If you follow me on twitter then you will know that I attended The Baby Show at London’s ExCel yesterday.
Sadly I ended up having to drag the kids up with me, which isn’t ideal on a three hour journey, but they were very well behaved and were excitedly pointing out London landmarks as we drove through.
We arrived at The Baby Show at about 11am and started making our way around the exhibitors. It was extremely busy and having been couped up in the car for so long, the youngest two were desperate to stretch their legs and explore on foot.
Thankfully one of the first stands we came across was HappyHopperz, where the children we encouraged to try out the bouncy animals.
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| Stretching our legs on the HappyHopperz |
We are already proud owners of a Happy Hopper, so trying to convince the kids we didn’t need another one was a challenge – until we saw they did an XL version for older children and even adults – Kian was in his element, and we ended up going back and buying a blue cow version at the end of our visit, as Isaac was just about big enough to use it too!
Next up, I came across FittaMamma and was immediately drawn in. I have been suffering with backache for the last couple of weeks and know from experience that this is bound to escalate as my pregnancy continues. I have been looking for something to help support my growing bump, that will help me be more comfortable when we go on holiday in April as I am likely to be on my feet a while. They introduced me to the High Support Top and Support Leggings, which I subsequently invested in and will report back!
I then zipped across to the Stokke stand where I met the ever lovely @geekisnewchic, @innocentcharmer, @MrInnocentCharm and @danielleGparker (who has the cutest baby ever who was happily snoozing in a gorgeous bright pink Xplory). Sian advised me to pop the kids into the free creche for some uninterrupted browsing, which I duly did, only to be called back 20 minutes later as Eliza was crying for me!
It did however give me a chance to lust over the Stokke Crusi, Xplory, Sleepi and Tripp Trapp for a while.
Next up was a trip to see the ever so lovely Charlotte from the award winning MiaTui. She had an amazing offer on that if you bought any bag, you got a free Amelie too. It would have been rude not to, so I invested in the Blue Steel Sofia Bag.
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| MiaTui |
We continued exploring and found products from the brilliant – like Trunki (I want the autographed Gruffalo Trunki)….
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| Isaac choosing his next purchase |
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| Bunk Cots |
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| Britax |
I now have a list a mile long of things I want for the baby, and it is probably a good job I only had limited funds yesterday otherwise I would have had a car full of goodies to bring home. I love Huddle and Bliss, SnuggleBundl and Skibz.
I am not sure how I managed to miss a few stands out that I had been meaning to visit, but having little distractions with me, plus my baby brain didn’t help!
My only other purchase was this Widgey Nursing Pillow, which I think is perfect for twitter addict me!!
Would I go again?
Yes, but I would make sure that I had no kids with me, as it was very busy, very hot and they were a distraction I didn’t need!
Very brave to take the children – a pity that the creche didn’t work out.
Yes, I was disappointed about that, but because I am a childminder she has me about all the time!!