My daughter has the most amazing hair but it’s a freaking nightmare to brush. It usually involves a lot of screaming and ducking and diving! We’ve tried everything from special brushes to leave in conditioners. I hate brushing it as much as she hates having it brushed.
Thanks to Tunes for Tantrums(songs about doing your teeth, brushing your hair, eating your good, getting into your buggy) we’re making some headway, excuse the pun! Seriously check this out!
Note: This was the first time we listened to this armed with a brush!!! I wish I would have taken a before and after!
I have to say I was really excited about reviewing Its Your Story, personalised books for children as I think it’s a brilliant idea and I wasn’t disappointed. All you have to do is choose a book from the website, which is nicely broken down by birthdays, gender or genre. There is also a section for Adults.
Once you have chosen a book they contact you and ask for details. In our case, it was daughter’s name, address, best friend’s name, and favourite food. Then all we had to do was upload a photo of Madame. Easy peasy. I think they would make excellent gifts; one to note with Christmas around the corner.
We chose a classic, Jack and the Beanstalk. When she first saw herself in the book she got so excited, shouting her name on each page.
We have one of those digital thermometers with the little plastic covers. To be honest, I find it very difficult to get her to sit still long enough to take and accurate reading, I never get the same reading twice and I find it very fiddly to get the little plastic covers on as you are not supposed to touch them and when you release them they go flying across the room. So, I was intrigued about this Brother Max 3 in 1 Thermometer that boasted being able to take an accurate reading in a second.
Everything about this thermometer is cool. Please forgive the pun. It’s so easy to use even a child can use it, which you will see later. Literally, you just pop it out of the packaging (which is clever in itself) and throw a couple of batteries in it. If the ear piece is in then it takes the room temperature and if it’s out you can take either an ear or forehead reading with the press of a button. How easy is that?
I tried to drum up some sick children for this review, but unfortunately, or maybe fortunately everyone around here is fighting fit. I did use it on Madame and it confirmed she is healthy.
The only downside I can see is that Madame thinks it’s a toy and loves to play doctor and take her baby’s temperatures. She even took her pal’s temperature yesterday and she too is healthy. Maybe she’ll be a doctor when she grows up (wishful thinking). She takes the thermometer everywhere. It’s been to nursery, the childminders and the park. I had to draw the line when she wanted to take it into the bath as I’m assuming it’s not waterproof. Thankfully, it is very robust as it’s been dropped and kicked on numerous occasions.
In the run up to Meningitis Awareness Week, Brother Max commissioned research – in association with media medic Dr Hilary Jones and Meningitis Research Foundation – focusing on children’s health concerns around meningitis and temperature. Over 1500 parents and carers took part in the survey. This survey flagged up a couple of very interesting points where there is misunderstanding about taking your child’s temperature, for example:
76% are not completely confident at diagnosing illness with their children
39% are not entirely confident at taking a child’s temperature
33% of parents use and rely on devices to measure temperatures that most health professionals consider to give inaccurate or unreliable readings, increasing the risk of incorrectly diagnosing illness in their children.
When I was asked to review the new Peppa Pig – Happy Mrs Chicken App for Iphones, by P2 Games, I jumped at the chance as I love apps and Madame loves Peppa Pig.
So without, further adieu, here is Madame’s Verdict.
Parental Note: When I first had a look at the app I wasn’t convinced of the educational value as it didn’t have the usual elements of learning colours, numbers, sounds etc. However, as you can see, it’s great for fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and problem solving.
Overall, I would recommend this app and as you can see Madame love it as well.
Finally, a Children’s Album that doesn’t make me want to scratch my eyes out! You won’t find annoying songs like a Spoon Full of Sugar, Let’s Go Fly a Kite or Three Little Fishies on this album.
Instead, there is a great mix of Rock, Soul, Jazz, Samba and Big Band Orchestra. One of my favourites is Bhangra Beat, nothing like a bit of Bollywood. It reminds me of Jai Ho from the Slumdog Millionaire Sound track! We’ve been bopping to this Album since it arrived earlier in the week.
It’s being released on the 4th of October and you can pre-order your copy here!
