This summer has been strange as one moment we’re planning a barbecue as we feel the backs of our necks burn in the strong sunshine whilst the next we’re ushering guests inside as the heavens open and thunder threatens to penetrate the house. Knowing how to dress your baby or toddler for the weather is difficult as even the evening …
Read More »
When a child clamps their mouth shut and refuses to eat anything but their favourite spaghetti or pushes their plate away, determined not to eat the “yucky” food offered parents everywhere despair. While the firm “you’ll eat what you are given” ideal works brilliantly with some other children are less comfortable trying new foods. These tried and tested methods will …
Read More »
Playmobile Easter Eggs Review by Martina Mercer With three children and a very large family the Easter Eggs soon pile up. The cupboards begin to fill and then I added to the chocolatey mountain by baking a million Easter cupcakes and nests and planting small eggs around the garden for an Easter Egg hunt. All three children have very different personalities …
Read More »
The snack cup is the best invention for toddlers we’ve seen for a while. Percy loves to keep grapes in it and will carry it around upside down everywhere she goes. The carpet stays clean but she always has her snacks on hand.. highly recommended.
Read More »
Little Helper Cooking Pod Review At home all three children have been brought up cooking with me. Many friends look on in despair as I ignore the mess and let the kids pull up a chair. My nine year old and thirteen year old can now follow a recipe and cook with very little mess however my two year old …
Read More »
As you know we’re keen bakers and with Easter approaching naturally our baking veers towards chocolate and eggs. Considering something different this year we searched for ways to make egg cake pops only to find a real egg shell and a syringe was needed. Then we came across this silicon mould from Kleeneze and our prayers were answered. Bright fun, …
Read More »
We were very excited to try out some Squashblox. We have a reviewer with autism and a toddler so something soft, bright, colourful and creative was welcome. We haven’t been disappointed. We knew these would be popular what we had forgotten was just how vast and wide children’s imaginations are. Forget the XBox, forget the TV, hand these to any …
Read More »
We are still putting together our master Top Toys for Christmas 2014 list (read that as we are still playing with toys and trying to decide which ones should make it onto the list). This is our not-quite master list. That’s not to say that some of these won’t make it onto the big list (or that they don’t deserve to), …
Read More »
As part of our Health and Safety campaign we’ve been reviewing multiple car seats, from Maxi Cosi to Recarro and of course, this, the Diono Montery 2. Our car safety investigations were spurred by the torrent of news that highlighted some parent’s ignorance of leaving their child unattended in a hot car on a blistering hot day. Many of the …
Read More »
ABC Zone sent us along a rainbow loom, as they told us it was the best arts and craft toy for girls at the moment. We handed it over to Poppy to see what she thought of this new fad. Poppy, a 9 year old girl, did a full circuit of the room in glee. Apparently everyone at school had …
Read More »
The Consumer Voice Real Reviews, eCommerce News and FREE Customer Advice
