It’s the National Baking Week 17th – 23rd October, and to celebrate it, we teamed up with Steenbergs Organics to give you a chance to win this Organic Luxury Chocolate Cake Box!

To enter our Bake & Win photo contest…

1/ Get baking (and no cheating please )

2/ Take a photo of your yummy home-made cake or whatever you prefer and upload it on our Facebook page not later than 27th October

3/ Share with your friends and ask them to vote for you. The one with most votes will grab the prize!

Simple as that! And if your little helpers are happy to bake with you, let them take part and share the fun!

Steenbergs Luxury Gift Box for Bakers is ideal for those who love baking their own home made cakes – there’s nothing yummier and why go to all that trouble if you are not using the finest ingredients? This version contains Steenbergs organic Fairtrade vanilla extract. This box isn’t just for cakes and it’s full of delicious ingredients.

This baking hamper contains:

- 500g of Suma’s organic Fairtrade cocoa powder

- 500g of Sunflowers organic self-raising flour, stoneground in Yorkshire

- 150g of Green & Black’s organic 72% cook’s chocolate

- 500g of Suma’s organic icing sugar

- 100ml of Steenbergs organic Fairtrade vanilla extract.

Closing date: 27th October

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We’ll be tweeting about our challenges when travelling with kids, how to make the travel even more exciting for the children, so it can be enjoyable and less stressful for the parents. Most importantly, let’s talk about how to make our trips safe for the kids and the whole family!

Join us to share your travel stories, to get some great road safety tips, or just to have fun, chat to other parents and WIN great prizes from Graco!

How to join our #kidstravelsafe party?

1. Log-in to your Twitter account (or create one if you don’t have an account yet)
2. Type#kidstravelsafe in the “Search” field on “Home” tab. Click on “Save this search” so it’s easy for you to find it
3. Click on your #kidstravelsafe saved search on 27^th June, Sunday, at 9pm GMT and join the party!
4. Follow us on Twitter: @greenkiddie and @GracoBaby_UK

When I ask a question, tweet the answer to me and make sure you always include the hash-tag #kidstravelsafe.

We’ll be giving away three beautiful and comfy Graco changing bags. The Graco Sporty Bag comes complete with changing mat and messy bag. It features – handy pockets, includes plastic changing mat, nappy wipes box and leak proof bag, insulated pockets and is machine washable.

Don’t miss it and tell your friends to join in, too!Let’s prove we care about our kids’ safety!

Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s flagship community education campaign. It aims to raise awareness of the number of accidents that seriously injure or kill children and how to prevent them.

Get Ready for the Road Ahead with Graco! Make your smart car-seat selection and learn how to make your trip better for the whole family!

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If selected, you will be testing one on the following great products.

• 15ml Certified Organic Rosehip Oil: contains 80% EFA’s, antioxidants, lycopene, beta carotene, vitamin A (safe amount for pregnant mothers)  – A remedy for dry, sensitive skin conditions such as ezcema, dermatitis, nappy Rash, Cradle Cap, Hormone Therapy. Reduces redness, wrinkles, scars and stretch marks, pigmentation.  Can be used by both mother and baby, and is suitable to all skin types.
• 40ml Skin Clinic Rescue Balm: Contains Certified Organic Rosehip Oil, Certified Organic Rosehip Butter, Certified Organic Everlasting Oil – A natural soothing ointment. Helps to reduce the appearance of cracked, dry skin and burns.
• 125g Skin Clinic Rescue Cream : Contains Certified Organic Rosehip Oil, Certified Organic Rosehip Butter, Certified Organic Everlasting Oil, Helychrysm – Helps relieve dry itchy flaky skin, and helps reduce the appearance of stretch marks and increases the elasticity of the skin.
• 150ml Clarifying Facial Wash – SLS Free Foaming Cleanser that gently cleanses and removes makeup including waterproof mascara without overdrying the skin. Very mild formula for bathing babies if you want to share it.
• 50g Replenishing Moisture Cream – A rich and nourishing Moisturising Cream, rich in beta carotene(vitamin a) which helps to rejuvenate dry, sensitive and sun damaged skin. Green Tea Extract protects you from free radicals, and contains a high content of silica for the formation of collagen and healthy plump skin cells.

GreenKiddie has teamed with the Australian natural cosmetic brand Kosmea to give you a chance to test their products for free!

After a month you will need to give us your feedback for us to upload on GreenKiddie.co.uk. Your chances of being selected for the product testing will increase if you have a blog yourself where you’d review your experience as well.

If you are interested in taking part, please email info@greenkiddie.co.uk with your name and your blog address, if any. Also, please tell us about your product preferences, listing them from 1 to 5, 1 being your most desired one. We cannot guarantee you will be selected to test your first choice product, but we will do our best to match your choice. Besides, all Kosmea products are just fabulous!

Closing date: 30^th May 2010. The selected mums will be announced on 1st June, and all reviews should be with us by 25^th June 2010.

WINNERS: The five lucky mums selected to test the fab Kosmea products are: Miroslava Moore, Emma Sheppard, Claire Walsh, Josephine Middleton, and Lorraine Liyanage! Congratulations and happy testing!

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The brand, which is a best-seller in the USA, and also becoming a leader in the UK, offers a completely safe option for parents wishing to avoid any risks from BPA. And it’s not just the BPA-free materials used that has helped BornFreeTM to become number 1 choice for parents, but also the efficacy of the products themselves.

If you are interested in taking part, please email info@greenkiddie.co.uk with your name, baby age, feeding method and your blog address, if any. Another way to let us know you wish to test the BornFree bottles is to join our Facebook page HERE and explain WHY you want to test them!

Closing date: 26th March 2010. The selected mums will be announcedon 1st April.

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There’s less than a week till we announce the winner in our “Love is” competition, receiving the fabulous Sweet & Dreamy gift box from Lush! So far we’ve received hundreds of emails, answering that simple question in the most inspiring way. We wanted to thank you all… and to share some of your most interesting, funny, a bit bizarre, sad, gentle and inspiring thoughts.

Love is… kissing your partners eyelids when they are asleep. Victoria Laithwaite

Love is…  eating the last rolo so your loved one doesn’t put on weight. L. Mundy

Love Is… waking up and seeing my early-bird little boys smiling face beaming at me! Ms Linda Johnson

Love is…holding my hair back, when I’m throwing up because of chemo treatment. Sarah Williams

“Love is… lying in a hot bath of Lush Sweet and Dreamy gift box products with my wonderful husband! Hayley Williams

Love is…. bringing me a sandwich when I’m up with the baby at 3am! Kathryn MacKinnon

Love is cuddling up to my beautiful Italian girlfriend Vivienne.  I am profoundly deaf and she is hearing and she is truly amazing beyond words the way in which she has coped with me and loved me for who I am when I am really hard work and I feel that this should be recognised. She makes my dinners, washes my clothes puts my butties up for work and is always on hand to talk through any worries and concerns as she is a brilliant communicator. Paul Marshall

Love is my son waking me up with a hug and saying i love you mummy. Vicki Francis

Love is…wishing someone a future of happiness, even if that future does not include you! Robert Macolive

There is still time for you to enter the draw and win the Lush gift box for either yourself, of for the love of your Valentine!

Good luck, everybody!

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