What this mom thinks

Just wanted to post about this whilst it was on my mind..
Tonight I reviewed our yummi products (keys,ring and necklace) (take a look when your done)
these yummi products are precious teething devices that are not only costly but worth taking good care of, so when I saw these online i thought perfect! Somewhere dedicated for his little toys.The pouch is just right for them and available in lots of lovely bright waterproof colours, it keeps them safe AND clean! Job done.They are reasonably priced and from another small personal business (I like to support small!)

It also came within a week of me ordering it which for handmade is pretty darn nifty! I didn’t expect to see it for weeeeks to be perfectly honest!

This wasn’t meant to be a long post i just wanted to let everyone know that weather it be for medicines to pop in the change bag, or like me for some teethers or dummies, these mini bags are totally worth getting. So well made, much prettier and obvs safer than a carrier bag👍✋You can get one for yourself online at https://www.niamhsneverland.com/

They also do so many other really cute things too so check them out (but recommend only on payday as you could spend a fortune! Lol)
Maybe I’ll splurge and do some more reviews of some of the other makes at a later date! I like to support these wahm businesses I really do, maybe it’s because I am one too, i know what a beautiful struggle it is and how every thing you make/do is so very important. So well done niamhs Neverland! Your products rock!

Price at time of review £4.00

So recently my 7 month old has been really teething like crazy and luckily for us we discovered yummi teething products just in time.

It was by chance whilst scrolling Facebook one day with a moaning baby on my knee that a post shared by a friend popped up, yummikeys.. metal kiddy keys with silicone nodules and the keys in fun animal shapes. They really feel and look like real yet fun keys to kids and even my 3 year old gets a little jel when the baby has hold of them! Lol

At first i thought hmm.. metal? As a teething toy? That can’t be right can it? How wrong was I EY?! I also thought he would take a look at them and then say no way I still want mommies keys! Wrong again!
I was tired of him getting bored after 2 mins with the silicone teethers, throwing them on the floor where they would attract all the dirt and get all fluffy and bitty.

So I put them on his Christmas list as well as the other 2 products made by yummi, the teething necklace for mommies and the yummirings- 3 giant rings linked together, with the same little silicone nodules and some little steel animal printed beads.

Christmas came and went and we have now acquired all 3. The yummirings so far have been our absolute favourite 💓

So if you have a Teething baby (or you know one!) And your thinking what i first thought (metal baby toys? Really?) Then get on dr Google and have a look, most countries recommend giving baby a stainless steel teaspoon to teeth on, so these are much better as they are technically the tea spoon but much more appealing for a little dude or dudette!

Onto the beautiful necklace.. not only is it great for baby to teeth on but it’s gorgeous and modern for us mom’s too, it’s got a material cord (in a range of colours) with a break away clip incase baby gets hold and tangled, (it doesn’t come off easily though it needs a good Yank so don’t worry about it coming off and getting lost!) It’s got really sleek circular beads on the inner circle that my boy just loves twiddling with his fingers (this is really beneficial for his fine motor skills!)
He clasps onto it when he’s feeding which has really held back his pinching and scratching habit and when he’s on my hip its the perfect length for him to play with and put in his mouth, I’ve had so many people ask me if baby should be chewing my necklace and when I say yeah it’s for us both they look confused but they are always impressed!

Let’s get personal! Yes that’s right they can also be personalised with an engraved name or date too! I didn’t go for this option as I’d like to keep and reuse with any possible future children, but if that’s your deal or your only having one baby, or if the cost isn’t an issue for you then you can have them engraved and they make a gorgeous special keepsake aswell.

There’s not much more I can say about these products other than I think you should just make the leap and try them for yourself! Yes they are a little pricy when you first look at them and yes my hubby did gasp when I first showed him the price, but once you get them and see them it all makes sense and the price is really understandable. I’d pay for these again for the use by son is already getting out of them, he bloody loves them, they’re so worth it! I promise!

He still had his silicone toys in his toy bag but if I was to line them all up with his yummikeys and rings he would always reach for those first and play with them for ages over all the others.

Lastly these products don’t come from some big impersonal company they are a family run business, designed by a normal mom like you or me that was fed up of her baby wanting dirty keys and so decided to fill the ‘gap’ in the market!

