Kiddipedia Podcast

The world has experienced more change in recent years than in the decades before. Thankfully, one behaviour that is continuing to build its momentum, going from strength to strength, is the shift of conscious purchasing decisions towards eco-friendliness and sustainability.

After all, we all have a vision of leaving a better world for our children and it is our responsibility to leave the planet in the best condition we can for our children and generations to come, and I’m not sure we’ve done a great job of that so far.

It’s never too late to make the shift to better safeguarding the planet.

It makes perfect sense for sustainability to be infused in baby-related products, and for parents to become more conscious consumers when raising their families.

If you’ve got an upcoming baby shower and are racking your brain to think of suitable options for a soon-to-be mum with sustainable values – or simply want more insight on products for your own sustainable child-rearing this is the interview for you.

Today I am thrilled to welcome our special guest, Natasha Hughes, an expert in sourcing sustainable, ethically made, plastic-free and non-toxic clothes and Founder and Owner of On Chic Baby Clothes.

We ask Natasha questions including:

1. Why you are passionate about the difference sustainability can make to our lives, the environment and our future?
2. Do you think that Sustainability is a lifestyle commitment?
3. How can we best normalise sustainability in the community and push for change?
4. We published your article titled ‘What to get the environmentally-conscious new mum: advice for sustainable gifting’ for someone who hasn’t read the article yet, please tell us what it’s about, and what inspired you to write it.
5. What is the difference between traditional cotton harvesting and organic cotton? 
6. How can parents best do their own research in identifying brands that are legitimately backing up their claims of sustainability? 
7. What is your definition of what sustainability means?
8. What are the benefits of wooden teethers for babies?
9. How do you choose the right wooden teethers without affecting forest conservation?
10. Why should Mummas choose cloth nappies over traditional single-use nappies? 

 

For the full article, please go to:

https://kiddipedia.com.au/what-to-get-the-environmentally-conscious-new-mum-advice-for-sustainable-gifting/

 

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Today’s interview comes with a disclaimer, on one of the most difficult topics to talk about: that being of unintentional childhood injury. We’ll also discuss the most common childhood injuries in and around the home, their prevention along with the incredible work of Kidsafe.

Today, we are calling on everyone watching and listening to be ‘The One’ to make the change, and help keep our little ones safe and to hep save kids' lives as Kidsafe Victoria has launched their heartfelt ‘The One’ campaign to raise awareness of child injury in the lead up to National Kidsafe Day. on Tuesday 24th May 2022.

To help talk with us on this topic we welcome our special guest Alex Hamilton, Kidsafe Relationship and Engagement Manager.

Alex has 10 years of experience working with bereaved families in the not for profit space. Alex has travelled nationally and internationally, speaking to audiences to passionately share her own story of courage, resilience and hope, as a bereaved Mum herself.

Alex is Mum to two “rainbow” babies – Shiloh and Bodhi and feels so privileged to work with families to impact change within the community.

We ask Alex questions including:

1. Is it a common misconception that the most common location where children are injured is at home?
2. Is it true that preventable injuries are the leading cause of death for Australian children aged 1-14 years and one of the leading causes of hospitalisation?
3. What are some of the more common hazards in and around the home?
4. You have a lived experience as a bereaved parent, can you tell us about your loved ones?
5. For those that may not know everything about Kidsafe - what is the purpose of the organisation?
6. What is National Kidsafe Day all about?
7. I believe you have a new campaign this month called 'The One'. I've seen some of the promotions around this on social media. Where did the idea for this campaign come from?
8. Why did these families get involved?
9. What can the community do on National Kidsafe Day?

For the further information, please go to: https://kiddipedia.com.au/you-never-imagine-that-you-will-be-the-one-but-what-if-you-were/

 

You can be the one to make the change and help Kidsafe save lives

Kidsafe exists to prevent these types of tragedies by empowering families with practical strategies and knowledge of how to prevent serious, life-threatening injuries.

When it comes to keeping our children safe, we all have a role to play. You can #beTheOnetomakethechange and help save the lives of our precious children. Together, we can keep kids safe.

