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Welcome to the launch issue of Australia’s newest baby magazine
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98 c o ntents B its &
pieces
124 L ife w it h
D ressing
up
baby
B ab y ' s
space
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Beautiful Things For Play
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Introducing Harvey Wynne
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Playtime
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Introducing Summer Rose
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Contributors
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Beautiful Things To Wear
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Birth Stories
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Introducing Armani-Jacom
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Magazine Detail
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Dressing Baby – Growing Quickly
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Thank You So Much
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Introducing Ella Katarina
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Publisher’s Letter
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In The Closet
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How To…Swaddling
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Introducing Rafele Eli
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I Love New Things
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Pregnancy Fashion
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Night Night
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Introducing Fenian Jack
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Goodie Bag
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Dressing Baby – The Onesie
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Grandma’s Tales
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Did You Know?
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More Please
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Getting Around
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Design Ideas
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Design Tips
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Be Involved
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Carrying Things
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Stockists
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The Good Stuff…Pears
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Lust For This
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The Travelling Baby
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A Sling Thing
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I didn’t know how life-changing and special one little human can be. Melanie Hart
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PUBLISHER’S letter
W h en y o u start t h in k ing ab o ut
having a baby, t h ere
is a m assi v e a m o unt o f inf o r m ati o n o ut t h ere .
Like
e v er y t h ing in life t h ese da y s , t h ere are p lent y o f e x p erts w h o are q ui c k t o tell y o u w h at is best, and
what you
I t c an get, t o sa y t h e least, o v er w h el m ing .
W h en I be c a m e
should be doing.
p regnant, I j ust wanted t o be o ne o f t h o se Mu m s w h o li v ed
a beautiful life.
S o w h en I started l o o k ing f o r t h o se
w o m en w h o a p p ear t o h a v e a h a p p y , balan c ed , w o nderful life ( and t h ere are m an y , I p r o m ise ! ) I q ui c k l y realised t h at t h e y o nl y reall y h a v e o ne t h ing in common – they do
what works best for them.
B o b D y lan o n c e said : “ A m an c an c o nsider h i m self a su c c ess if h e gets u p in t h e m o rning and g o es t o bed at nig h t, and d o es e x a c tl y w h at h e wants in bet w een . ” T h ese w o m en are p r o v ing t h at t o be a t h at p h il o s o p h y is e x a c tl y w h at y o u need t o d o .
successful mother, ad o p ting W h et h er y o u h a v e a
natural birt h , a c aesarean o r y o u ad o p t… y o u h a v e still g o ne t h r o ug h t h e p ain and j o y o f gaining a c h ild . work…
W h et h er y o u sta y at h o m e o r g o ba c k t o
you are still a role model.
W h et h er y o u breastfeed , b o ttle feed , use a
du m m y , use c o ntr o lled c r y ing … o r n o t… y o u are still d o ing w h at is best f o r y o ur little o ne . A nd t h is is w h at w e h o p e
L ittle O ne b a b y
a l o t o f ‘ t h is - w o r k ed - f o r - m e ’ .
brings t o y o u .
No ‘must-dos’ –
Where Did You Get That? WhereDidYouGetThat.com.au
SKEANIE SKEANIE.com
j ust
A bit li k e snea k ing a p ea k int o t h e h o m e o f
e v er y M o t h ers ’ G r o u p in A ustralia !
T h ere was j ust o ne re q uire m ent f o r e v er y
m o t h er w e s p o k e t o - t h at t h e y w ere
living the life that was best
for them.
I t h in k y o u w ill agree t h at t h e y are … and w e k n o w t h is is j ust t h e beginning . E n j o y t h e v er y first issue o f
L ittle O ne b a b y
motivated and excited b y w h at t h e w o rld
– be
inspired, encouraged,
c an bring t o y o u and y o ur L ittle One .
- Amy Doak
LittleONE baby
Publishing Editor
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BIRTH stories
ISEMENT life's force.
