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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Generally, a baby will be ready to make the transition from the bottle to cup sometime between the ages of 9 months and 18 months. There are two main things that should happen for your baby or toddler to be weaned from the bottle. The first is that your baby’s sucking needs has to slow down or stop. The second is that he has to be able to control his hands and mouth well enough to drink from the cup.

To help the transition from the bottle to a cup, there are some things that you can do early on. During those first few months of your baby’s life, you should only use the bottle when it is time for your baby to eat. Don’t give your baby a bottle in bed. If you give your baby a bottle in bed, she will begin to associate the bottle with comfort and security, not just with food. This is perhaps the most important thing that you can do to make the process of weaning your toddler from the bottle a successful and easy transition.

What other techniques you’ve tried and they work when it comes to making the transition from bottle to cup? When it’s a good time to start? Please share your tips or personal experience with your kids below for your chance to WIN a lovely Twist N’Pop Straw Cup from BornFree®.

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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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Share your children’s gift wishes that made you smile…or puzzle – and one fabulous Funky Flower Room Makeover Kit, worth £39.99 from FunToSee could be yours! Just in time for Santa to add it to his bag of presents for your kids!

Send your answers with your child’s name and age, your name, email and postal address to info@greenkiddie.co.uk for the FunToSee Competition! As we respect your privacy, we will not share your contact details with third parties. Closing date: 22nd December.

More info about the competition HERE.

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All you have to do is to spread the word for GreenKiddie’s recipes. Then send us an email to info@greenkiddie.co.uk with your name, email address and a link to your blog, post or comment, which must include the following sentence: “Just found out great healthy baby and toddler recipes on www.GreenKiddie.co.uk/Recipes.php – go and check it yourself!”.

Closing date: 24th December 2009.

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