Waitrose Baby Bottom Butter

Gorgeous soft butter cream for baby's bottom as barrier against nappy rash. Main ingredient olive oil.

Lambs wool Sheepskin

This mamas & papas sheepskin fleece gets lots of use. It moves from his cot to his buggy and back again every day. They keep baby cool when its warm and warm when its hot. He loves his. A good quality one is not cheap but I feel it was worth every penny.

Baby Sleeping Bag

No more loose covers. For all sorts of safety reasons these fitted sleep bags are a great idea. Baby can sleep comfortably in the sleeping bag which fits around their upper body. Comes in a variety of designs and tog ratings to suit the season. I use grobags bought online from Bumpto3.

Nature Disposable Bibs

Soft biodegradable absorbent top layer made from natural tree pulp material that has a soft water-resistant bottom layer hygienic film based on GM-free 100% natural maize. The entire product is based on natural and renewable materials. Really soft around the neck.

Bag-its

Handy little rolls of throw away lightly scented bags that you can hang onto your buggy or bag. Great for when I take the buggy and the dogs walking.

Canopy Sunshade

Zachary's 3 wheeler has a limited sun canopy. The parasol I bought was annoying as I had to keep moving it. This invention is fab. Easy to attach and adjust. Rolls up into handy bag and will attach to any buggy. I bought mine from Blooming Marvelous.

Palmers Cocoa Butter

I was determined to avoid stretch marks. I loved the texture and smell. Apparently stretch marks are about your skin type and no cream will make a difference but its worth atry right. I don't have any stretch marks.

Olive Oil Massages

Zachary loves having a massage. I was taught baby massage while I was in hospital with him. It helps develop muscle tone and later in life a positive mental body image. Olive Oil is a natural healer for the body and so good for keeping baby skin oils locked in.

Annabel Karmel's books

This book is great. It was recommended by my friend Helen and is fab. It has provided some ideas for cooking his baby foods and weaning him from start up to toddler age. The idea is to get him being able to eat a reduced form of our meals. Learning to accept lots of tastes early on helps to develop tastes for a good variety of foods.

Chicco Highchair - Hawaii

This highchair was such a good find. Actually this is one product that I didn't have to find by accident or on my own. Liz bought a wooden highchair then realised a plastic one would be easier to clean etc. This Chicco Polly chair was the one they bought. So I copied. Its fab. Has 3 back rest settings. 4 height settings. Detachable tray. Great padding. Sturdy and comfortable for baby. It is worth the money. I found mine cheaper by searching the internet.

Little Dippers Learn to Swim

This is without doubt one of my best buys. Babies can drown in 2inches of water. More often than not babies and children drown because they panic. Teaching Zachary to be confident in the water is really important to me especially since I am a real water person myself and he will probably come into contact with a lot of water. Plus we have a swimming pool. The lessons start off in the bath and are reinforced every time you bath baby which is great. It means this is easy to do at home and practice with baby. Zachary is doing really well. He splashes lots and loves to practice his kicking. Its great to build strength and wears him out so that he sleeps well too.

Bumbo seat

Silly Billy Bibs

NUK Bottles and teats

Slow cooker