Sterilising bottles
It is important to sterilise all feeding equipment regularly. Bottles should be cleaned and sterilised after each feed. This will reduce chances of any bacteria passing to your baby through...
View ArticleReusables vs Disposable nappies
While the re-usables vs disposables nappy dispute is interesting from environmental and economical viewpoints, it is also fascinating from a ‘social history’ perspective. Not so long ago, when we were...
View ArticleHow to protect against swine flu when pregnant?
The swine flu virus can be transmitted through the droplets that come out of an infected person’s nose and mouth when they cough or sneeze. The most effective way of reducing transmission is by...
View ArticleSpring cleaning tips for expectant mums
We all know about how expectant mums are keen to have a clean home to welcome their new baby home or have that “nesting” instinct just before a baby is due, but did you know the average family of four...
View ArticleThe three second rule?
While processed foods are often seen as bad, for busy mums they are much safer than natural foods if dropped on the floor. That’s because the higher the salt or sugar content the less chance any...
View ArticleMums can’t manage without their toilet
Nearly three quarters of UK mums say the toilet is the number one household facility they cannot do without, according to new research commissioned by Domestos to mark its new partnership with UNICEF,...
View ArticleWash those little hands
As the cold, wet weather settles in for the winter, so too do the runny noses, coughs, colds and other nasty bugs. One of the best ways to avoid your little one having to do battle with any of these...
View ArticleWin the Huggies ® Little Swimmers® new Hygiene Mat
Huggies ® Little Swimmers® is launching a brand new Hygiene Mat to make swimming with your little one stress-free. According to research carried out by the brand, a third of parents are only taking...
View ArticleTop Tips to keep the home clean
Would you like some tops tips on how to keep your home and kids clean! We all know that having children can bring grubby hands, face and feet and trying to get your little people to become hygeine...
View ArticleGame controllers found to harbour five times more bacteria than the average...
As you children happily sit playing their game consoles holding their game controllers would you think about the amount of bacteria sitting on them? I bet the children don’t, focused on their games...
View ArticleWash your hands!!
It’s a sentence you’ll hear echoed all over the country as children flush the toilet… ‘Have you washed your hands?’. Of course, when they’re at home, we can make sure their hand washing is tip top,...
View ArticleHand washing help from new app
Did you know that smartphones and tablets routinely harbour more germs than the average toilet seat? And one recent test on gadgetry, so often used by pre-school children, found germs, including...
View ArticleJourney of the germ
We don’t know about you, but we’ve heard plenty of sad tales over the school holidays of Christmases spoiled by illness, specifically tummy bugs, coughs and colds. With families cooped up indoors as...
View ArticleHow clean is your car seat?
We’re never more aware of germs, bacteria and general nasties, than when we have a baby. With sterilisation, low immunity and the dread of a sleepless night due to illness at the forefront of our...
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