Rethinking screentime: parent like a tech exec
Miriam Mcaleb offers research-based guidance on navigating our love-hate relationship with screentime. Caution: if you get …
Tech Stuff
This generation of kids is growing up with technology all around them. They're just as likely to read a book on Mummy's iPad as they are in a library. As with all things in parenting - the key to screentime is moderation and ensuring quality over quantity.
But that said there are some pretty nifty gadgets for tech-savvy families to enjoy. Here you can find reviews, information and interviews to navigate your way to the best of the bunch.
Embrace technology with your kids - An expert tells us how
We are surrounded by technology and we often hear the negative impacts of technology on our kids, but author Yvette Adams is hoping her new book, No Kidding, will change this perception. It looks at the positive impact technology can have on our …
Tune in or turn off?
Most parents admit to plopping their child in front of the TV for half-an-hour of down-time while their little one stares, entranced, at the technicolour dream being enacted on the screen before him. But is 'educational programming' any better for …
TV: what are your kids watching?
Is it time to take a break from television advertising for children? Emma Fahy investigates the impact of 'boxed propaganda' on little ones, and seeks to answer the questions of how much TV advertising children are absorbing, and what parents can do …
OHbaby's gadget of the week
We love gadgets at OHbaby! especially when they make our life easier. Here's our pick of the best parenting technology. We love this little German invention, it’s a Paul and Stella self-warming baby bottle that you can take anywhere. By clicking a …
How to take a selfie with your kids
Selfies are tricky at the best of time but add wiggly, impatient kids they are almost impossible. Here are our tips for capturing everyone’s best angle. Shoot from above. Hold the camera above you, it’s a simple tip but without it you’ll be all …
Parental Controls On Gaming Consoles
It seems like just about everything connects to something else these days. It’s been that way for some time actually but as increasingly more devices become ‘connected’, do parents really understand which devices in their house are internet enabled? …
10 apps to entertain the kids
Apps for kids of all ages available from the App Store. Kitchen Monsters - Cooking for Kids NZ$2.59 The Kitchen Monsters bring you 'Cooking for Kids' - an easy to follow iPhone app stuffed full of delicious recipes, kitchen tips and food facts. …
5 top educational apps your preschooler will love
We know kids need a good balance of screen time and play time (maybe with more emphasis on the play time) but when you're waiting at the doctor's, in a supermarket queue or even to bring a crying toddler out of a meltdown, there's no better time …
The answer to all those "why" questions
Why do cats always land on their feet? Why is the sky blue? Who was Christopher Columbus? It's been said that kids ask thousands of questions when they're three and four. And sometimes it's hard to keep up! A new app has been launched at iTunes …
5 Apps to help achieve New Years Resolutions
Here are some handy app's to help you stick to those new year's resolutions we all make :) …
Get baby to sleep: Nursery Rhyme apps
Baby may like to drift off to dreamland with a song, such as Old MacDonald or Mary had a little Lamb, The Wheels on the Bus or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star — theyr'e now available at iTunes as an app! Row, Row, Row your Boat is free for download, …
Help kids make their own lunch with this app
LaLa Lunchbox is the best-selling meal planning app for kids and parents. The app takes the stress out of lunch planning for families and empowers kids with their meal decisions. Kids select foods for their meals with fun monsters, colors and sounds …
A great app to record your child's art
Children’s artwork: Beautiful projects are fun to admire, display, and share. That is, until the next piece of art is created, knocking the previous masterpieces off the fridge or bulletin board. Before long, we are faced with a conundrum: throw …
The Guardian Angel App watching over you
New guardian angel App ‘Get Home Safe’ aims to save lives A new company that privately monitors users’ location during an activity or task and raises a pre-set alarm if they don’t ‘’Get Home Safe’ is being launched .Get Home Safe (GHS), believed …
Scan and Keep your docs app
We're loving Genius Scan! for me in particular for scanning receipts and recipes! Genius Scan turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner. It enables you to quickly scan documents on the go and email the scans as JPEG or PDF. The Genius Scan scanner …
Bugaboo - Andy Warhol App for kids
BUGABOO LAUNCHES SO MANY STARS – ANDY WARHOL APP FOR KIDSTo celebrate the launch of the latest 2013 collection of its multi-year collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, design brand Bugaboo bundles unique, never published …
Top 5 celebrity chef apps
Here are our pick of the top 5 celebrity chef apps - also available for android. …
Best apps for breastfeeding
Need help breastfeeding? Hey, there's an app for that! Here are some of our favourites: Breastfeeding Central $4.99 from the App store If you've ever been had a burning breastfeeding question that you need the answer to right now then …
Best apps for pregnancy
You can log and record every moment of your pregnancy with these clever apps. Here are a few of our favourites: Contraction Timer Plus, Free from the App Store (in-App purchases available for added features) When labour kicks in, this is the …
Best educational apps
Apps can provide hours (make that well controlled minutes), of entertainment and education. The interactivity seems to appeal greatly to young minds. So, if you're going to let your kids have a turn on your iPad or smartphone, they might as well be …
Best apps for storytime
We're huge fans of reading and while you can never replace a well stocked library of picture books, there are some pretty fabulous apps on the market that make reading a really interactive experience. So pop your little one on your lap, and snuggle …
5 minutes with our favourite kids' app developer
We were lucky enough to grab five minutes with Bjorn Jeffery, the CEO of Toca Boca, one of our all time favourite app developers for kids. If your kids are allowed a turn on “Mummy’s phone,” then I bet you’ve likely downloaded a Toca Boca app or …
Best apps for memory keeping
How many times have you whipped out your smartphone to capture a giggling kid at the playground? Or recorded your tot reciting their first “A-B-C” and forwarded the video to the grand-folks? But don’t rely solely on your camera roll to record all …
Tech gadgets
The latest information and super cool gadgets for tech-savvy families …
