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Today’s post written by Anna

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Clinging to my legs, climbing up onto my lap, or tapping insistently until they are picked up to be part of my ‘up high’ world – little people just love to be in on the action – especially in the kitchen! Cooking with kids is a culinary adventure with lots of benefits, and really I wouldn’t want to give it up – but there are times when fun quickly turns to chaos and I would love something that not only makes cooking a wee bit easier, but that also ensures the safety of all involved.

Just last night, in the midst of the floury fun, as my toddler slipped my grasp and made her way to prime position on top of the bench, my mind flew back to a great product showcased here on KidStyleFile that does all of those things and more: The Learning Tower.

The Learning Tower is an amazing product that comes to the rescue in the kitchen, and really, in every area of the house where little people want to be.  It safely fits 2 children, features an anti-topple design, and height adjustable platform, meaning it can be moved to suit kids aged from 18 months right through to 6 years. This clever product not only comes in a great range of colours, you can also purchase add-on kits for your Learning Tower: an Art Easel Kit and a Playhouse Kit, – transforming your little Masterchef into creating Masterpieces and then on to starring in the Master Role of their very own production!

Right now Rose & Lily – www.roseandlily.com.au have fantastic offer for KidStyleFile readers: a generous 10% off the entire range of The Learning Tower products. Enter discount code ‘KSFAUG10′ at checkout to redeem until midnight on 31 August 2010. This offer translates to a super-fabulous deal when buying the complete The Learning Tower Kit + two add-ons, already a great deal and further discounted with your KSF discount, PLUS, because of Rose & Lily’s sliding scale shipping fees, you’ll also receive free delivery* anywhere in Australia!

PS: If you have The Learning Tower in mind for a Christmas gift, you can purchase now at this great price and Rose & Lily can store for you until you’d like it delivered. How’s that for great service?!

*Discounted prices quoted below are only applicable with exclusive KSF code (read above) until midnight 31 August 2010.

• The Learning Tower $299.00 less 10% = $269.10
• Art Easel Kit $140.00 less 10% = $126.00
• Playhouse Kit $45.95 less 10% = $45.31
  
• The Learning Tower 3 Piece Set $469.00 less 10% = $422.10

Rose & Lily stock fine products from the following leading brands: BabySteps 123, Cold Seat, Tidy Books, Luna Lullabye, Mije, My Plate-Mate, On Tray, Sneakys, Snugabub and The Learning Tower.

Rose & Lily charge $9.00 for postage up to $100, $15 postage for orders between $100 and $199.99, $17.50 postage for orders between $200 and $399.99, with FREE shipping for orders of $400+ Australia-wide. See here for full shipping details.

Today’s post written by Angela

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I recently presented The Learning Tower multifunctional furniture, and I am very pleased to say that I now have a wonderful offer for you to go with it courtesy of Rose & Lily – www.roseandlily.com.au.

Purchase The Learning Tower and receive a FREE Play House Kit, valued at $45.95. Your Learning Tower and Play House Kit will also be shipped free of charge to wherever you are in Australia. Enter code ‘KSFDEC’ at checkout to redeem until 11 December 2009, or while stocks last.

This is a wonderful deal which makes The Learning Tower an obvious choice for Christmas gifting. Not only do you have a safe, high quality height adjustable riser for your kids to get into the thick of things on, but because the Play House kit comes with a variety of scenes, you’ll also be treating your child (or grandchild, neice or nephew or little bud!) to a cubby house, puppet theatre and shop! You might also choose to go the whole hog and ad the Art Easel Kit for the ultimate experience. Triple duty furniture: now we’re talking!

The Learning Tower retails at $275.00, the Art Easel Kit at $140.00 and the Playhouse Kit at $45.95.

Rose & Lily charge $9.00 for postage up to $100, $15 postage for orders between $100 and $201, with FREE shipping for orders of $210+ Australia-wide.

Today’s post written by Angela

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I was surprised by how, from a very early age, my kids wanted to pitch in and ‘hilp’ (help) me.  Folding washing, washing up, housework, cooking, shopping, gardening, working, the lot: there wasn’t (and at age 5 still isn’t) a task that they don’t want to get involved in.

Despite the fact that the help isn’t always that helpful, I am reluctant to deter them: I don’t want to give them the idea that their contributions aren’t valuable or wanted, and am clinging to the notion that this approach may just see them still remaining helpful as they get older (please, please let this turn out to be true!)

Safety is a major issue with the little helpers: their small stature often requires them to be on an elevated surface in order to participate, and common garden chairs and stools have a tendency to be somewhat precarious.

