Winnie Parkes

We are getting in early to wish everyone a VERY Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year.
What an amazing year for Winnie Parkes - so many beautiful stockists and friends made, amazing customers who have shopped online and at the expo’s I’ve attended and my local community who have supported small business and myself!
A million sleepless nights as I juggled being mum, wife, full time worker and Winnie Parkes - but it’s been worth it to grow this business and continue to make a difference for our planet and our children’s futures.

With a very late arrival of new stock, I felt drained that I missed so many opportunities - but I am ready to bring you NEW products and MORE stores to find Winnie Parkes in 2024 to encourage naturally positive play.

See you all in the New Year!
Much love, Lindsay, Dan, Parker and Winston 🐨🎄

Feeling Jolly and understanding this is the last week to order online for Christmas. Upgrading all orders to express shipping at no extra cost 🐨🎄

Locals can pick up as an option as well 🙋🏼‍♀️

Banks has the best bumps and lumps in so many different spots - easy for your little love to experience multiple textures and relieve teething pain.

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Who is ready for Christmas?
Banks definitely is…. myself, not so much 😂
How are you feeling as the year ends?

Get ready to stuff yo’ stocking tomorrow with our Black Friday sale kicking off
Purposeful gifting and a naturally cute Koala ready to soothe tiny gums

Website will re-open at 7am - no code needed 🤶🏼

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Born to be bitten 🐨
Banks was designed with large ears, featuring our eucy leaf pattern on the back for extra texture

I cannot wait to see how many little babes open up their Banks gifts this season 🥰
Gifting a naturally purposeful Aussie icon!

Banks was hand drawn and designed by myself, an Australian mum of two 🙋🏼‍♀️
Months went into the design to ensure it encompasses all the bumps, grooves and essentials your little one needs in their teething journey.
A natural teether with incredible purpose.

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Has anyone else packed down Halloween and ready to be in the festive season?
I believe it’s never too early! 🎅🏼

Oh Banks, what big ears you have…
All the better to hear you with…

Purposely designed ears for the best teething relief!
Even a wolf dressed up as Granny couldn’t have bigger or better ears than Banks!

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It feels absolutely crazy to know how well loved Banks is!
I’m almost out of the Ring Teether version, with more currently in production and on its way shortly.
A clear winner for teething with the easy grip textured ring, big ears to chew and that bumpy tail to help for the more irritating toothies!

Should the next design be a ring version as well? What do you prefer?

When bath time can be fun and natural!

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Banks the Koala, made with natural rubber and no holes, alongside our favourite Baby Wash and Baby Lotion!

The kids school temporarily changed their bathroom soap, poor Parker’s hands were dry, red and itchy.
Two days using the soap and lotion to calm and soothe her skin and we were back to normal!

😮‍💨Phew!

Banks is our little earth loving bestie!
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I didn’t only choose Natural Rubber because of how soft it is, or that it moves with your baby’s bite for the best chew…
I didn’t only choose it because it has a natural scent and great textures…

Where was I going with this… 😂
Oh yeah… Natural Rubber is biodegradable!
Babies DO GROW UP (😭) and most teethers will be discarded once you’re done..
So why not choose the more natural option that will break down over time…

Better for teething, better for the planet 🌏

There are SO many reasons to love Banks the Koala, but here are some to name a few!

The design period took what felt like forever, to ensure we were encompassing all needs for a teether!

What do you love most about your Banks?

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Taking a natural approach to teething doesn’t have to be tricky.
When my tiny Koala’s were teething - the squeak and movement of natural rubber was the best relief.
With Winston, I paired it with our Teething Roller to help relieve the pain and provide calm.

This little duo set is quickly becoming a popular choice 🐨

The sweetest photo of the sweetest book we have online, with paw-sitive affirmations and beautiful illustration.

