Floral Frocks

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Flowers of all shapes and colors are blooming to fill the country side again. Everything will be beautiful, so why not get your unica hija to be the same? Have your little bella donna sway in style in these fabulous floral frocks. These dainty dresses are too pretty, she can even wear these on through summer.

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a Three Little Trees Bamboo Dress AU$54.95

b Coco & Ginger Bella Dress – Pink Poppy AU$44.00

c Bebe by Minihaha Bella Tiered Dress $48.95

d Three Little Trees Dragonfly Dress AU$49.95

e Ouch Fresh Floral Pinny Dress AU$35.95

f Eternal Creation Coralie Sundress $27.96

g Bebe Liberty Berry Blossom Dress AU$39.95

h Coco & Ginger Ginger Dress – Yellow Batik AU$35.00

i Coco & Ginger Daisy Dress Floral AU$81.50

j Albetta Smock Butterfly Dress AU$47.95

k Coco & Ginger Mali Dress – Fuchsia Batik AU$44.00

l Peace Street Turquoise Mexican Shift Dress AU$59.95

m BIG by Fiona Scanlan Summer Dream Dress AU$84.95

Win a Baby Studio Collection at UrbanBaby!

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Ola Mama Mias! Good news is waiting for you at UrbanBaby. urban baby win Win a Baby Studio Collection at UrbanBaby!

They are giving away a fabulous pair of baby furnitures from Fisher-Price! One winner will be very lucky to take home a rocker seat and high chair from the new Baby Studio Collection, collectively worth $450.00.

Baby Rocker and Seat

This uber stylish rocker retails at $179.99. It comes with songs, nature sounds, and smooth vibrations to soothe your baby. It can be assembled as a rocker for nap time and seat for feeding time.

High Chair

Retailing at $269.99, this versatile high chair has multiple adjustments to recline and change height. You won’t have to buy new chairs when your baby grows, just remove the main tray and snack tray and he’s ready to join the family meals at the table.

All you have to do is answer just one question to take home this fabulous prize. You have until April 18 to fill up this entry form.

Go get ‘em!

Playing Pirate

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Little boys have such wild imagination. One day they decide to be robots, the next day they wear eye patches and pretend to plunge a cutlass through an imaginary Davey Jones.

Being a pirate certainly has its charm on boys. Aside from boarding a huge ship with a flag of skull and crossbones, pirates are depicted to be free-spirited and adventurous. Just the word “adventure” raises up testosterone levels. If your little baseball star decides to go on account and be one of the buccaneers, why not indulge  him with these pirate loot scoured from the basement of Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl.


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1 Alimrose Designs Pirate Squeeker AU$15.95

2 Alimrose Designs Bib Pirate AU$14.95

3 Alimrose Designs Pirate Toy AU$29.95

4 Heimess Pirate Teether Ring & Rattle AU$19.95

5 ORE Sugar Boofer Play Pack – Ahoy Matey $39.95

6 Little Chipipi Ships Ahoy Wall Decals AU$79.95

7 Pirate Bookends $21.95

8 Ahoy Matey! Pirates Dress Up Costume $64.95

9 Pirate Hat $16.95

10 Pirate Joe – Roll the Dice from Haba $27.95

11 Plan Toys Wooden Pirate Ship and Pirates $99.00

12 Tiger Tribe Magnetic Play Book – Pirate AU$19.95

Now maybe you can also ask Daddy to join in and be a landlubber to walk the plank, ye mate?

Spot On: Alimrose Designs

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Alimrose Designs started in the 1980′s as Native Bush Babies. It was created by two moms who wanted to make Australian-made toys and products accessible. It started off with dolls and figurines, but eventually bibs, homewares, squeakers, and cushions have been added to their sale racks.

Alimrose Designs products are very distinct for its fun fabrics and shabby chic feel. I can’t help but covet one of the dolls to be placed in my soft toys collection. Though made for children, Alimrose Designs toys are too charming to take a young girl out of a grown-up woman like me.

