BRIO® Ant with Rolling Egg Review - A Childsmart Feature

*Six Little Hearts is a Childsmart Brand Rep.

For parents of young children, having beautiful and quality toys that both impress and entertain, naturally comes with the territory. It's sheer joy to decorate your child's spaces, and choosing their unique playthings is a hugely sentimental part of that fun for all parents.

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Luna Park Melbourne Review...

"Hey Kids! Wanna go and road-test Luna Park?!"

Silly question I know. (I do enjoy teasing our six little hearts at times.) After all, what child, (or adult for that matter), would not enjoy the pleasures that await during a visit to this one and only historic theme park in Melbourne's trendy suburban seaside oasis known as St Kilda?

And hey, it's a hard life being a blogger but someone has do it. Wink!

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Lonely Planet Food New Release 'From The Source' Cook Books Review and Win!

If you're a food lover, then the very latest release cook books from Lonely Planet Food are bound to make you very excited!

Owning a collection of quality cook books, which are visited time and time again for inspiration, is an absolute imperative for dedicated home chefs. Lonely Planet Food's newest releases - France and Mexico, in their popular 'From the Source' series, are a divine collection of reads that are packed with stunning images from around the world, coupled with a selection of famous cuisines to match.

The books in this series are a food-lover's dream!

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Bodies, Babies and the Real Truths About Motherhood...

*This post is brought to you in collaboration with TENA.

Trigger warning: Childbirth and medical themes.

For many women, motherhood is the greatest role in life we could ever hope to undertake. 

I am fiercely proud of being one of these women. I neither doubt this, nor question it. I just know this fact is wholly true for myself, plain and simple.

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Fruit Cake Slice Recipe. Easy School Lunch Box Treats

Firstly, for those of you who enjoy our recipes, big apologies for the lack of baking on this website of late. The final month of winter was, for us, chequered with various illnesses and ailments in our household. (Probably the same in yours?) In amongst it all were two children's birthdays as well. Phew!

Combined with everything else, August has just been one, big, whirlwind of busyness.

Good riddance winter!

Baking is always happening around here though...

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How Using Spriggy Can Teach Your Kids All About Money and Saving...

*This post is brought to you in collaboration with Spriggy.


Teaching your kids all about money and finances is a life skill that certainly needs to be taught and practised from the outset. In a world ruled by money, helping kids master the skills needed to navigate a lifetime of financial know-how, is undoubtedly wise.


Your child's financial education can effectively begin as early as the preschool years, and it's a continual process of learning that will grow in complexity along with your child. With a bit of educational investment and practical application from day one, the bank accounts and financial knowledge of your kids should flourish together.

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At What Age Should a Child Own a Mobile Phone? An Alcatel Pop 4 Smartphone Review and Giveaway, Plus the Aussie Giveaway Linkup September...

Exactly when is the right age to give your child the independence and responsibility of their very own mobile phone? Sorry! For all parents and their kids, there are so many considerations to explore, making any kind of straightforward answer here fraught with a myriad of 'if's, buts and maybe's.'

As a parent of six kids ranging in age from preschooler, to primary-aged and high schoolers, even I can tell you that the factors to determine the 'need versus want' of arming your child with a mobile, are considerable and varied and often different for each individual child. 

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Project Nursery Mum + Bub Smartband Review. Monitor Everything Pregnancy, Baby and Beyond...

Have you got yourself a version of the newest fitness gadget yet - a smart band?

So many people have embraced the ability to have their health goals and other conveniences on-hand in the form of these modern watches. Having a smart band allows you to not only monitor your health and wellbeing at a glance, but they also give you quick alerts regarding incoming mobile phone calls and messages. In our fast-paced modern times, these gadgets are a very desirable addition to both your wardrobe and lifestyle.

Did you know there's now a Smartband specifically for mums, (and parents), on the market?

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