Natural Nursery Blog

It has been a pretty chilly spring but summer will be on the way shortly. Are your children ready? Here are our top picks for summer to protect your children from the sun.

A baby’s skin is very delicate and can sunburn easily. Choosing good quality sun protective clothing is essential.

Natural Nursery stocks sun clothing from babies to toddlers: baby sun suit, UV Protective Swim Shirt for boys and girls from 2 to 4 years.

To protect your little girl head, don’t forget adorable girly, flowery and frilly hats, with embroidered cupcakes, or reversible.

When it comes to sunblock, it should be free from harmful chemicals. Apply liberally 30 minutes before to getting in the sun. Yaoh Organic Hemp Seed Oil Sun Block combines the natural protective, moisturising and rejuvenating qualities of organic hemp seed oil with the most effective and least damaging chemical sunblocks to produce a safe and protective lotion that is vegan, free from parabens, harmful substances and unnecessary chemical additives.

So happy this weekend, not only was it a wonderful Mothering Sunday, the sun was shining and the chickens back to laying eggs, but we had the lovely Wonderoo Cloth Nappies featured in Green Parent Magazine!

We are not surprised that Green Parent chose to feature the Wonderoos - they are great nappies, come in fantastic colours and are a very easy to use pocket nappy.

Today’s top bargain in our stock taking clarance sale is a boon for any breastfeeding mother as we have reduced the price of the Lansinoh Breast Milk Storage Bottles to just £5.95 per set of 4, saving you £2.

The breastmilk storage bottles are made from food grade polypropylene, the preferred plastic for storing expressed breast milk and are Bisphenol-A Free.

You can view our full range of breastfeeding accessories and buy the reduced Lansinoh Breastmilk Bottles online now.

Continuing our stock taking sale, we have further reduced the fantastic Natalia range of organic yummies for mummy and baby.

Made in the UK with high qualitynatural, organic and wild crafted ingredients, this range is a wonderful treat for that special newborn or parent to be.

Buy now with 20% off.

The original selling price for these super little bags was £5.45 but as our supplier has brought the price down, we have passed the savings on to you!

An organic cotton string bag that folds up neatly into it’s own pouch for easy storage.

As part of our clearance sale, we have reduced this range of lovely organic children’s tops to half price.

Choose from sweet animal designs or funky space invaders themed tops.

Now from £6.75 each.  Buy online now.

This is a fun learning game with an environmental message.

Move around the board, collecting different sorts of rubbish to put in the recycling bins but watch out for the litterbugs!

Suitable for ages 5-10 years, now with 20% off at The Natural Nursery.

In fact, as part of our stock taking clearance sale, we have 20% off our whole range of Orchard Toys!

Each day, we will be posting about a fabby new bargain, so don’t forget to watch this blog, follow us on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook – that way you will get to hear of the best bargains first.

At the end of this month we have the mammoth task of stock taking, so to make our life easier, and give you the opportunity to bag a bargain, we are holding a stock clearance sale.

You can find our sale section on the website, where we already have organic baby clothes at up to 70% off, reduced organic toiletries plus bargains on reusable nappies.

Each day, we will be posting about a fabby new bargain, so don’t forget to watch this blog, follow us on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook – that way you will get to hear of the best bargains first.

Today, we have further reduced the price of the Huggababy Ring Sling.  We only have limited colours and sizes left and at £24.99 each that’s a saving of £15 so they won’t hang around for long.

We’re excited to bring you these gorgeous new lambskins. You actually have to touch them to realise how silky soft and luxurious they are. They are much softer than sheepskins therefore most suitable for a baby’s soft skin. The fluffy and natural softness of the pile make these lambskins the perfect addition to a baby’s nursery or as a new baby gift.

You will be able to use your Gabe & Grace lambskin in the pram, in the car seat, as a playmat. Many children become attached to their lambskin. Give your little one a scent from home by taking it to the childminder or grand parents. The Gabe & Grace lambskins won a Sliver Award in the Practical Preschool awards and were featured in The Daily Mail as one of “10 best child soothers”.

Why choose a sheepskin for your baby?

• Helps regulate baby’s temperature all year around and when they’re ill
• Soft for baby’s delicate skin
• Naturally anti-bacterial
• Cleaned and sterilised for children use
• FREE from pesticides, formaldehyde and chrome
• Lovely natural colour
• Easy to wash
• Generous size (approx 55cm wide x 95 cm long)

The sheepskins and lambskins meet the guidelines of the International Association Natural Textile Industry (IVN) for safe tanning process and meets UK fire regulations.

Soft materials are generally not recommended as bedding for babies under one year old. If used as part of bedding we recommend that children under the age of one are positioned on their backs and that the sheepskin is covered with a cotton sheet.

A customer emailed us asking for ideas to give parents who just had twins. Shopping new baby gifts is always fun, shopping for twins is doubly fun! Here are some ideas of what I would get. What about you? If you had twins, what would you have loved to received (apart from the ability to clone yourself)

For bath time, baby towel ponchos would be good to keep one baby warm while mummy gets the second one out of the bath. We have a few more Green baby towel ponchos on sale for little girls.

Baby shoes are also lovely new baby gifts.

You might also want to give one present for both twins. Earth Friendly baby make a lovely gift pack of organic baby bath products. We also love the Natalia baby gift box.  It’s full of natural products for total bliss to enjoy the new babies and to bring the benefits of nurture, nourishing skin care, relaxation and positive touch into the family life.

Something for the new mum would be lovely too. After all, she needs love and attention to recover from the pregnancy, birth and life with two babies. Mummies deserve a special treat and this special skin balm from Natalia is just perfect.

Most of all, the new parents will need a baby sling. A baby sling will allow mum (or dad) to carry one child while tending to the other one, changing a nappy, feeding, comforting, playing…. You can’t go wrong with the Ergo baby sling. It’s dad-friendly, a great way for dads to help out.

You may also consider giving presents that will be used when the child is older. Newborns are often showered with gifts at birth so give something the twin babies may use more later on.  For that, I really like the TotSeat. You can imagine being in a restaurant and trying to keep two toddlers at the table, one is usually difficult enough!

What about you? If you had twins, what would you have loved to received (apart from the ability to clone yourself)