Parent, baby and toddler products
Rentabuggy is an online website stocking 10 of the most popular pushchairs and renting them out for families. The popular Mamas and Papas Luna is one buggy stocked and can be hired at £15 per month, with postage and packaging of £9.99. Deposits may apply.
www.rentabuggy.co.uk
A gym in Scotland has the right idea by helping mums to access equipment 24 hours a day. Pure Gym, which is hoping to open 20 branches across the UK in the next two year, recognised that busy mums can’t always keep fit during conventional opening hours. The new gym is opening in mid December and will be offering round the clock access to more than 170 pieces of equipment.
From £16.99 per month
www.puregym.co.uk
Shimmy Shoes and Twinkle Toes is a business set up by a mother of two from Fleet after struggling to find good quality reasonably priced shoes for her children. Designed by Helen Chapman from Fleet, the shoes are made to her specifications and sold over the internet.
These Choo Choo shoes are £9.99 and are available in sizes birth to 18 months.
www.shimmyshoes.com and www.mytwinkletoeshoes.co.uk
Head lice are never nice, so keep them at bay with Vosene Kids 3 in 1 Conditioning Shampoo. Specially formulated with natural head lice repellents: Tea Tree Oil and Lemon Eucalyptus which work to repel and fend off head lice.
250ml £2.49
www.vosenekids.co.uk
This funky dinosaur waterproof raincoat at Toby Tiger is perfect for November rain. Sizes from one to six years of age.
£21.59
www.tobytiger.co.uk
Julie Tavener and Jo Bale set up business Creative Casting, creating and selling affordable 3D casting kits. As well as kits for mothers and babies, the company also cast the hands and feet of former British Gold Olympians.
Starter casting kits from £24.95
www.creativecasting.co.uk
The Concord Fusion Mobility Set is designed for parents who travel a lot. Even catering for babies in the carry cot, the travel system folds down to a small compact size.
Travel Set retails £819.99
www.concord.de
From Close Parent, this soft hooded towel is ideal for bath time.
£17.99
www.closeparent.com
This warm Coysoko Deluxe Reversible Buggy Bag available online at Bits n Bobs is ideal for the winter weather. The bag fits all standard five point safety harnesses. One size fits from newborn to three years of age.
£30
www.bitsnbobs.me.uk/ourshop/cat_213314-Cozyoskos-Buggy-Bags.html
The Becopotty is a new eco alternative to plastic conventional potties. Made from rice husks – a waste product of rice farming, the Becopotty is 100 per cent sustainable and biodegradable. It will last in the home as long as a plastic potty but when disposed of will break down naturally.
£7.99
Will be available from John Lewis stores from 2010.
www.johnlewis.co.uk