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Aug 2 2013

A Picnic, A Flying Ants Nest, and Dexter’s New Travel Weaning Kit

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Yesterday was positively boiling. To take advantage of the sunshine, Dexter and I went for a picnic in our local park!

I’d love to tell you we had a fabulous time. We had all the gear - a huge picnic blanket, a basket full of food, sparkling wine for the grown-up’s… but unfortunately it turned out to be a disaster of epic proportions.

Although Dexter had the park to himself and had a fabulous time playing on all the play equipment, the picnic itself was terrible. Its my fault. Idiot here decided to set up camp on a flying ants nest and our food was simply too much for them to resist. Despite hurriedly packing everything back up, and moving to the other side of the park, they seemed to follow us and you could literally see them moving through the grass! As I’m a wimp and have a phobia of anything remotely insect-shaped, this was an utter nightmare!

The picnic did, however, give us a perfect excuse to test out our new baby travel kit from Vital Baby. The bundle includes a Vital Baby Trap-a-Snack, a Vital Baby Unbelievabowl set, a Vital Baby Two Handled Trainer Cup (200ml capacity), a Vital Baby Weaning Set and a pack of Vital Baby Super Soft Fruity Hand & Face Wipes.

I’ve fallen in love with the Trap-a-Snack. It’s such a clever idea. It has a super soft plastic lid that allows little fingers to pick out a snack item. The genius of this is that if they drop the bowl (or fling it out of their pushchair) the food will remain in the bowl. It’s also great for protecting snacks from insects - the flying ants couldn’t get at Dexter’s cocktail sausages!

The weaning bowl is also very clever. Its hygienic spoon cover and clip on lid means the spoon and bowl are attached to one another so you’re not frantically searching for a spoon in the depths of your change bag (honestly my son has more baggage than I do!). The bowl itself is also a very child-friendly shape for little hands.

The sippy cup holds up to 200mls which is fabulous as Dexter is a right guzzler. We think Dexter believes he has to down all his juice in one sitting or it will evaporate under his nose. These are available in either non-spill or free flow 2 in 1 valve - Dex had the free flow one (his first ever free flow cup) and coped admirably.

Finally the Unbelievabowl has been a staple favourite in this house for months now. Its sticky base can be attached to highchairs or pushchair trays so baby can’t fling their dinner at you. As you twist the bowl onto the suction cup it would take a child with an impossibly high IQ to figure out how to detach it. Genius.

At £16.99 for all these travel essentials, it’s fantastic value for money. Each of these items now live in Dexter’s change bag just in case we’re caught out and need to grab a bite to eat when we’re on the go.

You can check out all of Vital Baby’s genius weaning solutions on the website and like them on Twitter and Facebook.

 

 

Jul 16 2013

Dexter With Weapons… MAM UK Dippers!

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I must admit we’ve been a little bit slow to encourage independent feeding with anything more gooey than toast with Dexter. We’re all for finger foods but I’m afraid we’re those over-anxious parents who are more worried about the state of our walls and rugs than we are getting Dexter fully versed with food weaponry. The very thought of letting him wield a spoon with anything gravy-based sends me into an anxiety attack. In fact, just last night Craig was joking that the only way to overcome my OCD is to build something perspex and phone box-shaped.

But recently Dex has been shaking his head when you attempt to spoon feed him. He’ll smile as if to say “Thanks Mum but I’m a big boy now. Unless you let me hold that silver scoopy thing - it’s not going in”. At first we wrote it off as being heat-related, I mean who wants baked beans in a sweaty 28 degree room? But when he started refusing rice pudding and Petit Filous, we knew that he was fed up of “Here comes the aeroplane”.

So with 4ft squared of newspaper on the floor and a nappy-clad baby, we experimented with MAM UK’s Dipper Sets this afternoon. The carnage was nowhere as bad as I expected, so we tried the same with his meatballs at dinner out in the garden. Here’s how we got on - in pictures…

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As you can see - it was a success. Dexter managed to get 90% of his food in his mouth and the clean-up operation consisted of a quick scrub with a Water Wipe.

Here’s what makes them so fabulous…

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These dippers are suitable for babies aged 6 months and over. Given my little man is 14 months, it’s difficult to say whether we should have jumped up a level and opted for the Baby’s Cutlery Set instead (also 6 months + but a little more sizable). But in terms of a starter set of weaning cutlery that gives parents confidence they won’t be re-painting the walls at 7am after a porridge-related disaster, you can’t go far wrong.

At £5.25 you can buy your own 2 pack set from the MAM UK online store in a number of colourways. To discover even more innovative products including soothers, bottles, teethers and other weaning products then head to www.mamuk.com to see more!

DISCLAIMER: We were sent this adorable fork and spoon set from MAM UK but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Jun 12 2013

“Here Comes the Aeroplane…” - Tommee Tippee have done it again!

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Since getting up close and personal with the Perfect Prep Machine, I’ve turned into a bit of a Tommee Tippee stalker. They’re always coming up with innovative products at such reasonable prices. I’ve got bottles, a nappy bin, a bottle warmer, disposable bibs… you name it, Dex has it. Then they throw a sucker punch and give us these… Tommee Tippee Explora Aeroplane Spoons!

Are these not the coolest spoons you’ve ever seen?!

Let’s face it, we’ve all pulled out the aeroplane move when trying to get our kiddies to eat their carrots. Craig is simply the best at this with flight paths that go around our lounge and terrible frothy sounds effects. It doesn’t stop Dexter from attempting to wrestle the spoon out of his grip but it makes me laugh. Now we have these seriously cute aeroplane spoons, Dexter might just work out what his dads mealtime antics are supposed to be!

With their genius easy-to-grip design and bright colours, Dexter is utterly transfixed by them. Even better, the spoons come in a pack of two, which means he can play with one, whilst we feed him with the other! Win, win.

The aeroplane spoons are part of the Tommee Tippee Explora range which caters from 4 months to 3 years and includes cups, spoons, tableware and bibs – all affordable, yet fun, bright and high quality. Also new for 2013 is the dribble catching bibs and cups in new updated bright colourways to match the aeroplane spoons.

The tommee tippee® explora® aeroplane spoons have an RRP of £3.79 for a twin pack. They are suitable for ages 4 months + (I want one and I’m 30). For more information on the entire ranges (including stockists) please visit www.tommeetippee.co.uk, or for the media savvy there’s Facebook and Twitter!

DISCLAIMER: I was lucky enough to be sent these cute spoons to review. I wasn’t asked to blog about them, but who wouldn’t?

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