The benefits of baby yoga.

The mental and physical benefits of baby yoga are wide-ranging. We have found regular exercising in this way can help with sleeping, digestion, self-esteem, bonding and communicating with your child. Just some of the benefits of kids yoga classes include:

• Better and longer sleep patterns
• Improves digestion and eases colic
• Stimulates a restless baby
• Promotes a healthy, physically fit lifestyle
• Cultivates self esteem and positive body image
• Boosts immune system
• Reduces stress and develops relaxation techniques
• Reduces anxiety
• Improves muscle tone
• Increases body awareness
• Aids motor development & co-ordination
• Helps develop language and listening skills
• Important for emotional, cognitive and social development
• Contributes to brain development
• Connects parents and baby and forms a better bonding
• Significantly improves verbal memory
• Develops left-hemisphere abilities
• Aids concentration
• Improves attention span

Mitchy Titch also supports relevant candidates who are looking to teach children's yoga classes, with their very own baby yoga training course.

NRS Healthchare - Living Aid's and Assistive Products For Your Child/Baby

An extensive range of daily living aids and assistive technology equipment suitable for children and young people with special needs and disabilities is now available from NRS Healthcare

The comprehensive selection is featured in a new dedicated 140-page catalogue from the leading supplier, set out within categories such as toileting aids, seating & positioning, moving & handling, exercise & assessment, and therapeutic resources.

And the catalogue also includes invaluable advice and helpful information from NRS Healthcare’s in-house Occupational Therapist about the importance of selecting the correct equipment and helpful aids.

Sandra King, NRS Healthcare Brand Director, said: “It’s essential for the dignity, safety and comfort of the person concerned that the equipment chosen is correct for them. Get that right and the equipment will encourage independence, support developmental goals and enhance quality of life.”

“We are delighted to be offering such a comprehensive range within our new Special Needs Solutions catalogue but as a company, NRS Healthcare is fully committed to helping parents and carers to choose the most suitable equipment.”

The NRS Product Advisory Service can be contacted on 0845 121 8113 or the NRS AskSARA self-assessment and guidance tool can be accessed through www.nrs-uk.co.uk.

More than 30 of the products available through the catalogue are brand new – including the Corner Sitter, Maggie Pro Portable Electronic Magnifier and a selection of disability and emotional awareness resources.

The Corner Sitter is a portable, adjustable seating unit that provides support in long sitting and enables a child to join in with others playing at floor level. The backrest can be set in a prone or recline position and the sides adjusted to provide lateral support.

The Maggie Pro Portable Electronic Magnifier is a versatile credit-card sized magnifier that has a three-inch wide screen and comes with four levels of magnification. It has a sharp true colour image that can be used in greyscale for enhanced reading clarity and the freeze facility enables images to be viewed close up.

For a free copy of the new NRS Special Needs Solutions catalogue, call 0845 121 8114 or visit their web site. 

Moses Baskets

A moses basket is a small, light and sturdy variation of a bassinet, allowing for easy portability and maximum comfort for your child.
Many parents find that moses baskets help to make their baby feel more calm and comfortable, potentially because of the small and confined environment which replicates the mothers womb.
You should make sure to transition your child into a cot when they are able to roll themselves over around the age of four months, as they could potentially tip a moses basket over.

Kiddisave have a range of moses baskets available here from all of the top brands such as Lollipop Lane, Kids Line, Obaby, Kiddicuddle and more.

From Milk to Solids

Making the transition from breast milk to solid foods is an important step forward in your childs life. The World Health Organisation recommends introducing other food (in addition to the regular breast milk feeding) after your child is about six months old.
Between the ages of 6 and 8 months you should introduce at least two daily feedings of solid foods which are of the right texture and consistency for your child to consume.
This amount should be increased to three or four feedings daily after age 8 months and from one year, you should also offer your child two nutritious snacks throughout the day in addition to the regular food.

There is a whole range of foods which you can use to start your baby on - popular first foods include brown rice cereal (powdered and cooked), pureed bananas, pureed sweet potato and pureed avocado or applesauce, though there is quite a variety of puree's to choose from.
Once your child has gotten used to very runny puree, you can start to slowly thicken the food over time.

