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Child Nutrition; Banana Puree
Banana Puree (6 months+)(To serve one) Ingredients 2 sticks of fresh bananasliquid baby milk (optional)Cooking DirectionsPeel a small banana and mash with a fork, add a little amount of liquid baby milk to thin down the thickness and add serve.You could also use fresh yoghurt instead of milk. Enjoy!
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Mom to Moms; 5 Tips To Raising Really Good Kids
All parents want to raise children with sound moral character, who know good from bad and right from wrong. We want them to be considerate, honest, compassionate and kind. A parent advisor once said ” it is a process that we need to work on day after day, year after year. She advises that parents…
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Child Nutrition: Papaya Puree
Papaya Puree (6 months+) Pawpaw contains an enzyme that breaks down protein and so boosts digestion as well as improves indigestion. It is rich in Vitamin C and beta carotene. Pawpaw is also high in soluble fiber which is important for bowel function. Ingredients 1 small fresh pawpaw Cooking Directions 1. Cut a small pawpaw, remove…
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Child Nutrition; How to make Akara for your kids
Akara (Kosai) (9 Months+) Ingredients (To serve four) 2 cups of beans (preferably brown beans) 2 large peppers 1 medium sized Onion pinch of salt vegetable oil for frying Cooking Directions 1. Wash your hands 2. Soak the beans for about 20 minutes; remove the skin of the beans by rubbing with both hands and…
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International Women’s Day, 2014; No Dullin’
Hurray!!! International Women’s Day is almost here…valentine’s gone and another day to receive gifts for being a woman is almost here. Yaaaayyy…..men must be very jealous! On IWD, we celebrate women, equality, gains and achievements. Women’s equality has made positive gains but the world is still unequal. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, political and economic…
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Child Nutrition; finger food for children (Masa)
As your baby develops better finger control (usually around 7-8 months) introducing finger foods will help to develop the skills of biting, chewing and self-feeding. Finger foods should be easy to pick up, hold and should not have bones or seeds (pips). You should also avoid hard foods or very small items like groundnut until…
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IMMUNIZATION; A MUST FOR EVERY CHILD.
For most mothers in developing countries, ante-natal visits, post-natal visits and immunization visits are usually very cumbersome, tiring and not very friendly. This is because there are very few affordable hospitals, few health workers, lots of mothers and babies to attend to and selected days for services to be provided to this huge number of…
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Child Nutrition; How to make guinea corn and millet paste
Whyte’s photos It is unfortunate that many new moms struggle really hard in providing safe meals for their family. The right food to cook, the right quantity and also the right time; whether breakfast, lunch and dinner is always a challenge for moms not just in Nigeria but in other parts of the world and;…
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CHOCOLATES FOR KIDS; YES OR NO?
I am grateful that I am not addicted to anything but I could say I love chocolates. The milky chocolates with almonds are my favorite and I am not usually ashamed to tell friends when ever they are travelling that they should buy a bag of chocolate as a gift to me. A huge hug and a big…
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Me and my natural hair (Pt 2).
I have been a devoted naturalista and it’s been good…so far, so good. I feel cleaner and less worried about my hair breaking and relaxers burning my scalp and so on. But I still find it difficult just wearing my natural hair just like that without braids or hair extensions. To take off all the…
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