I’ve heard you all loud and clear haha - currently offering 20% off store wide to celebrate the amazing weekend we had at One Fine Baby Expo.
Two days only, use the code Onefinebaby

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IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME!
In celebration of us being at the One Fine Baby Expo this weekend, we have put together the most awesome giveaway valued at over $270!
For your chance to win, simply make sure you are following these three accounts and tag a friend in the post on page x

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You could win:
🌻 A Seven Sun days e-gift card valued at $100 Redeemable on all Seven Sundays baby skincare products, this perfect gift allows the lucky recipient to invest in exactly what they want and need for their baby.
🌻 Winnie Parkes - You could win 1 x Banks t he Koala Teether and 1 x Banks the Koala Bath Teething Rattle valued at $53.90.
🌻 A whole set of the Buggalugs Nature collection in every colour valued at $120
Good luck!
Competition starts 9am Friday the 31st of march and ends Monday the 3rd of April 11.59pm. Winner will be drawn Tuesday 4th of April and announced via social media. Enter as many times as you like. This competition is in no way endorsed by Instagram.

Happy International Women’s Day 🐨💁🏼‍♀️
To ALL the women - whichever path you’ve taken, you’re on the right one for YOU!

It’s important to value inspiration and encouragement over competition.
Days like today, remind us to celebrate one another and respect the women we all decide to be.

For myself, I’m raising a little woman to be truthful, respectful and hard working - to love what she does and do it with passion.

May we be them, may we know them, may we raise them!

As Shania would say… let’s go girls!

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Little babes around Australia will start to receive their new natural rubber teethers soon!
This is such a happy feeling!
Safe, natural and effective teethers that have that Australian feel to them!

Safe for use everywhere - even in the water!

If you still have your eye on Banks, the launch code will end very soon - eep!
You’ll have to follow our gorgeous bush tribe to grab their codes instead… 🤘🏼

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This gorgeous little squishy koala

It’s LAUNCH DAY!

The website is almost ready to go live - we’ll be hitting the GO button tonight at 7pm…

Being the craziest time of the year, we thought we’d join the craze and have a launch day offer of 15%

There is only a small amount of stock ready to go at the moment
Once it’s sold - we’ll move into Pre-Order mode.
These are set to land next week, so any pre orders will ship as soon as they land at my doorstop.
All pre-orders will get upgraded to express shipping to arrive before the man in red 🎅🏼

Make way for BANKS, coming from the bush to you!

Competition closed

✨New Baby Essentials Giveaway ✨

Winnie Parkes and Willow By The Sea have teamed up to give one lucky follower the chance to win a beautiful organic bundle to treat your little one or a loved one with!
With both brands committed to providing natural and organic products for little ones, it’s only natural to come together.

WIN 🎉
1 x Willows Picks Set: includes a Bottom Balm, Baby Oil & Soothe Baby Bath Tea
1 x Banks the Koala Teething Ring
1 x Banks the Koala Bath Teething Rattle

TO ENTER
✨Like this post
✨Follow WillowByTheSea] and Australian Natural Rubber Teethers]
✨Tag your friends in the comments!
✨BONUS entry for sharing this post to your stories and tagging WillowByTheSea] and Australian Natural Rubber Teethers] so we can see it

GOOD LUCK to everyone and we can’t wait to spoil a very lucky winner!

*The winner will be randomly drawn and announced Thursday 24th November at 7 pm.
*This giveaway is in no way sponsored or endorsed by Instagram and entry is open to Australian residents only. ✨

What a whirlwind this is all becoming! We started production back in July, and to think it’s almost time to officially launch!

I am working on the website every night when my little Koala’s go down to bed, so it will be up soon 🐨

Main stock is landing in Australia very soon, but I do have limited available to grab straight away!
So keep your eyes peeled or even sign up online to be the first to know with the first access!

So much happening and I’m so excited!

Keep your eyes peeled Monday for a little something special and fun too!

It’s almost time for Banks to come out into the wild!

