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The adorable bib range from Skip Hop is fun to wear and fits into its own little pouch! These lovely, machine-washable zoo bibs are lightweight and water-resistant with a handy catch-all pocket to keep things neat and tidy at mealtime. With a clever tuck-away pouch, it makes them perfect for travel or storing when dirty. Zoo bibs have adorable zoo faces and details that are sure to make babies giggle every meal and they coordinate with the rest of the zoo character tableware, lunch bags and backpack collections.

Suitable to fit from 3 months to 2+ years

£8.99 - www.peanutandpip.com

These practical, reversible bandanna bibs by Organic for Kids come in four different colours, with a creature design on one side and stripes on the other. Made from organic textiles, the cottons and linens are free from pesticides and artificial fertilisers, and the farmers who grow them receive a fair price for their crop. Available in pink butterflies, red ladybirds, raspberry gecko and taupe dogs.

£7.50 from Kinderroom www.kinderroom.co.uk

The Tommee Tippee Milk Feeding Bibs are an essential purchase for those with a baby feeding from a bottle.

They have an absorbent neck pad which mops up milk, stopping it from running down babies' neck and causing uncomfortable rashes.  The only slight downside is that they have a velcro fastening which, although convenient to put on, can wake your baby up when removing with the noise.  On the whole I would highly recommend these bibs when compared with others on the market.

£8.49 - http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/milk_feeding_bib_0_months_/

I love this funky bib from Elodie Details, available at one of my favourite baby clothing websites, Nordic Kids.  With skulls still being high on the fashion agenda, why not make sure meal times are on-trend too?

£6.50 www.nordickids.co.uk

We had a good chuckle when compiling this post of baby bibs from cafepress.co.uk – they have thousands (literally) of printed maternity and baby gifts to choose from.

Here are a few of our favourite bibs!

Bibs £9 http://shop.cafepress.co.uk/new-baby

The fun Franco the Frog face on this fabulous bib will cheer up any messy meal time. The frog face is appliqued, but soft against the skin too. It has a velcro fastening for easy use and is made from 100% cotton meaning it is fully machine washable and can be tumbled dried and ironed on reverse.

Soft, easy to wear and practical too! One size - Suitable from birth to three years.

£11 www.giftwrappedandgorgeous.co.uk

Here is our buyer's guide to bibs:

1. Go for poppers /clips as they are the easiest and quietest removal methods, velcro can wake up a sleeping baby.
2. The material needs to be as soft as possible whilst being ultra absorbent
3. Check the washing instructions, due to the volume you will get through, being able to wash and ideally tumble dry them is vital. 
4. Lastly, it is advised to buy pale colours so you can put everything in the wash together without worrying colours are going to run.

For obvious safety reasons, never leave a newborn unattended or sleeping in a bib.

Brother Max’s Cotton newborn bibs tick all of the boxes above and are also plastic-lined (but BpA free). These prevent spills leaking through. £4.99 www.brothermax.com for stockists - including Boots and www.kiddicare.com

Silly Billyz' range of newborn bibs come in a wide selection of colours. Pictured above is the natural colour at £3.19 from www.easynappies.co.uk

Lovely design from Mothercare's Newborn Sleepy Farm range of Bibs £3.99 for a pack of three www.mothercare.com