WA V I N G T A O DVERT
Writer Lauren Mitchell spoke to six women for this feature, to discover that it doesn’t matter how much you prepare or the obstacles you face, for all women, giving birth is the ultimate act of love. And in turn she discovered some amazing truths about her own experience.
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n the time before Billy, when I needed to escape the reality of a busy, sometimes stressful life, I’d close my eyes and imagine myself on an empty stretch of beach. I’d let my breath slow to the rhythm of the waves and picture my toes wriggling in soft sand. That was my happy place. It’s different now. My boy has pale, pale skin, like the white wash on the break of a wave. He has copper blond hair; each strand a different colour; red, cream, gold, just like tiny particles of sand. And just like the ocean, he calms me, fills me with life’s force. When I fell pregnant four years ago, it took my husband and I by complete surprise. We found out I was expecting in the emergency room of our local hospital after I was admitted with a ‘mystery’ illness.
That illness turned out to be three months of severe morning sickness – not a good start to an unplanned pregnancy. It wasn’t until I was well over the time in bed and the time off work that I started to focus on becoming a mum. Up until then, it really wasn’t part of my life’s plan. I was too selfish, too busy, too powerless to endure any pain. While I attended all the birth classes and read a number of pregnancy books, I had no plans or expectations of how the birth would go. My plan was to wing it, take full advantage of any pain relief offered and hope to God we’d all be OK. After a four-hour labour, I could have written the book on how it happens. My son’s birth was text-book stuff, from the
‘show’ to the delivery. With no drugs or medical intervention, I was so proud and amazed at what my body could do. And when all the pain had subsided and the tears dried, I was left with the most precious memory I posses. I frequently close my eyes and picture the first hour I spent alone with my son, dozing on a hospital bed, his warm head nestled under my arm ... that’s my happy place. And now, when I think of the ocean, I think of the many family holidays we’ve spent together, with Billy beside me, handin-hand, playing ‘wave monsters’, roaring at life’s force. This one little boy has taught me where peace and power lies.
Having the same type of birth isn't having the same experience...
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BIRTH stories
GOLD MEDAL
girl.
It was a week that will be hard to beat for the Ashby family; two lifetime goals were achieved that will no doubt be forever cherished.
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t was the biggest week of Glenn and Melissa Ashby’s life; and Mel was feeling dreadful. She could barely lift herself off the couch to watch world champion yachtsman Glenn in competition; competing for gold at the 2008 Olympic Games. “I thought, I’ve got to get over this. We’ve been working for four years towards this, it’s Glenn’s whole life ambition and here we are at the Olympics - I’ve got to get over this.” Mel soldiered on regardless, witnessing her husband add a silver medal to Australia’s tally. It wasn’t until celebrating that night that Mel admitted to feeling sick. So the next day it was off to the team doctor, who asked if there was any chance Mel was pregnant. “I said, I know my body and I’m 99.9 per cent sure I’m not. I said, I’ve got the China bug and I need to get rid of it.” The doctor sent her away with a pregnancy test regardless, and when two blue lines appeared on the test, Mel still wasn’t convinced. “I thought, maybe they’re different in China. I bought three more pregnancy tests and the results just got
stronger and stronger,” she laughs. “Glenn said he won silver one day, then gold the next.” Once Mel’s morning sickness subsided, the pregnancy was all plain sailing. “From then on I had the most fabulous pregnancy. As long as I had a snack in the morning and one in the afternoon, something basic like an apple, I felt fine. I was very active throughout the pregnancy; I windsurfed up until I couldn’t fit into the harness. Even the week before I had Larni I would drag the paddle down on the Mornington Peninsula and go for a paddle out on the bay.” When Mel was nine days overdue, she was booked in to her local hospital to be induced. As her doctor used Prostin to bring on the labour, he commented that one in 200 women can be adversely affected by the gel. Almost immediately, Mel became nauseous. The monitor reading her baby’s heartbeat showed it was rapidly slowing and the baby was in distress. “And then I had one whole contraction with no breaks,
it was consistent.” Mel couldn’t even speak for the pain. “The doctor took one look at me and said, ‘I’m very sorry, we’re going to have to do an emergency caesar’.” Mel said she had no real expectations for the birth; planning to take things as they came and work with the midwives to get through it. She says Larni’s delivery was far from a horror story; just another way a baby can come into the world. “We have a healthy baby and a happy baby and that’s all the matters. At the end of the day it was Glenn who had the hard job really because he just sat and watched this happening to his wife and he couldn’t even come in when the baby was delivered, they had to get her out so quickly.” At home and settled, with Glenn now training overseas, Larni and Mel have some time to get to know each other. “It is through trial and error and you’ve just got to be relaxed,” she says. “Everyone has days where they think ‘what am I doing?’ And it’s nice sometimes to admit that rather than have to put on a brave face. But it’s all wonderful – it’s all worth it.”
