Welcome to SocialBaby's Friends and Family section. We are now offering a range of products in addition to our own. Everything we sell helps both you and baby develop and grow together. Some informative, some educational, and all relevant for young families. Plenty to help you understand and enjoy babies and young children. Please feed back your comments or review our products.
Right Priceless, timeless moments like these...
Deciding what you really need for a new baby can be mind blowing. These high quality, award winning products are a must for every new baby!
We are currently sourcing items that encourage play and communication and also keep baby and toddlers safe.
The Baby Safe Feeder right is a a fantastic product. Practical and safe it allows your child to experience healthy solid foods and get the goodness of fresh fruit and raw vegetables without the risk of choking if bits break up. And it's a great teething aid!
If you find anything that your baby loves or has helped make your life less stressful, please let us know!
Babies Love Black and White!
Our exclusive range of black & white products from books and mobiles for newborns to playmats and car safety mirrors.
This baby right is 6 weeks old and enjoys the mobile, which is from the BabyShapes & Mobile set below.
One of the first things babies learn to do as they grow, is to grasp objects and explore them to see what they do. Stimulating this interest is the first stage towards encouraging a love of discovery and learning. It also supports hand/eye coordination (motor skills).
Another key stage of early development is a baby's use of the mouth to explore - the mouth is very sensitive and adept at helping baby to understand texture, shape and function. It is therefore important that early toys are safe to be put in the mouth, sucked and chewed.
This range of first grasping toys is made from high quality wood, mainly maple. They are specially designed to enable our babies to use and develop all their senses to explore - holding, observing and being able to safely put them in their mouths.
These are sustainable, environmentally-friendly European manufactured products, EN71 and US ASTM safety tested.
These well written and beautifully illustrated classic children's fiction characters are timeless and enjoyed by generations of children. We have sourced a range (which we'll be expanding) of books and soft toys that are perfect for inquisitive and developing minds.
Babies and young children form close attachments with soft toys and they often become their 'special friends'. Having a story to read that uses one of these characters is a lovely way to enjoy reading and story telling together. This shared experience encourages imaginative play, which is so important for healthy emotional development.
To save some money go to NEW Toy and Book Specials
Make story time come to life with the cuddly character joining in too. As children get older they can make up their own adventures with the loved character.
We have sourced a range of first toys with high contrast, sounds, various textures and shapes all of which encourage babies' developmental, sensory and motor skills.
Importance of Play
Top Play Tips
Top Play Tips at 3 months
Socially, babies personality traits and individuality are becoming much more evident. 6 month old babies give huge sociable smiles to most people they see, but it is the closest family members, who have the closest bonds, who will get the best responses to known and familiar games.
Top Play Tips at 6 months
Here's a selection of practical items that will make trips to the shops and visits to friends and family easier.
Check out our NEW Koala and Piggy 2 in 1 buddy toddler reins.
Be safe in style!
ABC Baby Skin Care Delicate skin requires special skin care from the day life begins. The sensitive needs of a baby's skin are different to those of an adult.
• Because babies first develop in the womb they are not exposed to any hazards of the environment.
• Babies' and children's skin is thinner than adults' and so needs protecting from water and moisture loss.
• They have a larger ratio of body surface to body weight than adults.
• Lower sweat and sebum formation means there is an increased tendency for the skin to dry out.
There are a lot of baby skin products on the market, but be aware that those with a long shelf life will contain preservatives and therefore may not be as pure as suggested.
ABC products provide intense moisturising and assist the skin's ability to retain moisture. Every parent wants the best for their child, including products that are pure, safe and beneficial. All ABC products are high quality, botanically-based and do not contain any preservatives. This means any order made will take 5 working days be delivered as we do not keep stock.
To see the range, click the link below
ABC Arbonne
High quality items from the UK's leading experts in infant massage.
As we seem to get busier and busier in our daily lives, the arrival of a new baby (not just the first) has a huge effect on the dynamics of the household. Babies crave human touch and voices more than anything else. It is what makes them feel safe and wanted. Babies that receive this quality care and attention will grow to be emotionally healthy, and well adapted to adult life.
Any activity with a young baby should only take place when baby is awake, alert and interested. Each baby is unique, so be led by baby and enjoy discovering what are favourites.
Books suitable for newborn babies to preschool children.
New babies love black and white images - from the moment they are born. Our top-selling BabyShapes books (available with or without a mobile) are proven to fascinate new babies for up to 18 months.
Top Reading Tips
Since adding other recommended titles to our site, we thought it would be good to have a list of the books we've written, produced and published, with one notable exception that we didn't write (see right!).
Right The Social Baby co-author Liz Andrews appeared on Doctor Doctor with Mark Porter.
A selection of titles recommended by, or published by The Children's Project for parents and carers.
We avoid prescriptive books that tell you what you must do to be a parent (you know the ones!) and encourage early communication. Parenting is hard work, and works best when working in partnership with your children. This is not always easy, and we all do the best we can. The books here have been recommended by members of our discussion group or dedicated health professionals, including the Community Practitioner and Health Visitors Association Parenting Special Interest Group.
DVDs from The Children's Project. Our DVDs are not prescriptive - we try to avoid telling you what to do! We do explain behaviour so that you are able to respond to your baby in ways that work well for you, your baby and your family and lifestyle.
Couldn't be easier! We have two ready-made gift sets for you to choose from or you can make up your own, using any items from our range.
We can gift-wrap any item or selection of items on this site - using white tissue paper and a choice of either blue, pink or mauve ribbon. You can also select a card or tag and write a personal message (at the checkout) which we will add to the card or tag and then deliver anywhere in the world!
These adorable first lambskin booties can be folded over to reveal fluffy wo...
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