Free Gift With Little Bamboo Sheet Sets

For a limited time only buy a Little Bamboo Sheet Set from www.styledbaby.com.au and get one Little Bamboo Muslin Wrap FREE. We are so in love with bamboo that we want everyone to know how great it is!

Coming Soon - Ergopouch Bamboo Pyjama's

ErgoPouch have done it again!!

Available this week, bamboo blend pyjama's for babies from 3 months to 3 years, available in three styles, cool, mild and warm, there is one for every weather condition.

So reserve your pair - chantal@styledbaby.com.au

Images from www.ergopouch.com.au

Deck Out Your Walls

Give your childs room an instant face lift! styled baby has a fantasic range of removable vinyl wall, the hardest thing will be deciding which design you want in which colour. See the full range instore.

Getting ready for Christmas

Wow it is December already and nearly time for the holidays. I have already put up the Christmas tree, as you can tell I can not wait for Christmas. All the christmas drinks and dinner parties. I am now wondering why I put my hand up to host the annual dinner party we have with our friends at my house!!!! Not to worry I dont have to cook, thankfully we are having it catered by darriwill farm. Get your hamper's delivered from them, they are great.


My youngest, Jake is old enough now to really enjoy the spirit of christmas, as he was only 4 months old last year. Erin is also looking forward to her first christmas as a family of 4.


Look how mean I was to tyler last year, poor tyler was only meant to wear that santa outfit for when my mum arrived, but we got busy and he was left in it all day long. Sadly this will also be our first christmas without of beloved britney who you can see below among the carnage looking not all that phased about christmas.



For us, christmas is the gateway to our annual family holiday, at the crack of dawn on boxing day, we jump or rather crawl to the car and make our way to the river, where we spend a few weeks soaking up the rays on the bank, Erin and her family have been coming up the past few years and are now regulars on the banks. This year we both hope to have tyler and deacon up skiing on doubles.
If you would like to tell us how you will spend your magical chrismas this year, leave a comment also tell us what you think of our new christmas look at styled baby.

Aden & Anais Muslin Wrap - Product Review

Product Review By Erin - Readers Special Pricing, see details below
Having recently purchased a set of Aden + Anais muslin wraps, I am an instant convert and also have all of my friends buying them like there’s no tomorrow.

With fantastic colours and designs – and their groovy new zoo animals design – I was spoilt for choice. They are super soft and a nice close weave, but still allow breathing.

Otherwise known as swaddling clothes, the muslin wraps are a sensational size – a very generous 120cm x 120cm (approx). No more escaping for my little tot!!

Aside from swaddling, the wrap can also be used as an open sheet, on the floor for tummy time and as a stroller shade (drapes nicely given its large sizing).

You may think muslin in muslin, right? Wrong!
There are so many scratchy, poorly woven and super tiny muslin wraps on the market that resemble hessian. So do you self a favour and discover aden and anais. Which by the way are two ex aussies living in the US and were horrified when they discovered they couldn’t get any half decent muslin in the states.

There is also a winter weight which consists of several layers of the same soft muslin, still allowing baby’s body temperature to adjust naturally without overheating and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw them at the pregnancy and baby expo in Melbourne. Which is were I also got a sneak peak and the new muslin sleeping bags, available soon.

The following information is taken from
www.adenandanais.com

Muslin is a unique cotton fabric first introduced into England in the late 17th century. Muslin has a light, open weave that allows air to flow seamlessly through the material. The soft natural fibers allow your baby's body temperature to adjust naturally, eliminating over-heating, but ensuring warmth and comfort. aden + anais wraps will allow you to safely swaddle your baby, giving you confidence that your baby will experience a peaceful and secure sleep.

why swaddle?
This age old technique is used to make your baby feel safe and secure:
Swaddling helps to make your baby feel secure and comfortable, as it is designed to imitate the security of the enclosed surroundings they experienced in the womb
Swaddling helps your baby sleep on their back, the pediatrician recommended sleeping position.
Swaddling helps your baby stay asleep by reducing sudden arm and leg movements (startle reflexes)
Swaddling keeps your baby's face uncovered
Swaddling prevents your baby moving around the crib and getting into dangerous or uncomfortable positions

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What Was Your Favorite Baby Item?

