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Newborn Gift Ideas

July 13th, 2010

Born to be Wild - Newborn Nappy Cake Baby GiftIf you’re searching for that unique, individualised and thoughtful newborn gift, you have come to the right place. Yellow Duck Baby specialises in quality personalised newborn gifts that you cannot find in any department store.

Search the Yellow Duck Baby website to find quality and affordable newborn gift ideas that any new parent will love to receive. Our newborn gifts are catered to the little recipient in mind. We have a huge range of personalised newborn gifts, newborn baby shower gifts, baby blankets and nappy cakes, just to name a few. Our customers have provided testimonials to prove they are happy with their newborn baby gifts and we guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Baby Snuggles Blue - Newborn Nappy Cake Baby Gift

Decide the newborn gift you would like to give to the recipient by choosing from our extensive range of newborn gift ideas. Give a gift of elegance such as a stunning personalised appliquéd wool blanket, or maybe a quality bathtime gift or how about a personalised double (or triple) layer nappy cake. Your recipient will admire the gift and want to show it off to others. In fact, some of our recipients do not want to undo the nappy cake so they can keep it for many years as a keepsake for their child.

Yellow Duck Baby prides itself on providing quality newborn gifts to be cherished for years to come. All our gifts are handmade from our Melbourne premises and made for the special little recipient in mind. Visit our online store for your unique, quality, treasured baby gift and have the gift courier delivered Australia-wide.

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Baby Gifts Online

July 13th, 2010

My Own Sweetheart & I'm a Star Personalised Baby BlanketMake the process to buy a new baby gift simple. Save the heartache of endless shopping to find the perfect gift for a precious new baby. Yellow Duck Baby offers convenience in an online baby giftware store including everything a new parent could posssibly want to keep their new baby snug, warm and safe.

Yellow Duck Baby offers a unique and stunning range of mostly personalised baby gifts. Our online baby gifts cater for baby’s bedtime, baby’s bathtime gift ideas to exceptional three-tier nappy cakes for the new bub including all the basic essentials. Yellow Duck Baby has a full range of impressive baby gifts that a new parent will love and a newborn baby will adore.

Our online baby gifts are exclusively made with the little recipient in mind and we aim to impress! View the Yellow Duck Baby website for our extensive range of baby gift ideas. We want to please you and send a baby gift that is individually made and designed to please.

For added convenience we will happily send a complimentary gift card with your personal message and can courier deliver to any address Australia-wide. Buy now from Yellow Duck Baby, you won’t be disappointed!

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Baby Hampers Delivered

June 1st, 2010

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Yellow Duck Baby offers an exceptional range of baby hampers which are delivered direct to your nominated recipient Australia-wide.

There is a full range of different themes and types of baby hampers to choose from. Yellow Duck Baby offers an extensive range of personalised baby hampers, nappy cakes, christening gift hampers and baby shower hampers to name a few.

Baby hampers can be ordered online through the safe online payment system. Australia-wide courier-delivery is offered with a complimentary gift card included if required.

Make sure you order your next baby gift hamper from the Yellow Duck Baby website. You will not be disappointed!

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Custom Made Orders – for baby gifts over $100

May 13th, 2010

Custom Made Nappy Cake

Yellow Duck Baby is happy to offer individual custom made baby gifts!

Work out your budget and simply email us: enquiry@yellowduckbaby.com.au and tell us how much you would like to spend and we will do the rest for you. This is especially useful for customers who lack the time to choose a baby gift from our extensive range, or even for Corporates who know what their budget is, and will happily allow us to compile a unique and personal baby gift for you.

We are also able to do custom made orders with a particular design/colour theme in mind. Eg/ Fireman Theme, Sporting Club Colours Theme, Racehorse Theme, etc.

For custom made orders you will need to allow an extra 1-2 days to complete the order.

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Bathing your Newborn Baby

May 11th, 2010

For the first week or so, until your baby’s umbilical cord stump falls off and the area heals, it’s best to stick to a top-to-toe bath with a warm, wet sponge or facecloth. Always wash your baby’s face and hands first and the groin area last.

