O'Reilly Hall, UCD, Dublin 22-23 February 2014, 10am - 5pm
We had two very lucky winners of our SuperHands competition and a very special little person wanted to announce them! To see her in action pop over to our Facebook page.
The answer to the question was – eat! Congratulations to our two winners!
Keep your eyes peeled for more exciting competitions over the next few weeks…
What better way to start the New Year than with a fab competition?! We are delighted to have not one, but two prizes from one of our exciting exhibitors – SuperHands!
I discovered SuperHands when my little girl was about 6 months old, a friend of mine had a beautifully illustrated baby sign language dictionary that her little girl loved, so I went hunting for our very own copy. When we got our hands on it we were hooked. I’m not quite sure who enjoyed signing more to be honest – me or my little girl! I wrote a blog post about SuperHands on our blog curious casa last year if you would like to read a little more about how the founder Miriam was inspired to create her book and classes.
We have two copies of the gorgeous SuperHands dictionaries to give away, to be in with a chance to win all you have to do is guess what the sign above means. Comment on our Facebook page with your answer and share our page with your buddies! We will announce the winner on Monday so get guessing!
To find out all about the benefits and fun that signing with your baby can bring, visit the SuperHands website, it has details about classes that take place Nationwide.
I was delighted to contribute to an article about The Milk Bank that appeared in yesterday’s Independent.
It’s great to see the amazing work that The Milk Bank does acknowledged and covered within the media.
I decided to look into donating milk when my little girl was just a couple of months old, I had lots of milk and found it easy to pump so it was a no-brainer really. I began with my usual trusty google search and stumbled upon the phone number for the only milk bank in Ireland that serves both the North and the South. I made a call and spoke with the lovely and very helpful Ann McCrea who runs the bank. She explained what the next steps were if I wished to donate and after passing the health checks I reached for my pump! Every evening when my little girl was full to the brim and sleeping soundly I would pump while catching up on some TV or reading. In no time I had a fine collection of little bottles labeled and ready to send back to the bank. I was quite proud of my little styrofoam box of milk as I packed it up! I skipped down to the post office and sent it on it’s merry way, amazed at the thought that my milk was just beginning it’s journey to be treated and then distributed to babies who needed it.
One of the proudest moments that I have ever experienced was the day I received a thank you card from the bank. It came with a newsletter telling me how many babies I had helped, and stories about families who used the milk that the bank supplies.
I was just one of many donors from all over the country, who are screened in advance, pump and freeze milk which is collected for the Milk Bank. The milk is then tested, pasteurised and stored before delivering it to hospitals nationwide. The milk is given to premature and sick babies as well as sets of twins, triplets and quads. Premature babies are extremely vulnerable to a whole range of illnesses which breastmilk helps to protect them from.
We are honoured and excited that The Milk Bank will be present in our “Information Station” during Babytalk to meet with our attendees and give advice to anyone wishing to donate. If you would like to read more or find out about becoming a donor you can do so here and come along to have a chat with Ann next month at the festival!
You can also contact the Western Trust Milk Bank on: Tel: 028 6862 8333.