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FROM THE EDITOR FAN MAIL HEALTH, FASHION & BEAUTY PREGNANCY & BABIES KIDS’ CORNER/LET’S PARTY! EDUCATION & SCHOOLING WHAT TO DO/WHERE TO STAY DEC/JAN DIARY STEM CELL STORAGE
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FROM THE EDITOR Maths and English programmes for children of all ages and abilities
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FAN MAIL Gabriella Khoury (Grade 1) and Rehan Essop (Grade R) of KZN both received gold medals at a National Maths Competition held in Johannesburg. They were the first KZN children to do the Japanese Abacus Maths. Liezel Essop Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to you for always mentioning us in your mag! Nearly all the e-mails and calls I’ve had so far today have been from your beautiful readers who want to help. Kim Jones, Robin Hood Foundation A celebratory ring and tea party were held at St Elizabeth’s Pre-Primary recently in honour of Emelina Ntuli’s 30th year of service. They celebrated this milestone with a special morning tea and presented her with a cheque for R3000. Interesting fact: Emelina makes an average of 90 sandwiches per day, and with over 200 school days per year, she has fed over 540 000 children! Christine Behrmann and Cianna Gagiano won the best-dressed prize at the Heritage Market’s Halloween celebrations. Elizabeth Longbottom Send your letters to editor@mumsmail.com with “Letters” in the subject line. Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter by visiting www.mumsmail.com.
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PREGNANCY & BABIES Mastitis and Blocked Ducts Most breastfeeding mums have been there: you wake up with a sore area on your breast. It looks red and feels hard. You have a headache, feel hot and cold chills (fever) and just want to sleep. Mastitis is not something that will just go away on its own. Even though you just want to sleep you first have to do a few things to help unblock a blockage. If you follow these instructions, it should clear the problem without needing antibiotics. If after doing this there’s no alleviation within 24 to 48 hours, or if you have an infected nipple, it may be time for stronger meds. There’s NO reason to wean due to mastitis! Take a small frozen pack of peas and a hot-water bottle. Start and end with heat and do the following: • Place the hot-water bottle on the area for about a minute or until you can’t stand the heat, then change HEALTH & BABIES to the frozen peas until you can’t stand the cold. Yulanda Ridge, IBCLC • Alternate the hot and cold, which helps to expand and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant contract the area. • End on the heat, then feed baby • Breastfeeding Consulting with chin pointed in direction of sore spot, or express. • Weigh & Test-Weigh Milk Intake Your aim is to keep the breast empty while it heals (so • Baby Slings: Prem - 3 Years! • Medela Breast Pumps for Hire & feed/express often). • Afterwards while you rest, place Purchase • Feeding Bras & Shirts a cabbage leaf just on that spot. Anti-inflammatory • Breastfeeding DVDs: www.motherof7.com • Kangaroo medication may be helpful, as well as vitamin C, esMother Care Books & Shirts sential fatty acids and vitamin E. Drink plenty of pure • Feeding Donkeys & Donut Rings water, go to bed with your baby and rest! • Stegi Eco Nappies
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KIDS’ CORNER/LET’S PARTY! Bath Time
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There is a lot a parent or child minder can do in the first few years of a child’s life to encourage a love for water. It is recommended that “play time” in the bath take place before the child is washed. Without soap in the water children won’t burn their eyes and the bath will be less slippery. The bath water should not be too deep. Children should be encouraged to lie on their tummy to play, with the legs outstretched behind them, not under the body. This is the correct position for swimming.
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Children should be taught to blow long bubbles from an early age. Count loudly how long the child can blow for, trying to extend this time. Depending on the age, children can be given a straw to blow through.
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Parents and child minders are reminded to keep a watchful eye on children at all times when in the water.
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To encourage getting the face close to the water, the child can put one ear onto the water and leave it there for a while, then the other ear. Toys which sink can be placed in the bath for children to “search for”. This encourages children to open their eyes in water. If children play with a small plastic jug, they will experiment with pouring water, eventually pouring it over their faces and hair.
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EDUCATION & SCHOOLING Are you or your child not coping?
