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Top parenting stories this week
From baby toys and cool threads to store openings and things to do with your little one. We cover the new, the old favourites and the best-kept secrets for everything baby.
Baby Food Book
From when to start solids and how to prevent choking to an entire chapter on making healthy baby food, Good Food Baby has it all. Written by two healthcare professionals (Ali Chernoff, R.D.and Chantel Canessa, M.N.), the book is packed with extra nutrition tips and tools, including a handy food allergen chart, meal planning guides, and even information on how to feed babies with Down Syndrome. Best of all, the authors have also written Good Food Toddler (complete with tips for feeding picky eaters or planning parties for kids with food allergies). goodfoodbaby.com
Gillie Beans Fund
We recently discovered the inspiring mom behind the Gillie Beans Fund and wanted to share her story with you. After her daughter Gillian died last June, her mother Janette decided to raise money to research the rare childhood cancer (Rhabdomyosarcoma) that had claimed her daughter at the age of eight. Her goal? To improve the quality of life for other kids with cancer – and hopefully some day find a cure. "Gillian was an inspiration to everyone who knew her and we are so thankful for every minute we had with her," says Janette. gilliebeansfund.com
Save A Child's Heart
At Just the Facts, Baby, we like our children’s charities and were excited to discover Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) – some of whose members and volunteers plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in August. The goal? To raise enough money ($1 million, to be exact) to save the lives of children who need heart surgery in Africa. Not much of a climber? It’s ok – you can still contribute. To support the climb and find out more about SACH, visit saveachildsheart.org.
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Sugar-free Vitamin D
Vitamin D is the only nutrient missing in breast milk. Since babies aren't exposed to sufficient sunlight (the primary source of vitamin D) to get the recommended 400IU they need for good health, breastfeeding mothers should supplement. It's always bothered us, however, that most vitamin D supplements are loaded with sugar. That's why we were happy to discover Baby Ddrops.
Baby Ddrops are preservative-free and have no artificial flavor or color. One drop of Baby Ddrops has 400IU of vitamin D and is mixed with an oil-based solution that is similar to a fat naturally present in breast milk.
Place one drop on a pacifier or your nipple prior to feeding and your baby will receive his vitamin D needs for the day. Once your baby is eating solids you can add Ddrops to his food.
(We also love that the company is 100% Canadian.)