I borrowed rockers for my first born, but was fortunately introduced the Baby Bjorn Baby Sitter 123 for my second by my dear friend Cherie, little Jacob could get it bouncing and spent many hours bouncing away on his own, creating his own soothing motion, instead of me having to rock it with my foot, like I did the first time around, trying to make sure I kept the rhythm even so I wouldn’t wake him if he dropped off.It has three click in positions, low, medium and high so it grows with your baby. Anti skid pads which work really well, almost verging on too well, There is no pushing it out of the way, you have break contact with the floor to move it. The baby bjorn has a reversible cover so you can change the look or hide little accidents. The toy wire is removable which is handy when you want to spoon feed your baby. They also spin around to keep them entertained. It folds flat for easy storage and transport.

Please tell us what your must have baby item was!!

Mumi & Bubi - Product Review

If you’re like me, you’d rather cook and prepare all of your babies food yourself, it makes you feel like a super mum, no tinned, jarred or packet prepared food on my babies shelf in the pantry.

My freezer on the other hand has a couple of Tupperware containers with steamed, mashed sweet potato, zucchini, pumpkin, broccoli and pear and made by moi. All in little cubes, made in my Mumi & Bubi Solids Starter Kit. Every night little J has a mixture of vegetables for his tea that defrost evenly in the microwave.

You get two trays and a recipe booklet in the kit, each tray has 21 holes with a rounded base and close fitting lid. I never get freezer burn on them and due to the portion controlled size as J gets a little older and hungrier I add another cube to his meal. I didn’t use the booklet as I followed a different diet aimed at maximizing the immunity and nervous systems. But thats another story.

I put the trays in the dishwasher and so far so good. Due to their size they can sit on top of other food in the freezer and don’t tip over. You might ask why don’t you just use ice cube trays, well there are a few reasons, firstly you don’t come buy many that have lids. Secondly they all have square bottoms, which makes it really hard to get them out and lastly, 21 holes versus 12 holes.

Free from BPA. (Bisphenol A is used in the production of epoxy resins and
polycarbonate plastics) The trays are made from polypropylene and, if you look on the back, you will see the recycling symbol with the number 5 "PP"
which indicates polypropylene. The trays are made from new material, not recycled material as sometimes can be the case with polypropylene products.

Overall - They have defiantly made meal time at our house quicker and easier and kept us making his food for longer.

Rating - 9/10

Available - in Safeway among other retailers in Australia.
Images by Mumi & Bubi

Bugaboo Love - Stand By For A Long Wait

Maybe I will have a third child………… and I might just wait long enough to get a bugaboo car seat to adapt to the Cameleon and the Bee.

But a As we all know here in Australia, it takes a long time for car seats to make the transition from Europe to Australia, due to our stringent standards, which saves the lives of our kids, so I can live with that.

So we can drool over them instead, and I guess we could start making noise about a bugaboo car seat to meet Australian Stanards.

At least for now, we can enjoy some of the new colours Bugaboo has on offer for their cameleon, Off White & Orange.

Images from Baby Trader

You'll Wish You Were Kinder Age Again

Tupperware’s lunch to go pack, available in Tropicana Blush and Zing. Is great for kinder and school.
For a total of $58.25 you get
Sandwich Keeper
Two Snack Cups
Kids’ Sports Bottle
Hang On Spoon
and the insulated carry bag, with an external drink carrier and a zipped pocket in the front of the bag. The whole bag unzips ¾ of the way around and has a carry handle.

All plastic products are cover by tupperwares very generous lifetime guarantee and are dishwasher safe.

Best of all you will reduce landfill and save money, a you don’t need plastic wrap and you can buy items in bulk, rather than buying individually packed goods.

But don’t worry if you’re a little disappointed that the kids get all the fun, there is a grown up version too,

Tupperware’s Tropicana Sapphire. Comes with the insulated bag, The Rock ‘N Serve and a Sandwhich Keeper Square
RRP $49.85 (Sports Bottle not included)

Call your tupperware consultant today, any excuse for a girls get together.

All images from Tupperware.com.au

Cheeky Little Soles

Cheeky Little Soles have the best shoes for your babies feet and your reputation as a hip mum, excellent for pre and post those precious first steps, (that I am still waiting for.) With their super soft leather sole, and funky designs, they will rock your world. And I love the word play with the branding.

Lisa also keeps a blog, which you can find here

How Cheeky Little Soles began...
Cheeky Little Soles was created by Australian Mum Lisa Koba, early in 2005. Lisa searched for a way to keep her 6 month old daughters socks on and to stop her from slipping on their floorboards at home in her early attempts at learning to stand.
Lisa saw a gap in the market for top quality, stylish and reasonably priced soft soled leather baby shoes, not one to sit back, she set about designing her own range.
After many months of research, designing and sourcing, the first range of Cheeky Little Soles baby shoes emerged onto the market. The response to the range, both from customers and retailers, was fantastic, Mums and bubs throughout Australia and New Zealand just adored Cheeky Little Soles.
As the word spread about Cheeky Little Soles so did the range of products available. Cheeky Little Soles has developed into a unique range of Australian designed leather footwear specifically tailored for babies and toddlers.
All the Cheeky Little Soles products have been tried and tested by infants, toddlers and Mums.

