Why Baby Changing Bags Are an Essential Purchase for Mums & Dads

Baby Changing bags come in all shapes and sizes and vary in cost and design. Often times, ones choice will be based on budget considerations, or perhaps the style, feel, funkiness and design are further up your list of criteria. Either way, there are a few things one might need to consider.


From a practical point of view, look for a bag that is comfortable to handle, and has a strap that is strong, otherwise you may find that replacing your bag is a regular occurrence. A quality bag will give you many years of trouble free service. 


Look for a changing bag that possesses a section of its own for nappy related material, a bag with insulated pocket or section for maintaining bottle warmth/coolness, and a bag that contains a pouch that is for putting messy nappies and messy bibs in. 

How To Make Baby Bath Time Go With A Splash

Many babies love bath time, and many parents give their babies a warm bath all over once a day. If you prefer not to give your baby a complete bath every day, it is still important to clean his face and nappy area regularly. For babies that don’t enjoy bath time at first, you can try topping and tailing for a few weeks.

Most babies however find warm water quite soothing. Baby bath time can take practice and confidence, but it soon becomes easy to get into a routine which makes the experience pleasant for both baby and parent. Before bedtime is usually a popular time for bathing, especially as it can help to lull your baby and get him in the mood for sleeping.

Remember that tap water can dry out your baby’s skin, especially in a hard water area. Use soaps that are gentle, pH neutral, hypoallergenic and free of preservatives to protect fragile skin, while lotions can be used to soothe all over or particular areas of hardness and flaking. Baby lotions should not make your baby’s skin greasy. Instead they are emollient, leaving skin soft, protected and pleasant smelling. Baby lotions contain ingredients to hold and attract water, fatty acids to condition the skin and antimicrobial ingredients.

How to Help Baby & Mum Get a Good Night’s Sleep

One of the most important things for a new-born baby is getting a good night’s sleep. It’s said that as infants, we do most of our growing during sleep. Our minds also process and remember the things we’ve learnt during the day at night. So getting your child into the proper routine is crucial.

And it’s not just infants that need good sleep patterns. Sleep is also very important to new mothers also. The stress of being a new parent, coupled with the fact that many women suffer from varying degrees of depression after giving birth, means that a good night of rest is just as important for mum as it is for the baby.

So how do you make sure both baby and mum get a good night’s sleep? The most important thing is routine. You need to set up a bedtime routine almost from the start. Choose a time to put your baby to bed and stick to it. Also, make sure the routine just before bed stays the same. This will often include a bath and a story, but the exact details are really up to you. Just make sure you stick to whatever routine you put in place.

What the celebs love

I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love following celebrities, and when they have babies it gets a whole lot more interesting! 

One product that is loved by celebs the world over is ‘Aden& Anais’ range of Swaddle blankets.  Hollywood stars such as Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner and Sarah Jessica Parker (to name but a few) are often snapped out and about with their babies and an Aden & Anais blanket is often seen to be with them.  Having looked at these blankets I can totally see why celebs love them, there are loads of amazing prints and patterns to choose from and they are just so versatile, they can be used as burp cloths, car seat linings and also as pram covers – a very handy and stylish way to shade your little one from the sun.

Aden & Anais ‘Baby Cakes’ Swaddle

Pacapod baby changing bags are also catching the eye of the celebrities.  Adventurer Ben Fogle and his wife Marina have two children; Ludo, 1 and Iona who was born in May last year, and they both love the Pacapod design!  Ben was quoted as saying ‘We love our Pacapod, congratulations on creating such a brilliant product; we have been using it constantly.  We absolutely love it and have been using it in all elements – from the whole thing to taking out just the individual pods’

The above quote is exactly why the Pacapod are loved – you don’t just get one bag, you get one bag plus a ‘changing pod’ and a ‘feeding pod’ – which can be used individually and are also designed to keep everything separate from each other – so there are no dirty nappies next to baby food!

Plus there is a huge choice of different designs and prints to choose from – all with the same two handy  pods inside.   If you are after a sophisticated baby changing bag you might want to look at the the Pacapod Coromandel Tan changing bag, this certainly has an air of sophistication about it.  If an ‘out and about’ bag is more your style, then take a look at the Pacapod Almora Print changing bag which comes in quite a few different colours including ‘Midnight’ and ‘Sand’.  Comedian Jason Manford has also been known to Tweet about how much he and ‘Mrs M’ love their Pacapod he believes that it is ‘the perfect bag for expectant parents’.

With praise as high as this, we believe that the Pacapod really can do no wrong!