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G’day! 🙋🏼‍♀️
Do you love all things natural for your little one? We do too!
Our natural rubber teethers were designed with love and dedication to turn our fav Aussie icon into your little ones best mate - BANKS the Koala 🐨

We’d love the support of a Winnie Parkes Brand Rep Family - our little Bush Mates team!
We know when parenting, we need a community of support - and that’s our dream to create!
We need our community to help spread the word of our new business venture and help us build some content to show our gorgeous Koala teethers to the rest of Australia!

Our perfect little Bush Mate team are:

🐨 Little ones starting from 3 months
🐨 Happy to post regularly to stories and grids of photos of your babe and our products
🐨 True small business supporters who know word of mouth can mean the world
🐨 Happy to share us on launch night

If this sounds like you, follow these steps to join us:

🐨 Follow Winnie Parkes
🐨 Like and save this post
🐨 Share to your stories
🐨 Tag another friend who might love our Brand Rep Family too
🐨Let us know your little ones name & age in a comment

What’s in it for you?

🐨 You’ll receive one of each of our teethers
🐨 Discount for future purchase
🐨 Discount for your followers & friends
🐨 Commission for all sales using your code - we know time and effort is important to all of us!

We’ll pick a handful of little Koala’s to join the Bush Mates Team on Sunday 27th November
Please enter on Instagram only
I will contact you from this account only - no others!

I cannot wait to meet you all!
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Playful Regards, Lindsay

♡ WIN OVER $1200 IN PRIZES! ♡

To celebrate 1st birthday, I have teamed up with some amazing accounts to give away over $1200 in prizes to ONE lucky winner!

How to enter:
1. Head to .giveaway & follow the steps, it takes less then 60 seconds!

*Competition will close on the 14th of Nov at 11.59pm, AEST.
*This giveaway is open to Australian residents only.
*Private accounts welcome but reposts won’t be counted.
*Prize is in AUD.
*This giveaway is in no way endorsed, sponsored or administrated by Instagram.
* Void where prohibited by law.
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Exciting news, they’ve poured our natural rubber samples and I should finally get a glimpse of the finished product by the end of the week!

I cannot thank all of you enough for sticking around during our transition,
I cannot wait to show you!

This gorgeous photo is from .to.hold featuring some of my favourite new baby must haves!

to hold all of your babe goodies
thermie to keep you hydrated
And recently we’ve been using .ive_body_baby at bath time - such a gorgeous scent!

There’s just something about our native Australian animals that make me fall in love with every item I see!
Pair it with something to do with a sweet little babe, and I’m hooked!
(I think I’ve found the perfect artwork for the kids play room!!)

It all takes me back to my childhood, on holidays, all gazing up at the Koala’s in the trees, the kangaroo’s that would be grazing within a caravan park and listening for the Kookaburra’s in the morning when I would stay at my Nans house on the Central Coast.

Only recently has Parker started to run to our back doors every time our local Kookie’s grace us with their laugh - she gets so excited!

I cannot wait to bring our own pieces to life in a few short months! The countdown is on!

What’s your favourite Aussie animal?

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It’s Earth Day!

Whilst we should be environmentally mindful every day, today is a great time to reflect on our own personal habits and contributions toward creating a more conscious lifestyle.

It’s how Winnie Parkes was created - out of a desire to bring our littles the best products, with the lightest environmental footprint, if any.
We are working with our manufacturer to ensure we only use FSC packaging - completely recyclable once you’ve unwrapped your precious Natural Rubber Koala Teether!
Natural Rubber itself is biodegradable and harvested from the Hevea tree without chopping it down.

We cannot wait to talk more on all things natural and some ways we can all be mindful once our launch is closer!

Together let’s save trees, reduce the impact of plastics in the ocean and overall - work together!

🐨 with love, WP!

The last few years have shown us how important it is to support local, to buy from Australian businesses and celebrate all that makes Australia what it is; in whatever way that connects with you.

I’m so excited to be bringing to Australian mums and dads - and more importantly our newest little Australians - our Koala Natural Rubber teethers!

Yes that was an intended plural - TWO!

Stay tuned.. and of course - any support you can bring to this little family business would mean the world to us..

Now, what do we name our Koala?
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