frequent breastfeeds, as often as every two hours. Make sure your own fluid intake is good too.
As long as your baby has a wee after every feed and is producing six to eight wet nappies a day, there’s nothing to worry about, reassures Sharon.
Spend the hottest part of the day indoors, in the coolest part of the house with a fan going. (Don’t point the fan right at your baby.) If it’s really hot you can put a wet towel in front of the fan to cool the air. If you’ve got air conditioning (lucky you!) watch that the room doesn’t become too cold; 24C–26C is low enough. A tepid bath is another way to keep your baby cool on a very hot day.
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Children’s skin is particularly vulnerable to harmful UV rays. Too much sun when you’re a kid really increases your risk of skin cancer later in life. Cancer Council Australia recommends keeping babies out of the sun as much as possible.
Tips to minimise your baby’s sun exposure:
-Try to organise your day so you can be inside between 10am and 3pm, when UV is most intense.
- Cover as much of your baby’s skin as possible with loose-fitting clothes and wraps. - Protect his face, neck and ears with a broad-brimmed or legionnaire-style hat. - Use a sunshade on your pram or stroller and check regularly to make sure your bub is still in the shade.
- Use a SPF30+ broad-spectrum sunscreen on the parts of his body not covered by clothing – face, ears, hands and feet. The Cancer Council advises there is no evidence that using sunscreen on full-term babies is harmful. (The skin of premature babies may be more permeable because it is not completely developed.) Sunscreens labelled for toddlers and babies contain the same chemicals as ones labelled for adults, but usually have a gentler base and no perfume and so are less likely to irritate a baby’s skin.
Eggs being held in frozen storage at clinics such as Fertility Associates may now be implanted after being thawed and fertilised.
The move is one of two changes proposed to help infertile cancer sufferers have babies and help treat rare diseases.
And Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (Acart) last year called for public submissions on the practice, which has not been allowed in New Zealand until now.
When the practice was last reviewed in 2005 the use of frozen eggs was considered too risky because of a lack of information surrounding the new technology.
But Acart said the record of cases over the subsequent three years had changed expert opinion, and it was safe to proceed with the treatment.
About 30 people who have frozen eggs - for reasons ranging from cancer treatments, preserving fertility as they age, or because they were more comfortable freezing eggs rather than embryos.
The approval is for people over the age of 20 years.
Fertility Associates's clinical director, Dr Richard Fisher, said the change would give people, including some patients who had had life-threatening illnesses the possibility of becoming parents of their own biological children.
It also offered women - who knew they wanted children but who have not found a partner - the possibility of some choices in the future.
Frozen egg reproductive technology is used in a number of countries around the world.
The chance of pregnancy depends on a number of factors such as the age of the woman at the time she freezes her eggs. Current success rates are lower than conventional IVF but are steadily improving and over 1000 babies have been born from the use of this technology worldwide.
The Rudd Government will promise paid parental leave from January 2011 for families whose primary carer, usually the mother, earns less than $150,000 a year.
The leave will be paid for 18 weeks at the federal minimum wage of about $544 a week, however this will be taxed.
Stay at home mums will continue to received the $5000 baby bonus. The baby bonus and family tax benefits will continue to be available for mothers who stay at home.
Recipients of the parental leave scheme will not be eligible to receive the baby bonus or family tax benefit part B as well.
What are your thoughts on the Governments Paid Parental Leave Proposal? Have your say!!
1. Combine flour, yeast, sugar, mixed spice, salt and currants in a large bowl. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add milk. Heat for 1 minute, or until lukewarm. Add warm milk mixture and eggs to currant mixture. Use a flat-bladed knife to mix until dough almost comes together. Use clean hands to finish mixing to form a soft dough.
2. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead for 10 minutes, or until dough is smooth. Place into a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm, draught-free place for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until dough doubles in size.
3. Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Punch dough down to its original size. Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Divide into 12 even portions. Shape each portion into a ball. Place balls onto lined tray, about 1cm apart. Cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm, draught-free place for 30 minutes, or until buns double in size. Preheat oven to 190°C.
4. Make flour paste: Mix flour and water together in a small bowl until smooth, adding a little more water if paste is too thick. Spoon into a small snap-lock bag. Snip off 1 corner of bag. Pipe flour paste over tops of buns to form crosses. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until buns are cooked through.
5. Make glaze: Place water and sugar into a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Brush warm glaze over warm hot cross buns. Serve warm or at room temperature.