Smiles all around

Making your little one smile is just about the most enjoyable thing you can do when you have a child. Making them smile, laugh and giggle can brighten your day as well as hers (or his).
Here are a few things you can do to really get your child giggling;

1. Blow some bubbles! Babies love bubbles, so grab a bottle of bubble soap and blow a few around your child and watch as they laugh and try to catch the bubbles!
2. Do some painting! A great way to do some finger painting that wont be bad if your child puts their hand in their mouth, is if you mix some food colouring with yoghurt or cream - all the fun and mess of finger paint with a great taste too!
3. Put on a puppet show! Every parent should be able to put on a few hand puppets or socks and make some funny voices, try doing this with bright and colourful characters.
4. Go down to your local park. Babies love swings and see-saws, or anything that lets a little wind through their hair. Make sure your baby always knows you're their by smiling and laughing with them so they feel safe and secure, and don't forget to have fun yourself!

Kids Garden Party Ideas

 Keep them entertained in the sun with our fab garden party ideas!

Tennis and outdoor sport.

For the youngest of your family, try a foam ball and a childrens racket to build co ordination.  Trikes are great for outdoor fun in the sun. Trampolines are guaranteed smiles all round for kids and grown ups alike! Make sure to get safety guards for the outside of the trampoline to prevent bouncing off the edge.

Picnic in the Garden!

Do they love to help out in the kitchen? Let the kids have fun making finger food for outside – sandwiches, crisps, pineapple sticks, sausage rolls, fruit slices, chocolate buttons and more. Lemonade and fruit juice with ice are great thirst quenchers. Put them in the fridge to keep cool until they’re needed!

Paddling pools

For a real scorcher, get the paddling pool out and let your babies float around with plenty of toys, boats and bath ducks. Great way to enjoy the sun and stay cool. Kiddisave have some great bath toys also suitable for paddling pools in our toys section of the web store.

Hippychick Waterproofs

If it starts raining, as it inevitably does in Britain, try the Hippychick all in one suits for your toddlers to enjoy the garden whatever the weather. Cute, reasonably priced and totally waterproof to keep them warm and dry.

Wash it all down with Jelly & Ice Cream!

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Kiddisave Competitions Coming This Week!

We have two fantastic new competitions coming up in the next week!
The closing date for the Jubilee giveaway – which involves just liking Kiddisave on Facebook and sharing our lovely pic to your wall – is Wednesday and a winner will be announced at 11am Wednesday!

Celebrate the Jubilee double weekend with Kiddisave – like and share our photo to be in with a chance of winning £100 in Kiddisave vouchers!!

Coming up next week, our latest photo competition…Watch this space for more details!

Have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend!

~ Kiddisave

Summer at Kiddisave!

We have some fantastic deals for you this summer. With the long summer evenings drawing out, the scent of summertime is truly in the air. Many of us are dreaming of summer holidays or “staycations”. With this in mind, make sure you have the all-important baby products for the season.

Here’s a selection of just some of the fabulous products for you and baby this summer!

Red Kite Push Me Lite Buggy and Parasol

This lightweight, easy to navigate, attractive buggy is currently at half price in our webstore, making it ideal for those summer days. It’s cute stripes and colour scheme make it affordable yet a good looking piece of equipment, ideal for summer holidays and the beach!

The parasol included in this great price is the essential piece of kit to protect your baby from sunburn and skin damage.

Splash About Lifejackets and Waterproof Nappies

In this weather, where better to take the kids than for a cooling swim! Babies will love to splash about in your local pool with the complete Splash About range to keep them safe and clean. Asides float jackets and swim nappies are the float suits, a fantastic innovative design to keep your baby above water, encouraging independence in the water and mobility.

Sunshine Kids Sun Stoppers

These kid size blinds are ideal for the back seats of long car journeys in direct sunlight, protecting delicate skin from UV glare. At a brilliant price for an essential piece of safety equipment, these blinds are a must for moms and dads.

Sunshine Kids Buggy Travel Pal

This piece of storage equipment is ideal for long car and pushchair journeys with the kids, to keep all toys, drinks, books and puzzles in one place! This invaluable tidy is also competitively priced for a quality and long lasting piece of equipment.

The nomad baby!

Kiddisave stock a range of products suitable for travelling with kids. These include sunshades for the car windows, harnesses and reins for toddlers, toilet training devices and toys specially for on the move babies.


Sunshades

Sunshades for your car window come in a range of fun designs and can be invaluable for protecting sleeping babies and children against the glare of potentially damaging UV rays on sensitive skin. The Outlook brand of sunshades stocked by Kiddisave are designed specially to cover the entire car window for maximum sun protection and come in different shapes depending on your car.

Harnesses

Kiddisave stock a range of Clippasafe harnesses suitable for toddlers and babies learning to walk, from when they take their first unsteady steps to when they are dashing off all over the place and taking you with them. Choose Clippasafe from Kiddisave for quality and a great range of colours!

Toilet training

There are a range of toilet training products for kids in Kiddisave’s catalogue, featuring the My Carry potty to encourage independent toilet training. This is a portable, easy clean, brightly coloured potty with a handle for kids on the move!