Thankyou for creating such a fab range of products! I just wish you had come up with them sooner so I could have saved my money on all the others I’ve brought my kids over the years!

You can buy the yummi products online through their website

https://www.yummikeys.com

The keys retail at £24.50
The rings at £22.50
And the gorgeous necklace at £21.50
They also do a great ultimate bundle with all 3 for £58! What a saving 👍😱☺️

Oh and just incase your wondering, no I wasn’t paid for this review or sent anything for free, I brought all the products out of my own purse 👛 and all the thoughts and opinions are my own😄

When you have children that sleep well you never need a device like this, so you’ve probably never even heard of a Sleepyhead, I know I didn’t till I had my 3rd and even then I was sceptical.. how can a bit of wadding and fabric make any difference? Well how wrong was i !!

When I had my 4th I was still struggling with my 2 year old sleeping through the night and now had a newborn that fussed everytime I put him down too. Quite frankly I was struggling.. Then came the desperate googling!!

We got the sleepyhead deluxe+ for the baby and the larger sleepyhead grand for the toddler.

So the first night.. my toddler went down BY HIMSELF which is completely unheard of from him!! Then he slept from 9pm till 7am! The baby was great too going to sleep by himself at 11pm and waking at 6am!

Honestly I was so surprised and thought maybe it was just coincidence, but then this carried on for another 4 nights.. the sleepyhead actually works!!

So what IS the sleepyhead? It’s a tube of wadding and thin padded mattress encased in a really beautifully made cover that clips at the foot end. You can buy replacement covers in all sorts of beautiful designs but at a pretty hefty price (for me I think it’s well worth it to have a spare, That way when an accident happens you have another to pop on) and they are sooo pretty!

The sleepyhead deluxe fits in our next to me cot perfectly, while the grand is in our toddlers single bed but can fit nicely into a cot bed also.

I know what your probably thinking.. are they safe?? Well that’s really for you to decide, there conflicting information about sleep devices on the internet but one think I have noticed is that the Sleepyhead seems to be the one with the most safety tests and good reviews, all we can do as parents is do what we think is best for them and use these things as safely as we can, it’s more important to get some sleep to be the best parent we can be, than have an entirely empty cot and never sleep, as it’s the exhausted parents that resort to unhealthy sleep choices with their babies.

There isn’t much else to say about these little lifesavers other than im thankful I found them and just wish I’d discovered them from the beginning of my parenting journey!

Please excuse the state of my house in these pictures.. I have FOUR boys.. that don’t like to pick up after themselves!

We brought this swing as a bit of a ‘childminder’ whilst I was with clients (im a nail tech from home) the idea was that I could put him in the seat for half and hour to an hour and he would happily swing away to the music whilst I worked.. and that’s what happens.. most of the time!

Jokes aside, I really love this swing, there’s a few things that I think put a bit of downer on it but aren’t avoidable due to the design, but I’ll get to that later, first let’s took at the great things about the Joie serina.

The serina is packed full of trendy features that will capture the eye of any baby product enthusiast (like me!)

Stupidly what caught my eye about this swing to begin with was the cool nightlight that sits above the swing and mobile, it’s can be really dim or really bright and somewhere in between, it’s so handy when you want a little light in the room of an evening but not too much because your watching a horror film and don’t wanna ruin the vibe lol

Thats it on low

Thats it on medium

Thats it on high

You can’t really appreciate the difference in light from a picture but I’ve done my best! From dim to bright it’s really quite a difference.

The next thing I love about this swing is the twisting seat, it can sway side to side or be easily twisted round so baby can swing back to front, This is super simple to do you just tug and twist where you want it to go. It also has 3 reline settings for every age and a vibrate function.

There is little wheels at the rear of the seat frame which are handy to use to pull the seat around the house. (I don’t move mine very often but if you wanted to its easy enough)

The thing you must check with this swing though is that you measure where you want it to go, as the footprint is bigger on this swing to some others on the market. The good thing about this though Is how stable it is because if it, there’s no chance of it tipping over. So this technically might be the only downside for some people.

The harness on this swing is very easy to open for adults but not so much for children thankfully! My 2 year old is forever trying to get my baby out but can’t undo the clips! So it’s doing its job! There’s a comfy harness pad too.

The swing plugs directly into the wall so there’s no dying batteries! But if you want to use batteries you still can which is nice to have the option still.