 

How to get involved?

• Share our messageswith your family and friends – make safety a topic that is important to everyone with children.
• Download our home safety checklist
• Show your support by sharing the text below and an image of yourself in our National Kidsafe Day frame, on your socials

 

This National Kidsafe Day, I’m joining @KidsafeVic to #betheonetomakethechange

You never imagine that you will be ‘the one’…. but what if you were?

Take a selfie – like mine – with #1 on the palm of your hand, download the social frame, and post it to your network. We need to share this message to every person we know that looks after children to help prevent unintentional injuries.

Support Kidsafe Victoria to continue to save children’s lives.

https://www.kidsafevic.com.au/about/donate/ 

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In life, all we ever want or aim to achieve is in the pursuit of happiness and the attainment of experiencing and feeling it

After all, there isn’t anything more important than being happy, and ensuring children are too.

Have you ever thought the way we see the world around us now as adults, our inner belief system, unconscious mind and feelings are all based on what we experienced and learnt and were exposed to in our childhood? Both good and bad. Positive and negative.

That’s why is so important for us to understand what we need to do to ensure we create a solid foundation of happiness for our children. This is through the language we use, tone of voice, and the words which all form children’s inner voice and shape their mindset for life.

Makes us think really what is the internal belief system we are instilling in our children?

A child’s mindset forms their sense of belonging in the world, it’s their internal compass in which they steer the direction of their life’s events and the quality of their experiences of them. 

So even if you didn’t have positive experiences of this in your childhood, there are ways you can help provide this for your little ones, which is what we’re here to discuss today with our special guest Charlotte Ziff

Charlotte Ziff is the founder of Sunchild Affirmation Cards. A Wellness and holistic brand focusing on constructive thoughts that encourage positive thinking and boost self-esteem in children. She is also a trained Steiner educator and has worked as a nanny her whole life.

We ask Charlotte questions including:

1. Why do you think it’s so important to help children create a positive internal belief system?
2. Why do you think affirmations are so important for a healthy body and mind at any stage of life?
3. Do you think that positive affirmations require regular practice if we want to make lasting, long-term changes to the ways that children think and feel?
4. How often do you think parents should speak affirmations to their children to help make a change? and from what age?
5. What are your top 3 affirmation suggestions parents can say to their child every morning/night during the early stages of growth?
6. Tell us about the deck of cards SunChild sells and how parents should use them best?
7. How do the cards help children grow confidently with a strong sense of self?
8. I understand you faced multiple challenges throughout your youth which resulted in the inspiration behind your brand SunChild. What was your inspiration for creating these cards?
9. SunChild is very passionate about helping children who are experiencing grief? How do your cards support children going through grief?
10. We understand you are a Steiner trained teacher - can you tell us a bit about that and did you incorporate some of those learning principles/ philosophies into the brand

For Charlotte’s article, please go to: https://kiddipedia.com.au/the-top-6-affirmations-to-say-to-your-child-every-morning-night-during-their-early-stages-of-growth/

For further info:

Charlotte Ziff is the founder of SunChild Affirmation Cards. Each deck of cards come with 27 Positive Affirmations to nurture children of all ages. To learn more head-to-head to: https://sunchild.co

Each deck of SunChild cards include 27 positive affirmation statements created in Australia using recycled paper. 5% of all profit is donated to ‘Feel the Magic’ charity; supporting children suffering from grief, offering bereavement education and support. The cards retail for $34.95 and can be purchased online at www.sunchild.co

 

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Our Emotions are the fuel to our thoughts and actions. How we feel helps form the lens in which we see the world around us and gives credence to our individual point of view.

If our emotions have us in a happy mood, even on a cloudy day we are going to feel positive and cheerful. On the flip side, if our emotions have us feeling pessimistic, we are more likely to see the world around us unfavourably and a little gloomy.

So, how can we help children best identify what they are feeling and what it means? How can we help educate them to set them up for a life of success, well lucky for us our special guest is here to help give us expert information and advice.

