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Buyer's guide to pushchairs
By ThinkBaby on 12/12/2007 01:46:42
What you'll need to consider before making that key purchase
There's a confusing amount of choice on offer when it comes to buying a pushchair for your baby: traditional prams, lightweight 'strollers', flat-folding, umbrella-folding, three-wheelers and so on. In order to narrow down your options you need
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What to buy for your baby's nursery
By Liz Stansfield and Kyrsty Hazell on 07/10/2010 17:49:23
Confused as to what to buy for your baby's nursery? From a cotbed to sleep in and gorgeous storage, through to flooring and lighting, here are the big buys you'll be considering...
Setting up your newborn baby's roomPreparing for your newborn to arrive can be an exciting time, but it's also a time to organise! Setting up your baby's nursery can be fun, but it's important to know which are the key items to tick off the list
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Buyer's guide to 3-wheelers/all-terrain pushchairs
By ThinkBaby on 10/12/2008 01:51:04
What you need to consider when looking at 3-wheelers
with everything from big-wheeled running buggies and more compact all-terrain versions to 3-wheeled versions of regular about-town pushchairs designed with manoeuvrability in mind. With all this variety on offer it's important that you find a three
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Baby buys – what should be brand new?
By ThinkBaby on 24/01/2008 12:17:47
Having a baby can lead to many costly buys, but there are things you can buy or get passed on secondhand. For safety reasons, what items should be brand new?
What products should you buy new?Of course you really don't need to buy everything new, but here are the items which are important and NOT worth taking a gamble on:Car seats and restraints We all want to make sure our seat belts work well
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Baby bump concealing Spanx pants hit the headlines!
By Kyrsty Hazell on 10/01/2011 16:57:26
After celebrities admit the the secret to concealing a growing baby bump is a pair of Spanx maternity pants, we get the experts' reaction...
.Although they checked with their doctors, Janet Fyle from the Royal College of Midwives disagrees with the famous mums-to-be's tactics.“The uterus has an increased blood supply during pregnancy and it is therefore important that that blood flow into and out
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Car seats: age and weight guide
By Laura Lee Davies on 22/06/2007 01:47:22
At a glance information on what age and size your child should be using a baby seat, car seat or booster.
bigger children of the same age. At the older end of the range, their height is an important factor and they should remain in a booster seat or cushion until they are over 135cm.Baby SeatsRear-facing seats for children weighing up to 13kgs. This is from
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10 of the best stretchmark creams for mums-to-be
By Kyrsty Hazell on 20/01/2011 14:38:00
Trying your hardest to avoid those stretchmarks? Our pick of pregnancy and post-baby stretchmark creams and oils might just help your skin
moisturiser or oil can help prevent or reduce the appearance of stretchmarks. If nothing else, you at least keep dry or itchy skin at bay!Stretchmarks can appear in lots of different places on your body and can be big or small. And whilst it's important
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Should I use a playpen?
By Laura Lee Davies on 15/07/2009 01:19:21
Are playpens a safe way to allow your baby or toddler play time or a restriction on their freedom?
clinic.For tips about what you might need to buy, check out the Thinkbaby Buyer's Guide to Safety Guards, Barriers and Bumpers.Playpens come in different shapes and sizes. Look at our Products page for some ideas of what's on the market.If you have a
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How to decorate your baby’s nursery on a budget
By Kyrsty Hazell on 01/04/2011 11:55:47
Pulling together a nursery on a budget? We spoke to nursery furniture expert Lucinda Croft, from Dragons of Walton Street, to find out how
for the rest of the room, which means you’ll steer away from impulse buys. If you choose a pastel colour, for example, you know that the room will be light and pastel hued. Therefore, stick to a colour scheme and the rest will follow," advises Lucinda
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Buyer's Guide to Carrycots
By Laura Lee Davies on 10/06/2007 01:51:33
Now that parents are advised against keeping new babies for long periods in car seats, the good old carrycot has come back into fashion. What do you need to know before you buy?
, when you're on the go.A carrycot has a solid, protective frame and carry handles. It is important to get a feel of the carrycot before you buy it. If the handles are not ergonomically designed or don't particularly suit you, and if the cot itself
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