10 ways to BOND with your Baby!
We hear this term so often that is has the danger of becoming meaningless, when in fact it is a critical part of building a trusting and loving relationship between you and your baby. [...]
How to make an ecobrick
We are excellent recyclers in our house! We separate plastic bottles and cans, glass, paper and also have a compost heap! We have tried to teach our kids that everything can be used again! [...]
Old school play for 21st century thinking
I have written about the importance of play in previous Baby and Child issues and will continue to do so as often as I can. This is because I am slightly obsessed with play: [...]
Food allergies in children
Allergies seem to be on the increase and often parents think their child is allergic to a particular food without a proper diagnosis. It is therefore imperative that a health care provider accurately diagnose [...]
Fussy Eater No More! 9 Tips to help encourage your baby to eat.
We are all concerned about our children’s eating habits at one point or another. So how do we make the transition from milk to enjoying various foods? The World Health Organization (WHO) encourages breastfeeding for [...]
How to help your child decrease screen time
For a parent, nothing eliminates the burden of entertaining your child more than handing them your smartphone. The issues with this are all too familiar. Impaired vision and potential phone addiction come to mind, but [...]
The benefits of bananas for babies
The children’s song ‘Go Bananas! Eat Eat Bananas!’ carries some good advice for parents. Bananas are a fantastic fruit option for children six months and older as they are soft, easy to eat and [...]
How to tie your shoe laces
When I had my first child, I will admit I was an overachieving mom. I made sure my son did tummy time for at least an hour a day, he only got fresh homemade [...]
Tips on raising a bilingual child
Knowing how to speak more than one language is a wonderful gift – particularly when living in such a diverse country like South Africa! But how should you go about doing this? Well here [...]
Basic skills at bath time
Fun with stickies. What would bath time be without PLAY PLAY PLAY. Clamber Club’s Motto is all about move learn grow. Play is the most important aspect in which our children learn through and fully understand how their [...]