Annette Baynes, Author at zaparents

Books for children from 2-6 years

by Annette Baynes | kids books | 0 comments

These recent additions to the bedtime routine were welcomed with much excitement and enjoyed night after night. Even the nearly-two who prefers pictures to stories couldn’t wait to roar along with his brother in Dinosaur Roar.

Don’t forget to tell the children

by Annette Baynes | being present | 0 comments

One of the best pieces of advice I took away from my first year of parenting was to prepare your child for what is to come. As advice it has never let me down, until I forgot to take it in that awful month of April my husband was diagnosed with malignant melanoma…

When crime comes to our little ones

by Annette Baynes | violence | 5 comments

At the end of an awful April we took a much-needed break in a little village on the Western Cape coast. We had barely been there a day when our holiday rental was broken into.

George’s Marvellous Medicine : A theatre review

by Annette Baynes | family theatre | 0 comments

It is a very interactive performance and the children love getting involved in telling the story and helping George out. For adults, it is worth going just to see the giant chicken, played by Lerato Mahlasela. I doubt you will ever see a more beady-eyed, single-minded creature outside of the farmyard.