New Easter Baby Offers added on the 2nd of April
Look out for a whole batch of brand new offers added on the 2nd of April. We have hundreds of the latest baby offers including great baby savings on phil and teds strollers, Quinny’s, Stokke’s, carseats and much more. Don’t forget to bookmark us from the home page and see you back here at Little Offers on the 2nd of April.
Little Outdoor Toys
We are so passionate about getting the little people away from the TV and video games and to step out into the garden too play, to help their stimulation and keeping fit and active. Not forgetting the most important thing…Having fun! We wanted to help the kids spend more time outside. So we set up our brand new Sister site, Little Outdoor Toys.
Summer is on it’s way, and with a predicted heat wave this year, it’s a better time then ever to get outside. With have a fantastic outdoor toy range for to cater for everyone, including: Trampolines, Climbing Frames, Slides,Seesaws, Wooden Playhouses, Sandpits, Paddling Pools, Water Slides and much more. We put safety first and fun second. With some great prices on selected products and some great new offers, we aim to be the number on choice for your outdoor toy needs. Take a peek: http://www.littleoutdoortoys.co.uk
Is it blooming or glooming for Blooming Marvellous? It’s website is down and has been down for some time, since the 20th of December. They have around 14 stores mostly selling up market maternity wear. Sources say that a store has closed in Chester and that a store in London has not even been open for business.
Are Blooming Marvellous experiencing financial difficulties, or are they the next victims of this economic gloom. I for one will be sad to see them go as they had some great maternity wear out there. I have been a fan of their brand for a while now, shame as they have recently launched a great new look. I think where it did let itself down was the amount of out of date old stock in their stores, where other retailers stocked a more today modern range of baby toys etc. Would be great to hear your thoughts on this…Would you be sad to see them go, or is it just me? Comments please. Blooming Marvellous
Boden are now having a massive sale with up to 70% off selected products. This sale includes loads of great clothes and accessories that did not appear in the recent End of Season Sale. Below is just a little example of one of the many great offers on the boden website, just got this for my wife…Bargain!!!
Womenswear:
The Great Cord Coat - £125.00 Now £37.50
Having a baby can damage your wallet! Here are our 20 top tips for saving money.
We all know that having children can be very expensive, but did you know that from birth to the age of 21 costs around £190,000. But don’t panic just yet, reducing your out-goings doesn’t have to mean not having fun! It does come as a shock, but really it can be much easier than you might think; small changes on things you do all the time, i.e. going from two takeaways a week to one, can save you £300 a year.
The place to start is to be honest and write down your spending impulses and to make sure you cant spend what you can’t afford. Yet it’s all about asking yourself the right questions. For example: “Could we start making our own sandwiches to work? Do we really need another takeaway, why not make it yourself? Do we need all the Sky channels? Could I get a second job, maybe work from home? It’s all about common sense and having a plan and sticking to it. What a better time to start then now, fresh into 2009.
To help you on your way, here are our 20 top tips:
1. Find out if your employer offers childcare vouchers, if so then grab them! The cost is taken out of your salary, but before tax and national insurance are deducted, so you get £140 worth of vouchers for just £100. You can use them to pay for up to £243 of childcare per month. Both you and your partner can claim.
2. Lunch for work. Instead of buying those overpriced sandwiches, salads and pasta dishes why not have a go and make your own lunch? A M&S chicken and pasta salad costs £3.99, but with a small amount of time in the kitchen, it can easily be made for around £1. If you want to go the M&S route then expect to pay around £918 a year, whereas the home-cooked option will only cost about £230. A big saving of £688 a year!
3. Ditch the gym! They love this time of year, gyms see their numbers increase in January, only for most people to fail and give up by February. But for some can end up paying the full annual membership fee - A mind blowing average £700! Why not try a Nintendo Wii Fit, which has wide a range of sport, exercise even great yoga moves. Costs around £250 for the whole package and lets you exercise in the privacy of your own home. More information on the Wii Fit
The Nintendo Wii Fit
4. Borrow hand-me-downs. Don’t shell out for outfits that will be outgrown in weeks. Most people throw away out grown baby wear so grab them fast. Most parents I know are pleased that it’s all going to a good home rather then to waste.
5. With all the many baby lotions and potions out there, there is no need to go over board. Babies have sensitive skin, so plain water is all that you need.
6. Don’t buy anything you find online without first visiting our site at: Littleoffers.co.uk – a comprehensive list of baby discount products to save you money on your baby shopping.
7. Don’t forget to sign up for tax credits – we are all entitled to child tax credit and, if you work as well, you may get working tax credits and help with childcare costs. View more information at taxcredits.inlandrevenue.gov.uk.
8. A booster seat that fits on to a normal dining chair can be a far cheaper alternative to a buying a highchair.
9. If you have a high phone bill, join Skype. A great bit of kit that lets you talk via your computer to anyone in the world, totally free! skype.com.
