Isossy Children meets Night Nannies Australia

Isossy Children has travelled far and wide to find some of the world's most interesting and exciting services to feature on our blog! Night Nannies Australia is no exception, a wonderful service established by Annemarie Sansom. Read on to find out more this great business.

What inspired you to start your business?

I started Night Nannies Australia when my son who was 10mths at the time was having a lot of difficulty with his sleeping patterns. I was looking for a gentle settle technique that was successful but there was nothing except controlled crying.

What have been your favourite client experiences? I love helping my clients. I often get calls from Mums who are very sleep deprived and emotional and I help them over the phone and then I book in one of my consultants who comes out and they work together to resolve the issues. The difference before and after is amazing.

What advice would you give to someone starting up in your industry? Make sure that your heart is in it as its about caring for people and their children and being compassionate and understanding what they're going through,

What are your long term goals? We are currently expanding into mentoring and teaching up and coming sleep consultants into the field as there's currently no training offered in this area in Australia.

Isossy Children celebrates diversity through global clothing for children. Why do you think diversity matters for every generation? Its about accepting everyone as an individual, choice and freedom, being able to express yourself.

What words of wisdom do you think every child should grow up knowing? Care about the people you come in contact with and the ground you walk on.

Contact Details

Night Nannies Australia

Annemarie Sansom

Ph: 1300791663

www.nightnannies.com.au

Isossy Children meets Claire Mitchell, Founder & Inventor of Chillipeeps

We love new ideas and inventions that help parents be the best that they can be and that keep children happy too! So when we had the chance to interview Claire Mitchell, the inventor of the multi-award winning chillipeeps we were very excited. Chillipeeps solves a common problem many people experience when out and about with young hungry babies and no clean sterilised bottle to use, by allowing a teat or spout to be attached directly to a carton to feed your baby and many mineral water bottles to enable you to rehydrate your baby. Read about Claire's journey and be inspired!

What inspired you to start your business? A EUREKA moment, we were late setting off to a family party with our baby daughter. As we had just set off driving I asked my husband if he’d picked up the clean sterilised bottle, as I knew I had ready-made formula cartons in the car. He said ‘Oh you will have done’ So I asked him to check because I couldn’t remember. As he rummaged over the back seat in the baby bag, I ranted ‘Why hasn’t anyone invented anything that directly attaches to the carton?’ We had the bottle and carried on to the party. Six hours later we got in the car to go and I said ‘I can’t stop thinking about it’, the husband said ‘What?’, typical man he’d already forgotten. ‘Why hasn’t anyone invented anything that can directly attach to the carton?’

What have been your favourite client experiences?

Everyday Mums and Dads loving the Chillipeeps Teats, people calling them Genius!
What advice would you give to someone starting up in your industry?

Be aware of the start-up and development costs upfront. Ensure you understand what standards your products have to adhere to at the beginning, this will save you money in the long term.

What are your long term goals?

To make Chillipeeps a truly global brand and to make a difference by a version for humanitarian aid,

Isossy Children celebrates diversity through global clothing for children. Why do you think diversity matters for every generation?

Diversity breaks down the barriers to creating a greater world. Together we can build brilliance!

What words of wisdom do you think every child should grow up knowing?

Be everyone’s friend.

Brush your teeth you only have one adult set.

Dream and believe, for those that do achieve and their dreams really can come true.

You can be whatever you want, you just have to go out and get it, the world is there to explore and enjoy.

Throughout your life remember being 5, laugh until your sides split, smile until your cheeks hurt and skip everywhere singing as you go.



Contact Details

Claire Mitchell, Founder & Inventor of Chillipeeps

www.chillipeeps.com

Isossy Children meets The founders of The KidsNetwork

Isossy Children was so excited to learn about the amazing work that the KidsNetwork does for parents and their children in Australia (we're really reaching across the world with our networks). We meet Rebecca and Brooke and learn how the KidsNetwork helps parents with a range of issues relating to child development.

What inspired you to start your business?

Rebecca was inspired to start KidsNetwork as a result of her personal experience of managing a child with learning and developmental issues.  Brooke was inspired by a desire to assist families beyond school with strategies for the home.

What have been your favourite client experiences?

Our favourite client experiences are meeting with kids for the first time during the in home consultation. Their responses are refreshingly honest.  We also love it when a child experiences success – often for the first time. It is a WOW moment for them.