One US Mum who was determined to let her kids safely be involved in day to day activities has come to rescue of us all with The Learning Tower, a cleverly multifunctional piece of furniture that provides a safe platform from which kids can get into the thick of things.

Featuring an anti-topple design, and height adjustable platform, The Learning Tower grows with kids from 18 months through to 6 years of age, and is available in a range of cool colours to suit your decor. You can also purchase add-on kits for The Learning Tower: an Art Easel Kit and a Playhouse Kit, which give The Learning Tower an even greater longevity.

The Learning Tower retails at $275.00, the Art Easel Kit at $140.00 and the Playhouse Kit at $45.95. or you can buy the set of 3 for $445.00 with FREE postage from Rose & Lily – www.roseandlily.com.au. This would make a fantastic Christmas gift (hint hint nannas and poppys out there!)

Rose & Lily charge $9.00 for postage up to $100, $15 postage for orders between $100 and $201, with FREE shipping for orders of $210+ Australia-wide.

Today’s post written by Miki

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Every Australian parent who loves the functionality and stylish good looks of European-designed products must thank their lucky stars that Rose & Lily – www.roseandlily.com.au – is on the scene.

Two working mums, Michele and Jennifer, saw a gap in the market a few years ago, and the result is that now we in Australia can now get our hands on some of the best Euro baby products around! Perfectly placed as they are (Michelle is in Australia and Jennifer’s in Belgium), the magic twosome carefully select and import some seriously cool products and brands.

Take Babymoov as one example. With its French heritage clearly evident in the designs, Babymoov products are designed by mums, for mums. The Bebedelice baby food processor is absolutely ingenious: it defrosts, cooks and blends home-made baby food, warms bottles and jars and even sterilises your babyfeeding paraphernalia!

BabySteps 123 is another brand which offers well thought out accessories to make feeding solids easier. The Multi Slicer is a really nifty way of quickly preparing fruit and vegetables as healthy snacks, and there’s also some useful freezer trays in various sizes and shapes (essential, believe me), and a very nifty hand-blender which takes no electricity or batteries at all!

If you’ve started the solids journey but you’re runninng out of inspiration as to what to feed your baby or toddler, Rose & Lily have Sneakys, eBooks of delicious recipes designed especially for the very young (including the very fussy!) all by nutritionist mum Leanne Cooper.

My Plate Mate is another of those brilliant ideas; the sort where you wonder why nobody had ever thought of it before!  It’s simply a spill guard rim which attaches on to any standard child’s size plate, meaning that they don’t spill food as readily when learning to use cutlery, and the unique shape of the rim even helps to scoop food onto the fork or spoon! My Plate Mate is free of lead, BPA, phthalate, PVC, latex & polycarbonates and it easy to clean and dishwasher safe.

OnTray2Go is another brilliant idea: simply fill the boxes with scrumptious snacks (you should have plenty of them prepared by now!) and clip on to the handle of your supermarket trolley.  So much easier than fighting with a hungry toddler as you trundle around the aisles!

The Mije Crab is a clever bath toy which not only tells you the temperature of the bath water, but also sounds audio and visual alarms if the water is too hot. In the same vein of controlling temperature, the Cold Seat car seat cover is absolutely brilliant for Australian summers: simply put it in the freezer for a while before use, then cover the car seat with it – including buckles where possible – and then refreeze it before the next use.  How brilliant is that?!

For other cool places to sit, here is another option: the beautiful Luna Lullaby Bounce-A-Bye Baby Balls are the only exercise ball you won’t want to hide away when you’re done using it.  With a myriad of uses such as birthing ball, a baby soothing motion seat and a pre- and post-pregnancy fitness ball, not to mention an oversized ball for the kids to chase around the garden on nice days, these will last you for years.

And last but not least, the Learning Tower is one of the best kids products I’ve seen around in a long time. A four-sided platform designed to bring small children up to the level where all the action is happening, you can use the Learning Tower to facilitate your child’s involvement with cooking, washing dishes, sorting laundry, you name it.  You can also get add-on kits to turn your Learning Tower into an art easel or a playhouse – amazing!

Rose & Lily are currently running a great competition over at Facebook. All you have to do is become a fan of Rose & Lily on Rose & Lily Facebook page before June 14 2009, and you’ll go into the draw to win one of 10 Babymoov Shirt Bibs, valued at $19.95 each. Too easy!

Rose & Lily are also a major sponsor of the KidStyleFile Annual Reader Survey: 10 lucky survey respondents will each receive a Babymoov prize pack from Rose & Lily valued at $279.95 each! Click here to start the survey now.

Rose & Lily shipping starts at $8.00 per order, Australia-wide.  Orders over $250.00 are shipped free of charge.