Ditch the mature grown-uppish-ness and stuff your kids’ shelves (and your own too, secretly, of course) with these adorable Alimrose cuties:

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a Sleepy Owl Mobile Choc/Aqua $36.95

b Sailor Doll $42.95

c Teething Ring Sweet Birdie $24.95

d Hardqueeker – Blue Eskimo $15.95

e Scotty Dog Pancake Rattle Gingham $20.95

f Owl Pram Tie – Pink $24.95

g Belle Girls Apron $23.95

h Sleeping Pixie Doll – Pink $34.95

i Bird House Mobile – Red $42.95

j Bunny Ear Booties Navy $27.95 $19.56

k Navy & White Stripe Monkey Rattle AU$26.95

l Flatties Giraffe Robins Egg $19.95

m Maddie Doll $52.95

n Knitted Bunny Rattle Cherry Red $9.95

o Daphne Doll AU$29.95

p Flatties Rattle Elephant Blue Medallion $19.95

q Charlie Cat Rattle AU$26.95

r Owl Squeaker AU$22.00

s Rattle Doll Chloe AU$26.00

If you are not in Australia, Alimrose Designs children’s products are also available in these international online sites:

Monkeytail & Wellington’s Shadow Puppets

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Monkeytail & Wellington is an online shop created by a stay-at-home mother named Vicky and dedicated for kids of all ages. The products aim to “celebrate kids being kids”, with fun themes for parties, games, and all-around fun. Popular brands take their stall on this site, but so do indie brands and designers working exclusively for Monkeytail & Wellington.

A particular product that caught my fancy in Monkeytail & Wellington’s delightful gallery is their collection of shadow puppets.

Puppets are timeless, even college professors want to see a class do a puppet play for a reporting once in a while, but I’ve grown out of putting my hands in a sock and sticking my fingers through heads and limbs. Seeing shadow puppets made for kids in Monkeytail & Wellington really lifted my spirits. I had loved the Indonesian shadow puppet theater, called Wayang, ever since our group report in an art class in college. Puppets are made flat and segmented for mobility through sticks glued on the limbs and other movable parts.

Monkeytail & Wellington’s shadow puppets are cut from sturdy matboard, assuring a long survival even from nitpicky hands. Though not as intricately detailed as the wayangs, these shadow puppets have movable parts depending on the character, such as the arms of the yeti or the wings of the fairy.

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Monkeytail & Wellington’s shadow puppets come individually or in a set with a landscape. Choose your character, will he or she be a mermaid? A robot? A yeti? Or something else? And if you’re not the do-it-yourself type of person, pre-made landscapes are available to set the stage for your play. The landscape has wood base; the puppets and landscape parts can be pulled off the base for easier flat storage.

Now there’s an additional clever reason to turn off the lights and save electricity. Kids won’t have to be afraid of the dark anymore.

Say goodbye to your sock puppets and walk into the theater of Monkeytail & Wellington.

Give bedtime reading a rest and find your story here.

Pretty in Pink

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A pretty woman will always look good in pink.

Though it has never been formally established that pink is the color for girls and blue for boys, baby products and kids merchandise have been artfully categorized into baby pinks and powder blues. Trying to defy society, I and my equally energetic mom decided to use apple green as the color motif for my baby boy. Ten months after my little prince’s birth, I have accumulated mounds of blues in baby’s cabinet; I just wanna say ‘give powder blue a break, people’. Though if I had a girl, pink is far too charming to ignore.

Let your sweet little princess bloom and blush in these pink finds which are sure to catch every toddler tyke’s eyes.