What advice would you give to someone starting up in your industry?

Expect resistance from within the industry.  In our experience families embrace change faster than institutions and practitioners.

What are your long term goals?

To be a national service to families all over Australia

Isossy Children celebrates diversity through global clothing for children. Why do you think diversity matters for every generation?

In our business we see kids with differences every day – they are part of the diverse fabric of schools across the nation.  Embracing their diversity is critical to understanding others and learning from them. Instead of seeing difference as a negative we see it as something that needs to be celebrated, and it is encouraging to see this slow shift over the generations. 

What words of wisdom do you think every child should grow up knowing?

That they are unique, that they have many strengths and are loved.

Contact Details

Rebecca Knol

Director

KidsNetwork

Rebecca@kidsnetwork.com.au

08 8377 7123

www.kidsnetwork.com.au

Isossy Children meets Natrice Grosvenor Co-founder of MarliandMo.com.au Online Marketplace

We love to discover cute online stores for kids and their parents and we're so pleased to have recently discover MarliandMo.com.au, which is based in Australia! We truly love global shopping we hope you will enjoy reading Natrice Grosvenor's business story! 

Natrice

What inspired you to start your business?

I wanted the flexibility to be able to work from home whilst my children are still young.

What have been your favourite client experiences?

We are lucky to have two types of clients. The clients that sell on our online marketplace and the clients that buy. We call them our Community and are very lucky to have a very engaged and supportive community behind us.

What advice would you give to someone starting up in your industry?

To do a lot of research. Never think that you can start a web based business without knowing the ins and outs. There is a lot of ground to cover and we are continually learning daily. Because the game plan keeps changing you need to be flexible enough to move with the times.

 

What are your long term goals?

We hope to expand into New Zealand and other countries in the future. As well as develop a mentoring program for small business start-ups as part of our supporting the community vision.

Isossy Children celebrates diversity through global clothing for children. Why do you think diversity matters for every generation?

Absolutely. Having the ability to be diverse offers you experiences and knowledge outside of your environment. It allows you to grow and develop because you have had more exposure.

What words of wisdom do you think every child should grow up knowing?

If you think you can, you can! Be the best you can and love what you do. The most important thing to be is Happy!

Contact Details

Natrice Grosvenor

Co-founder of MarliandMo.com.au Online Marketplace

http://www.marliandmo.com.au

Twitter: @marliandmo

Isossy Children Profiles KidWorldCitizen.org

Isossy Children loves to profile exciting products, services and resources from around the world that celebrate diversity and creativity. This week we interview the founder of The KidWorldCitizen Portal, Becky Morales.

Becky Morales

What inspired you to start your business?

My family is my inspiration- my husband is from Mexico City, we have 2 daughters (biological) and a son adopted from China and another from Ethiopia. We love to travel and teach our children about differing perspectives and world cultures. As a teacher and parent, these are the activities I use with my children and students.

What have been your favourite experiences whilst doing the work you do?

I love to spend time with my kids doing messy art projects, teaching them about our environment, working in the garden, cooking with them, teaching them about maps and geography, and going to different cultural celebrations. Every time I am doing the research for an article and then doing the activity with my kids- we have so much fun! (This doesn't feel like work:).

What advice would you give to someone starting up in your industry?

 I think people need to find something they love, and brainstorm how they can turn that into a career. I am passionate about global education, and running a web site where I get to continue learning and teaching is ideal for me. I think if people are passionate about what they do they are more willing to put in the time and energy to make it successful.

What are your long term goals?

I am almost finished with a book for schools on how to incorporate global lessons into their elementary classes. I plan to continue speaking, teaching, and developing lessons for school to teach global and cultural awareness.

IsossyChildren celebrates diversity through global clothing for children. Why do you think diversity matters for every generation?

When we raise kids to recognize differing perspectives, and to be culturally aware, they will grow up to be compassionate and respectful citizens.

What words of wisdom do you think every child should grow up knowing?

Be the change you want to see in the world. This quote from Gandhi is one of my favorites because it empowers kids: even though you are "only" a child, your actions CAN change the world.

Contact Details

Becky Morales
www.kidworldcitizen.org

www.facebook.com/kidworldcitizen
www.twitter.com/kidworldcitizen