Bathroom Essentials

This top and tailer isn't really used so much now Lily is bigger and has regular baths but in the early days it was an invaluable piece of kit.

As its name would suggest the idea behind the little bowl is that you fill each side with warm water and then use one section to clean babies bodies, making sure you get into all the lovely folds of skin that newborns have, and the other to clean babies bottoms (which let's face it get the dirtiest thanks to the array of different poos that newborns deposit!)Read more

I can still remember the first bath we gave our little Lily. She hated it! The poor wee thing cried from start to finish and built up to a real crescendo when we took her out and her little body went from being in the warm water to the ambient temperature of our flat. It was action stations to get her wrapped up as soon as possible. Which is why hooded towels are such a winner. Wrapping Lily in the towel and popping the hood over her head she was soon comforted from the 'ordeal' of the bath, all snuggled in mummy's arms.Read more

 I am one of those people who likes her bath water hot. I know that it's said that having too hot a bath isn't good for you but I'm afraid unless the water isn't steaming and I go a shade of pink when submerged in it, then it's not an enjoyable bath.Read more

Because Lily has sensitive skin, prone to breakouts of exzema, the doctor advised against using bubble baths – even those described as designed with babies in mind. Instead our doc prescribed Oilatum Emollient to use at bathtimes. Read more

When my husband and I went shopping for baby baths, we found the traditional options a bit too cumbersome for our needs. Living in a flat we needed to source a bath that would be space saving, not something that we would ultimately have difficulty storing away in between bath times! I know some would say that a sink, washing up bowl or bucket does the job perfectly adequately but like any mum-to-be I wanted to offer my new arrival something a little bit more special than that!! This foldaway bath is a perfect solution.