Emily Evans Mother Stretch Mark Cream

Much like the rest of me at the moment, my ever-expanding bump is is in dire need of pampering, so I was excited to try out the extremely luxe-looking Super-Stretch Mark Cream from Emily Evans, the lady behind stylish maternity boutique 9London. At £38 it’s by no means cheap, but the texture is silky smooth and a [...]

Kadria Skincare

  The brainchild of massage therapist Rebecca Kadria Wright, Kadria Skincare is a compact collection of completely safe and natural handmade goodies for mamas-to-be and their littlies. For the big girls, there’s Belly Balm, £25, with regenerative rosehip to combat stretch marks, and Labour Oil, £15, for relaxation and pain relief during the birth. There’s also a rather lovely Balancing [...]

Lillipops

Lillipops are little ice pops made from spring water and natural flavours designed to ease nausea, heatburn and dry mouth in pregnancy. There are five flavours: ginger, grapefruit & tangerine, lime & vanilla, camomile & orange and lemon & mint and they come in multi-boxes of 20. When we heard about these iced soothies we [...]

Preparing Children for a New Baby

Milla & Monty 2009 strict copyright Kat. With the arrival of February I am suddenly aware that we are expecting a new member of the family to join us next month. While I may still need to dig the baby grows and nappies out of the loft to be washed let alone the rest of [...]

There’s Going to be a Baby

Here’s one for our very own Kat, or indeed any of you second or third time mamas-to-be out there, who have to explain a new arrival to a small person. Published by Walker Books, There’s Going to be a Baby is a gentle introduction to the idea of a sibling and brings together two big [...]

Bliss Stick Uplifting Oil by MamaBabyBliss

For an instant pick me up, therapist and mum of four Justina Perry has created Bliss Stick Uplifting Oil which you dab onto your pulses. Chemical free, it contains lime oil, bergamot, and geranium which all help with improving mood and lifting depression, as well as calming you, relieving stress, anxiety and energising you amongst [...]

Cool iPhone App: Pregnancy Companion

With so many of my friends announcing they are expecting their first baby I have pregnancy on the brain so when I saw that the Pregnancy Companion iPhone App was available for free download over the weekend I snapped it up. Developed by two practicing obstetricians, the Pregnancy Companion aims to be a one stop [...]

Countdown to Baby 2: Nesting Overdrive

I am in full nesting mode so I have hustled my dad into coming up in a few days and redecorating the bambino’s room (ssh the boyf doesn’t quite ‘understand’ the full extent of my plans), put up a load of shelves, and a few other bits and bobs that we’ve put on the long [...]

Announcement: I’m pregnant

Natalie writes… So in early May 2007, two weeks before ‘the bambino’ was due, I set up Bambino Goodies because after being petrified that our home would be choc full of neutral and baby pink, I had discovered that there were so many amazing goodies to shop for. And now, I’ve got to do some [...]

Home Birth Week on Mama to Be Goodies

Over at Kat’s site Mama to Be Goodies, she’s spending the week talking about the home birth experience and associated products, will be sharing a home birth story, and even has a La Bassine birthing pool kit worth £104.95. I’m not the home birthing sort myself. After 36 hours in labour and more drugs than [...]

Cot Bed by Kuster

I can’t recall ever seeing a cot with storage underneath so I’m particularly loving this cotbed by Kuster. Available in oak, pink, or blue, it has 3 height positions and when it’s in junior bed mode, a side panel prevents them from falling out of bed during their sleep. It fits a standard mattress (140 [...]

dreamgenii support pillow

I wish I’d had one of these in the last couple of months of my pregnancy. Sleeping was a bit of a mare where I struggled to get comfortable and my wedge wasn’t quite enough. I looked at a variation of this at the time but thought it would take up loads of space in [...]

Doomoo Buddy Maternity/Nursing Cushion

I own a multi-purpose support pillow which can also be used as a nursing pillow. I wrote about it recently as I found it to be an absolute life saver during my pregnancy – it’s supporting my back right now as I type! I’m due to have my first baby any day now so I [...]

Multi-Purpose Support Pillow

Backache is a very common in pregnancy and it can make life very difficult depending on how painful it is. Sitting down comfortably proved to be a nightmare for me once I got into the latter part of my second trimester and this Multi-Purpose Support Pillow has been one of my pregnancy survival items. It [...]