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Welcome
Welcome to our newsletter - 'The Buzz': the newsletter of The Bees Knees Kids. We aim to assist parents in the nurture of the children in their care.
In this edition of 'The Buzz' we will be featuring the Retailer of the Year!, how to get kids to sleep, a Mum of the Month who describes her amazing birth story, What's New in our online store, grabbing the latest Bargain, Book Recommendations, Useful Videos, a child friendly recipe, mumtrepreneurs and the opportunity to show off your child on our Fan Photos Wall of Fame!
As an Early Childhood Teacher I really believe that by providing our children with the best start to life with as many fun filled learning experiences in their own home we can nuture a real passion for learning!
Retailer of the Year!
HOORAY! We are so happy to share with everyone that we won The Best Online Retailer for Kidswear in Australia for 2010 with Kids Fashion Review. This was conducted in an Independent Kids Fashion Review Survey that was done by the Public and many customers. We want to just say a big thank you for you support and without your votes we could have won the award!
What's New?
Monte& Tex is a NEW addition which we are so excited to have added ready for pre-ordering stock arriving early to mid September!!
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Monte and Tex Kaftan
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Monte and Tex Tea Dress
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Rufflebutts Swing Top
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Baobab Mesh Dress
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Kireisui Tutu and
Numbered Top
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Three Little Trees - Toilet Paper Mummy |
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Help Getting Your Child To Sleep
Here's a wonderful article that may help you with your little treasure (and you!) to find sleep.
Useful Videos
I remember being pregnant with my first child almost feeling overwhelmed about what was about to come although I was so excited and thrilled to meet my new baby I was also quite anxious about things like feeding, sleeping and coping with being a new Mum. It is a big role to fill and I don't think anyone can prepare enough for what comes with the demands of being a new Mum. I was fortunate enough to be watching Dr Phil at the time featuring Dr Harvey Karp who has such an incredible way with calming babies! As soon as I watched him in action I didn't even hesitate I bought the DVD The Happiest Baby on the Block and we watched a few times before Eli was born and then a few times when he was born and we used it all the time!
I remember people commenting on how calm he was and they would look at us puzzled with us holding him on his side totally content! Oh of course Sean would beam quite proudly and demonstrate to people all the 5's this was also great for him as he could give me a break from all the feeding and could be an active participant in helping as well as bonding with the children. I honestly don't know how I would have coped without the information that I had. Dr. Harvey Karp is a nationally renowned pediatrician, child development specialist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the USC School of Medicine.
The Miracle Blanket is also a GREAT product that we stock to help with swaddling of new babies! We used these ourselves and LOVED it easy to used and it works! Watch babies go from crying to calm in seconds!!
Book Recommendations
     
Mum of the Month - Renee Clarke
I wanted to share with you the amazing birth of my gorgeous little Girl Laila. Although she is 2 now I still think her entrance into the world is a good one.
 On the 10th July 2008 2:54am I was woken by pains in my tummy, I whacked my husband after an hour of wondering if "the" time had come. "Honey, I think it's time" sleepy and confused his reply was "Oh crap ok I won't go to work today!" At 6am I rang my mum and my sister who were to be my birthing partners along with my husband and they came with breakfast.
We walked the streets stopping every so often for a contraction and this went on for hours. I suddenly got the urge to go shopping! We went to the supermarket to get some foods that I thought I wanted to eat and as I turned into the shelf to contain myself from a contraction I looked down to see a little girl staring at me in sheer horror! The poor thing had no idea what was going on.. By 6pm that evening I had well and truly had enough, the contractions were anywhere between 8-10 mins apart and I was exhausted. I finally managed to talk the mid wives into allowing me to come in for a check-up as they had declined previously and told me I would be like this for days (OH MY GOODNESS!!!)
The examination proved that the baby was well and truly there but I hadn't dilated at all. So we went home and I sent mum and sis home too, my husband and I shared the lounge and every 8 mins I rolled off and pushed.. At 4am I told him to go to bed and I would try and sleep too. come 5:30 the contractions were so strong I jumped in the shower for some relief, I stayed in there for a good hour and a half (thank goodness for a massive water tank) and by this time it was 7am, we called the mid wives again who had said I wasn't in labour and I was only experiencing "pre labour" (OH MY GOODNESS AGAIN!!!)
I begged them to let me come in and they refused saying I hadn't even dilated but I knew deep down something was going on.. By this stage I was quite cranky and threw the phone at my husband and kept on pushing. My morning sickness had come back so I was sitting on the toilet leaning over the bath vomiting at the same time. they had told him to give me some panadol and sleep the pain away!! (Ha-ha anyone who has gone through labour would know it is impossible to sleep in THAT much pain) so I took the panadol and walked back to my room to hear a big "pop" something sounding like a water balloon breaking and the trickle of water down my legs, almost instantly I needed to go to the toilet so I tried walking back to the bathroom but couldn't close my legs, I said to my husband "I can't move, it's coming". He replied, "Get in the car." "But I can't move I can feel its hair". Again, "Get in the car don't be ridiculous" By this time I was sitting on the toilet pushing my baby girl out,
 I begged him to call the ambulance which he did and they told him to get me off the toilet and put me on the bed with some sheets and towels, We did this and whilst on the phone to them they told him how to deliver a baby, He freaked out when he saw her little head popping out and said, "Bub you're doing a really good job, now just hang on a minute." He ran into the hallway and said to them, "Oh my god I can see its head." We had full length mirrors so I could see everything that was happening also!! So I kept pushing and with four big pushes this absolutely perfect, alert, healthy little girl entered our lives...
