London Olympia Baby Show

I travelled up to London by train early on Saturday morning and met my sister Claire at Kensington Olympia for the baby show. 

As Claire and I haven't seen each other since the beginning of the year I thought it would be a nice thing for us to do together as she lives in Twickenham.

We arrived at the show about 11am and wandered about the various stands. I was most keen to see the Bum Genius and Cheeky Wipes stands after months of researching washable nappies and wipes. I'm really keen to not use disposable nappies at all, and am hoping to not use any, not even straight after birth. I'm sure it's possible. Where there's a will there's a way as the saying goes!

I love the Grasshopper colour at the top and the black ones of course are an ode to Albert Einstein - very cool!

For more info on the Bum Genius range of nappies:
http://www.bumgenius.com/one-size.php

I'm also planning on either asking my mum to make me a couple of Nappy Wet Bags, or buying some online. A large one to use at home and then a smaller version for taking out. These ones by Cannymum are cheap and have good reviews:

Cheeky Wipes are such a fantastic product I'm really looking forward to using them. Only water and a couple of drops of essential oil are used with the terry towelling or bamboo wipes. So no chemicals are used on baby's skin, like that of baby wet wipes.

The thought of using thousands of baby wipes each year which are bad for the environment really saddens me, plus parents can make a saving of about £250 over the space of a few years by not buying regular baby wipes.

The All-in-One Kit which I bought on Saturday. One tub for fresh wipes and the other for dirty wipes. Plus bag versions for taking out and about.

For more information on Cheeky Wipes - includes a video too:

http://www.cheekywipes.com/
















I was given a free Mam Anti-Colic baby bottle during the fair. It's very clever and I'm most impressed with it.

The bottle is filled with milk from the bottom to reduce the amount of air that can be trapped inside.

The 3 step self sterilising is a really great idea. It can be screwed back inside itself and then placed in the microwave for 3 minutes.



























For more info: http://www.mamonlineshop.com/acatalog/baby_bottles.html

After wandering about the show for about an hour and a half we both felt quite tired - there so much to take in! We went to a Lebanese restaurant called 'Yalla Yalla' and met Claire's rather lovely other half Jody.

We really enjoyed the babaghanoush - it was a particularly good one.

I had some lovely interactions with strangers during my journey. I chatted to a rather nice young chap on the train from Reading to London who had visited the Baby Show the day beforehand with his pregnant wife; as soon as I got on my first tube train a girl offered me her seat, on my return train from Paddington as soon as I had sat down a large middle-eastern chap sat by me, arranged his things and then said that he was going to the buffet car and could he get me anything! So kind, I was blown away.

Of course it goes without saying that when I got my rather weary bod into a taxi at Bristol Temple Meads Station that night I had a wonderfully chatty Bristolian driver who talked about babies the whole way home. What a blissful day!!