Cheeky Chuckles revamped!

I have done a feature on Jo Hill and Cheeky Chuckles before but I thought I would re feature her small business as she has expanded to include a variety of fantastic new products, some of which I have had the opportunity to try out for myself and some which I will soon get to try out on my children on their birthdays.

So without further interruptions here is Jo Hill's story..

Jo started Cheeky Chuckles in 2007 after having problems finding products she needed for night time toilet training, such as bed protection. Jo researched and found an awesome product - BD's Bed Mats for Kids. Suddenly there was no need to change all the sheets after those little accidents in the middle of the night!

Jo mentioned the bed mats to friends and they soon wanted them too. There were no retailers in South Australia, so Jo became the state agent and now she supplies them all over the country, along with other helpful products.

Jo likes to support Australian made where possible, and her products are carefully selected and tested before they go on the market.

Cheeky Chuckles currently stock their original BD's Bed Mat's, Bodelicious, Hemer, Wee Target & Little Leggies, and are gradually expanding their range as they find suitable products to share with their followers. The following is a small snippet of some of the great products that Jo and Cheeky Chuckles have available right now!

BD's Bed Mat's are a gem in the middle of the night, a totally waterproof fabric mat that is easily removable with no need to change wet sheets. They are a GREAT product designed and made in Australia. I must add a note to this one, I had a bed wetter in my household. She would worry that she would wet the bed every night and get so upset when she did. I ordered a BD's Bed Mat off Jo and my daughter loved it and with no need to worry if she wet the bed anymore, she was soon no longer a long term bed wetter and she says it was all because of her bed mat, which gave her confidence..so I HIGHLY recommend these to anyone with either a long term bedwetter like I had (she wet the bed till she was over 10 years) or if you are starting to look at night training your toddler.

They dont get caught up in the sheets either as they have generous sides that tuck under the mattress to hold it in place firmly. These mats can handle a bigger child wetting the mat without overflowing onto the bed as well, so would be good even for older people, or people who are needing to be bedridden for a while etc.

Bodelicious products are just divine and they have a range of babylicious products that include baby soaps and lotions to our all time favourite chocolate indulgence body scrub.

All Bodelicious products are proudly made in Australia.

Hemer have the most gorgeous range of products, from ballet tutu's, singlets, aprons and bookbags for children, as well as many more products in different and fun designs.

All products are designed by a very talented Australian artist/designer.

Wee Targets are great little products designed to help boys aim correctly whilst toilet training. Whoever thought going to the toilet could be so much fun! Wee Targets were designed by an Australian mum and featured on New Inventors!

Jo's newest addition to her range is Little Leggies. The kiddies love them! They are a great size, up to 30cm long, meaning they will fit babies, toddlers and even older kids.

They are designed and made in South Australia by Jo herself! She will be adding more to her range very soon, so stay tuned.

Jo sent me a GORGEOUS pair of these leggings in a fantastic LIME GREEN to do a review on as well. I knew my grand daughter would LOVE them (especially the fantastic bright colour) but I was really surprised that my two daughters also loved them. For my girls they tried them on their legs but it wasn't until they tried them on as arm warmers that they Ohhh'd and Ahhhh'd over them and asked if they could also get a pair in blue so they could wear them to school. SO these fantastic leggings get a thumbs up from all the girls at our house!  They are great quality and unlike a lot of others are in a bright and happy single colour which makes the mixing and matching with things I found easier than having patterns on them. They will be fantastic for winter for school as well, as when they get hot they can take them off and pop them into their bag during autumn when they dont really want to wear a jumper and have to lug that around when they get hot. For Miss Haylee my grand daughter, they were excellent for her legs, perfect fit with room to grow without looking bulky and after running around with my girls and heating up..we just pulled the leggings off her and she kept on playing. WONDERFUL things! I HIGHLY recommend them for any ages!
Check out Cheeky Chuckles at http://www.cheekychuckles.com.au/

Jo would like to say a big thanks to all those that have supported and inspired her to pursue her dream, and she hopes to chat with you all very soon.

Jo has a great facebook page HERE and her website can be found HERE

Jo is offering 3 FANTASTIC PRIZES up for grabs for this feature post. To be in the draw you must comment on the blog here at the end of this feature blog post (just click on comments and if you have any trouble commenting let me know) with what product from Cheeky Chuckles online store they would either love to TRY or that they have TRIED and LOVE..now HOW EASY IT THAT???

For simply placing a comment here on either of those two things you could win one of the following:

1 x Wee Target
1 x Tutu or
1 x chocolate indulgence soap

so with your comment put in which prize you would like as well so we can work on getting you the gift of your choice as well (after all you wouldn't need a Tutu for example if you only have boys..unless its for a gift of course!)

So JUMP in quick and post your comment on your favourite product and which prize you would like best and have some FUN!  THANKS JO for the great prizes to give away!

KYM..you are the lucky winner

Of one of our lovely $20-00 gift vouchers from La Toriana! Please contact me so I can send on your details to Elizabeth who will then contact you!

Amanda xo

La Toriana!

La Toriana was established by Elizabeth in 2006 when she found it hard to go out shopping for special and unique presents for babies and children at birthdays and other special events, for their own children and also for family and friends.

Elizabeth would look through stylish glossy magazines and see beautiful designer clothes, toys and accessories for babies and children that she would have loved to have gone out to see and buy, but with a small child of her own to take with her getting out to the shops was difficult, especially since she lived in the country.

So Elizabeth decided to set up a place where you could shop in the comfort of your own home, anytime that suited you, day – or night..and so La Toriana was born!