The quality of this swing is really excellent and superior compared to most of the others I looked at. The stitching is perfect and it’s very nicely padded, the patterns are not in your face so they go with your decor but are fun and cute & suitable for babies still, it has a mobile that wobbles when it swings with cute little pictures, which my baby really likes to look at.
I feel happy to leave my baby in this as its comfy and safe and he really seems to enjoy being in it, I would recommend the serina to other parents to be every single time, the only stipulation being the footprint. But if you have the space then it’s a complete winner everytime!

RRP at time of review £99

So as a woman there is much advice and support out there for new moms, most of us feel pretty prepared and know what to do when we give birth, but there’s actually very little for dads, and im told by a few new dads that they had no idea how to help their partners when baby came, so today im doing a “how can you help” blog for all you new dads.

On the lead up to world breastfeeding week I am going to emphasize how you can help and get involved with your partner on her breastfeeding journey.

When we have the baby and bring them home yes we are happy but we also feel sooooo overwhelmed and consumed with them, but we still need adult conversation, even more so if there’s other children in the house,
so NO1 – TAKE TIME TO LISTEN AND TALK WITH US. We might not seem that interested in deep conversation but a little chat once a day helps us out alot. Don’t forget our lives have changed alot since the arrival of baby and it’s important to talk about those changes.

NO2- HELP A TIRED MOM OUT! if we are breastfeeding the baby through the night, get up with the baby in the morning and let us sleep a little! I promise you we will love you alot more if we have a little time to sleep without the baby attached to us! This is a small thing that we will reward you greatly for..

NO3- WHEN WE’RE SAT FEEDING BABY (or basking in a little quiet time whilst they sleep) ASK IF WE NEED ANYTHING
I know when I sit to feed baby I often forget my phone or the remote & sit there with a mouth like Gandhi’s flipflop because I realise I haven’t had a drink in what seems like forever! It would be so sweet if you could be considerate and ask us if we need anything, even if we don’t need anything we would appreciate it so much that you asked us.

NO4- WHY SHOULD WE DO ALL THE WASHING & STERILISING?!
Educate yourself on how to store breastmilk and take apart the breastpump (if your partner’s pumping) Washing the bottles and making sure there’s always a clean sterlile bottle/ breastpump for mom/baby will take a weight off our shoulders and tick one more thing off our never ending list.

NO5- COOK FOR US SOMETIMES!
With a new baby cooking a meal for our family seems pretty damn impossible some days, with sleeplessness and constant nappy and clothes changes that come with a new baby we struggle to multitask like we usually would, so taking over cooking a few nights a week takes the load off us a bit and makes sure we are eating at least one decent meal that day!

NO6- CALL TO CHECK ON US! When your at work give us a text or call and see how we are, being home with a baby all day can make us go a bit do-la-lee! We crave a bit of adult conversation and someone to tell our frustrations too (even if it seems nothing to you!)

NO7- TAKE THE BABY OFF US WHEN YOU GET HOME
While we appreciate YOUVE been at work all day, having a new baby is HARD WORK TOO! It’s tiring, relentless and a thankless job and as lovely as babies are they cry and poop ALOT. when you get in from work we NEED a break !!! Just 10 mins to get a shower alone or go for a walk or even just lie down and stare at the ceiling is pure bliss to us, so pleaseeeee give us that time!

NO8- ASK US ABOUT OUR DAY
yes we may not do a great deal when we have a new baby at home, but it’s nice to vent about our uneventful day with someone that cares about the little things babys do as much as we do, like the 3 crazy poop messes you cleaned up or the 6 half smiles that baby did and you took pics of that your sure wasn’t wind induced. We like to get it out to someone.

NO9- BE NICE TO US!
When a woman has a baby there’s ALOT that goes on in our heads, you may look at us and just see us watching TV, but really were worrying about a dozen things like “is my milk supply enough for my baby?” “will my body ever be the same again?” “Is the baby just warm or do they have a temperature?!” “When did the baby last feed? And was it enough?” “Will sex feel the same as before?!”
It’s all going on in our heads and we also worry if you will still love us the same now we’ve been through pregnancy and childbirth.. so just take it easy on us and try to be kind, a cuddle goes a longgggg way!