l a r n i j ay n e a s h b y - b o r n 2 1 st a p r i l 2 0 0 9 - 8 l b . 4 o z .
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BABY’S space
BABY’S space
INTRODUCING
Armani-Jacom (AJ)
Born: 4th February 2008 Weight: 6 pound 14 (2.8kg) Mum: Donna, 29 Dad: Steven, 30 Siblings: Brothers, Liano Brooklyn, 3 and Milan Cooper, 2 Design aesthetic: Simple and solid.
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f having three boys under the age of three seems like a handful, Donna will change your preconceptions. This mum makes it look so easy, but she says don’t be mistaken, it is a lot of hard work too. “Having a third child makes a huge difference. You are always needing a third arm to magically appear,” says Donna. “I continued working when I had both Liano and Milan, but I decided to take 12 months off when AJ arrived.” AJ was a welcomed surprise and Donna kept the surprises up throughout the pregnancy. “I found out we were having a boy at my 20 week scan. I kept it a secret right up until I was 38 weeks, when my husband asked whether I knew what the sex was.
Of course, I had to confess! Having had it both ways of knowing and not knowing, I would totally find out again.” Although Armani-Jacom is known at home as AJ, a lot of people have commented on how unusual his full name is. “I have my husband to thank for AJ’s name. He heard it while watching TV, thinking it would be a great name for a girl. I totally agreed but fell so in love with it that we still used it for a baby boy. Exactly the same thing happened when naming my second child, Milan.” AJ’s arrival, like so many babies who arrive second, third or forth, was much quicker than his two brothers. “With AJ, my waters broke and things
were super painful, super quick. I had gas throughout and AJ was born in just under an hour. His labour was so very different compared to my first child, Liano. With him, it was ten hours and an epidural. With Milan, I dealt with the pain a lot better and stayed home until my contractions were two minutes apart – I had him in an hour too. Sometimes, I think knowing what is coming makes the pain worse. I think each pregnancy and birth has been different though, as I have learnt something new each time.” “When AJ came home, he seemed too good to be true. I actually used to have to wake him for feeds and I knew something was wrong. He was lethargic, very limp and not alert. He had to go back into
t i m b e r & w h i t e c r e a t e t h e p e r f e c t b a s e t o b u i l d o n f o r a b o y.
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LITTLE ONE baby
DESIGN ideas
“A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities… - Eda J. Le Shan” H o w t o Create a One - o f - a - Kind
nursery.
A Few Helpful Hints from Brionny Tyree Australian distributor of Serena & Lily.
Photographer: Lisa Nankervis Baby: Mina
Design the nursery to fit your taste, whatever that may be. Children don’t have an opinion about their surroundings until at least two years old (and then they’ll have plenty to weigh-in on, so enjoy this luxury!) When designing your nursery, choose textiles first (cot bedding, rug, upholstery etc.). These items will steer your choice in furniture finish and wall colour. When choosing wall and textile colours, don’t be afraid to depart from the pastels. Creating a memorable nursery means stepping outside of what’s predictable. Mix it up! Don’t feel confined to a style. If you love a modern cot and vintage bedding, choose a playful piece of modern art, framed in an ornate antique frame, to pull it all together. The only rule when designing a nursery is that the space should feel special to you. If you desire a themed nursery, use art and accessories to achieve the theme. To avoid a cookie-cutter look, seek out unique items from markets and online auctions to create a one-of-a-kind room. Where budget is concerned, there are places to splurge and ways to save. Splurge on a cushy upholstered glider (where you can catnap during the 3am feeding), or on the favorite item that defines the style of the room. Save on a change table that is actually any dresser 33”-37” high, with a changing pad Velcro-ed on top.
