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These brilliant feeding accessories from Boon make mealtimes a simple and funky affair.

Boon’s Catch Bowl is a great way to help first-time eaters control small spills. It features a built-in food catcher which extends toward your little one, funnelling runaway food back into the bowl.

Its made from easy-to-clean soft material and has a suction cup bottom to keep the Catch Bowl firmly in place. This is such a handy piece of kit at an affordable price.

Pair the Catch Bowl with Boon’s Benders utensils. These great sets, designed to help the transition to normal cutlery, are perfect for little learners with the adjustable end feature to accommodate your child’s grip. As your little ones motor skills develop, you can start adjusting the Benders a little bit at a time until they are straightened.

Catch Bowl - £8.99

Benders - £5.99

www.boonuk.co.uk

Make bath times fun with these fab bath books from Usborne.

Baby's Very First Bath Book is a brilliant little book featuring simple pictures and familiar bathtime words, making this a great learning tool as well as fun bath accessory. A perfect first book for baby, in or out of the tub!

The Flip, Flap, Flop Bath Book is a plastic book for bathtime, full of squishy and soft pages. It features vibrant scenes of penguins and snow scenes, perfect for a festive gift. Usborne’s bath books are lightweight and easy to clean: a real all rounder for the little ones.

£5.99

www.usborne.com

This fabulous Digital Thermometer Set from Philips Avent is so handy for testing baby’s temperature.

What can be a real chore is now simplified as this clever gadget also doubles as a baby soother. Now baby won’t have to suffer thermometers in their ears – in fact, our little tester grabbed the Freeflow soother and put it straight in her mouth!

Reassurance for mums and no tears for baby.

£25.99 

shop.philips.com

These gorgeous Rudolph Christmas Baby Shoes from Babes with Babies are an absolute must-have!

Featuring a cute little Rudolph design, these soft leather shoes will look adorable on baby.

Perfect for dressing up your little ones for a festive occasion or as a gift this Christmas.

£19.95

www.babeswithbabies.com

The iconic Matey Bubble Bath brings back such fun memories of childhood. Bring those memories back to life for your little ones with these fab Matey Christmas Gift Packs.

The pack comes complete with a classic bottle of bubble bath and a brilliant hand puppet to make bathtimes more fun!

Choose from either Max Matey, who comes with the Tic-Toc Toucan puppet or the girly Molly Matey who comes with Keldie the Seahorse.

£5.49

Available from Tesco, Asda and other pharmacies.

www.matey.co.uk

www.asda.com

The new Raspberry Collection from Oxo Tot looks great and is so easy to use. The functionality is fantastic and as always with Oxo products, they utilise great design and this collection is no different. Attractive and sleek, these are aspirational products at high street prices.

We tried the really handy Bowl Set and the easy-to-hold Cutlery. The food scoops easily onto the spoon with the special lip on the bowl. We also tried the handy Dividing Plate which we loved for separating out snacks.

Perfect for little princesses who like to be pretty in pink!

Divided plate: £8.17

Large & small bowl set: £8.17

Fork & spoon set: £6.64

Available in Boots

www.oxouk.com

www.boots.com

This Santa Bath Mitt from Sprogbox is the perfect festive bath accessory to keep tots entertained at bathtime.

The cute Santa shape will delight little ones and get them in the Christmas mood, and it provides a good distraction when trying to get wriggly babies clean!

£5

www.sprogbox.co.uk

The Sing-Along Series from Amazing Baby is a fun collection of CDs for babies. Performed by music group FUNtastic they are full of lovely lullabies and rocking rhymes.

Clap and Sing! features lively songs combining well-known actions to traditional nursery ditties.

Jingle Belly Baby! is full of songs for the festive season, the book has bright, bold graphics and plenty of sparkle!

Lullaby Baby! is a great CD for bedtimes - it's full of classic soothing lullabies.

Party Time! does what it says on the tin! This 30 minute CD features lots of well loved party songs - perfect for birthday parties.

£9.99 each

www.amazingbaby.net

Village Green Products have a great selection of bath toys to keep babies happy at bath time, we particularly like the Water Flutes. These bright and colourful flutes give different sounds and tones, a really educational experience for little ones.

The Water Flutes can be tuned with water to create a variety of sounds, a simple innovative toys that will delight baby.

Includes easy-to-follow songs.

3 years

www.villagegreenproducts.co.uk

We love this gorgeous little Anne-Claire Petit Elephant from VUP Baby. It's so fun and cute, it will make the perfect pressie for little ones. 

Designed by Anne-Claire Petit, this beautiful crochet soft toy has a gorgeous rustic feel to it, and because its free from BPA, PVC and Phthalates it means this is perfectly safe for babies. 

It comes in three different designs: a stripey elephant, spotty and baby blue so you can choose the right elephant for your little bundle. 

£23.00

www.vupbaby.co.uk