Today we welcome our special guest Rachel Tomlinson, a Registered Psychologist, mother, parenting expert and author of two internationally published books. Rachel is a sought-after expert for print and broadcast media on topics such as parenting, child development and relationships.

We ask Rachel questions including:

1. What have you learnt most from those experiences when it comes to the importance of emotional intelligence, especially when it comes to parenting young children?
2.  Why is it important that parents find ways to optimise children’s abilities to express their feelings, explore and resolve troubling thoughts?
3.  Do you have any tips on how parents can encourage and inspire kindness and compassion in children?
4. It is common that parents will do everything in their power to protect their children from being upset, distress or discomfort. Are there any consequences to protecting children from experiencing adversity?
5. When should parents try to fix issues for their children how could it result in children losing confidence?
6. Why is it important not to rush and fix our kids' feelings?
7. Why is it important to validate children’s feelings? If ignored, can this lead to developing some unhealthy habits? If so, how?
8. Why is emotional regulation important?
9. What can parents do to support their kids to manage big feelings

 

For Rachel’s full article: https://kiddipedia.com.au/why-its-important-not-to-rush-and-fix-our-kids-feelings/

 

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Rachel is a Registered Psychologist, mother, parenting expert and author of two internationally published books, “Teaching Kids to be Kind” (Skyhorse) a parenting book focusing on how to encourage kindness and compassion in children and “A Blue Kind of Day” (Penguin) a picture book about the sensory experiences of depression in children.

Website: https://www.towardwellbeing.com/

 

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Every parent wants to give their children the life they deserve and positive future. It’s possible that during our childhood we experienced educational gaps where our parents have missed passing down knowledge and important life lessons.

It’s not their fault, they most likely weren’t taught those lesson by their parents, who weren’t taught by their parents and the list goes back generation by generation.

So, how is it that we can we teach children lessons about something that we never learnt ourselves as a child?

Well, we learn how to as an adult, from people like our special guest.

Today we welcome John Hattie, one of the world’s best known and most widely read education experts. His Visible Learning series of books have been translated into 29 different languages and sold over 1 million copies.

John is passionate education experts who will help us learn how we can close that gap through their newly launched book that is aimed to help support parents in children with a successful and happy life.

We ask John questions including:

1.  You have a new book out, 10 Steps To Develop Great Learners - Visible Learning For Parents, tell us what the book is about in a nutshell? What’s the major theme?
2. What can concerned parents and carers do to ensure their children, of all ages, develop great learning habits?
3. Tell us a bit about your visible learning research John, and how you have applied that coparents this time around?
4. In the book you offer a 10 step plan for nurturing curiosity and intellectual ambition - based on strong research, can you take us through some of those steps?
5. How can we help parents and students communicate effectively with teachers?
6. How do we promote a language of learning in the home?
7. What do you say to parents who have high expectations of their children academically?
8. Many parents are concerned about their children’s learning post covid, what advice would you give them?
9. Why is failure most important to your child’s learning and development?
10. What is the Goldilocks principle?

For John’s full article, please go to: https://kiddipedia.com.au/10-steps-to-develop-great-learners/

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https://visible-learning.org/

https://technologyforlearners.com/summary-of-john-hatties-research/

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As we all know, a well-balanced meal contains a combination of vegetables, protein and carbohydrates. When encouraging and supporting children who are fussy eaters you can be lucky for them to eat one of these alone, and that could be on a good day.

Pre-plating children’s meals have long been known as a practical way for parents to try and provide a solid nutritional foundation however, but, how beneficial is this method?

Is there something else can we be doing to try and help encourage and foster fussy eaters' interest and enthusiasm toward food?

Well, that’s what we’re here to discuss today with our special guest and resident expert in fussy eating, Marie-France Laval.

Marie-France Laval is a Dietitian-Nutritionist, Home Economist and Counsellor originally from France.

Marie France is also the CEO of Fussy Eater Solutions where she offers a range of online and in-home programs to support fussy eaters and their families.