After the umbilical cord stump dries up and falls off and the area has healed, you can start giving your baby real baths. While a baby is tiny, it makes most sense to use the kitchen sink or a small plastic baby bath instead of a standard one. Some parents choose to bath their baby every day and make this part of the daily routine, but this is not essential.

When you do bath your baby, you may find it a little scary at first. Handling a wriggling, wet and soapy little creature takes practice and confidence, so stay calm and maintain a good grip on your baby. Some babies find the warm water very soothing. Others cry through the whole bath or when you get baby in and out. Keeping the bathing room warm can help. Another trick is to try putting a wet facecloth on your baby’s tummy to help baby feel secure while in the bath.

Here are some tips for the first bath:

  • Get everything you need ready first: mild soap, cottonwool balls, towel, nappy and clothes.
  • Fill two-thirds of the bath and carefully check the temperature with your elbow. The water should be no hotter than 38oC. A baby can get third-degree burns in less than 50 seconds if the water is at 60oC.
  • Making the room warm will help this to be a nice experience for you and your baby and a cold room could give baby a shock. Bring your baby to the bath area and undress baby completely.
  • Gradually slip your baby into the bath feet first, using one hand to support baby’s neck and head. Pour capfuls of water over baby regularly during the bath so baby doesn’t get too cold.
  • To clean baby, use just water or a very small amount of mild baby soap as you wash baby with your hand or a facecloth from top to bottom, front and back. When your baby is used to having regular baths, a good habit to get into is to wash baby’s face and hair over the bath before you put baby in. Use moistened cottonwool balls (no soap) to clean baby’s eyes and face. If dried mucus has collected in the corners of your baby’s nostrils or eyes, dab it several times to soften it before you wipe it out. Wash baby’s scalp with a wet, soapy facecloth.
  • Rinse your baby thoroughly and then lift baby out of the bath, with one hand supporting baby’s neck and head and the other under baby’s bottom, with thumb and forefinger around one thigh. A wet baby can easily slip out of your hands.
  • Wrap your baby in a towel and pat baby dry. If baby’s skin tends to be dry, you may want to apply a mild lotion or cream after baby’s bath. Then put baby’s nappy on and dress baby.

NEVER LEAVE YOUR BABY UNSUPERVISED, EVEN FOR A SECOND.  NEVER PUT YOUR BABY INTO A BATH WHEN THE WATER IS STILL RUNNING.

Yellow Duck Baby has a wide range of baby towels and accessories to assist when bathing your little one. Click here to view the baby bathtime baby gifts.

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Pets & Newborn Babies

March 15th, 2010

It’s hard for a dog who’s always been treated like a baby to stand aside when a real baby appears on the scene. But that’s exactly what your dog will have to do. Though a little initial moping around may be unavoidable, you’ll want to do whatever you can to prevent any excessive jealousy and aggressive reactions.

Here’s some tips of what you can do to prepare your family dog:

  • Invest in an obedience training program for your dog if he/she isn’t trained already – and even if you’ve never felt there was a need for it before. Friskiness and over-enthusiasm aren’t usually a problem in a childless home, but they could be in one with a new baby. Particularly because your baby’s behaviour whon’t be controllable or predictable, your dog’s must be. Obedience training won’t take the spirit out of your dog, but it will make her more stable, and less likely to harm your baby.
  • Get your dog used to babies now if you can. Invite friends with babies over to the house, or let her sniff a baby in a park or be petted by a toddler (with parent’s permission of course). This will let your do become familiar with how a baby moves.
  • Get your dog used to a baby in the house. Use a baby-size doll as a prop in her training. Change the doll’s nappy, carry it, sing to it, rock it, nurse it, put it to bed in a cot, take it for a walk in the pram.
  • If your dog usually sleeps in your bed, get your dog used to sleeping alone. Fix up a comfortable doggy bed in a corner – with a favourite pillow or blanket for company.
  • Take your dog for a complete medical checkup. Be sure that your dog is flea and tick-free. Also be sure to check your dog for worms of any kind.
  • If you have new puppies in your home, have them wormed as soon as possible.
  • After delivery, but while you’re still in hospital, have your husband bring home an unwashed piece of clothing your newborn has worn so that your pet can become familiar with the baby’s scent. When you arrive home, let your husband hold the baby while you greet your pet. Then to satisfy her curiousity, let the dog sniff the baby. One the baby’s snug in the cot, break out a special treat for the dog and spend a little time alone with her.
  • Be attentive to your new baby but don’t act over-protectively around your dog. This will only make the animal more jealous and insecure. Try to get your pet involved with the new addition and let her know she’s still a loved member of the family. Pet her while you nurse, walk her while you take the baby in the stroller. Try to make a point of spending at least five minutes per day with her alone.