Pacapod Almora Sand design

Then there are ‘Busy Peas’ sleepsuits loved by Brit Actress Lucy Benjamin (best known for her role as Lisa in Eastenders).  In just July this year she was interviewed for ‘Hello’ magazine pictured with her newborn baby girl Rosie, who was happily snoozing on her mum’s lap wearing a Busy Peas sleepsuit.  These sleepsuits are fantastically colourful and are based around different fruit and veg characters such as ‘Carry Carrot’, Stewart Strawberry’ and ‘Gene Aubergine’.  Plus it’s not just the sleepsuits that may catch your eye – you can also get super cute character soft Busy Pea toys too (which by the way I absolutely love – ‘Gene Aubergine’ being my favourite!) these make fabulous newborn gifts!

Busy Peas ‘Gene Aubergine’ soft toy

As previously discussed I love following the celebs and I like to think that they wouldn’t be seen out and about using something that doesn’t work for them and their baby, therefore I believe that one of the best recommendations a product can get is to be bought, used and loved by a celebrity!

D for Diamond's New Look!

Just to let you all know that fantastic children's jewellery brand 'D for Diamond' has had a revamp of all it's packaging, and we love it!  With stars and flowers a plenty, all pieces of jewellery still come with their own boxes and certificates, but on top of that you now get a sweet little gift bag too!

Due to the popularity of D for Diamond jewellery we have also expanded our range to include lots of fantastic new pieces, that we think would be ideal for children who are slightly older.  These new pieces include items such as this beautiful apple locket, which opens up, so within it your little girl can keep a picture or a precious little keepsake.  This makes an ideal birthday present, especially with it's fantastically colourful new box and  gift bag!

Beautiful Apple Locket

So kick back, make a cup of tea and have a little browse of all our new stock and the D for Diamond revamp!

Have fun, and Happy shopping everyone!

The MollieBee Team

Sorry it's a bit late, but Happy New Year everyone!

Sorry it's a bit late, but Happy New Year everyone!

Time really does fly doesn't it. Only feels like I have blinked and all of a sudden we are out of xmas and at the end of January. Quite scary really! I hope everyone's festive breaks were enjoyable and wish you all the best for 2012.

MollieBee are working hard to source new products at the moment and today we attended the Bubble Show in London. It was great to meet existing suppliers and a few new faces which could see some new stock pretty soon. 

Embracing social media is very important to MollieBee. It seems everyone is now connected through Facebook or Twitter. If you aren't following us at the moment, please do drop by and have a look. Our Facebook fans are all entitled to 10% off, so it is definitely worth your while.

  

Enjoy shopping folks!

MollieBee.com

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Well, here we are at the beginning of December once more – how quickly has this year gone!?!?! – a sure sign that I’m getting older (and feeling it!). Once again I have to say that Christmas is my absolute favourite time of the year, from the mince pies to the children’s navitity play, and is it wrong that I’m already looking forward to eating Christmas Dinner?!?
So how’s your Christmas shopping going? Mine is following the same pattern that it follows every year – I get started in November, congratulate myself for starting it so early then don’t actually finish it off until mid December where I suddenly panic when I realise that Christmas day is round the corner, there is no way I want to go into town and wrestle with all the other Christmas shopppers! – and this is exactly why I love internet shopping so much!
This year at MollieBee we have some fabulous stocking fillers for little ones. We’ve recently brought in some gorgeous rattles and comforters by brilliant designer Ella & Otto

Ella & Otto 'BeepBeep' Bunny Comforter

These colourful little guys are make brilliant stocking fillers as they are small, soft and squashy, easy to wrap and totally affordable! –your little ones will love them! The comforter bunnies come in the Tweet Tweet and the Beep Beep designs and matching items are also available.
The other soft toys that we have been totally loving this year are the little ‘Busy Peas’ characters! All these guys are small, cute and extremely lovable, plus with names like ‘Pete Pea’, ‘Carry Carrot’, ‘Stewart Strawberry’ and ‘Gene Aubergine’ – you can’t really go wrong.

Busy Peas 'Gene Aubergine' Soft Toy

Again all of these guys are small, soft and fit perfectly into Christmas stockings! – Plus there are also matching items available including ‘All in Ones’ and ‘Bodysuits’ – what more could you want!?!?!
Do you know anyone who is due to give birth this Christmas? – and if so are you wondering what to buy the new baby as a gift? – well take a look at these super cute ‘newborn sets’ by creative designer ‘Olive & Moss’:

     

Olive & Moss 'Michael the Monkey' Newborn Set

These brilliant newborn sets are a generous size 0-3 months. Choose from the cheeky ‘Michael Monkey’ or cute ‘Betty Bunny’ prints, either one is sure to bring a smile to your face. The sets are made up of a sleepsuit that has closed feet to ensure that feet are kept warm at all times, and a matching hat which will keep precious little heads warm and snuggly!
Well there you go, I hope that we have given you some fab and funky stocking ideas! We also hope that you are not finding your Christmas shopping too stressful – remember ‘It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!’, so sit back, relax have a mince pie, and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!


The MollieBee Team