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30 Ways to Tell Your Child "I Love You"

There's nothing wrong with saying those three little words every day to your child, over and over again. Sometimes you can get your message through in a more sincere and meaningful way if you show rather than tell...

When Do You Start Potty (Or Toilet) Training Your Child?

The increase in nappy use has sparked worldwide concern about nappy mountains and parents are finding that they are under greater pressure to potty train their children – but do not receive sufficient help or guidance in doing so.

Building great Character


Consider character traits like, integrity, honesty, punctuality, good manners, and patience. Don’t we all want our children to grow up having these characteristics?

How do we as parents accomplish this?

Potty Training my Child

Potty training is not a race, and there is no evidence that early potty trainers are any more successful or happy as adults compared to those who potty trained a little later. So give yourself permission to take the time to understand your child and

12 Thoughts for a Happy New Year

“Live each day so that you will neither be afraid of tomorrow nor ashamed of yesterday.”

Read on to see our 12 Thoughts for a Happy New Year!!

Baby Proof Your House by Thinking Like a Toddler

In order to properly baby proof your home, you need to think like a toddler thinks and really get down to his or her level in order to see what he or she sees. Start getting ORGANISED.

Baby-Led Weaning

Baby led weaning is an ever increasingly popular way to wean your baby from milk on to solids. To date there has been little research into the difference between weaning your child straight to solids as opposed to weaning them on to purees first.

Frequent, Demand or Baby Led Feeding

Weigh up the options for proving your baby with the best possible start to life.

Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding

Dr Newman says "Your breastmilk is made as required to suit your baby. Formulas are made to suit every baby, and thus no baby. Formulas succeed only at making babies grow well, usually, but there is more to breastfeeding than nutrients."

Breastfeeding - A good latch and position

When left together skin to skin for a few hours after birth, most mothers and babies manage to breastfeed quite happily, without much assistance. However this is not something that you have to do on your own.

The Joys and Benefits of Sand Play

Apart from sand-play being a whole lot of fun for toddlers, it is an activity that comes with numerous benefits and one that should definitely be encouraged!

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Employing an Au Pair.

If you haven’t quite decided whether or not to employ the services of an Au pair, then this list of advantages will surely help to convince you that there are far more advantages than disadvantages when making this important decision.

Some Rainy Day Ideas

You’ve planned a day of outdoor activities to entertain the kids and as Murphy’s Law would have it, you pull back the curtains to reveal a gloomy rainy day! Not to worry - we’ve put together a few great rainy-day activities to keep the boredom at bay.

The Perfect Morning Routine

Morning Time Savers and other Back-to-School tips during Back-to-School season on SAChild.co.za

Snack Attack

They're home and they're hungry and lunchtime was hours ago. Before the kids hit the books or the backyard, they could really use a snack. Muffins to the rescue!

How the Whole Family Can Get a Good Night’s Sleep (Really!)

Miss the days of a good night sleep? Here's a Healthy Kids Guide for Parents...

Dreams for our children

We all have dreams for our children. We would all like to see them achieve something we ourselves were not able to.

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