Dyslexia The following is a letter written by a girl who is dyslexic. In it she describes her feeling of anxiety and alienation just because she learns differently. It was not until she was much older that someone realised that she had her own specific talent and allowed her to use that talent. It was then that she began to realise that she was just as capable as everyone else but in a different way. “I hated school because I’m dyslexic. I hated everything about it. The teasing, the stares, the whispers when I couldn’t read out loud in class, the tests that I would just stare blankly at. It wasn’t until tenth grade that finally I was given a chance. My English teacher, Mrs B, thought I might be dyslexic and talked to me about it. In class, she didn’t call on me to read out loud, and she would let me take my tests out in the hall, away from people. She found out I loved music, and let me write my essays about it. She encouraged me to write my feelings down, and tell people how hard I was really trying. I wrote a story, and she helped me publish it online. I was so proud when I saw that this was something I could do, and do well. People liked my stories, and my ideas. She encouraged me to talk to musicians, and I eventually got a job promoting little-known bands I liked. I see now that even though I’m not good at talking aloud, remembering dates or numbers, or taking tests, I’m good at telling guitars apart by their sound, telling stories, and helping people out. She changed my school life, and I am forever grateful for that.”
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WHAT TO DO/WHERE TO STAY A Perfect Christmas Album
Look Out For Our Next Christmas Event!
This Christmas, Epson has created a guide that provides you with tips on how to create a great collection of photos: • Take lots of photos throughout the day. You’ll be surprised how one spontaneous photo can sum up the magic of the day so much better than posed photos do. • Experiment with outdoor scenes, night photos and closeups. A close-up shot of a shiny Christmas tree decoration with family members in the reflection can add a great creative spin on a traditional photo opportunity. • Arrange the family in order for family portraits. Remember school photos? Shortest at the front, tallest at the back and nobody gets cut out. • Stock up on batteries/memory cards/inks/paper. You don’t want to miss a one-off photo opportunity just because that picture of your Christmas cake took the last space on your memory card. • Plan your day. Create a list of ideal photos you know you want to capture: Christmas dinner, the whole family standing in front of the tree, even relatives falling asleep post-Christmas dinner. • Un-plan your day. Don’t be afraid to deviate from your schedule and don’t worry if you miss opportunities. • Frame your photos. Get creative and use objects in the foreground and background to frame your subjects within your photographs. • Take advantage. Most cameras these days have various exposure modes, so experiment with different ones for a creative twist on conventional. How about a sepia filter for a romantic Christmas moment, or even printing in black and white for a stylish twist on the festivities?
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DEC/JAN DIARY DECEMBER & JANUARY AWARENESS DAYS • Prevention of Injuries Month • 1: World AIDS Day • 3: International Day of Disabled Persons • 3: National Transplant Day • 5: International Volunteers’ Day • 6: St Nicholas Day • 9: World Patient Safety Day • 10: International Human Rights Day • 16: Day of Reconciliation • 20 – 28: Hannukah • 25: Christmas • 26: Day of Goodwill • 1 Jan: New Year’s Day • 31 Jan: Leprosy Day. ARTS & CULTURE • THE KILN PHOTOGRAPHY & ART GALLERY: Sat, 7am – 11am, Karkloof Farmers’ Market. Contact Doug Morton, 082 611 6991. CHARITY • MSUNDUZI HOSPICE CHARITY SHOP: Now at 200 Zwartkop Rd, Prestbury. Mon – Fri 8am – 3.45pm, Sat 8am – 1pm. Donations welcomed. Contact 033 – 344 1560. • HELP FERAL CATS: Donate food or cash to the SPCA for sterilisation & care of feral cats. Contact Maureen Vider, PMB SPCA, 033 – 386 9267. • PIETERMARITZBURG PREGNANCY ASSIST: Offers counselling, emergency care safe house, “Baby Safes”. The organisation needs: cots, prams, car chairs, clothes, nappies & formula. Contact Rene Morcom, 033 – 347 5544. COURSES/WORKSHOPS • GARDEN DESIGN & MAINTENANCE COURSE: 7 Feb (12 weeks), 8.30am – 12pm weekly, The Studio, Hillcrest. Contact Lindsay Gray, info@ schoolofgardendesign.co.za, 082 449 9237. • DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A BOOK?: 12 – 15 Dec, Durban. Contact Ulrike@writerswrite. co.za. • JUST BOUTIQUE WORKSHOPS: 5 Dec, Gingerbread Houses. Other courses: Fabric Painting, Soap & Body Products, Chocolate Truffles & Gifts, Butter Cream Piping Skills, Tricks with Chocolate. Contact Lara, info@justboutique. net. • SIMPLY BREATHE – LEARNING THE ART OF MEDITATION: Thurs, 5.30pm – 6.30pm, Yellowwood Café, Howick. Cost: R30. Contact Hayley, 072 971 8450, meditateinmidlands@gmail.com. • EMOTION IN MOTION: Stress release sessions, conference workshops, ice breakers, body-mind awareness. One-on-one or group sessions, incl. movement. Contact Charlotte Blignaut, coach@ emotioninmotion.co.za. • GENERAL SEWING & SOFT FURNISHINGS CLASSES: Wed afternoons. Contact Brenda Horner, 082 372 1737, decorsol@lantic.net. EDUCATION/CHILDREN • KWAZULU-NATAL MUSEUM: Mon – Fri 8.15am – 4.30pm, Sat 9am – 4pm, Sun 10am – 3pm, Jabu Ndlovu St, PMB. Contact 033 – 345 1404.
