Tag: babies

Join Amazon Family and Save

| November 28, 2012

Amazon Familyis the new membership programme for your family that helps you save time and money with hundreds of great offers on products for babies, children and parents.

Join Amazon Familyfree for 3 months and get:

  • 20% off subscriptions to Huggies nappies until 28 February 2013
  • £10 off when you spend £50 in the Amazon Baby Storewhere you can save on thousands of items including nappies, pushchairs, car seats, baby bouncers, baby books, baby carriers, baby monitors, baby toys and much more
  • Free 3 month subscription to Amazon Prime giving you One-Day Delivery on millions of eligible items
  • At least £50 worth of exclusive offers every month – save money on family essentials as well as beauty products, books, clothing and much more
  • A further £25 off when you spend £50 in the Amazon Baby Storeat the end of your 3 free months

What is Amazon Family?

Amazon Familyis a membership programme for parents of babies and young children, helping you to find and save on everything you and your family needs.

Here’s an example of some of the bestselling Baby productsyou can purchase from the Amazon Baby Storeright now.

The wide selection of products in the Amazon Baby Store and leading brands such as Huggies, Fisher-Price, Maxi-Cosi, Tommee Tippee, Recaro, Philips AVENT, Trunki and Cosatto means you can find everything you need for your baby and children including pushchairs, car seats, nappies, baby food, nursery furniture, toys and feeding products.

Lego Duplo Read and Build

| November 24, 2012

I’ve just discovered the world of Lego Duplo Read and Build for babies aged 1.5 years to 4 years old.

It’s bright, bold, colourful and encourages imaginative play and dexterity. Each set comes with an accompanying story book with easy to follow instructions and an engaging story line that makes building fun and engages your child.

In the Lego Duplo Read and Build range there’s the Busy Farm Set, the Lets Go Vroom Set and the Grow Caterpillar Grow Set.

A Lego Duplo Read and Build Set would make a perfect stocking filler this Christmas.

Lego Duplo Busy Farm Bricks and Book Set

Lego Duplo Bricks and Book Set, Let’s Go Vroom

Lego Duplo Bricks and Book Set, Grow Caterpillar Grow

Baby Colds and Flu

| November 8, 2012

Calpol Vapour Plug & Nightlight

It’s that time of year when colds and flu are rife.

The majority of my Mum friends and their babies have suffered at least one cold this autumn.

Husband and I have been battling cold and flu symptoms for over two weeks with sinusitis, sore throats, headaches, chesty coughs and feeling drained of all energy.

Husband’s cough is so bad he’s been relegated to the sofa for the past few nights. I’m thinking husband could even have the dreaded ‘man flu’ which is why his cough is so loud even our neighbours can hear it.

Inevitably baby girl has now developed symptoms and has a chesty cough, runny nose and fever.

When there are symptoms of baby colds and flu I check my baby’s temperature with the Braun ThermoScan 5 IRT4520 Ear Thermometerwhich I’ve written about here because it’s such a quick, accurate and comfortable thermometer to use on babies and the entire family.

I was up all night on Tuesday because baby’s cough and inability to breathe through a snotty nose was keeping her awake.

Yesterday I ventured out to Boots the chemist to stock up on various potions and lotions to help baby’s symptoms. It’s important she gets a good night’s sleep to help her body fight the infection and husband and I are in desperate need of sleep too.

I had to go to two different Boots as the first one had completely run out of the baby colds and flu products I wanted. I came home armed with an arsenal of treatments to help her breathe better and Calpol to bring down her temperature.

After her bath I rubbed some Boots Mild Vapour Rub 3 Months Plus onto her chest and back to help her breathing. I gently wiped her nose and sprayed one spray of Calpol Soothe and Care Saline Nasal Spray into each nostril. She was surprisingly good about this, there was no fighting and no tears afterwards. Calpol Soothe and Care Saline Nasal Spray is suitable from birth.

Last night I used the Calpol Vapour Plug and Nightlight in her nursery which provides 8 hours of soothing oils slowly vaporised into the room to help with breathing and to provide an air of comfort and calm with added lavender and chamomile. I stocked up on Calpol Vapour Plug Refills so I can use these each night as needed. The Calpol Vapour Plug and Refills are suitable for babies from 3 months of age.

I placed 10 drops of Olbas Inhalant Decongestant Oil for Children, suitable for babies over 3 months, onto a muslin cloth on top of baby girl’s dresser and I put several drops into a cup of hot water and left it on the bookshelf in her room. It let out a lovely smell and transformed her nursery from being cold infested and stuffy to one which smelt of Eucalyptus, Cloves and Mint.

The result? She slept through the night last night, hurrah! I think the combination of the natural decongestants and lavender really helped to soothe my baby and allowed her to breathe more easily.

What a miracle for husband and I. It really is the simple things like a good night’s sleep that count when you’re a parent!

Here are some tips for adults wanting to treat colds and flu the natural way.
 
What do you use to treat your baby’s colds?