For five minutes it was just the three of us. He put her on my belly, she had a tiny cry, sneezed and then sucked her fingers and we looked at each other in total awe of the perfection we had created. Laila Joy born 9:35am 11th July 2008.. The ambulance turned up five minutes later; I managed to deliver the placenta in the ambulance on the side of the road in front of a work site which happened to be having their morning tea break. There is no stranger feeling than pushing out a placenta, legs in the air with three men leaning on their shovels smoking cigarettes! I turned to my husband who was smiling down on his baby girl and said, "You have done such a good job today, you can name her whatever you like." He replied, "Can I call her Laila??" Absolutely! She looks like a Laila and is the absolute apple of her daddy's eye. The bond that was made that day between the three of us is one that will never be replaced nor duplicated. We are all so happy and love each other with every little bit of our hearts. We will soon welcome another little person into our lives and Laila is super excited about being a sister.. I would give anything to experience that feeling again with this new little person but know it will have its own story to tell... I hope you enjoy my story, I love reliving the moment and sharing our joy with whoever will listen.
Swiss Roll Recipe - by Bernice
This is a great recipe which I got from high school from our Home Economics class and still has an use to this day!!
Ingredients:
4 eggs
200ml sugar
250ml flour
1 ml salt
10ml baking powder
25ml water / 12.5 ml lemon juice
Method
1. Beat eggs and sugar until thick and creamy
2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt
3. Fold in dry ingredients
4. Use lemon juice / water to thin mixture down if necessary
5. Pour mixture into greased into a greased lined swiss roll tin
6. Bake at 200 degrees on the top shelf for approximately 10 minutes
7. While the swiss roll is baking wet and clean a dish towel and sprinkle it with sugar
8. When golden brown turn onto a damp cloth and carefully peel of baking paper trim off edges.
9. Roll it up and allow to cool
10. Unroll once it has cooled down and spread with your chosen filling. Our favourite is caramel YUM!
Mumtrepreneurs
Meet Mumtrepreneurs of the Month Catherine and Michelle of Cushie Tushies!! As  any expectant mum, Michelle Fowler wanted to provide the best for her new baby. After researching all the options available to clothe her baby’s bottom, she decided that Modern Cloth Nappies were ideal. The birth of Shell’s first son in 2005 provided the inspiration for the very first Cushie Tushies nappy: “I wanted the benefits of cloth with the ease of disposables – I was looking for all-in-one that was absorbent, easy to use, in fun, brightly coloured fabrics. At the time, there weren’t too many options within my limited budget that covered all the bases, so I created my own!” Cath (right)
It was such a fun and effective product that word spread. Pretty soon, Shell was making nappies for friends and strangers alike and, with the help of our customers’ feedback, the Cushie Tushie developed into the popular All In One cloth nappy that it is today. One friend who got into these early Cushie Tushies was Catherine Langman. Now business partner, Cath’s background is in corporate advertising. But the ethical dilemma of designing packaging for a tobacco company and the boredom of creating advertising for a bank drove the mother-of-two to seek a more professionally satisfying and family-friendly role. So, after having used Shell’s nappies for two years, Cath jumped at the opportunity to join her in business!
 The Cushie Tushies team now includes two partners: founder Shell, as Design and Production Director and Cath as Marketing, Sales and Financial Director. We are both mothers who wish to strike a balance between work and family – spending quality time at home with our children whilst nurturing and challenging our professional, creative and business interests. Shell (left)
Shell and Cath are joined by a small staff, including Shell’s brother Damien, mother of four Belinda, and mum of one Rachel, in the warehouse. Helping out Cath are Heather in graphic design and mum of two Cecelia looking after wholesale accounts. We are also supported by a growing team of sales women – our Cushie Tushies Consultants are all mothers and former customers who are now spreading their love of cloth all around Australia! A typical day at Cushie Tushies is fairly hectic… The warehouse team are usually flat chat packing and dispatching orders, checking and receiving stock, refilling shelves and telling Cath that we need more brochures, bags or boxes.
Cath and Cecelia have been working hard at finding retail stockists to take on our range. We feel it is very important to make modern cloth as equally available as disposables – the customer demand is certainly there, but retailers can be very conservative and take some convincing! In amongst this hive of activity, we hear from a lot of customers, which we love! Many lovely comments and testimonials, and others who are still getting the hang of using cloth and who have various questions. We love helping them all out and take so much pleasure and pride in getting as many people using cloth successfully as possible!
We also enjoy and take seriously our role in our community, and as such we frequently run fundraising activities, for example our recent Jeans for Genes campaign where we donated 25% of the profit of every Denim nappy sold to the charity. We also have an ongoing commitment to the Working Wonders Foundation , where we donate 25% of the profit from each Dude nappy to help raise funds for much needed research into childhood illnesses.
GRAB A BARGAIN!
We are HUGE fans of Cushie Tushies and use them ourselves! We have found it has saved alot of money and is so easy to use and is even more convenient than disposable nappies in that you save money it is easy care and you get to use them again and again! THIS MONTHS SPECIAL PROMOTION! GREAT OFFER FOR THE MONTH OF SETPEMBER ONE NOT TO BE MISSED!! BUY any 3 of the Basix Cushie Tushies and get the 4th FREE!!
The Winter Range for 2010 is on sale and has been flying out the door. With discounts up to 40% off be sure to check it out and more at the The Bees Knees Kids!
Until next time, keep your kids buzzing.
Kind Regards,
Bernice
The Bees Knees Kids
www.thebeeskneeskids.com.au
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