(children). Contact 031 – 328 8000, www.ushakamarineworld.co.za. • SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS: Starts 6 Dec. Booking special until 4 Dec – reserve 10 & only pay for 8. Contact Ailsa (Going Places), 083 250 2690. • GUY BUTTERY: 1 Dec, 8pm, Caversham Mill Restaurant. Renowned virtuoso guitarist & songwriter, 3-course meal. Cost: R195 p.p. Contact 072 125 3392, 033 – 940 0145. • FUN FAMILY DRUMMING: Sun, from 12.30pm, Chantecler Hotel, Botha’s Hill. Contact 083 704 4879. GROUPS • ADD/ADHD SUPPORT GROUP: For parents of children with ADD/ADHD. Contact Ralph Gilbert, ralph@drgilbert.co.za. LEISURE • INCHANGA CHOO CHOO: 11, 18, 26 Dec; 2 & 8 Jan; 8.30am & 12.30pm. 18 Dec, 5pm Christmas Carols. 1 Jan, 12.30pm & 5pm. Kloof to Inchanga (return trips). Contact 082 353 6003, www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za. MARKETS • NITE MARKET: Thurs 1 Dec, Cliffy’s, PMB. Contact Sean Lewis, 079 218 9758. • CHRISTMAS CRAFT & FLEA MARKET: 16 Dec, 10am – 4pm, Longmynd Building, 24 Old Main Rd, Hillcrest. Contact 031 – 765 5866. • MIDLANDS BEE INDOOR MARKET: 3 Dec, 9am – 1pm, Lynwood Club. Stalls, entertainment for children. Contact Diane, di@midlandsbee. co.za, Anne, 072 729 5811. • SHONGWENI FARMERS’ & CRAFT MARKET: Sat, 6am – 10.30am, cnr Alverstone & Kassier Rd, Assagay. Contact 083 777 1674. • PMB FARMERS’ MARKET: Sat, 6am, Alexandra Park. Contact 082 886 0687. • CITY HALL CRAFT MARKET: Sat, 9am – 2pm, opposite City Hall. Contact 033 – 396 2807. • THE FOOD MARKET: 22 Dec, 4pm – 10pm, Christmas Night Market. 28 Jan, 8am – 1pm. Hellenic Community Centre, Durban North. Contact 084 505 0113, info@thefoodmarket. co.za. SPECIAL EVENTS • IRISH SOCIETY: To participate in a function in KZN for Irish passport holders please contact Bev Moore, themoore@mweb.co.za, 031 – 266 6730, 083 777 6730. • PAMPER PARTIES: For girls aged 4 – 12, at your home. Cost: minimum R50 per child. Contact Nirvana Pillay, 076 492 4965, 033 – 397 2944, nirvanap722@gmail.com.
ENTERTAINMENT • AN ANIMAL TAIL – CHILDREN’S THEATRE: 13 – 21 Dec, Catalina Theatre, Durban. Contact 031 – 305 6889. • DOLPHINS BY STARLIGHT: 14 – 18 Dec, 7pm, uShaka Marine World. Cost: R110 (adults), R95
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