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Free ‘Huggies Little Swimmers’ nappy

eblonde — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Fill in this form to be sent a free ‘Huggies Little Swimmers’ nappy

“When you’re having fun in the water with your little one, who wants to worry about those embarrassing little accidents” Department of Health, it’s never too early to start!

Unlike disposable nappies, Huggies® Little Swimmers® do not swell on contact with water, allowing your little one freedom of movement to splash around and have a great time. We’ve even got Extra Small swim nappies that are just right for babies under 6 months. According to the

So relax with Huggies® Little Swimmers® – your little one’s going to love the fun Disney graphics. And you’ll enjoy knowing they’ve got all the protection they need.”

Sizes
XS = 3-6 kg (7-13 lbs)
S = 7-12 kg (16-26 lbs)
M = 11-15 kg (24-24 lbs)
L = 15 kg+ (32 lbs+)

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Top and tail mini muslins – a great cheap & green alternative

eblonde — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:39:00 +0000

This pack of 50 mini muslin’s has been used continuously with Scrumpy since he was born and at six months I still use them daily.

White for faces
Yellow for arses

They are small hemmed patches of muslin cloth (10cm x 10cm) in white and yellow. I use them instead of cotton wool and wet wipes for moping up baby sick, cleaning faces, accessing hidden chubby neck crevices, cleaning winkies & wiping bum cheeks.

They are brilliant, and give me a bit of a smug green glow in knowing that I am in some minute way doing ‘my bit’.

I do feel a bit like Guliver in Lilliput when I hang them out to dry after the wash!

They cost £5.99 from Mothercare for a pack of 50

Super cheap Huggies at Tesco’s

Make your baby bilingual – Baby Einstein discover & learn star

eblonde — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:02:00 +0000

Last updated 19/08/2009

The cheapest place to buy the Baby Einstein Discover & Play Star online is John Lewis but the cheapest place overall, if you are willing to pick up, is the Disney Store. All prices on our site are updated weekly or when we are notified by the retailer, whichever is more timely.

£15.95 John Lewis (free p&p)

£18.89 Boots (£15.99 + £2.90)

£19.95 Disney Store (£15.00 + £4.95)

This lovely little fella has made my baby bilingual…..that is a bit of an exaggeration, in reality he just giggles non stop at the English, French and Spanish versions of ‘good morning’ and ‘good night’. His favourite by far is ‘buenos dias’, this for some reason drives him crazy!!

The star was a present and has been hanging next to scrumpy’s changing mat since he was a few weeks old, I think it was probably the first toy that he smiled at, and now at six months old he can be bought straight out of a crying fit just by the red flashing cheeks of this little fella, its like they hypnotize him!

It’s not a bad looking toy either; nice bright primary colours, and it feels quite solid too (scrumps has also found this out when he has donked it on his melon – we keep it attached to something now!).

All of the sounds are geared towards either morning or evening, making it a great part of the daily routine.

p.s. please excuse the picture…..I swear I am not drunk, scrumps is as always staring at his star!

Gumpf
Press the sun and moon buttons on the Discover and Play Star toy from Baby Einstein and you’ll hear greetings for morning and night in English, Spanish and French. Fun sounds and flashing lights create many activities for you and your baby to enjoy. Mozart’s “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” will play if the star button is nudged and the cheeks of the cheerful face will light up. The rattle bead section allows you to hear crickets and nighttime sounds, while an alarm clock and a rooster crow when the handle is pulled. Introduce baby to day and night with multiple languages and developmental activities. The star points are of various textures with colourful satin ribbons for tactile stimulation. All these actions help promote fine motor skill development while the music and multiple languages promote baby’s language and auditory development. It allows parents easy access to volume control and has a convenient strap that attaches the toy to a cot or pram.

Found the cheapest – AngelCare AC401 Digital Baby Movement Sensor Pad & Sound Monitor

4 Free Moltex or Bambo nappies

eblonde — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:19:00 +0000

4 Free Moltex or bambo nappies with only £1 p&p.

Please see gumpf below for the very impressive eco credentials for both brands.

Great chance to try before you buy, especially as they both come in such large packs.

Available in all sizes for both varieties.

Click here to go straight to the main sample page

Gumpf:

Moltex OKO eco disposable nappies don’t cost the Earth! They have all the features of leading conventional disposables but are much kinder to your baby’s skin and the environment the natural choice for parents who need to use disposables but are worried about the impact on the environment.Manufactured with more than 50% renewable resources from controlled cultivation100% Chlorine-free absorbent core and 20% of absorbent gel biodegradable. Fully biodegradable packaging100% biodegradable breathable protective film. Free from perfumes and lotions. Free from bleaching agents and toxic residues. Recommended for babies with eczema and skin complaints.

Free from artificial perfumes and lotions, Bambo’s range of Nature nappies are kind to your baby’s skin, and gentle on the environment too. These disposable nappies are a better eco-friendly option than many conventional nappies, biodegradable for your convenience, and minimising waste than gets sent to landfill. Available in different sizes for different ages, these nappies will keep both you and your child smiling.