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1 Oobi Baby Pink April Skirt $39.95

2 Oobi Baby Pink Candy Marilyn Ruffle Dress $43.95

3 Rock Your Baby Bow Headband – Pink Lace $12.95

4 Oobi Baby Pink Candy Betty Reversible Dress w/ Bloomers $49.95

5 Rock Your Baby Small Bow Clip – Pink Floral $9.95

6 Bebe Josie Reversible Booties $13.90

7 Oobi Baby Lacy Broderie Anglaise Vest – Pink $24.95

8 Oobi Baby Lulu Cancan Skirt – Strawberry $54.95

9 Cheeky Little Soles Baby Ballet Shoes – pink $35.95

10 Oobi Baby Pink Forest Party Dress $43.95

11 Oobi Baby Darcy Skirt – Fairyfloss Pink $69.95

12 Oobi Baby Ruche Dress – Pink Forest $29.95

13 Alimrose Baby Bunting Flower Doll Rattle $29.95

14 BIG by Fiona Scanlan Tulle Bow Headband – Pink $34.95

BPA-Free Reusable Bottles

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The environment has taken its toll on mankind lately. Slowly, signs of a dying earth and avenging nature have shown up sporadically to tell us that we are destroying our home planet.

Consequently, pro-environmentalists have risen up to the challenge and created various means to shed light on the importance of living green to save our planet.

I am one green-living enthusiast, and I was greatly relieved to see a fun and stylish product that would put a halt to PET bottles which are highly hazardous for the environment.

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Reduce ‘Water for the Week’ Grab & Go Water Bottle Set *whew* is a 5-piece reusable bottles with a rack for easy refrigerator or shelf storage.  It is made of durable, BPA-free plastic – meaning, it is safe for the environment. Now you have a bottle for each week day to bring with you to work. No more disposable plastic bottles to chuck every time you finish a drink.

Why not bring your children to the new habit of green-living? Here’s a design for your darling daughter:

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Buy a set and see other designs of Reduce Reusable Bottles.

MetroMum Sale and News

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Attention mommas! MetroMum has good news for you. Worry no more if cash is not on hand. You can still purchase that adorable tutu for your darling baby girl without borrowing money from your yoga instructor. Layby is now available! Click on the icon below for terms.

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And speaking of tutus, MetroMum is also putting this adorable reversible tutu on sale!

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Ellie Bellie Reversible Tutu (Pink/Lime) $69.95 $55.00

Every girl wants to be like Tinkerbell, even the flying part. Of course you cannot give your child the gift of flying, but you can always create a fancy fairy dust and a snag a whimsy costume online. Now you can use the layby and grant your little princess her birthday wish to become a fairy in a dreamy tulle skirt for a day.

Easter Bunny Goodies

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Easter is around the corner! After painting eccentric eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt, find the perfect Easter gift from these delicate finds that’s sure to bring the Easter Bunny hopping to your doorstep. Babies and toddlers are sure to skip around the carrot patch after receiving one of these hare-y goodies.

Dandelion Organic Cotton Pink Blanket Silky Peter Rabbit Mamas and Papas Starlite Swing Hopping Bunny Baby Walker Manhattan Snuggle Pod Hunny Bunny Gertie and Me Boy Bunny Skip Hop 'hare' Comb & Brush Set Alimrose Bobby Bunny Floral


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1 Dandelion Organic Cotton Pink Blanket $27.00

2 Silky Peter Rabbit $22.95

3 Mamas and Papas Starlite Swing $299.95

4 Manhattan Snuggle Pod Hunny Bunny $29.95

5 Skip Hop ‘Hare’ Comb & Brush Set $49.95

6 Alimrose Bobby Bunny Floral $25.95

7 Gertie and Me Boy Bunny $24.95

8 Hopping Bunny Baby Walker $89.95

Now start hiding the carrots!

Baby Bloch Shoes

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catbabybloch Baby Bloch ShoesBaby Bloch shoes are the perfect ballerina slippers for your aspiring dancer… when he/she can walk that is.

These adorable ballet flats are going on to our favorite products list, mostly because they remind me of my days in ballet class, but also cause they are authentic ballet slippers from world renowned Bloch.

baby bloch Baby Bloch ShoesBased on Bloch’s world famous ballerina shoes, the Baby Bloch range is soft and feather light, expertly crafted for comfort, style and the protection of your baby’s developing feet. We think this is one of the cutest ranges available at ShopHouse. Every baby needs at least one pair of these special shoes.

Buy them at Shop House