No10- DONT JUST THROW THE BABY AT US WHEN THEY START CRYING
Just because we carried the baby for 9 months doesn’t mean that we have to settle them everytime they cry, sometimes there’s nothing sexier than a man who can take the “I got this” attitude and settle a cranky baby, your their dad and you have to work a little harder than us to build that bond and learn to settle them, you won’t do it if you keep hurtling them back at every grizzle!

So that’s my tips on how you can help a new momma out, if you wanna stay in our good books I recommend taking these pointers on board!

As a new dad there’s not much support out there, but there’s one place I can really recommend, that is the dadsnet. My husband joined about 2 years ago and it’s been the best thing he ever did! He goes on dad days out with local dad’s and there is always another dad on the end of the phone for him to speak with, being quite an anxious guy it’s really brought him out of his shell, he’s made so many life long friends.
They have a Facebook page which you can join (as long as your a dad) and they are welcoming to all dad’s.

If in lancashire-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDadsnetLancashire/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDadNetwork/

Today I’ve had 4 women message me to ask how I make my breastfeeding journeys look so easy and enjoyable, and how I make pumping look a walk in the park.. well… It’s bloody not!! I quite frequently cry over the lack of sleep because baby wanted to feed every second of the day yesterday, and because he only wanted me last night! It’s no summers breeze and if I make it look that way im clearly better at acting than I thought !

This morning I sat and had a cry over how tired I was, baby wouldn’t let me out him down he just kept trying to find boob!!

Here’s a bit of back story..
So I have 4 boys 2 of which have/are being exclusively breastfed, I get alot of people ask why I didn’t breastfeed my first 2 and the honest answer is, it was hard! With my first I went straight to bottles, breastfeeding scared me! I tried once when he was a couple days old and he fussed and wouldn’t latch so I never tried again. With my second I really wanted to do it, and was combination feeding from day one, he latched well and it was going good until he got poorly and went into hospital and was being tube fed, i didn’t know much about expressing so ended up getting mastitis very badly and had to stop. So with my 3rd baby I was determined to do it!
When he was born there was no bottles in sight, I breastfed him exclusively for 19 months, and yeah it was actually surprising easy, I had a few occasions where I got mastitis very slightly and had to really take care of my boobs for a few days, but to the most part that journey was smooth sailing, he latched perfect without any real effort and he would feed in any position anywhere we went, I loved virtually every minute of it! But..
Then came my 4th.. he was a whole different kettle of fish!!
Throughout my entire pregnancy I was looking forward to breastfeeding again, to have that lovely close connection, no getting up in the night to do bottles and just whacking my boob out with pride to feed him when we went places, how wrong was i though !
When he was born I was asleep, I had an emergency csection that all went wrong and needed general anesthesia.. nightmare! My husband gave me the baby immediately after I woke up and straight away I tried to latch him.

He was no natural at this like my last.. it was HARD, in every sense, and I was not prepared. He would only latch in the football position with me holding my boob and keeping it pushed into his mouth, he was not a naturally gravitating vaccum like my last baby!

I had to ask for help in the form of some formula, I was sore, exhausted and my milk was still not fully in.. I felt an absolute failure! Butttt we stuck it out and after a few days we kinda got the hang of it more and the milk was finally fully there, I got sent home and started pumping to build a stash in the freezer, so I could return to working from home and my husband or sister could help with feeds.

5 days after he was born I noticed he started to slow down with feeds and he was pretty damn yellow! The midwife came and confirmed he had jaundice..

that night he ended up back in hospital being observed and his levels regularly checked. They gave me a pump and a bottle and advised me to feed what I pump out as a bottle is easier for a baby to feed from from a breast, bit this way it would keep my supply going and he would be getting what he needs, the thing with jaundice is that you need to FEED FEED FEED to get rid of it faster, the more you feed them the quicker the levels regulate. Surely e ought he next day after 2 hourly 1.5oz feedings his levels were improving and we were sent home again (thank god!)

The great thing about that 24 hours was that he was taking a bottle AND breastfeeding..something I could never get my last baby to do, every cloud has a silver lining!

This is where I decided I needed a better pump, I had a lansinoh double pump but decided I needed a quieter, more powerful and more portable pump, that’s when I brought my Medela freestyle pump and pumpables milk genie pump, they changed the game for me big time! All of a sudden it didn’t seem AS hard.