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Design with safety in mind: Remember that safety standards change frequently, so if you take a hand-me-down cot, make sure that it is up to current safety standards. When accessorising, make sure all items (especially glass picture frames) are out of baby’s reach from the cot. Where bedding is concerned, billowy may be romantic, but not always safe; Big bows and loose or extraneous fabric can be an entanglement hazard. Practically speaking: Like the rest of your nursery, your cot bedding should be practical as well as beautiful. To maximize baby’s sleep time, consider adding blackout liner to all window coverings. Design a nursery that can grow up with your child. Moving into a “big boy/girl bed” should not necessitate a design overhaul. Many cots today can convert to toddler beds, and armoires can be multi-purposed. Choose colours and furnishings that are flexible. Visit www.serenaandlily.com.au for more inspiration. June 09
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DRESSING baby
DRESSING baby
Huggalugs spotted leggings White Marquise growsuit Right Bank Babies reversible romper Cheeky Little Soles silver ballet shoes
Knuffle kid beanie Munster baby robotica hoodie Tommy Rock cruiser jeans Sasha Smaller by See Kai Run boots Models: Dylan (11 months) and Mitchell (10 months) Photography: Lisa Nankervis
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DRESSING mum-to-be
DRESSING mum-to-be
Exercise is all-important right now, but finding things to fit an ever-changing body can be hard! Keep it simple with stretchy, soft cotton and basics that don’t swamp your body and make you look three times as big! Fragile taupe ¾ leggings, Antz Pantz singlet, Metalicus wrap.
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PJs are a great purchase right now…you will be spending loads of time in them so make them soft and pretty! A clever little camisole like this Hot Milk maternity one will be handy after the birth too. Sussan dressing gown, Hot Milk camisole, Peter Alexander pyjama pants.
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DRESSING baby
Models: Zoe and Nash (both 9 months old) Photography: Lisa Nankervis
Purebaby Grey Melange bodysuit $39.95 (www. purebaby. com.au)
Munster punkature romper Cheeky Little Soles shoes
Snugglebum all in one
l e t b a b y l o o k l i k e A b a b y a s l o n g a s y o u l i k e - t h e o n e s i e i s t h e e a s y way.
Racing Cars Snugglebum sleeper $39.95 (www. snugglebum. com.au)
Baobab Blue bodysuit $35.95 (www.baobab.com.au)
Hamb ‘Snippy’ onesie $35.00 (www.onesies. com.au)
just in case you are looking for more than one onesie… Earlybirds pink organic allinone $29.95 (www.earlybirds.com.au)
Bebe Tatum Wrap Romper with feet $36.95 (www.littlestyles. com.au)
Plum Wallpaper Flowers romper $24.95 (www. babysgotstyle. com.au)
Cheeky Little Soles shoes Bebe by Minihaha Dana one piece suit Mr Sherman bear by Minkplush
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Rock Your Baby Cupcake onesie $30.00 (www. rockyourbaby. com)
Paris Snugglebum sleeper $39.95 (www.snugglebum. com.au)
Monstar Babushka onesie $29.00 (www.onesies. com.au)
Nanny Pickle salmon bad bunny hat Nanny Pickle salmon spilt milk romper Alimrose designs musical cat
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MORE DRESSING baby
Merino Kids Solid Blue bodysuit $39.00 (www.merinokids. com.au)
Nanoou Blue Elements growsuit $45.00 (www.onesies.com.au)
Available in ďŹ ne specialty retailers nationwide and at serenaandlily.com.au
www.serenaandlily.com. au