10. Go ahead. Try cooking up your own baby food? One carrot, home-cooked and puréed, costs about 6p. Works out the same as 1 jar of ready-made carrot purée at 55p from your supermarket.
12. Save a massive amount of money on baby wipes by only using them when you’re out and about. At home, why not clean your baby’s bottom with cotton wool and water like you did from birth. Can be even better then wipes as I know some baby wipes are mostly dry before you have to dig to the bottom for the wet ones!
13. Instead of buying a group 0 infant carrier, which will last till your baby’s nine months, why not choose a group 0+/1 car seat great from birth to four years. It can be less portable than an infant carrier, but you’ll get your money’s worth.
14. Reusable nappies can cost around half the amount then using disposables nappies. Your local council sometime will offer you an incentive payment to encourage you to buy them. It’s worth checking out your council website of pop in for more information. You could save a lot of money. A friend of ours applied and saved a fortune. Can be a pain but worth it for saving money.
15. Baby and toddler activities can hurt your wallet! But they are available for next to nothing! Why not ask your health visitor about mum groups, and look up your local SureStart children’s centre (surestart.gov.uk), there are toddler groups held in church halls and the local library for free story sessions.
16. Don’t forget to sign up to all those email newsletters from online baby stores. You get to hear about promotions and sale discounts before everyone will. My advice is to create a new email account just for the sign up. Good to keep your personal/work emails separate. A good one is Google Mail, it’s free.
17. Charity shops are fantastic for those used toys and clothes. May not be your cup of tea, but it wont hurt you looking, you might be surprised at the prices.
18. Why not use those supermarket’s budget range. Really the only difference between a value product and its pricier alternative is the creative packaging. In some cases most of the money does go on packaging!
19. You might not like this one, but why not buy newborn clothes and most baby gear in neutral colours, so that you can use it all again for baby number two or three .
20. Go ahead and do join every parenting club you hear and know about. Most big supermarkets have them, along with Boots, Huggies, Pampers. Then sit back and wait for those money-off vouchers to arrive to your home. Make a start and Google parenting clubs.
Happy New Year!
A very happy new year from Little Offers! Always great fun to start a new year with fresh excitement and anticipation for what may lie ahead in the baby world. We are really looking forward to 2009! As a new site just taking those first baby steps, we see this new year as an exciting one for us, and continue to find you the best baby bargains out there for you. Just remember to stick to those new year resolutions 
The most popular baby names in the UK in 2008 were Olivia and Jack.
While Jake has remained the same top boys name for the last 14 years, Olivia came over Grace at the top of the girl’s list. The poll came after parenting group Bounty looked at Over 380,000 babies born in 2008 in the UK were surveyed to compile the annual listing. Celebrities had a big influence, with Charlotte Church’s daughter Ruby, coming in second.
Amy Winehouse’s troubled year saw her name fall three places to 23rd, while footballer Theo Walcott boosted his moniker 12 places to 58th. Parents are most likely to name their girls after a well known film star or celebrity. Parents are also more likely to copy celebrities’ own choices of baby girls’ names. Hollie, Tegan, Patrick, Dominic and Gabriel came off from the top 100 in 2008.
TOP BOYS/GIRLS NAMES
Find & share meal ideas with other parents
Running out of meal ideas? Mealsforkids.co.uk is an online forum full of parents sharing food advice, recipes and top tips, from steam cooking to healthy eating. Anything to do with cooking meals for your child, you’ll find it here! As parents ourselves we sometimes struggle to come up with new recipe ideas for our two year old son. Since we signed up to the forum, we found new & healthy ideas that we never even knew about. Little Offers give’s this site our thumbs up!
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A warning to all parents with male toddlers.
Docters in the Uk have expressed concerns about the number of wooded toilet seats going on sale after seeing 4 cases in which a toddlers penis had been injured by a falling toilet seat from mainly parents giving their child toilet training.
Latest figures show that there can be around 250 cases like this a year in the UK alone. This is due to the high fashion demand of wooden toilet seats.
Dr Joe Philip and his colleagues at Leighton Hospital states that it is very important that allParents should check their toilet seats before toilet training, and stay with their child at all times. The four boys aged between 2 and 4 had been using the toilet on their own. It turns out that after Lifting up the toilet seat, it had then falling down, crushing their penises.
With luck by their side there were no major injuries or bleeding, and with some pain relief were able to go home the next day after an overnight stay in Hospital.
Some top tips for toilet training:
1. Consider fitting toilet seats that fall down slowly and with slow momentum, reducing the risk of injury.
2. Heavier wooden toilet seats should be banned in houses with male infants.
3. Consider leaving the toilet seat up after use, even though it contradicts the norm of putting the seat down. This is really for male toddlers.
4. Parents could educate their toddlers to hold the toilet seat up with one hand when they pass urine.