Fast forward just over a month and things are going well with the feeding, he feeds from me most of the time, daddy and aunty el feed him when im working, and I pump the other side while he feeds from the other a couple times a day to keep the stash going.

The point to this story is that there are days when breastfeeding where you feel like you wanna give up, where it all seems to much work and like you are constantly attached to your baby and the house. But I promise you its sooo worth sticking it out.. everything your feeling is COMPLETELY NORMAL!! We all feel it! But if we just support eachother and try make light out of every dark moment this journey of feeding can be so so beautiful and fulfilling.. your doing great!!

If anyone needs any advice or has any questions please don’t hesitate to message me, anytime! (And I mean that!)

This review is on the double pump by lansinoh and will be a mixed bag as there’s things I absolutely LOVE and things i reallllly HATE about this pump..

(You’ll notice in the pics that my motor has a crack down it.. the lansinoh is really well made, but my clumsy 7 year old fell on mine and unfortunately it cracked.. it still works perfectly fine though!)9

Firstly the lansinoh 2-in-1 is a fairly quiet yet powerful and pretty efficient pump, that allows you to pump either one breast or both at the same time with multiple settings to choose from.

I got this pump with my 3rd son as i wanted to get a little job out of the house and be able to leave someone with my baby and feed him enough, i had a manual tommee tippee pump that I used constantly before the lansinoh, and I had also tried the ameda lactaline but couldn’t get on with either of these pumps for different reasons. I needed to find a pump that I could pump both breasts quickly, quietly and if possible directly into the breastpump bag to save me time. When I ‘googled’ my options this pump seemed the best fit for the budget I had at the time.

I really have had a love hate relationship with the 2-in-1, my main hate was the fact you have to plug it in to use.. you CAN use batteries in it, but I found the pump not as powerful when using unplugged and the batteries died verrrrry quickly.

So what is there to love?

Well now.. this is where I spill my love for this pump.
The pump comes with 2 different size flanges, and they have this lovely soft rubber grip around the edge of them which is not only incredibly comfy on the skin but it grips to the breast nicely too, I haven’t seen this rubber on any other pumps yet so this is really quite unique. It also comes with a big tote bag to put all your pumping essentials in! The fact you can pump directly into the breast milk bags was a massive selling point for me too!

What’s it like to clean and stuff?
The pump is super duper easy to take apart and put back together, it’s real simple to clean and sterilise aswel which lets face it is the most boring bit of pumping, you can also pump directly into the lansinoh breast milk bags which saves you washing and sterilising the bottles each time you pump! the backflow protection unit is also very small and compact this also doesn’t protrude hardly at all which is nice if you want to ware it with a pumping bra like i often did, they don’t get in your way too much.

How easy is it to use you ask?
Very simple! Once put together there’s literally only a few buttons that are self explanatory really, one for smaller faster pulls designed to be like a baby trying to encourage let down, and one for stronger pulling motions like your let down has began and baby starts taking bigger slower gulps. Then there’s your – & + buttons which reduce and increase suction. The pump has a timer function on it too which is fab to keep track of how long each session is. It’s an incredibly easy pump to navigate, I didn’t even have to read my instructions!

Another thing I love about this pump is the fact it’s a closed system, so basically the tubing doesn’t get mouldy or gross, and there’s no need to wash it, so you can just put it straight back in the bag when your done instead of having to wash them and leave them out to dry like some other pumps.

How loud is it?
This pump is not a perticularly loud pump but its definitely not quiet either, I could pump in the same room as my baby when asleep but not right next to him (as this would wake him up) its definitely not as loud as some others I’ve tried but I wouldn’t go as far to say it’s selling point is it being super quiet. If I had to describe it I would say it’s like a louder version of a mobile on vibrate with a slight ticking, the sound also depends what surface you’ve got it on, it’s pretty damn loud on a wooden bedside table! This is something you do get used to though!

How efficient is it? does it get the job done?!
Yes yes and yes! After using a manual pump for my other babies this was a million times quicker and easier, not to mention my hand got a break from the manual, I got so much more milk from the 2-in-1 aswel, I went from 1 Oz per breast or less, to over 3oz each time! This meant I could build a milk stash in the freezer and spend more precious time with my baby as it was taking so much less time to pump.

Would I recommend it to other moms?
Yes I would but I would only suggest it to those who will be leaving it plugged in somewhere, I wouldn’t recommend this to a mom wanting to move it around from one place to another or put in a change bag for mobile pumping etc.

