here are some of the kounia-bella babies and kids having  a ball in their gorgeous kounia-bella clothes! we would love to see your gorgoeus little ones in their kounia-bella outfits!!!  send us your kounia-bella product photos with your little ones and a brief product review for the kounia-bella blog this spring summer season!  all product photos / reviews will receive a free $10.00 gift voucher (conditions apply)  to be used at kounia -bella !

this summer dont miss out on the following baby and childrens clothing collections at kounia-bella - ducky beau, bebe, bebe junior, mini haha, woof, eeni meeni miini moh, tea princess, industrie kids, ouch plus heaps more!

oh my gosh! if there was ever a survey to fill out, this is the one!  our friends at KidStyleFile currently are seeking your views via their Annual Reader Survey. The survey will run for the month of June 2009, and gives you the opportunity to express your views on online shopping, favourite stores, labels, toys, magazines, and more.  every completed survey goes into the draw to win from the prize pool of over $12,000.00.  this is a fantastic opportunity for kounia-bella customers to express their views and also have the chance to win great prizes from a variety of quality and adorable labels!

this year’s prize sponsors include prestigious australian baby and kids fashion labels Moppit, Toetum, Baobab, Oobi Baby & Kids, and Polka, high end baby-goods brands Babymoov, and ERGObaby Carrier, award-winning decor pieces from Cocoon Couture, state of the art toys from Intelliplay, and magazine subscriptions from established parenting magazine My Child, and new baby and kids style publication Little One Baby.

In addition, KidStyleFile will be donating 50 cents for every completed copy of their annual reader survey to the national childrens charity Make-A-Wish ® Australia.

the survey takes only 5 minutes to complete, and if you refer a friend (or 5!) you get the corresponding number of extra chances to win. how cool is that??!!

so don’t waste time complete the  KidStyleFile Annual Reader Survey  now!

to launch the collection we are offering raving gorgeous  eeni meeni fans in melbourne the chance to view and purchase pieces from the spring summer collection at our vip night in august - this will be one night before it is released in our store and online and gives you the chance to view the collection in a vip night setting with great offers (ps secret eeni meeni vip program being launched on the night!!!) register your interest in attending the eeni meeni vip night at info@kounia-bella.com.au

we would love to meet you and show off this gorgeous collection arriving in august!  

now enough talking, check out some early sneak peak images of the eeni meeni spring summer collection arriving at kounia-bella  in august 2009!

ps….stay tuned because on the grapevine eeni meeni is launching a new brand called em3 in winter 2010.  em3 aims designs at the older end of the childrens market so in total eeni will be offering three labels, eeni meeni pure collections for newborns, eeni meeni miini moh seasonal collections as we know them today and the new em3 label! how how exciting!

congratulations to our june review competition winners!  thank you for your ongoing support of www.kounia-bella.com.au

congratualations to fiona .f. from oakleigh south and paulina .s. from ivanhoe victoria who have both won a $100 kounia-bella online / instore voucher for their helpful and practical reviews on our eeni meeni miini moh enfant collection and the bebe dana fluted cardigan range.   thank you for supporting our review feature and giving great advice back to our customers!

to make a review simply go to the product listing you wish to review and at the bottom of the page click on ‘write a review’… you will need to sign in if you have an account with us online or create an account if you are a new user… please note only your first name appears alongside the review….we look forward to hearing from you.

stay tuned for more competitions coming in the near future!

ouch winter baby and childrens clothing is now in store and online!  choose from a great selection of winter essentials including great everyday jeans for boys with great design and adorable ouch blue denim skinny jeans or black denim skinny jeans for the girls…  needing a warm waterproof jacket?  well don’t go past the ouch boy or girl puffer jackets this winter (available in iris or slate for boys or pink or black for girls),  they are oh so warm with hoodies and are great for the cold wet weather….

there are a great selection of long sleeves tee including the baby moose tee and the wolves fleece hoody for your older little man…. plus dont go past the cool racing tee for your little man.  this ouch racing tee is sure to please.  if you are looking for an adorable baby choc or ice blue  track pant set with a hoody jacket  ouch has the most adorable styles this season.

