Buying for your baby made easy
From bottles and buggies to cots and car seats, our buyer's guides take you step-by-step through finding the perfect product for you and your baby.

Getting ready for your newborn baby can be lots of fun – and confusing! There are certain products that you’ll need, but where do you start and how do you choose? From the sleeping and feeding kit, to how you’ll move your baby about, we’ve got it sussed.
Our buyer’s guides will take you step-by-step through finding the right options for your needs. And to help you make sense of the lingo, we’ve covered the key topics you should know about when buying.
Baby gear buying advice
- Baby bouncers, swings and rockers – what types are there?
- Baby play equipment suitable from birth
- Baby play equipment suitable from 3 months
- Baby play equipment suitable from 6 months
- Baby play equipment suitable from 12 months
- Baby play equipment suitable from 18 months
- Guide to buying secondhand toys
- Guide to buying secondhand nursery equipment, including swing chairs and rockers

Buggy and travel system buying advice
Step-by-step buyer’s guides
- Buyer’s guide to travel systems
- Buyer’s guide to buggies
- Buyer’s guide to lightweight buggies
- Buyer’s guide to double buggies
- Buyer’s guide to 3-wheeler buggies
- Guide to buying secondhand buggies
Understanding buggies and travel systems
- Buggies – what types are there?
- Buggies – the different ways they fold
- Why your newborn needs a lie-flat buggy
- How a car seat attaches to a buggy
- Is it a 3-wheeler or 4-wheeler buggy?
How to choose a buggy or travel system to suit you
- Choosing a buggy to suit your lifestyle
- Buggies for public transport users
- Buggies for car users
- Buggies for holiday goers
- Twin or tandem – which should you choose?
- Forward or rear facing buggy – which should you choose?

Car seat buying advice
- Buyer’s guide to car seats
- What is ISOFIX?
- How a car seat is installed in a car
- Rear facing car seats explained
- The latest car seat laws
- Car seats – what types are there?
- Why you should never buy or use secondhand car seats

Baby carrier and sling buying advice
- Buyer’s guide to baby carriers
- Buyer’s guide to slings
- Front or back carrier – which should you choose?

Feeding equipment buying advice (breast, bottle and weaning)
Step-by-step breastfeeding and bottlefeeding buyer’s guides
- Buyer’s guide to nursing bras
- Buyer’s guide to breast pumps
- Buyer’s guide to bottles and teats
- Buyer’s guide to sterilisers
- Buyer’s guide to trainer cups
- Guide to buying secondhand feeding equipment, including sterilisers, bottles and teats
Step-by-step highchair buyer’s guides
- Buyer’s guide to highchairs
- Buyer’s guide to booster seats and travel highchairs
- Guide to buying secondhand highchairs and travel highchairs
Understanding baby feeding equipment
- Breast pumps – what types are there?
- Sterilisers – what types are there?
- Highchairs – what types are there?

Nappies
Step-by-step buyer’s guides
- Buyer’s guide to disposable nappies
- Buyer’s guide to reusable nappies
- Buyer’s guide to trainer pants
- Guide to buying secondhand reusable nappies
Understanding nappies

Night-time equipment and nursery furniture buying advice
Step-by-step buyer’s guides
- Buyer’s guide to cots and cotbeds
- Buyer’s guide to baby mattresses
- Buyer’s guide to baby and toddler sleeping bags
- Buyer’s guide to baby monitors
- Buyer’s guide to travel cots
- Guide to buying secondhand cots and travel cots
- Guide to buying secondhand nursery equipment, including nightlights and baby monitors
Understanding nursery furniture and bedding
- Cot or cotbed – which should you choose?
- Do you need a Moses basket or crib?
- Mattresses – what types are there?
- Why you should never buy or use a secondhand mattress

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