The past two weeks we've had quite a red bum.

After testing a few theories out I can now laugh in the face of others who think it is due to having a cloth bum.

In fact the Pop In Originals have been the best things for Fizz, they are ultra absorbent and keep her dryer longer. Our nursery uses disposibles and Fizz has come home more often than not with one on (I'm working on building up my collection with Flips to ensure this doesn't happen for much longer and also encouraging them to go cloth free)

Fizz's bum seems much better in the mornings, using the Pop In overnight. Throughout the day it does not matter what we or the nursery use but her bum gets redder and redder. We have used a variety of products - a leading brand, an organic balm and  an expensive baby spa range. To be fair all of them work differently. The organic range tends to work quickly compared to the other two but they are all much of a muchness.

So I'm asking - How can you keep a bum rash free? Or is it one of those impossible things that the onset of weaning brings and will just fade out in time?

The Plan Toys dolls houses are very popular with us here at Babi Pur, we really love the range (especially the Victorian dolls house) The Farmhouse and barn are new to us this year and there are animals and veggie patches too!  We love the way children can get right inside the house and the barn and see what's going on.  Pictured above is the Plan Toys Barn and there is also a Plan Toys Farm House , Plan Toys Stables , Tractor and wooden farm animals . 

The little dolls families are great and there are different races to chose from.  The dolls families are the same size and scale as the farmers, firemen, grandparents, workmen etc   This means any doll can have a ride in the tractor & trailer or even the Plan Fire engine.. how cool is that?    We also stock lots of Dolls House furniture and accessories, you can chose from different furniture styles Deco, Traditional, Modern or a mix of all styles.

The best thing about the Plan Toys Dolls house range is the quality.  They really are robust toys which are made to be played with!  They're beautifully made out of sustainable rubberwood and painted with safe eco friendly dyes.    To view the complete range Plan Toys Dolls House range visit Babi Pur

At Babi Pur we just love Plan Toys City range and we've expanded our range which is available here

Pictured above is the Plan Toys Railway Station which is one of the best value and largest sets in the Plan Toys road and rail range.  There's loads of wooden railway track pieces and a road that crosses the track and goes over it, all this packs up neatly into the wooden station that doubles as a storage box. We love the detail and quality of Plan wooden train sets, the connectors between the trains and carriages are non-magnetic and the track is compatible with other popular wooden toy railway brands such as Brio.  You can expand the road or railway track easily and most sets from the Plan City range come with a piece that you can attach the road too, like the Plan Toys Garage , so everything interconnects just like a real city.  Children love to change and build their own city and Dad's . . . . well er. . .  me actually, can often be found "helping out" too.

New toys we've recently added to the Plan Toys City range

Plan Toys Road and Rail - Transportation 6216 - One of the larger train sets in the Plan toys range complete with bridges, crossings, two trains and lots of extras.

Plan City Vehicles - No toy city is complete without some cars and trucks.  As well as some old favourites we now have in stock more Plan city Vehicles.

Plan Toys Road and Rail Standard - A great starter set with one train and one car.

Great quality wooden toy train sets which can easily be expanded and are loads of fun to play with.  Plan Toys City range is available at Babi Pur here

I love, love, love this nappy!

The nappy comes in four lovely pastel colours and white. I just have to complete my collection with Duck Egg and Coconut.

The absorbency of this nappy makes it ideal for a night time nappy. I called Jolene from Babi Pur for advice on which nappies to try and she suggested we try the Close Parent Pop in bamboo nappy.  Bamboo is really absorbent, this shows in the length of drying dry it needs. This is the only reuable I've tried that needs two days drying time but for me that just highlights how absorbent it is. The nappy has a double gusset and so far in about two months we've not had any leakages!

It's worth having at least two of the nappies to allow for the drying time and so you don't have to do a daily wash but they are priced very reasonably.

We also have the Pop In Tote bags in size small and medium. The small size is perfect to be sent with Fizz to nursery or being out and about for a day as it can fit a days worth of nappies. The medium is perfect for at home. It hangs in the toilet and fits around two days worth of nappies. They are also colourful and stripey meaning your bag will always stand out compared to the plain totes normally used with reusables. They keep any smells in the bag so no need to worry about using any oils to dilute the smell of dirty nappies.

The Pop In liners are really good too. Our first set of liners were a non branded liner. The Pop In Liner was thinner fitting into the nappy and not spilling out of the gusset (we had found this with another liner and it created leakage gaps).

I have to say I have become a big fan of the Pop In and I have hoping to complete my collection of colours soon!

Weehuggers Nappies - Available at Babi Pur! ! !  Click here to Buy

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Fizz has now started nursery and I had been looking for something a bit different to send as a comforter with her.

Nursery only allows baby to take one comforter and no toys and I wanted Fizz to have something a little bit different to take.

I phoned Babi Pur to speak to Jolene and got another of the lovely Babi Pur staff. I talked about the two items I had seen and after a discussion and advice on colours I picked the yellow rabbit.

The rabbit is a lovely yellow/pumpkin colour and it's long ears are perfect for tying to a bag/pushchair so it won't get lost.

It has been a hit! Rather than going to nursery it has stayed in Fizz's cot while we have been implementing a sleep training technique and hasn't left her side during naps and sleepy time.

So now I am on the hunt again to find another equally funny comforter for nursery! Or maybe I should just buy rabbit in it's alternative colour?

Babi Pur have teamed up with those fab people at Piccalilly to offer two lovely organic cotton bathrobes in Dusty Pink colour for this competition.  These really are gorgeous, they're so nice that the Babi Pur ladies can often be seen sporting them after their morning showers  We're giving away two robes so there will be two lucky winners who can wrap themselves up in organic cotton softness after a nice bath!

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A few things have been flying through my mind this week.

Our hospital stay when Fizz was born was great. I couldn't fault the staff and our treatment. But as I have said before they provide Pampers to each new mum and stock them up everyday.

Our nursery is lovely but it provides disposable nappies as part of the weekly cost.

I am wondering now how I go about finding out the reasons why or if anyone has helped a nursery or hospital to change to reusable or even just had some experience of how to start a dialogue about this?

Sorry it's a short blog today but I'm putting a call out to all mums to support the cloth bum and to help me along the way!

When we first started using cloth nappies I did have some concerns over whether they would hinder my Fizz's mobility.

I shouldn't have been worried at all. The styles available now are much slimmer then terry towelling and at nearly 8 months old we are getting many attempts at crawling and lots of walking with support.

Although some disposible nappies are very slim (but not as absorbent) at size 3 and above I love that cloth does have that extra bit of padding while Fizz is making attempts to crawl/walk and she has a lovely cushion for her bum. The elastic gusset on bumgenius v3, pop in bamboo and Tots Bots all mean that Fizz has freedom of movement and I don't need to panic about leakage.

I'm sure she'll be whizzing around really quickly as soon as she figures out what to do with her legs!