All in all, the lansinoh 3-in-1 is great as a stay home pump, it really Excels in its efficiency and multiple settings, it’s amazingly comfortable and easy to use and it’s not majorly loud if it’s on a softer surface. Im glad I’ve tried this pump for sure, and it’s a great pump for a great price.

RRP at time of review £100-£130

Chances are if you’ve got children you know that there’s nothing more difficult than a crying unsettled baby, ESPECIALLY at bedtime! Myhummy are a company specialising in white noise cuddly toys for babies.

When I first saw Myhummy teddies a couple of years ago I didn’t believe that something so simple (but expensive) could possibly be worth the money.. surely a bit of noise wouldn’t make any difference to a screaming baby, butttt how wrong was i!!!

A bit of back story..
My son Calvin who is now almost 3 was exclusively breastfed, so when we started weening him away from me and into a cot out of our room he didn’t adjust well to it all, he would cry all night and wouldn’t be left for nothing, we tried EVERYTHING!

That’s when we came across Myhummy, we were franticly googling how to settle a clingy toddler into his own cot and get some actual sleep and up popped their website. Desperate to get even just a little bit of sleep we caved and purchased Filbert. Filbert arrived 2 days later, packaged in a beautifully presented box in a soft protective bag with the logo on. After very little set up and need for instructions filbert came to life. Calvin seemed really taken with him and carried him round the house with him till bedtime.
We put him to bed that night (on his own) with a bottle, his blanket and his new pal filbert, it took the same amount of time to settle him as usual if im honest, but we did find he slept longer than usual (coincidence? Im still not sure)

We carried on using filbert at bedtime and slowly but surely he weened off me and into his own room, and I do think filbert had a part in it all by comforting him.

I just wish I’d brought him when he was younger as I feel it would have been more effective at an earlier age.

Filbert is a lovely soft almost velvet/suede material with lots of padding, he’s very snuggling for our special little people to cuddle! The stitching is really well done and there’s no ‘dodgy bits’ of stitching that I’ve seen on some cheaper alternatives. My yummy really make their products to a high quality standard that’s for sure.

Now forward 18 months or so and I have a 6 week old baby who’s fussy as anything, so weve welcomed a second hand Myhummy sleepyhead.

Well this little treasure is a game changer! It’s smaller, has a velcro strap to attach to things and its super soft and fluffy. This one is more if fur type material instead of he suede of filbert.
It attaches nicely to the cot and carrycot and carseat, it’s everything filbert wasnt, except for that ingenious little heart inside which is the same.

How do they work?
Well they are a click system, my hubby found this fiddly and I did too at first to be honest, to switch on you click quickly once, to switch sounds you click quickly twice, to higher or lower the volume you hold the button in for atleast 3 seconds and to turn off you hold for a second or so..
So yeah it’s a little complicated, you do get used to it though!

Is there anything i would change?
Yes for sure, That fiddly click system would be something I wouldn’t be sad to see go! It’s a little complicated and annoying but I feel the good outweighs the bad in this case as the product works so well Despite the fiddly operation.
I believe they are just in the process of making the heart in future filberts Bluetooth and mobile phone controlable, this will make him perfect in my eyes !!

So would I recommend the myhummy? That’s the real question isn’t it?
And the answer is a big YES. But I think the sooner you get it the better, it wasnt half as effective with my older child as it is with my newborn, and I think as time goes on filbert and the sleepyhead will become my baby sons ‘go to’ when it comes to his bedtime routine as theyll have always been there for him.

Out of the two myhummys I definitely would recommend the sleepyhead over filbert purely for the portability and size factor, filberts more a ‘leave in bed’ Myhummy for sure,as he’s fairly big and heavy and doesn’t have a carry strap to attach to things.

To conclude, I love our myhummys, the white noise toys may not work for everyone, but they’ve certainly helped alot in our household and If you have a fussy baby they are definitely worth a go!

At time of review filbert rrp- £49.99
Sleepyhead rrp- £35

The Nuk 360° is one of the best cups if not THE best cup I’ve come across so far, it allows your toddler the chance to drink like a ‘big boy’ but not make all the mess they’d make if you gave them an open cup.
My son is 2 ½ and has two older brothers so wants to be like them, this is great but he is a pocket rocket and doesnt walk but runs everywhere, this doesn’t fair well for my carpets! With this cup he gets excited to drink out of it. It’s designed to look and feel like an open cup but has a clever disk that when your child presses their lips to the rim of the cup it lets the liquid out. Simple! And everyone’s happy!