Toys

Tiny Love do a take a long arch to be fitted to a carrycot, featuring an array of toys to entertain your baby. Babies and young children will be enraptured by the colourful playful toys.

Visit Kiddisave today to find out which products could suit you on the go – the one stop baby shop!

Baby Photo Competition 2012!

Kiddisave held a photo competition throughout March and April 2012, asking Facebook fans to upload their best baby photos and “like” their favourites in the Facebook album.

The competition was ferocious in the voting, with the first prize of a fantastic £150 Kiddisave voucher going to Karolina Bruchal with a bathtime pic of her baby Vincent aged 16 months!

We also hosted an Easter Baby Bonnet Competition in Easter week, inviting Facebook fans to upload pics of their baby in Easter bonnets for a chance to win a Babybjorn Bouncer worth £114.99! The lucky winner of this competition was Jane Mitchell, winning a lovely baby bouncer for her newest arrival!

Congratulations to the winners of our competitions and like us on Facebook to keep up to date with our next competitions!

 

Taggies

Taggies are an innovation in childrens entertainment for young children and babies. These soft silky tags on the edge of toys and blankets engage children with their multiple textures, tactile games and visually stimulating materials. Currently on offer, these taggie toys come in a range of designs, from stuffed animals to blankets.

Love Notes

The blankets come in a range of styles, including the cute as a button Love Notes catch a falling star blanket. This blanket is currently on offer saving you a quarter of the real price. This blanket is perfect for a pushchair snuggle with its twenty tags and soft pastel design options.

Baby Tiger

The smiley baby tiger by Taggies comes in a soft baby friendly fabric, with a range of Taggies tags to stimulate your baby. This toy is suitable from newborn upwards and is an ideal first companion for baby!

Taggies My First Book

Taggies books feature soft textured picture books for baby with Taggies tags, suitable for young children, gently stimulating their senses with Taggies tags and pictures.

Taggies Take-along

The take-a-long features a teething ring as well as the taggies tags and a triangular piece of soft material. This is suitable from birth and provides an innovative twist to your standard teething ring and great value for money!

Buy your Taggies products from Kiddisave today!

Travel systems

Travel systems are the ideal baby starter kit catering for every aspect of travelling with your child. From the best brands on the baby care market are the quintessential pieces for child care.
Benefits of travel systems include the multi-functionality of your baby care products. This means less fumbling, less effort, more space and more freedom of movement. The car seat can be transferred straight from the car to clip easily onto the pushchair.
The innovation that is a travel system is characterised by the fact that all the main baby companies have produced their own version of the travel system. From the price competitive package to the luxury package, there’s a baby travel system suitable for you!
Features of the travel system include a pushchair and car seat in one package, with the Quinny Buzz version extending to include an additional carrycot.
Many of our baby travel systems are currently on offer so browse our range at Kiddisave online to discover your ideal match.

Fire guards

Baby fire guards are the quintessential baby safety item. Do you have an open fire at home? Do you have a gas fire? Inquisitive babies and children could be at risk.
Traditional style nurseries in older houses often have a feature fireplace. If this is used to keep the room warm, a baby fire guard is a necessary buy. Browse Kiddisave’s collection of child and nursery fire guards including fire guards in different colours and styles by Clippasafe, Kiddicuddle and Tippitoes.
When choosing a fire guard, it is important to consider the dimensions of your fireplace, to ensure your safety device covers the entire area. A secondary consideration may be that of style. Would you prefer a subtle fireguard, such as that of the classic Clippasafe fireguard extension. Perhaps a black grate would suit your modern look. Choose the high tech Tippitoes extending fireguard to completely cover your fireplace and protect baby from scalds and burns.
Select your ideal fireguard today from the selection at Kiddisave.

Baby Clothes at Kiddisave

How do you want to dress up baby? Baby clothes come in so many colours and sweet designs that it’s difficult to know what to choose! Kiddisave stock a lovely selection of bibs, shoes and waterproofs by top baby brands.

Bibs

Our bibs collection features brightly coloured options from Babybjorn, Sassy Toy and Tippitoes. The Babybjorn bibs come with an ergonomic design to fit your child’s body perfectly and a pocket to catch food spills. The neck line can be adjusted to fit your child’s neck. Babybjorn also sell a bib carrier for the Babybjorn bibs. The Tippitoes bibs come in packs of five and contrary to the Babybjorn bibs, which are plastic, these are made of a luxury, easy wash towelling material for softness and practicality. The Sassy Toy crumb catcher has a soft backing to be soft on baby’s skin, and a crumb catching tray to catch spills and drips, removable for simple cleaning.