If despite your best efforts to prepare and reassure your dog, she still seems hostile towards the new arrival, keep her tied up and away from the baby until you’re sure she’s worked out her feelings. Just because a dog has never bitten before, doesn’t mean she’s not capable of it under such duress.

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Infant Massage

February 18th, 2010

Immediate Physical Benefits of Infant Massage:

  • Improves sleep patterns
  • Tones digestive system - special techniques aid colic, wind and constipation
  • Reduces sinus and chest congestion
  • Strengthens the immune system through relaxation – stress weakens the immune system
  • Reduces muscle tension
  • Strengthens nervous system and aids neurological development – speeds myelination
  • Gentle exercises encourage the development of flexibility and co-ordination
  • Stimulates the circulatory and lymphatic systems
  • Facilitates an infants’ handling sensory input with relaxation
  • Raises an infants’ stimulation threshold – gradually builds tolerance
  • Touch Relaxation – a conditioned relaxation response -
    is of immense benefit in situations where the child is anxious

Other Benefits:

  • Can be adapted with children of all ages
  • Techniques can be specifically adapted to work therapeutically
    with babies and children with special needs

 Emotional and Psychological Benefits:

  • Strengthens bonding – particularly good for those with interrupted
    bonding through prematurity, medical problems, adoption and fostering
  • Establishes close loving communication which provides security and
    stability for the child – a secure child is free to develop to his or her
    full potential – he or she is not anxiously attempting to gain
    security through trying to have basic nurturing needs met
  • Parents learn beneficial relaxation techniques as massage cannot be
    performed while stressed – stress is immediately transferred to the child
  • Quickly becomes an established part of the daily routine that decreases stress
    and tension for both parent and child – creates a state of calmness and relaxation
  • Provides opportunity for fathers to spend quality time with their children
  • Develops mutual trust and respect - the child is always in control of the massage session
  • Increases parental confidence and self esteem
  • Allows the parent to develop a deeper understanding of the childs’ non verbal
    communication and behavioural cues

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Tummy Time

February 18th, 2010

Ideas to encourage tummy time:

  • Give your baby at least two opportunities each day to lie on the floor without
    a nappy and limited clothing to encourage free movements.
  • Roll baby onto tummy or side and lift up without supporting the head.
  • Carry baby facing down and slightly outwards. Swing baby gently in this position.
  • Massage for longer periods with baby on his tummy over your thighs – arms forward,
    and using a mirror will help to amuse baby.
  • Lie baby on your chest when lying down. Encourage baby to lift their head to “talk”
    to you. As water helps support your baby’s body weight, you could also place baby on
    your chest in the bath to help baby tolerate prone. Never leave baby unsupervised in the bath.
  • Place your baby on their tummy over a rolled up towel or your thighs, encourage baby to
    look around, a large securely fixed mirror will attract baby’s attention. Toys hanging from a
    frame will encourage baby to look up.
  • Use a mirror (not too small) to entertain baby on their tummy, when playing on the floor.
    A rolled up towel placed under baby’s chest with arms forward will assist your baby to lift their head.
  • Lie baby on the tummy over your legs while sitting on a chair or the floor, with a toy to stimulate.
  • When walking baby in the pram, place baby on the tummy facing out and harnessed for safety.
    Use pram indoors, or when out and about and particularly in a busy shopping centre so that baby
    can look up at the passing crowd.

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