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Hi everyone,
Upcoming events around town have been added to our Events & Offers Page.
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BARNEY™ AT MOTHER BABY & CHILD SHOW
Popular children’s character to perform live at Mother, Baby & Child Show
with Messages of Personal Value, Growth and Love
The Mother Baby and Child Show 2009, will play host to a very special visitor in December, the lovable prehistoric character ‘Barney’ will be performing live at the MBC event which takes place at the DICEC- Dubai World Trade Centre 4th-6th December.
Shannon Norris, Exhibition Director of Mother Baby & Child Show commented, “Due to the overwhelming success of our previous shows and the unprecedented demand for Barney, he has agreed to perform again this year for the children of the UAE.”
Children see him as their trusted friend, one who accompanies them as they learn their ABCs, develops their social skills and helps them to express and manage their feelings. To them he’s a fun-loving purple Tyrannosaurus Rex, 200 million years old, friendly, huggable and lovable whose favourite colour just happens to be purple!
However upon closer inspection, Barney is a great resource for parents. Through five distinct areas; Sharing, Caring, Imagining, Dancing and Learning, Barney helps children develop a range of skills essential for their personal development. In a nutshell, Barney offers the most complete skill set around.
Barney will perform live on stage each day at the Mother, Baby & Child Show and will educate and entertain the audience through a series of interactive music, song and dance routines. Naturally audience participation is a must!
The Mother Baby & Child Show has ‘grown up fast’ since its arrival in Dubai in 2004, the event features top international and local brands/retailers and entertainment providers covering more than 4,000 square metres.
For more information about Barney, please visit www.barney.com
Join the fun in this Super-dee dooper musical bonanza
For more information about Mother Baby & Child Show 2009, please visit www.motherbabyandchild.com.
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Found this information on the web, very useful.
What is toilet training resistance?
Children who refuse to be toilet trained either wet themselves, soil themselves, or try to hold back their bowel movements (thus becoming constipated). Many of these children also refuse to sit on the toilet or will use the toilet only if a parent brings up the subject and marches them into the bathroom.
Any child who is over 3 years old, healthy, and not toilet trained after several months of trying can be assumed to be resistant to the process rather than undertrained. Consider how capable your child is at delaying a bowel movement (BM) until he or she is off the toilet and has a chance to hide. More practice runs (such as you used in toilet training) will not help. Instead, your child needs full responsibility and some incentives to spark her motivation.
The most common cause of resistance to toilet training is that a child has been reminded or lectured too much. Some children have been forced to sit on the toilet against their will, occasionally for long periods of time. A few have been spanked or punished in other ways for not cooperating. Many parents make these mistakes, especially if they have a strong-willed child. How can I help my child with daytime wetting or soiling? Most children younger than 5 or 6 years of age with soiling (encopresis) or daytime wetting without any other symptoms are simply engaged with you in a power struggle.
These children can be helped with the following suggestions. If your child holds back BMs and becomes constipated, medicines will also be needed.
1. Transfer all responsibility to your child. Your child will decide to use the toilet only after he realizes that he has nothing left to resist. Have one last talk with him about the subject. Tell your child that his body makes “pee” and “poop” every day and it belongs to him. Tell him that his “poop” wants to be in the toilet and his job is to help the “poop” come out. Tell your child you’re sorry you punished him, forced him to sit on the toilet, or reminded him so much. Tell him from now on he doesn’t need any help. Then stop all talk about this subject (“potty talk”). Pretend you’re not worried about this subject. When your child stops hearing conversation about not going, she will eventually decide to go to the bathroom for attention.
2. Stop all reminders about using the toilet. Let your child decide when she needs to go to the bathroom. Don’t remind her to go to the bathroom or ask her if she needs to go. She knows what it feels like when she has to “poop” or “pee” and where the bathroom is. Reminders are a form of pressure, and pressure keeps the power struggle going. Stop all practice runs and never make her sit on the toilet against her will because this always increase resistance. Don’t accompany your child into the bathroom or stand with her by the potty chair unless she asks you to. She needs to gain the feeling of success that comes from doing it her way.
3. Give incentives for using the toilet. Your main job is to find the right incentive. Special incentives, such as favorite sweets or video time, can be invaluable. For using the toilet for BMs, initially err on the side of giving her too much (for example, several food treats each time). Remember that incentives work even better if it is a special treat that your child doesn’t get everyday. If you want a breakthrough, make your child an offer she can’t refuse (such as going somewhere special). In addition, give positive feedback, such as praise and hugs every time your child uses the toilet. On successful days consider taking 20 extra minutes to play a special game with your child or take her to her favorite playground.
4. Give stars for using the toilet. Get a calendar for your child and post it in a conspicuous location. Have her place a star on it every time she uses the toilet. Keep this record of progress until your child has gone 1 month without any accidents.
5. Make the potty chair convenient. Be sure to keep the potty chair in the room your child usually plays in. This gives her a convenient visual reminder about her options whenever she feels the need to go to the bathroom. For urinating, the presence of the chair and the promise of treats will usually bring about a change in behavior. Don’t remind her even if she’s squirming and dancing to hold back the urine.
6. Diapers, Pull-ups, or underwear. Whenever possible, replace pull-ups or diapers with underwear. Help your child pick out some underwear with favorite characters on them. Then remind her “they don’t like poop or pee on them.” This usually precipitates the correct decision on the part of the child. Even if your child wets the underwear, persist with this plan. If your child holds back BMs, allow selective access to diapers or pull-ups for BMs only. Preventing stool-holding is very important.