Shoes

Shoo Shoos at Kiddisave stock a cute range of baby shoes for boys and girls, in a variety of prints and colours. The shoes come in four different sizes and are suitable for up to 24 months.

How about the Pink Giraffe for your little girl? Or maybe some Flower Power with the Pink/White Daisy Shoo Shoos. How about the Blue/Brown Dog Shoo Shoos for your little boy, with the design featuring a sausage dog walking across the shoes.

Waterproofs

The sweet waterproof collections for rainy days are brought to you by Hippychick. Dungarees, trousers, coats and all in ones; Hippychick has it covered in terms of wet weather waterproof protection to keep your little one snug and warm in the worst weather! Outside play no longer has to be transferred inside.

Browse our baby clothing collection for the cutting edge in baby gear!

Kiddisave Easter Competition

Kiddisave are hosting a NEW competition on their Facebook with the chance to win a fantastic Babybjorn Baby Bouncer.
All you have to do is design and create an Easter bonnet, snap a pic of your baby or little one wearing it and upload it to our Facebook app! This is a great chance to get creative and celebrate the season.

What you need:
· An old bonnet/a cheap bonnet
· A camera
· Your baby

Recommended:
· Ribbons
· Card
· Scissors
· Colours
· Paints
· Glitter
· Glue
· Newspaper
· Anything else you can think of!

Let your little one help out as an Easter craft project; they’ll love to get messy!
We recommend the following links for some great starting ideas if you’re stuck for inspiration:
- http://www.netmums.com/activities/spring/easter-fun-games-more/how-to-make-an-easter-bonnet#/0
Fun Easter bonnet designs and tips for girls and boys!
- http://domesticgoddesque.com/2012/03/how-to-make-an-easter-bonnet-from-a-paper-plate-inspired-by-philip-treacy/
For the artist with little equipment!
- http://www.allfreecrafts.net/156/how-to-make-an-easter-bonnet/
A more floral take on the traditional Easter bonnet – flower power


Winners will be decided when the photos are put to a vote, so make sure to stand out from the crowd! Happy Easter from Kiddisave!

All about...the Babybjorn baby sitter!

The Babybjorn baby sitter is a fantastic baby product designed to calm and relax your baby. The child can practise their motor skills and balance in a natural way, as they can move on their own in the Babysitter. Simply strap them in and allow them to rock themselves.
Benefits and features of the product
This specialist design features three positions, for play, rest and sleep depending on the time of day and the mood of your baby. The ergonomic and comfortable design comes with a seat that moulds itself to your baby’s body to keep him or her safe and comfortable.
The rocking motion of the baby sitter is comforting for your baby and feels natural, whilst engaging them with their surroundings.
This fabulous gift for parents and children was developed in close collaboration with medical experts, parents and children to give your child a safe place to bounce away!
The bouncer rests firmly on the floor with anti-glide strips and the fabric is easy to remove and wash when necessary. The fabric is both durable and soft, making the seat very comfortable for your little one. This sitter is suitable for babies up to the age of two years.
Get yours today from Kiddisave, the one stop baby shop!

Buying a buggy - the essentials

When buying a pushchair or pram, there are a few main things you want to take into consideration. These factors include cost, manoeuvrability, style, colour, safety, type, which way the seat is facing, storage space for shopping, whether you want a double buggy or a single seated buggy, durability, lightness and whether the buggy is foldaway.

Foldable buggies
Compact, lightweight buggies are great for public transport and manoeuvring your little one round town. With this in mind, Kiddisave can offer you a variety of buggy brands with these features. Simply take a look at the Obaby Atlas buggies featuring an umbrella fold. This buggy comes in a choice of bright colours and is price competitive. This single seated buggy comes with storage for shopping, making it an ideal choice for the supermarket and a bus ride home.
Or perhaps the Maclaren Volo stroller, the lightest and most compact stroller choice on the market. Maclaren are an internationally recognised leading brand in baby care and have been market leaders in pushchair manufacturing for generations.

Innovative brands
If you’re looking for style, then Stokke are a brand not to be missed! Their bright, quirky colours and stunning ergonomic designs make them a favourite of buggy buyers. The Stokke Xplory pushchair is the first to have an elevated seat, to keep your child feeling safe and comfortable in the first years of their life. This innovative buggy also features an adjustable seat height as well as two way seating. The large rear wheels and space between the wheels make this buggy a fantastic choice for comfortable walking and ease of control, with fully lockable wheels when you want the buggy to be kept stationary.

