“There are so many baby products on the market that it can be difficult to know which are worth buying. So every year Mother & Baby magazine independently test a wide range of products on the market to let you know which scored highly.”

The Mother & Baby award winners of 2009 are…

Best baby carrier/sling – Bushbaby’s Elite back carrier

Best Baby Food – Organix Goodies Organic Toddler Snacks range

Best baby monitor – LeapFrog Digital Baby Monitor

Best toys 6-12 months – Nuby Twisty Bugz

Best baby wipe – Jackson Reece Natural Herbal Baby Wipe

Best bathtime product – Johnson’s Baby’s Bedtime Bath

Best bouncy chair – Bright Starts’ Backyard Swing Anywhere

Best car seat Group 1 – Britax’s King Plus

Best car seat Gr 1,2,3 – Renolux EST’s Quick Confort

Best newborn car seat – Recaro’s Young Profi Plus

Best changing bag – Jellybean Group’s Juju Be All Changing Bag

Best cot – Bloom’s Alma Urban Cot/Crib

Best disposable nappy – Tesco’s Easy Fit Nappies

Best highchair – Mamas & Papas’ Loop

Best lightweight buggy – Baby Jogger’s City Micro

Best Moses Basket – John Lewis’ White Waffle Moses Basket

Best newborn sleep aid – Fisher-Price’s Ocean Wonders Soothe & Glow Seahorse

Best newborn toy – CraZee ThingZ Ltd’s Oball Rattle

Best nursery product – Kiddywinks’ Strata KD250 Potty Chair

Best bottle feeding product – Tommee Tippee’s Closer to Nature Bottles

Best breastfeeding product – Lansinoh’s HPA® Lanolin

Best weaning product – Philips Avent’s VIA Gormet Set

Best pushchair – Maclaren’s Techno XT

Best resuable nappy – Baba Me’s bumGenius One Size Nappy

Best safety product – Lindam’s Safe & Secure Play Pen

Best skincare range – Weleda’s Calendula Baby Range

Best toddler toy 12months+ – Marks & Spencers’ My First Numbers & Textures Puzzles

Best travel cot – Mamas & Papas’ Sleep Travel

Best travel product – Milton’s Sterilising Tablets

Best travel system – Mothercare’s MyChoice

Best twin/tandem – Baby Jogger’s City Mini (Twin)

Most innovative product – Hippychick’s Dusky Moon Dream Tubes

Best health product – Calpol by McNeil Healthcare

Retailer of the year – ASDA

Online retailer of the year – Kiddicare

Bravest mum award – Stephanie Nuttall

Life time achievement award – Annabel Karmel

Award for product excellence – Maxi-Cosi

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1. £69.99 Amazon (Free p&p)
2. £69.99 Boots (free p&p)
3. £69.99 Kiddicare (Free p&p)
4.  £72.24 Baby City (£69.99 + £2.25)
5. £74.94 Toys R Us (£69.99 + £4.95)
6. £79.99 Tesco direct (free p&p)
7. £79.99 NCT (Free p&p)
8. £79.99 Precious Little One (free p&p)
9. £79.99 The Baby Catalogue (free p&p)
10. £79.99 Safe Tots (free p&P)
11. £83.94 Baby Monitors Direct (£78.99 + £4.95)
12. £84.94 Mothercare (£79.99 + £4.95) 

This monitor is one of my complete favourite buys for scrumpy. At first I thought it was ridiculous and screamed out ‘nervy parent trying to throw away their money’, but using it gives me such reassurance.  It really is brilliant to stop that ridiculous paranoia that is ‘oh my goodness, he has been quiet for at least 20 minutes, do you think he is ok, what if he has suffocated?’ It creeps up on all of us at one time or another, even the most laid back and calm are not immune to the odd pang. 

In short, this device stopped me going in and checking (inavertently waking up) my new born every hour, just beacuse my baby blues were telling me that something was wrong. 

The movement pad is excellent and picks up babe’s breathing, I can’t tell you how many times it has gone off when we have lifted scrumpy out of his bed, but I quite like that, as it continually lets me know that it is working! His breathing translates as a little moving pendulum on the parents handset; which has been glanced at thousands of times now and is a wonderfully reassuring thing to watch.

The second best feature is the superior sound monitor. When everything is calm and quiet, the parent receiver is completely silent, and when babe makes a noise it clicks itself on and lets you hear what is going on in the room. Although, making you jump sometimes, this is a perfect solution, lots of monitors I have seen, give out a constant monitoring background noise from the nursery, this is extremely annoying, unnecessary and really wont let you properly relax. 

The next best feature I think is the thermometer, not much more to say on this, except that it will stop you spending money on an additional thermometer for the nursery. 

This is an excellent product that I would thoroughly recommend, although it is expensive it more than makes up for it by easing your nerves considerably! 

Gumpf

The Angelcare AC401 baby monitor has a choice of voice activated or continuous transmission so that you can rest assured your baby is safe and sound. This Angelcare monitor features a sensor pad to monitor baby’s movement, and has 4 programmable alarm functions. The monitor has an extended reach of 100 meters indoors and 250 meters outdoors. The Angelcare AC401 movement & sound baby monitor also features a full colour LCD digital display and comes with a rechargeable, portable parent unit. 

Why this monitor?
It combines a quality sound monitor and a movement monitor in a single system
Whether baby is awake or sound asleep, Angelcare® under-the-mattress Sensor Pad will detect all of his movements – even the slightest breathing movements
Rechargeable Parents Unit (4 AAA rechargeable batteries included)
Features
Under-the-mattress Sensor Pad detects every baby’s movement baby makes
Alarm sounds after 20 seconds if no movement. Even the slightest breathing movements are detected
Adjustable sensitivity
Battery or AC adapter operated
Optional ‘tic” sound to hear baby’s movements
8 channels to minimize interference
Automatically converts to battery in case of power failure
Sound lights to see and hear baby’s sounds
Low battery indicator
Practical soothing night-light.
Choice between voice activation or continuous sound reception
Nursery room temperature display on the Parents unit.
Vibration option on Parents Unit when alarm (dependent on models)

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