La Toriana has the latest releases and newest trends in the fashion and gift industry in their retail online store and Elizabeth is constantly doing market research to make sure she always has the highest quality products at affordable prices available to you along with excellent customer service.

La Toriana showcase great Australian and New Zealand designers as well as neonatal and NICU appropriate baby clothing as well as organic premmie clothes and accessories.

Checkout the vast range of premmie wear and newborn baby items in the secure online baby boutique.

If you are looking for a premmie baby keepsake doll, or organic baby wear for a bub that has been born prematurely, then you have come to the right online store.

La Toriana specialise in providing great quality, stylish and affordable designer label products for low weight babies and babies born early.

EVERY sale in the premmie baby catagory 10% will go to National Premmie Foundation.

So take the stress out of finding excellent quality, affordable designer labelled clothing and accessories for babies and children and shop at this stunning online store.

La Toriana also has an excellent blog where she showcases other business’s.

Like her website its full of glamorous photographs and amazing talent.

You can get to her blog HERE.

La Toriana is an active facebook business as well with well over a thousand followers.

You can find her facebook page HERE.

For all our blog readers, Elizabeth is putting up for grabs not one but TWO x $20.00 gift vouchers.

ONE  $20.00 gift voucher is going to a lucky person who comments on her blog feature at the end of her feature blog post in the comments section.

ONE $20.00 gift voucher will go to a lucky person who goes to her FAN PAGE (HERE) and says you are there and that Bodelicious sent you!

Easy to enter and win!

Because she loves to share Elizabeth will also be offering a great 15% off storewide (excludes Tea Princess and Tummy Bear and Specials) when you use the code “Bodelicious” to place any order till April 30th..really..it doesn’t get better than this does it!

Thank you SO much Elizabeth for sharing part of your life and for the great prizes and discount code for our readers!

LOVESTAMP - custom hand stamped jewellery by Jo

This week's feature business for our blog is LOVESTAMP!

Joanne Petrie is the creator and owner of Lovestamp, a custom hand-stamped jewellery business located in the gorgeous Noosa Heads in sunny Queensland.

Jo is a devoted wife and work at home mother of two children - 'Freckles' (her daughter) and 'The Boy' (her son)

Jo's jewellery line includes lovely stirling silver and gold necklaces, gorgeous bracelets, cuff links, key rings and even spoons. For those that just can't decide, there is the option to purchase a gift certificate to gift those you love so that they can chose their own gift.

Lovestamp jewellery makes perfect gifts for mums-to-be, new mums and even those older mothers who just love their kids and want to keep them close to them no matter where they are or how old they are.

Jo and Lovestamp has been featured in many places both online and in paper magazines including My Child, Frankie, the Sunshine Coast Daily and Practical Parenting.

You can buy Lovestamp custom handstamped jewellery at the following places: her WEBSITE , MADEIT and in person at the Mathilda Markets in Brisbane and you can keep up with what she is doing on her BLOG here and you can join her FACEBOOK group here.

If you have an idea for a custom piece that you would like made, give Jo an email and she will work with you to make that creation come to life for you.

So pop on over to Jo's site and have a look around at her gorgeous jewellery, you surely wont be disappointed and the prices are really affordable as well.

We hope you enjoy her creations as much as we do.

As a special for this blog feature Jo has set up a special discount at her webstore (http://www.lovestamp.com.au/) only for a generous 10% off. To recieve this great discount all you have to do is enter the code "bodelicious" at the checkout are. This offer is available till the end of the month!

As an added bonus we are also giving away a fantastic LOVESTAMP $25.00 gift voucher to one lucky random blog follower .

All you need to do is comment HERE on what piece of jewellery you would like from LOVESTAMP's current line on their website. Easy! So what are you waiting for?

Dr.Mom's Prescription for Managing Food Allergies

Dr Rita Malhotra-Kuczabski is a physician, mom and woman dealing with her own food allergies who has recently published a book – “Doctor Mom’s Prescription For Managing Food Allergies” – so this week I have chosen to feature this book on my blog as there are many people out there today with food allergies who might find some help within its pages, so without further ado I would like to share the back cover note of this book here...

Doctor Mom’s Prescription for Managing Your Food Allergies is a guide written to help you safely navigate your food allergies. It contains information for an adult, a child, or a family dealing with these issues. We start at the beginning, with diagnosis and testing. You will learn many techniques to prevent a reaction, but also how to manage one should it occur. Helpful hints are provided for successful label reading, understanding current laws, and becoming familiar with commonly used terminology. Tackling tough social situations and educating family and friends is also addressed. Sensible day to day tactics and food preparation pointers will reinforce your safety net and enhance your lifestyle!

Doctor Mom is a mother, a licensed physician, trained surgeon, and a woman dealing with her own allergies. These helpful strategies come from her heart. They have been derived from her medical knowledge, her personal experiences and her extensive research. They are practical and thoughtful, yet knowledge based. Dr. Rita Malhotra-Kuczabski is dedicated to her family and to the community. She has received honors from her Borough President, and from her city’s Mayor for outstanding community service. The author received both her Bachelor’s Degree, and Medical degree with top honors. She was also the recipient of an annual scholarship to medical school from The Miss America Pageant.


The author invites you to visit her website DrMomsAllergyRX.com. It offers a great deal of information on the subject including reaction prevention and management, product recommendations and recalls, current legislation, recipes, and much more. The site is proud to provide free online support forums. Embark on this journey with Dr Mom, and together, we will more successfully manage food allergies.

*This book is NOT intended as medical advice. Involve your allergist in any decision making process.*

website with forums: http://www.drmomsallergyrx.com/

The book is available from this link: http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Moms-Prescription-Managing-Allergies/dp/1449003613/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251244992&sr=1-1