We ask Marie-France questions including:

1. Where does pre-plating come from?
2. Pre-plating seems practical, so what's wrong with it?
3. hat causes pre-plating to go from practical to problematic?
4. What is the difference with the family style, otherwise known as the European way of serving meals? How is that not equally nutritionally obsessed and focused?
5. Family style of serving, is this, not more work?
6. How does the family way of serving meals support fussy eaters? How can parents introduce this?
7. How does pre-plating equally influence obesity and an unhealthy relationship with food that can last an entire lifetime?
8. You’ve always recommended the inclusion of a second course such as bread/crackers with cheese or yoghurt, fruit or dessert. Why is this?

For the full article, please go to: https://kiddipedia.com.au/are-pre-plated-meals-failing-your-fussy-eater/

For further information, please go to:

https://fussyeater.com.au/online-fussy-eating-group

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As we all know, each families’ race, ethnicity, and culture are important parts of their identity. Children, including very young children, understand and want to have a sense of belonging to their families’ racial, ethnic, and cultural group or groups.

Iconic children’s television program Sesame Street recently introduced a new Korean American character called Ji-Young to encourage empathy and acceptance of Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

Ji-Young will be making her debut on Sesame Street here in Australia on ABCKids on March 21. 

Ji-Young’s introduction is part of an initiative by Sesame called ‘See us Coming Together’, which aims to support families to have ongoing conversations about race with young children.

So, if you’ve ever wondered how we can help children feel pride and confidence in their own skin and develop positive racial attitudes about other children, then you are in the right place!

Today, I’m so excited for our 200th Episode to welcome two very special guests all the way from Sesame Street in New York City, Autumn Zitani, who is a Content Producer at Sesame Workshop, and Ji-Young, the newest resident of Sesame Street!

We ask Ji-Young and Autumn questions including:

1.  Ji Young, you recently celebrated Neighbour Day on Sesame Street - can you tell us about that?
2. You also met some celebrities like Naomi Osaka, who else have you met? What were they like and what did you learn from them?
3. Do you enjoy learning about different cultures?
4. We hear you love electric guitar, tell us about your music?
5. You also love sharing some of your favourite foods with your Sesame Street friends? Can you tell us about that?
6. You also spend a lot of time with your Grandma, don’t you? Can you tell me about your relationship with her, and the special things that you do together?
7. How do you help friends feel like they belong?
8. Ji-Young, how have you settled into Sesame Street? It must be such a fun place to live – what do you love most about living there?
9. What have you learnt from any of the other Sesame Street residents, like Elmo or Big Bird?
10. Why did Sesame Workshop decide to create a character like Ji-Young?
11. Why was it important for Sesame Street to represent Asian and Pacific Islander communities?
12. The introduction of Ji-Young is part of an initiative called See Us Coming Together. Can you tell us about that?
13. How important is it that parents start having conversations with children at a young age about race and identity, and where do they start?
14. What other advice would you give to families wanting to start having conversations about race and racism with their children?
15. Last year, Sesame Street also introduced two characters called Wes and Elijah. Could you tell me a little about them?
16. Why is it important that children see people like themselves represented on screen and in stories?

 

For the full article, please go to: https://kiddipedia.com.au/tips-for-talking-about-race-with-your-child/

 

Ji-Young’s Sesame Street debut in See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special will debut on Monday 21st March at 9.30am on ABC Kids and will also be available on ABC iview and the ABC Kids app.

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Is there a link between nutrition and our mood?

More importantly, does the food we eat impact our mental health?

Well… that’s exactly what we're here to discuss today.

In particular, we're talking to any new Mum, or a Mum to be, as we endeavour to answer the question 'How can nutrition benefit postnatal depression?'

To help share her expert evidence-based advice on this topic we welcome our special guest Lana Hirth

Lana is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Nutritionist who helps women enhance their nutrition with the power of good food to live life to the full. 