Freddie the firefly nails Jacques the peacock

eblonde — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Last updated 19/08/2009

The cheapest place to buy Freddie the firefly online or in the real world is amazon. All prices on our site are updated weekly or when we are notified by the retailer, whichever is more timely.

£7.97 Amazon (Free p&p)
£7.99 Baby Curls (Free p&p)
£8.71 Take Along Toys (£6.76 + £1.95)
£9.94 Lamaze Toys (£7.49 + £1.95)
£9.95 John Lewis (Free p&p)
£11.90 Precious Little One (£7.95 + £3.95)

On a Friday I meet up with my fave mummy friends at a wine bar (all rather plush sounding, but in reality it is the only place big enough for us to all get our huge buggies in, and they quite happily let us sit there for about 3 hours having just bought one coffee each!). Anyway… there are about 6 of us that meet up and three of the babes (my scrumps included) have Freddy Fireflies in their grasp pretty much every week. The other three babes seem to spend most of the time looking enviously at the Freddy’s. Two of them have Jacques the peacock, but he just doesnt do it for them.

A friend (with children) bought him for us, and at first sight, I thought, wow, thats an awful lot of stimulation in one toy, my poor babe is gonna be frightened stiff, but he gazed in amasement at him, and it has been the same ever since! I thouroughly recommend this toy, can’t tell you why all the little-un’s love him, but they just do, babies are a wierd bunch, best not to try and delve too deep.

He is made by Lamaze and can be bought at most big toy shops, but listed above are the cheapest. At the moment there are 21 reviews on amazon giving Freddie five stars!

Top Gear’s James May to build Lego house

eblonde — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:21:00 +0000

Top Gear presenter James May is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey – made entirely out of Lego bricks. As part of his BBC series James May’s Toy Stories, he plans to build a two-storey house in the middle of the Denbies Wine Estate, in Dorking and live in it for a weekend.

More than three million Lego bricks have been delivered to the site. May will host a building day next Saturday, when members of the public can help him with the project.

Two months ago James May built a garden out of plasticine
“I’ve got a man working on a flushing Lego lavatory. We think it’s possible. “Things like power supply, sanitation and plumbing coming into the house are as they could be for a real building… everything within my Lego house must as far as possible be Lego,” he said.

May said although he already had thousands of Lego bricks, he could not be sure there would be enough. “So if people do have bricks that aren’t being used that they would be happy to donate to a very worthy pioneering Lego cause, then we’ll be happy to take them off your hands.”

The event follows two other successful toy challenges which saw May build what was said to be the world’s first Plasticine garden, which won the People’s Choice Award at the Chelsea Flower Show, and also the world’s largest model plane.

Anyone interested in taking part in the Lego house build, or who has Lego bricks to donate, should e-mail lego@plumpictures.co.uk.

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M&S sale starts today at 9am – heard it here first!

eblonde — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:44:00 +0000

Yesterday I asked an M&S employee when they were having their sale, thinking it was common knowledge and I was just behind the curve, and she looked startled and did some kind of allo alllo looking around movement, I actually thought she was going to do the whole ‘listen very carefully I shall say this only once’ routine.

She then told me she had worked there for 5 years and didnt want to get sacked but it starts on today at 9am. So naturally I respected her request to keep it under my hat, and have released the info to the world wide web.

M&S clearance sale starts today

Monsoon Sale – 50% off

eblonde — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:58:00 +0000

If I could squeeze into monsoon girls clothing I would wear them non stop, they have some of the most beautiful prints around, and the colours are absolutely spot. The only problem is that the prices are really rather high. I think the clothes are probably worth the money, but I just can’t afford to pay out that kind of money on something that is going to be covered in carrot by the end of the week.

The massive bonus is that their sales are brilliant, more often than not they are 50% off and there is always loads of stock, and the items in the sale are the same items that I have been craving over for the past 6 months, not just a load of toot from the store cupboard.

Embroidered cotton booties, 50% off, were £10, now £5

Anabelle blouse, 50% off, was £16, now £8

Morris swim shorts, 50% 0ff, were £12, now £6

ASOS Baby Sale

eblonde — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:18:00 +0000

ASOS have only recently branched into children and baby wear, and am I glad they have. Just like the original site, the sales are great, it almost makes buying things from them out of the sale too excruciating as you know that any minute they could knock 50% off.

They stock all of the big names in the baby world, and the biggest plus by far is their Boden range, which is heavily reduced and actually in stock!

Here are just a few of the gems:

This very original cotton Snuglo alphabet sleepsuit is now £5, was £20, with the letters B O Y highlighted in blue, they also have a girls version for the same price.

This beautifully bright fishy number is now £6 was £13, by green baby.

And this lovely red cardi is from Boden at a very reasonable £8, was £22.

Happy shopping!

Clarks sale up to 50% off on kids shoes

eblonde — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:29:00 +0000

Some nice bargains to be had at Clarks, up to 50% off kids shoes and up to 70% on grown ups.