the baby  knit sets for both boy and girls are oh soft and adorable and the girls peacock tee with frill shoulder detailing is very sweet.  oh and the toddler winter pj sets are just so so comfy and cute and don’t go past some great leggings or tights basics as well… these are essential for every little girls wardrobe…

ouch once again has pleased us again….  ouch childrens clothing is a great baby and childrens labels for fashion conscious parents who want quality and affordability combined in one…  we hope you enjoy ouch this winter from kounia-bella

looking for some great ideas for baby clothing or baby gifts?  here are some of our current favorites to suit all budgets this season at kounia-bella…. and of course only the best will do!  we hope we give you some great baby clothing options as we love all of these and so do our customers too! but if this is not enough then check out our baby clothing and childrens clothing designers page to see everything that we currently have on offer! or to see the complete baby and childrens gifts and keepsakes range check out the kounia-bella gifts range  now. (pictured 1 - 8 above - click on each item line to be taken direct to product detail page)

1. the gorgeous leather hand made italian baby pink boots by baby chick - $95.00

2. the oh so sweet blossom romper by bebe - $32.00

3. the superior and comfortable eeni meeni enfant sleeping sack in fluer - $49.00

4. the adorable eeni meeni pure sorbet tee & legging set - $59.00

5. the oh so cool leather hand made italian baby boy stripe runners by baby chick - $85.00

6. the very cute baby blue romper by bebe - $32.00

7. the superior and comfortable eeni meeni enfant sleeping sack in gravel - $49.00

8. the little man eeni meeni pure haze tee & legging set - $59.00

pictured 9 - 15 below don’t look past these great baby gift ideas

9. the simply adorable keepsake familiaglia rag doll by mamas and papas - $89.00

10. the oh so cute mamas and papas knit rattle keepsake soft toy collection - $45.00 each

11. the oh so eeni urban and cute mathilde and harriette rag doll collection  by eeni meeni miini moh - $59.00 each

12. the timeless keepsake that i want to cuddle contemporary jointed bear by mamas and papas - $90.00

13. the oh so soft keepsake kaloo medium dragee chubby bear - $64.00

14. the urban trendy baby eeni meeni miini moh soft toy collection - $29.00

15. the adorable and scrumptious sweetipie designer cupcake kits - $42.00

plus dont forget about our baby clothing sale - up to 30% off - don’t miss out while stock last..

we often get asked why are you pregnant for 40 weeks?? the wonderful miracle of pregnancy is estimated to be around 280 days….mmmm thats quite a bit- to be precise it is 40 weeks long because it is dated from the first day of your last glorious (well this particular one was!) period rather than when conception actually and physically took place!!!! that might confuse the guys but us future mummies are with it at this stage of the game! so in reality when you take this all into  consideration you are actually pregnant for approximately 38 weeks so about 266 days as conception (mmm when the magic happens!) usually occurs about two weeks after the first day of your period…

so basically once you have missed your first period this is often described as being in week four of your pregnancy even though your future baby is only about 2 weeks old…. it is at this stage that a pregnancy test pretty much confirms your pregnancy as over the counter pregnancy tests now are about 99 per cent accurate.  trust me they are….. after my first little one was only 13 weeks old I started to feel really tired and exhausted….. anyway I put it down to having my first newborn and adjusting to the broken sleep etc however after a few more weeks I started to feel even worse! and it just so reminded me of being pregnant the first time that I said maybe I should do a pregnancy test as I was very nausea’s as well…. so I did and whammo it came back positive…. I quickly rang my doctor and asked him if I could come and do a pregnancy blood test to prove the counter test was wrong and guess what he said….. don’t bother as they are so accurate now… you need to come in and work out how many weeks you are as I was breastfeeding my first one who was only 15 weeks old and I did not have my period yet to determine a date…. so bottom line is they are 99 per cent accurate!  (for those who are curious when I did my ultrasound scan I was determined to be 10 weeks pregnant - yes catalina was only 15 weeks old at that stage!)  

I now have two adorable children who are only 10 months apart - my gorgeous catalina and my adorable little man leo!

hope this gives you some joy and reinforces that breastfeeding is no contraception! I am living living proof….. whilst I would not change it for the world it was hard and I would not recommend having two children so close together unless you are a very patient person (mmm I quickly had to acquire this??) and have a wonderful support network of friends and family around you - lucky for me I did - thanks to all! love h xoxoxo

so all the beautiful expectant mums out there when you are ready to see some gorgeous baby clothes….. don’t forget about kounia-bella -we always love to please and always offer a great selection of quality adorable and practical baby basics and outfits for all occassions and ages plus we are a good ear to talk about everything and anything about pregnancy and the wonderful world of kids! have a great day regards helen