7. Remind your child to change his clothes if he wets or soils himself. As soon as you notice that your child has wet or messy pants, tell her to clean herself up. The main role you have in this program is to enforce the rule: “people can’t walk around with messy pants.” If your child is wet, she can probably change into dry clothes by herself. If your child is soiled, she will probably need your help with cleanup. If your child refuses to let you change her, ground her in her bedroom until she is ready.
8. Don’t punish or criticize your child for accidents. Respond gently to accidents, and do not allow siblings to tease the child. Pressure will only delay successful training, and it could cause secondary emotional problems. Your child needs you to be her ally.
9. Ask the preschool or day care staff to use the same strategy. Ask your child’s teacher or day care provider to let your child go to the bathroom any time he wants to. Keep an extra set of clean underwear at the school or with the day care provider. When should I call my child’s health care provider? Call during office hours if: • Your child holds back his or her bowel movements or becomes constipated. • Pain or burning occurs when your child urinates. • Your child is afraid to sit on the potty chair. – Your child’s resistance has not improved after 1 month on this program. • The resistance has not stopped completely after 3 months.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Pediatrics-1429/potty-training-five-year.htm
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Many people keep searching for places where they can find new and exciting party favors/return gifts for birthday parties. I have seen some really nice party favors at HyperPanda at Festival City, Dubai. The Party Centre is also another spot to check out when planning to buy such gifts.
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Outlet Mall, your ultimate value shopping destination, will be alive with festivity during Dubai Summer Surprises, and in addition to the everyday discounts of 30 – 90% on over 800 premium and top fashion brands, many stores are giving further reductions and conducting special promotions and offers for DSS.
Promotions and Offers at Dubai Outlet Mall
Spend AED 200 at Dubai Outlet Mall and you could win AED 500,000 every week over the 9 weeks of DSS. Double your chances of winning by using your MasterCard to purchase at Dubai Outlet Mall.
Entertainment and Activities
Outlet Mall has organised lots of shows and entertainment including the famous Ronald McDonald Show, a Modhesh Meet and Greet event with a chance to meet this lovable character and take personal photos with him, Tanoura Dance Group, Comic Dance Act, Plant Pot Juggling Show, The Funny Shopping Family, The Unicycle Parade, Puppet Show and Argentinean Gauchos Dance Group.
To keep your kids entertained and happy during the long summer, there will be 10 weeks of different themed-based activities which will be held from June 11 to August 19.
CIRCUS WORLD (11 -17 June)
An engaging show will be conducted by magicians who will perform a myriad of tricks for kids. Also during this week there will be clowns showing the art of balloon shaping and tying.
SAND ART (18 – 24 June)
Take a bit of the beach home with you by crafting cool sand-filled bottles or sand paintings. Kids will have great fun making these and will have a summer souvenir to take home with them. This activity allows children to become even more creative.
EGG SHELL PAINTING (25 June – 1 July)
Kids can get creative and paint their hearts out with egg shell painting. Egg painting is adored by kids and will keep them excited for hours.
PLATE ART (2 – 8 July)
Personal hand-made plates make great gifts! Plate art is an opportunity for your kids to get creative and it brings out the artist with-in.
HAND ART (9 – 15 July)
Your kids will be shown how to make a finger puppet creation using the simplest products. Also during this week is a posh activity for ‘little princesses’ to learn nail art and how to paint different art effects on their nails.
BRAID A HANGER (16 – 22 July)
This activity will teach kids how to be smart and save Mother Earth, to recycle and re-use plastics. The resulting braided clothes hangers look attractive with the bonus that clothes won’t slip off!
CARNIVAL MASK (23 – 29 July)
Kids will use different materials, colours, glitz and glue to form the most glamorous carnival masks to transport them into a world of fantasy.
CUP CAKE (30 July – 5 August)
We will be sharing some cupcake magic with your kids. Even grown-ups can’t resist their diminutive charms. We have tips for turning out these munchkin-sized treats and ideas for dressing them up to suit all occasions.
CRAFTS (6 – 12 August)
Got the beads, glitz and glue ready to go! With the sun being the theme this summer, kids can go extreme and make the hottest fashion accessories.
BACK TO SCHOOL (13 – 19 Aug)
It’s school time once again! Gather blank pages from old notebooks and create a recycled notebook. To make it more interesting, kids will design a unique front cover with their favourite pictures. We will teach them the benefits of recycling, and they will have lots of fun in the process.
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A new page VIDEOS has been added to the Creative Mumz site. Children will enjoy these videos.
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This is your chance to win a copy of the new book, “I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!” by Mariam and Fatima Masood.
Simply answer the following questions and send them to creativemumz@gmail.com with your name and mobile number. Competition for UAE residents only. Contest ends on 25th June.
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE! The Book
http://www.iknowwhoyouare-thebook.com/
CONTEST QUESTIONS
1. Where are the authors based?
a. Pakistan b. Dubai c. England
2. In the book, who moves into a new house with his family?
a. Grandfather b. Scuff c. Sultan
3. The book introduces five…
a. friends b. character skins c. family secrets
“I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!” is available at Jashanmal and Magrudys book stores. It is also available online at Amazon.
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In this section I shall be adding information about events, offers and promotions that are on around town. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.
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Do you get worried when its time for your kid’s homework?!
Homework seems to take up a lot of family time esp. keeps the mum on her toes. I am sure all of you must have derived some sort of homework tacking strategies. Here are some simple rules.
HAPPY HOMEWORKING! as my 3 year old says when he sees his older brother at the desk. 
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