What’s it like out of the house you ask?

Well this cup comes with a hygiene lid to pop on to keep it clean when out and about, which I love and not all the competition provide. it clicks on really quite tight too so it is unlikely to get lost.

What does it look like?

Well the design we decided on is white with cute little bears around it, my son really likes looking at them and rawwwing at them !

What’s it like to clean, dissemble and ensemble?

It’s super duper easy to take apart and put back together.
Inside is alot easier to clean than some of the competition and can be rinsed really quickly, there’s no tugging or pulling like some others. You just push the white rubber disk out of the grey plastic ring and bobs your uncle ready to wash.

Is it really leak free?

Yes it is! (To the most part)
So with any of these cups they will leak if tampered with or thrown down HARD. the only time ours has leaked slightly so far has been if my son has poked his finger in the air hole in the centre and tipped it upside down, or when he has had a paddy and thrown it across the room, even then it’s the tiniest amount and compared to the mess he would make with an open cup it’s nothing!

You must also make sure you clip the disk back in properly to create the seal, it will leak if this isn’t done properly, but its very hard to not put this together right.

All in all i would recommend this cup to all mom’s with toddlers (or older messy kids like mine!) Worth every penny for me! They look cute, they don’t leak and they’re super easy to clean.
To make this cup even more perfect it would be cool if they had a removable handle like some of their previous cups did, but that’s just a preference thing!

RRP at time of review- £7.99- Amazon

What is a Snuza you ask? Snuza is an amazing little device that clips onto your babies nappy, tracks your babies breaths with a flashing green light and alarms if your baby halts breathing. It has a really cool feature that if your baby does halt breathing it first vibrates to try and ‘rouse’ baby before alarming and waking them (the snuzas alarm is pretty damn loud!) If the vibration rouses baby successfully it then flashes red instead of its usual green to alert you that babies breathing halted.

It’s literally saved my life with my children when they were babies, it meant I could sleep without that dread and worry that all us mommy’s feel with a tiny baby, I love it so much that im using it again now with my 4th edition.

Reliability
In terms of reliability I would score the Snuza very highly indeed. If it is clipped properly to a well fitted nappy it will work without false alarms flawlessly, you will see some people moaning online that their Snuza has had a false alarm but this only happens if it or the nappy is not fitted properly, failing that your baby may be ‘out growing’ their Snuza, as I find with this monitor once they become super mobile etc it does start false alarming as they can pull and move it. I definitely think this is a product for small babies, maybe up to 9 months or so depending on how active they are in their sleep. I don’t see this as a con but can see why some people would.

Ease of use
The Snuza is super duper easy to get to grips with, it only has 2 buttons on the side and they are self explanatory really. It comes with the battery inside and ready to go. The battery lasts FOR AGES! I’ve had the battery in mine for over 2 years now and it’s still going strong. I used it every night with my last baby from birth till age 2 and now im using it with my newborn.
The snuza has absolutely no setup required like most of it’s competitors so you can use it directly from the box, one thing I will say though from experience is that you can’t clip it on whilst baby is asleep unless you are super stealthy or have a baby that sleeps like a log as you will wake baby up messing with them! This can be avoided though by incorporating the Snuza into your bath/change bedtime routine.

Portability
The Snuza is a winner in this department as it is soooo small it will literally fit anywhere! Weather that be a jeans pocket or a change bag, it also comes in a clear plastic clip case to keep it clean and safe. You can take it anywhere with you, but you cant use this in the car/bus as the bumps can register as breaths.

All in all i just love my Snuza, yes it’s quite expensive, but I feel for the peace of mind it brings along with the portability it’s worth every penny!
Yes i have had the odd false alarm over the years, but i would much rather that than not have it and not be warned if something were wrong with my babies breathing. The only thing I kinda wish this model did was connect to my phone so that if I was downstairs and baby was upstairs and it started alarming it could come through to my phone, that would be cool! Im sure it’s something Snuza will do in future models though as everything is going that way now!

RRP at time of review- £70-£80