Today is the day when we announce the winner of our monthly Baby Food Recipes Competition - so congratulations to Carina MacInnes from Canada! Carina wins a $20 Amazon voucher for her gourmet baby food recipe for Roasted Garlic and Red Pepper Pumpkin Soup. This recipe sounds so delicious, you’ll be cooking it for the […]
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Posted in Feeding tips on Jun 29th, 2008
Shallena from Loma Linda in the United States wrote to us yesterday to ask if we could come up with any ideas to encourage her little boy to eat a wider range of foods.
She told us…
My baby is 8 months old. He doesn’t want to eat any food except Cheerios. He breast and bottle feeds. […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 27th, 2008
Another crib recall to tell you about today - and this time it’s the ‘2nd Nature Built to Grow Cribs’ from Stanley Furniture Company Inc.
The cribs may fail to meet safety standards, in that the space between the crib and the mattress could be too wide when the mattress support is in the middle […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 26th, 2008
Kroger is recalling ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
All varieties and weights of ground beef products with a Kroger label sold between May 21 and June 8 at Michigan and Columbus and Toledo, Ohio Kroger retail establishments are included in this recall. The affected ground beef products also include a […]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on Jun 26th, 2008
Today we have a great recipe for a simple apple custard sent into us by Delmae from Hollywood, Florida. Unlike many custard recipes, this one is sugar free and uses only egg yolk - not the white - making it suitable for babies from 6 months onwards who have been separately introduced to all the […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 25th, 2008
Jardine Cribs Sold by Babies”R”Us are being recalled because the spindles and wooden slats can break, creating a gap that can pose entrapment and strangulation hazards to children.
The company has already received 42 reports of slats or spindles breaking, with 4 children becoming entrapped. Two of them suffered bruising and abrasions as a result.
Here is […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 25th, 2008
This may not be a product that you would feed to your baby… but just to be on the safe side, we wanted to let you know that Tesco stores are recalling some of their canned beans and sausages because they may contain small pieces of plastic.
The products involved are
Tesco Beans & Sausage 220g
Tesco Beans […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 25th, 2008
We told you yesterday about a recall of IKEA Baby Sleeping Bags in the UK (more details here) - we now have details for the recall of the same product for our Australian visitors.
IF YOU LIVE IN AUSTRALIA - the recalled sleeping bags have date stamps 0745 through 00147059 and article numbers 60147056, 40147057, […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 25th, 2008
One-gallon containers of Nestlé Pure Life Purified Drinking Water - which were only sold in Shop-Rite stores in the five Northeast states of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania - are being recalled.
This recall involves less than 150 bottles, which may contain a common food grade cleaning compound in a diluted form. This […]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Jun 24th, 2008
IKEA BARNSLIG Baby Sleeping Bags are being recalled because the company has received two reports of the zipper bottom stop detaching from the zipper. This can cause the zipper slider to come off, too - and both parts may present a choking hazard to babies.
The article numbers for the sleeping bags concerned are 30133409, 40133404, […]
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