We ask Lana questions including:

1. Why should expectant Mums, and new Mums, consider their nutritional needs equally as much as how foods affect our mental health? Also, the possible effects food has on developing post-natal depression?
2. What is Post Natal Depression? What are some key signs that might be associated with postnatal depression according to Beyond Blue?
3. What factors can influence postnatal depression?
4. What is Maternal nutrient depletion and what causes it?
5. I understand there was a landmark study in 2017 that led to how we can improve depressive symptoms, can you tell us about those findings?
6. So the million-dollar question, what is the role of nutrition in managing our mood, depression and potential PND?
7. What are your top 3 foods that you would recommend?
8. Are there foods we need to pay attention to for postnatal depression?
9. If a Mum had postnatal depression with her first, is there anything she can do to reduce it?
10. How did you become a dietitian with a special interest in pregnancy and postnatal health?

For Lana’s full article: https://kiddipedia.com.au/how-can-nutrition-benefit-postnatal-depression/

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Website: www.lanahirth.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lanahirthdietitian
New Mums Nutrition Podcast: www.lanahirth.com/podcast

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Did you know that sensory play is important for babies' and toddlers' brain development and the most critical period of time for children to be exposed to sensory play is within their early postnatal years?

Why? It’s because over 90% of a child’s brain development happens before the age of 5 years.

We’ve all seen babies and toddlers in insatiability to interact, touch or bite whatever they have the ability to reach in front of them, and it's through these sensory explorations they learn to perceive the world around them, and their role in it.

So what are the benefits of Sensory Play for Babies and Toddlers?

To help discuss this, and how Sensory Play is a gateway to children's crucial learning milestones,  we welcome our special guest Claire Behrmann, Owner and Managing Director at Jellystone Designs.

Claire is the driving force behind the ever-evolving innovative award-winning products at Jellystone Designs and a busy Mum to 3 young children.

Jellystone Designs are experts in facilitating children’s sensory play, with a trusted range of sensory toys and devices to facilitate babies' and toddlers’ development, including teethers and chew pendants, sensory balls and stackers.

We ask Claire questions including:

1. As a busy Mum, where did your inspiration come from to work in this industry?
2. What are the most important features parents should identify when looking for safe silicone toys, teethers and jewellery?
3. What have you learnt most from the Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and experts you work with in developing your award-winning range?
4. What is sensory play? Why is it important?
5. The article features 10 benefits of sensory play, what are your top 3 favourites?
6. Why do you think our insta feeds are so full of parents creating sensory play setups at home? 
7. Does sensory play have to be complicated?
8. What are your favourite quick and easy sensory play activities?

For the full article, please go to:  https://kiddipedia.com.au/10-amazing-benefits-of-sensory-play-for-babies-toddlers/

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If you are planning to have a baby, are currently expecting or are with a newborn, and are navigating the complexities of parenting in a pandemic, then this chat is for you.

The first moment you discover you’re expecting a baby is one of the most significant and momentous experiences of anyone's life.

Naturally, you experience overwhelming feelings of euphoria and elation at the wonder that is about to unfold.

However, bringing new life into a world that is navigating its course through a pandemic comes with its own additional set of challenges

So, if this is you, and you could do with a little bit of support along, with evidence-based expert information and advice, well you’re in the right place as today we welcome our special guest, Belinda Joyce

Belinda is a midwife, maternal & child health nurse with over 20 years of experience. She is also a mother of four and author of 'Survive and Enjoy Your Baby'. Her passion is in providing safe, evidence-based advice & options to parents so they can find their own path to parenthood.

We ask Belinda questions including:

1. What are the differences in pre and postnatal experiences for new parents pre-pandemic and now?
2. As a maternal and child health nurse, what are some of the most common questions and concerns new parents ask?
3. What are new parents missing out on most during this COVID-era?
4. What are the benefits of Parent Groups when run Face to Face as opposed to online appointments?
5. What health professionals would you suggest new Mums continue to use as telehealth appointments? Which health professionals do you suggest they should choose to see face to face?
6. How can new parents look after their mental health? 
7. You’re starting a new program to support new Mums, can you tell me about it?

For Belinda’s full article, please go to:

https://kiddipedia.com.au/surviving-a-new-baby-in-the-pandemic/

For further details:

https://belindajoyce.com/

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