OCTOBER: Baby, Toddler and Parenting Products
Made from 100 per cent cotton fibres, free from chlorine, parabens and alcohol, Bambino mio’s new miowipes contain camomile and aloe vera to offer a more natural way of cleaning a baby’s skin.
£2.35 per pack
www.bambino.co.uk
New bespoke personalised stationery business I Do Personalise, produce personalised birth announcements and christening invitations with upfront pricing and no hidden costs.
I Do Personalise Brand Marketing Manager, Lynne Rawlinson, said, “At I Do Personalise we offer affordable stationery and gifts that offer stunning quality through an easy to use website, and when we say 20 baby bookmarks costs £12 we mean exactly that, not a penny more.”
www.ido-personalise.co.uk
Bonnie Baby’s Autumn/Winter Bloomsbury collection is nothing less than totally gorgeous. This luxury knitwear will keep little ones warm and is so beautiful you could eat it!
From £20
http://www.bonniebaby.co.uk/bonnie-baby-bloomsbury-collection.php
The Build-A-Bear Workshop is supporting the National Literacy Trust by donating £1 from the sale of every plush Turner Owl.
Green’s have the ideal solution for involving little ones in Halloween celebrations. Their new Spooky Cookies kit come with a ghost shaped cookie cutter and icing and red gel to decorate.
£1.99
www.greenscakes.co.uk
Featured on the Dragon’s Den in September, London-based inventor Solvej Biddle won an £80,000 joint investment for her Traykit. The product is an all-in-one backpack and play-tray for children aged two to eleven years.
£24.99
www.traykit.co.uk
Weighing in at a light 1.6kg, the Cordless Power Sweeper from Gtech aims to help pregnant women keep the floor clean without straining the back.
£49.95
www.gtechonline.co.uk
With a title like this it could only have been written by a man, but Goodbye, Pert Breasts is pregnancy book aimed at fathers. The tongue-in-cheek book is an account of pregnancy written by father Ben Wakeling.
£8.99
www.goodbyepertbreasts.com
The Boys Toilet Trainer from Tippitose, will help little boys learn to use the toilet standing up without sprinkler systeming the bathroom with widdle. The no splash, no drip design attaches to the toilet.
£14.99
www.tippitose.com
Product news
Boots have a special double points offer on children’s healthcare and toiletry products until 19 October.
Offers includes: Children’s medicines, vitamins and first aid.
The Imagine Co-operative Childcare vouchers will be re-branded to the Co-operative Employee Benefits from 28 September.
The new scheme will also provide employee benefits including the Cycle to Work scheme.
Haven are re-launching their Fun and Fitness Sports Equipment Giveaway to support children at pre-schools and nurseries.
The web-based scheme provides boxes of sport kit designed for early years settings.
Organisations and schools need to register their interest on www.havenfunfitness.com and encourage parents to visit the website and leave a simple message of support.
Tippitose has launched a brand new website now allowing parents the opportunity to leave product reviews after they have bought them. The new site will also feature competitions and a parents’ forum.
www.tippitoes.com
A new website is aiming to help parents keep baby costs down by being able to buy and sell second hand maternity, baby and children’s clothes, toys and equipment The Nursery Exchange website caters from maternity to children aged ten years. There is no listing fee with the website taking 9 per cent commission on each sale.
www.thenurseryexchange.co.uk
Staffordshire attraction, Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, has been named the Best UK Attraction for Children at the Group Leisure awards for the second year running.