The cute and cuddly Miette was the second of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Gadget guru Ella Williamson explained that the Miette was a toy product associated with a soon to be released film called Barbie and the Three Musketeers.

The Miette is basically an interactive kitten toy for kids which has sensors over its body which react to touch and stroking. A CD is available with Miette which contains 5 tracks specifically designed for Miette to interact with. Miette will dance and sing along with the music. A DVD will be released soon too.

Miette as seen on Something for the Weekend costs around £70 and is available here

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The Taga was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Ella Williamson explained to Tim Lovejoy that the Taga was a pushchair and a bike in one. Converting it from a pushchair to a bike is apparently much easier than they made it look on Something for the Weekend. When the Taga is a bike, the baby can still be carried on the front. The two wheels at the front and one at the back make it very stable.

The Taga pushchair bike costs around £1700. More information here

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The Didicar was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. The Didicar is from 2 and a half years upwards. A car for kids that is powered by nothing but the child’s momentum and the clever steering device and front wheels.

The Didicar is supposedly around £50, but we found it cheaper, £42.50.

Click here to buy a Didicar as seen on Something for the Weekend for £42.50

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Ben Gordon, chief executive of Mothercare appeared on Working Lunch to talk about his company which also owns ELC, the Early Learning Centre. Mothercare is a well known high street retailer of baby products, but they also have a huge international presence.

Mothercare are now in 51 countries and planning to open over 100 stores a year. They stock everything from baby clothes to baby toys and equipment, prams, car seats - everything you could want for your baby or young child.

Visit Mothercare as seen on Working Lunch

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Redundancy is a fact of life, especially at the moment, but this week GMTV with Lorraine is looking at post-redundancy success stories. First up was Hannah Evans. She lost her job, but decided to set up her own business, Piccalilly, as a result.

Piccalilly sells organic fair trade certified baby clothes. Hannah decided to launch Piccalilly because she believed there was a gap in the market for organic brightly coloured baby clothes. Piccalilly has gone from strength to strength, and they now have more than 150 retailers worldwide.

Click here to visit Piccalilly and shop for fair trade, organic baby clothes as seen on GMTV with Lorraine

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Buggyboot, the innovative storage device for the back of pushchairs made an appearance on BBC’s Breakfast this morning with its creator Charlotte Evans. Charlotte has been on TV before, pitching the Buggyboot to Dragons Den entrepreneurs Peter Jones, James Caan et al.

Charlotte is the inventor, director and manufacturer of the Buggyboot, and she appeared on Breakfast to discuss intellectual property rights of an invention. Buggyboot is a stylish, practical storage solution for lightweight buggies and pushchairs. It can be easily strapped onto buggies to provide extra storage for shopping, baby changing items or other useful everyday items. Buggyboot will be on sale in May 2009,

Click here to buy Buggyboot as seen on Breakfast and Dragon’s Den

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Carrie Grant appeared on The Wright Stuff this morning to give her views on the stories making the day’s headlines. At the start of the show Matthew quizzed her on her latest venture, Carrie and David’s Popshop, a CBeebies programme aimed at kids (obviously). Riff the dog is always on hand to help out with the music on the show.

Carrie and David Grant are well known UK vocal coaches having coached the likes of Take That and Will Young, in addition to Fame Academy and Pop Idol hopefuls. They are married and have three kids of there own, which partly inspired them to make Carrie and David’s Popshop, a show that is one of the most popular CBBC programmes.  

There is now a CD to accompany the series, called quite obviously Carrie and David’s Popshop and containing many of the catchy songs from the hit show.

Click here to buy Carrie and David’s Popshop CD as seen on The Wright Stuff

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Huggies Super Dry Nappies sponsor Britain’s Best Mum, the GMTV competition which ran recently. Today GMTV presenter Kate Garraway announced the winner of Britain’s Best Mum - Shelagh Bright. She won spending money, a holiday to Mauritius, breakfast at Number 10 with the Prime Minister’s wife and an appearance on GMTV today.

Huggies Super Dry Nappies sponsored Britain’s Best Mum. Huggies SuperDry give your baby around 12 hours of dryness either day or night, being super absorbent nappies. The innovative design of Huggies Super Dry Nappies helps to prevent leaking - there is an extra elasticated waistband and curved leg elastics to ensure a better fit on your baby. At the moment Huggies Super Dry Nappies are 25% extra free at Boots but you’ll have to be quick!

Click here to buy some Huggies Super Dry Nappies, sponsor of Britain’s Best Mum as seen on GMTV

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Yesterday on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Alan showed viewers a CD entitled Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles. The concept behind Roackabye Baby is great - turn classic songs from great bands into lullabies that please both baby and parent at the same time. What better way to rock your baby to sleep than a lullaby rendition of Yellow Submarine. Most of the songs are so familiar, parents will find themselves singing along to the tune. What a great way to teach your new baby the sound of your own voice, whilst helping them nod off to sleep at the same time.

The Rockabye Baby Beatles CD featured on The Alan Titchmarsh Show features lullaby versions of classic Beatles hits such as Yesterday, Yellow Submarine, Strawberry Fields Forever and Here Comes The Sun. These four are particularly well suited to lullaby versions with their lilting and catchy melodies. Certain songs don’t translate quite as well, but overall the quality is excellent and the tunes should really help to relax your baby.

Rockabye Baby also produce lullaby versions of songs by other artists such as Coldplay, U2, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Nirvana. Here at ISIOTB towers we think that Coldplay and The Beatles, if you like these bands of course, translate particularly well to lullaby versions of their songs.

Click here to buy Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles as seen on The Alan Titchmarsh Show

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In Supernanny, Jo Frost uses no-nonsense techniques to help all sorts of families get back on track. Some of the kids on Suppernanny behave despicably, but Jo Frost somehow manages to turn things around and bring the child back in line with a whole host of tips, tricks and techniques including the famous ’naughty step’.

Jo Frost is a busy woman: as well as starring in all the Supernanny series both here and over in the States, she’s also found the time to produce 3 fantastic books on the subject of effective child care and getting the best from your children. Here are the books Supernanny Jo Frost has produced:

1) Supernanny: how to get the best from your children

This book does what it says on the tin, a ‘Kim and Aggie for naughty children’ according to the times. Also contains helpful medical advice for youngsters.

Click here to buy Supernanny: how to get the best from your children by Jo Frost

2) Ask Supernanny: what every parent wants to know

Click here to buy Ask Supernanny: what every parent wants to know

3) Jo Frost’s Confident Baby Care: what you need to know for the first year from the UK’s most trusted nanny

This book from Supernanny Jo Frost is idel for parents with a new child, as it focuses on the difficult first year of parenthood. Confident Baby Care contains loads of useful information for new parents, from swaddling diagrams to sleeping and feeding routines, teething and weaning. It is a must-read for any new parent.

Click here to buy Jo Frost’s Confident Baby Care

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