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Introducing Solid Foods Do’ and Don’ts

• Don’t rush the introduction of solid foods. Babies don’t need to eat solids until they have from four to eight teeth, or until they can sit up and support themselves in a high chair, and manage to get more food into their mouths, by themselves, than they do in their hair or on the floor
• Don’t confuse the need for oral discovery, with hunger. Babies become very orally excited from between five to nine months.
• Do let your infant explore the world of taste and texture by letting her smell, play and mush all kinds of foods. Give her different colors and textures to play with. Rather than push quantities of food into their little tummies that most babies don’t require, allow their inquisitive scientific minds develop.
• Do be aware that breast milk changes as the child grows, keeping up with the nutritional needs of the baby, so why the rush into solid foods? Your breast milk is as nutritious for a ten month old as it was for a two week old.

Visit Sara Chana’s website for more great tips.

What new Canadian baby bum doesn’t need cloth diapers?  I fully expect that Ryanne will be running around in some bright Booty Bun diapers this summer as we all play in the yard!

Her Baby Stuff is participating in Daily Mothering’s Mothers Day  Cloth Diapering Giveaway Hop (open to Canadian babies)  starting May 1 2012 so be sure to follow Her BabyStuff on Facebook so you don’t miss your chance to win our $15 gift card to the online cloth diaper retailer of your choice!

After you follow Her Baby Stuff – hop on over to Daily Mothering  today for your chance to win all the cloth diapers your baby needs. This is a great baby diaper giveaway for Canadian babies and moms!

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Working Moms Do’s and Don’ts:
• Do assure that the breastfeeding is well established before the introduction of the bottle, if that has become your choice for getting back to work.
• Don’t introduce a bottle before six weeks. If possible, wait until eight to ten weeks. Most babies take a minimum of six weeks to learn how to master and become a professional on the breast.
• Don’t worry that your baby will not be able to learn to take the bottle. A baby who is nursing well and truly being satisfied on the breast, will be able to figure out and learn how to take a bottle in the mothers absence.
• Do make someone else introduce the bottle to your baby. It is better for someone other than the mother to introduce the bottle so that the baby identifies the bottle only with another caregiver and not with the mother.

Visit Sara Chana’s website for more great tips.

Each Canadian province lists their new baby names from Vital Statistics, making it not too bad of a job to locate the top baby girl names. (Luckily we only have 11 provinces and 3 territories, keeping the job small.)

So here’s the list of the top 25 baby girl names in Canada for 2011:

1. Olivia
2. Maya/Mia/Mya
3. Sofia/Sophia
4. Emma
5. Emile/Emily
6. Sara/Sarah
7. Chloe/Khloe
8. Isabella/Isobella
9. Ava
10. Lea/Leah
11. Ella
12. Sophie
13. Abbigail/Abigail
14. Lilly/Lily/Lili
15. Elisabeth/Elizabeth
16. Charlotte
17. Madison
18. Victoria
19. Alexis
20. Grace
21. Hailey/Hayley
22. Hanah/Hannah
23. Alissa/Alyssa
24. Amelia
25. Avery

Looks like our little Ryanne will not be sharing her name with ten other girls in her graduating class. Though I admit she had no name for three days so I could make sure we didn’t pick something in the top 50 for our Province which was a bit hard as there is a wonderful trend towards the classical girl names I love for new baby girl names both here in Canada and the USA!

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And a little bird flew by and told us that 4moms is coming out with a folding playpen this year as well!  Other 4moms baby euipment includes a self folding stroller and baby bath.

Gift basket includes: hooded baby towel, 2 Wash clothes, 3 squirt toys, bath bucket, ducky sponge and assortment of 8 mustela sample size products. Full details

At first I though – oh they are small sizes, but I have to say that purchasing smaller sizes is a good idea for new moms – I have quite a few lotions and baby bath products that I had to throw out as either a ) I didn’t like the smell (which will vary from parent to parent) or Ryanne broke out in a rash (sensitive baby skin). This baby gift basket is a great way for Mom and Baby to try out Mustela and have fun with the toys!

Baby Girl Gift Basket – $39.95
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