Double Buggies
If you’re looking for a double buggy, the Phil and Ted’s Explorer is a lovely choice, featuring off road dependability and an interchangeable car seat or second buggy seat for ease of swopping buggy for car. This innovative buggy design is a brilliant choice for the busy parent.
The fun patterns and colours of a Cosatto buggy make the Cosatto You 2 Twin Buggy a stylish choice for the two of them, complete with a four position reclining back, matching footmuffs and head supports.

Browse through our catalogue to find the ideal buggy for you at Kiddisave the one stop baby shop!

Kiddisave Baby Night Lights

Are your kids scared of the dark? Does your toddler need a night light to be reassured that there is no monster under the bed? Would you like to train your little one to sleep through the night?

A baby night light from Kiddisave could be the solution.

We stock a range of colours and designs suitable for your child’s bedroom or nursery to aid sleeping.

As usual we stock innovative solutions for your baby. The Grobag Egg Thermometer couples up as a night light and a digital thermometer. The Grobag Egg Thermometer is the only colour changing thermometer on the market which shows concerned parents whether the temperature of the room is ideal for sleeping or too hot or cold. This colour changing indicator is a step forward in baby thermometer technology and enables parents to check easily by checking the colour of the thermometer.

The digital display and LED light make this an ideal contemporary choice for your nursery thermometer and soft glow night light in one.

Gus the Turtle is a fun nightlight to help children fall asleep. A suitable bedtime companion, your child can even take him to bed as he stays cool and is safe to take to bed. He will automatically turn off after 10, 20 or 30 minutes once baby is sound asleep or he can be programmed to stay on all night depending on your preferences and whether your little one is likely to wake in the night. Gus the Turtle comes in green and yellow or pink and blue.

Take a look at Kiddisave’s fantastic range of baby night lights, for your convenience and peace of mind. Just visit Kiddisave online for more information and product details.

Accessorize with Kiddisave's top brands!

Britax

Established in 1930, the company initially focussed on developments in areas such as adult seat belts, and in the 60s launched their first child seat. Britax’s child car seat innovations have set the benchmark for child safety in vehicles and the company has gone from strength to strength since their first child product.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/13223/Britax-Adventure-Car-Seat-Billy-2012/


Bugaboo

A Dutch pushchair company with headquarters in Amsterdam. Bugaboo was founded relatively recently in 1999, yet has enjoyed international success due to the premium quality and innovative design of Bugaboo products.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/1594/Bugaboo-Cameleon-Pushchair-Breezy-Sun-Canopy-Orange/


Cosatto

Born in the 80s with the idea of waterproof buggie covers for pushchairs and buggies to stop kids getting soaked in the pram! In 2003, the Cosatto name came to the company from a cot firm.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/7077/Cosatto-Snoozi-Baby-Bouncer-Jolly-Jelly-2012/


Graco

The brand Graco originates in 1962 Philadelphia USA and did not originally sell baby products. The baby line of products began with the invention of the Swingomatic by a company employee, the first wind up infant swing! Further innovations followed such as the carry cot and playpen in one and the Travel System, the first system to click a travel seat into a buggy.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/6926/Graco-Booster-Seat-Sweet-Princess-2011/



Jane

baby products have been around for about 75 years and was founded in 1932 in Barcelona, initially producing folding pushchairs. Jane’s brand prides itself on a high degree of child safety and even opened a child safety research centre.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/6810/Jane-Anti-UVA-Parasol-Red-2011/


Maclaren

have been in the baby care product market for years and have manufactured high quality baby strollers since 1965, boasting high quality, simplicity of design, manoeuvrability and the one-handed fold!
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/6168/Maclaren-Seat-Liner-Jigsaw-Bittersweet-Crown-Blue/


Maxi Cosi

Founded in the 1980s, Maxi Cosi prides itself on manufacturing safe, practical and comfortable baby products.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/6675/Maxi-Cosi-CabrioFix-Footmuff-Intense-Red-2012/


Quinny

The Quinny Company, formerly known at Quint BV of Holland, was established over fifty years ago. In the Quinny range are some of the most portable pushchair options.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/6058/Quinny-Dreami-Carrycot-2011-Electric-Blue/


Stokke

A family owned Norwegian brand founded in 1932 focussing on ergonomics, attractive designs and functionality.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/6000/Stokke%26reg%3B-Tripp-Trapp%26reg%3B-Baby-Highchair-Cushion-Tales-Purple-2012/


Kiddicuddle

Kiddisave’s very own baby brand launched in 2011 featuring a beautiful range of foot muffs, cot mattresses and Moses baskets.
http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/15759/Kiddicuddle-Nursing-Pillow-Polka-Dots/