The above words in grey and images were extracted from their website, i couldnt rewrite it any better

HandySitt - Product Review

The HandySitt –Danish By Design

Great portable highchair for your styled baby, from 7 months to 4.5 years. Allowing your child to sit with you at the table and not segregated from the family while strengthening the family bonding process and encouraging mealtime values.

Folds flat for easy cartage (even fits in a suitcase), a travel bag is

available as an optional extra.

Fits to most chairs and is easy to setup, saves having to ask if indeed there are highchairs available in a restaurant, and never mind that there is nowhere for it to fit without obstructing traffic, that is once you have had to ask several people to move while dragging the often broken, dirty and unajustable highchair from the back of the restaurant .

Comes in a range of colours and timber finishes, anti slip rubber feet, three point harness, adjustable arms to lengthen or shorten depending on seat, and safety strap to hold it on the chair which you can tighten once fitted.

The HandySitt definitely makes meals time outside of the home whether far or near an easy and hassle free experience for the whole family, which makes it a more enjoyable time and you find yourself going out more often.

RRP $149.95 AUS

Available on line at Charlottes Web for $139.00 AUS

Please tell them that styled baby sent you.

Rating 9/10

Pillow Talk

These lovely personalized pillows, from a friend Jackie O (No not that Jackie O), makes these pillows with your little ones name on them, beautiful cot and single sheets, bunting and some softies. She sells them at the local market here. They make great gifts for new babies, sorry that these ones are all boys ones as her girls ones are very pretty.

I am waiting for her etsy shop open so I can post a link so you can all have them.

Whats Good For Baby - Product Review

Product Review - Rafferty's Garden Breakfast Cereal

When looking for a healthy start to J’s eating life, I read that brown rice cereal is better than white for your babies undeveloped tummy, I also wanted to start organic, even though I knew this was not going to be a life long thing, I still wanted to delay or reduce chemicals in J’s diet.

That is when I found Rafferty’s Garden Organic Baby Rice Cereal with extra iron, and the best thing it was in the supermarket, which meant no extra stops (which we all avoid with young ones) or online ordering. They are really well priced, under $2 for 125g, they have a zip lock top, on a foiled pouch, which stands up nicely in the pantry no matter how empty, and if your in a hurry you can chuck the whole pouch in the nappy bag and not worry about it staying upright, or the bag tearing.

With no added sugar or salt
No lactose or milk products
No artificial flavors, colours or preservatives
Wheat free and good source of iron
Made from brown rice, sunflower lecithin and electrolytic iron.

In the beginning, we just mixed it with formula, but after we had introduced vegetables mixed with the cereal and cooled boiled water for a while, I added one ice cube of steamed pear, and cooled boiled water for lunch, keeping breakfast as normal.

Then after some time had pasted and we were ready to start adding a tad bit of gluten into his diet, we introduced the Multigrain breakfast with extra iron in the breakfast time slot. The multigrain cereal has 50% whole oat flour, 30% brown rice, 20% stabilized rice bran, sunflower lecithin and electrolytic iron. It is a little thicker in consistency than the rice cereal.

Below J models the Baby rice cearal and multigrain breakfast

Good for baby and super easy for mum

9/10

Image #1 from Rafferty Garden

Image #2 my own

Bounce Your Baby

Product Review
BABYBJÖRN Baby Sitter 1-2-3



I borrowed rockers for my first born, but was fortunately introduced the Baby Bjorn Baby Sitter 123 for my second by my dear friend Cherie, little Jacob could get it bouncing and spent many hours bouncing away on his own, creating his own soothing motion, instead of me having to rock it with my foot, like I did the first time around, trying to make sure I kept the rhythm even so I wouldn’t wake him if he dropped off.

It has three click in positions, low, medium and high so it grows with your baby. Anti skid pads which work really well, almost verging on too well, There is no pushing it out of the way, you have break contact with the floor to move it.

The baby bjorn has a reversible cover so you can change the look or hide little accidents. The toy wire is removable which is handy when you want to spoon feed your baby. They also spin around to keep them entertained. It folds flat for easy storage and transport.

Suitable for billy lids up to 13 kilos.

They are a little on the expensive side compared to rockers, but they are worth every cent.

Rating 9/10

Images from Baby Bjorn