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The inspiration behind Tickle Tots new Summer 2017 prints was drawn from childhood experiences of the great outdoors. With a rural upbringing, the summer months were spent outside playing imaginary games with friends, building dens, camping and climbing trees. Young children learn best through play, and the natural world is the best classroom of all. From environmentalist Rachel Carson "The Sense of Wonder" "Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Bec

Many local councils in the UK offer incentive schemes to encourage the take up of cloth nappies to help with the ever increasing landfill costs. It costs councils approximately £100 per baby in landfill tax, and this doesn't include paying the wages of bin men and landfill staff, and the purchase and maintenance of bin lorries. It is therefore not surprising that many councils are keen to encourage cloth nappy using families. There is, however no centralised budget available

We love our wet bags here at Tickle Tots and find they are so much more versatile than to just keep your cloth nappies in! Here are our 7 favorite uses: 1. To hold your dirty reusable nappies. Well the first one is a bit obvious, but our wet bags are generously sized to hold 3-5 dirty nappies in the large compartment, and a handy pocket to keep your clean nappies, wipes and nappy cream. Being a double layer of PUL, you won't get any leaks ( thought we do advise wringing out

If you want to get the best out of your Tickle Tots nappy, it is really important to look after them properly. We I'll run through the best practices for washing, drying and general care and why it is important to follow these guidelines. Washing. After you have removed a wet or dirty nappy fold close the Velcro laundry tabs. This stops the nappies from sticking together in the wash and damaging the bamboo lining and inserts. If the nappy is dirty, flush any solids and give y

Interested to find out what the new Tickle Tots 2's are like? Find out what our lovely brand reps have had to say ... Kerry Laidlaw, mum to Grace: 'When I saw that Tickle Tots were looking for brand representatives I was intrigued. I had seen the name pop up on a few cloth nappy pages recently and the general consensus was very good. Having tried and tested a wide variety of different nappies I decided to find out more. What is it that makes this particular nappy so good? I d

Struggling to get the best fit? Here are some top tips to help: For your nappy to perform at its best, it is really important to get the right fit on your child. Tickle Tots nappies are a birth to potty nappy designed to fit babies from approx. 9-35 lb, with three rows of poppers on the front of the nappy to adjust the rise. Our nappies sit lower on the hips than some brands, but this does not affect their performance. Unlike disposable nappies, cloth nappies need to fit snug

Many parents have concerns about the practicalities of taking cloth nappies on holiday. It is perfectly do-able, but does need a bit of forward planning. Going on holiday with a baby seems to increase your packing ten fold, and with all that luggage in the hallway you do wonder how it will all fit in the car! We've got together some hints and tips to help take some of the stress out of packing for baby's holiday, and still be able to use your favorite cloth nappies. Top Tips:

We wanted to tell you all about why we designed the fox print and what inspired us, so here goes... As well as having a functional nappy, we also believe it needs to look great too. Because we use bamboo as our absorbent layer our nappies are really absorbent as well as super slim fitting. We have started out with some really popular bold designs, with blue whales and chevrons, but what we really wanted to do was design our own series of prints to go along with a story, uniqu

It's been a whirlwind few months here at Tickle Tots with the launch of our new wet bag at the beginning of March, Real Nappy Week in April, going to the Baby Show in May, coinciding with the launch of our new Nappy print 'Perfect Puddles. I will give you the full behind the scenes low down of the Baby Show and take a look at the new print in a later post. What I really want to show you is our new wet bag with some unique features that has been received with some great review

In the UK each baby uses on average 6000 nappies! That is 6000 nappies going to landfill per baby and about 8,000,000 to landfill EACH DAY! Disposable nappies take hundreds of years to degrade and during this time they give off a harmful gas called methane, adding to the effect on climate change. They also contain chemicals which more and more babies are becoming sensitive to. Reusable nappies are not only beneficial for the environment but also for our purses! The average co