Zanzibar Pre 40% off, was £20, now £12

Blimp P 50% off, was £18, now £9

Zara Home Sale – oodles of goodies

D&G baby vests a tad overpriced at £45.50 for two…..oh, and they are vile!

eblonde — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:41:00 +0000

I for one am astounded that these D&G babies vests are in the sale over at ASOS. To think that no-one snapped them up at the meagre price of £45.50 for two.

The creative minds over at D&G’s must have really been putting in the over time to come up with the design!

ASOS Baby Sale

Bumbo baby seat

eblonde — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Last updated 19/08/2009

The cheapest place to buy a bumbo online is amazon but the cheapest place overall, if you are willing to pick up, is Toys R Us. All prices on our site are updated weekly or when we are notified by the retailer, whichever is more timely.

£27.95 Amazon (Free p&p)

£28.89 Precious Little One (£24.94 + £3.95)

£28.99 Baby Curls (£28.99 + £0.00)

£29.00 John Lewis (Free p&p)

£29.34 Toys R Us (£24.39 + £4.95)

£30.44 Kiddicare (£26.49 + £3.95)

£31.94 Mothercare (£26.99 + £4.95)

£34.84 Boots (£31.95 +£2.89)

£35.92 Babyworld (£29.97 + £5.95)

£38.79 Argos (£32.99 + £5.80)

Bumbo is a kind of key word that mums just know, and you can’t think of a time when it wasn’t in your vocabulary, exactly the same as how you can now spot a pushchair make from about 200 yards!

I found this seat massively useful, scrumpy didn’t take to it straight away infact there was a screaming session in John Lewis as soon as his rear touched the foam. He did warm to it, and will now quite happily watch the tv perched in it on the sofa like a grown up and he also had his first taste of food and many more since while being wedged in it. Mind you I know of a fair few babies who just don’t click with the chair, it is definitely worth sneaking into a department store and plonking your little-un in one, but remember babes change there minds like we change their nappies so maybe try a few times.

This product is absurdly expensive for what it is, which is in effect one piece of lightweight mould injected foam, it really should cost about £10. The designers I should think now sit in adult size ones and swill champagne on a nightly basis because each bumbo comes in at around a whopping £30, and the tray is an extra tenner! But this high price hasn’t put a sole off; I can safely say that every baby I know has one of these.

The beauty of the product however is that you can feel extremely safe buying one second hand, all you need to do is give it an anti bacterial wipe all over and it is as good as new. These are built to last and there is no reason why you can’t use it in turn for all of your kiddies lend it to a friend and then still get a decent price for it on eBay.
I would strongly recommend buying one second hand via ebay as there really is no need to buy this product new.

Second hand Bumbos on eBay
Second hand Bumbos with trays on eBay

If you do want a new one, listed at the top of the post are the best prices on the market at the moment with the cheapest at the top (prices include delivery, which is broken down in the brackets).
The gumpf:

The Bumbo Baby Seat is a snug and cozy environment for your baby. This revolutionary infant chair is uniquely designed according to the baby’s posture. The Bumbo enables babies to sit upright all by themselves! Bumbo Baby Seats are suitable for babies from as soon as they can support their own heads unaided until they can get out of the seat on their own.
This award winning infant chair is manufactured to the highest safety standards from low-density foam material, which makes it lightweight and portable. It is soft and comfortable for the baby, hygienic and nontoxic. The integral outer skin of the material is durable and easy to clean.

Woudn’t even wipe my arse with it…

eblonde — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:35:00 +0000

I discovered this product over on dooce, and should think it is probably one of the things a mum on a budget could live without…..it is called the ‘Munchkin Warm Glow Wipe Warmer’ (there’s a mouth fall).

Oooh the pure decadence of it, its right up there with those machines that dry your freshly painted fingers nails for the girlie’s who can’t be bothered to wave their hands in the air!

A definite no for the essentials list…..although it did feel like torture putting a freezing wet wipe on my little-uns fresh newborn bum in the middle of winter, poor little love.

Top Gear’s James May to build Lego house

Zara Home Sale – oodles of goodies

eblonde — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Zara Home is full of gorgeous goodies, the products are beautiful, the patterns are spot on and the colours are exactly the right shade!

And low and behold their summer sale is on, lots of stunning items marked down quite substantially, I bought a fair bit of grown up goodies and spotted these lovely babe bits.

This melamine set, which also comes in another 5 shades is such a beautiful shade, and not covered in teddies, bunnies or fairies like lots of the other kiddy plates around. So before my little-un is begging for bob the builder or iggle piggle he is having this rather stylish cutlery set picked by moi.
Items individually priced, ranging from £1 to £4, all marked down in the sale.

I also found this delightful quilt, unfortunately I don’t have a little princess to buy it for, and whilst on a budget I can’t really justify buying bits for children I ha vent had yet!

Measures 100×120cm.

Now £29.00, was £55.90