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The Tommee Tippee option for babies and toddlers

By on May 30, 2023

In a country reputed for its advanced technology and futuristic gadgets, any mum can tell you that the Japanese line of baby products, however, is sadly lagging behind the rest of the world.

Beyond an 8oz glass feeding bottle with a standard latex teat, there is very little variety available.

Many foreign mums here resorted to the old technique of “ask Grandma to send a package” when it came to baby care products. But with a tommee tippee option, feeding time for the akachan army here will never be the same.

For fifty years, British mums and dads have turned to tommee tippee for their celebrated line of feeding cups.  With handles for little hands to hold (and fling about) and soft spouts for little gums to gnash on, the tommee tippee cup was a lifesaver for many a colic-ridden baby struggling with fast-flowing bottles.

When you combine a room full of mums detailing their baby’s feeding needs and their own ideas and insights, add a paediatric dentist to ensure the little mouths are being cared for, and lastly, throw a physicist into the equation to figure out how to make it all possible. Voila!  The tommee tippee recipe for such a success story of vast dimensions.

It took only three short years after it started that this range of feeding equipment overtook Avent as the number one brand in Britain.  Their arrival on the US was equally well received.

The Explora range – for those messy toddlers!

Anyone with a toddler can recount tales and probably illustrate it with photographic evidence of their little darling creating the messiest mealtimes on earth.  If your child is eating solids and worse still, attempting to “self-feed”, meal time really can become a chore.  This is where some innovative tommee tippee products can come in really handy.

The “Roll ‘n’ Go bibs” are such a simple yet clever idea. If you’ve used those hard bibs that catch all the spills (yes, like a trough!) but they are difficult to “stick in your bag” when you’re on the go. This easy to clean and rollable latex bib is great.

The pièce de résistance though has to be the aptly-named “magic mat”, a feeding mat which sticks to any flat surface and holds bowls or plates securely. So now even when your little angel tries to fling your cullinary wonder back at you, in a demonstration of appreciation for your fine efforts that can bring the most patient of mothers to the brink of tears at toddler feeding time, they can’t!  The bowl is magically stuck to the wonder suction-contraption. Score 1 to Mum, thanks to tommee tippee!

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The Closer To Nature range for tiny tots

The Closer To Nature line caters for newborns to eighteen- month-old babies.  Developed by a team of health professionals and breast-feeding mums, this range of products helps a baby breast-feed for longer by making the switch between bottles and breast-feeding easier.

The highlights of the range include an easily assembled and easy to use breast pump with its own microwave-steriliser box.  All the bottles come with the signature wide-teats to replicate the breast thus making feeding expressed milk from a bottle feel more natural for the baby.  The wide teats also have an innovative anti-colic valve which reduces the amount of air swallowed, in turn minimising colic.

Soothers cater for different ages.  From 0-3 months, 3-6 months, and 6-18 months. All soothers are made of soft silicone and have been designed to protect the development of the soft palate.

For that first mouthful of baby rice or okayu, the tommee tippee soft spoons are ideal.  They are designed to insert into the top of accompanying feeding bowl lids and have the added unique stay-clean feature of being able to balance on the slightly curved handle so when placed on a flat surface, only the handle touches the surface.

Explora cups

Tommee tippee’s line of drinking cups are how the company first made their name in the UK sixty plus years ago. Well, not to be left behind with the old weighted bottom style cup that fed many a child of the ’70s, the new ranges offer drinking cups from the very first handled cup right through to the straw and beaker cups for older toddlers. All cups are leak proof, come with replaceable spouts and look sufficiently bright and colourful for kids to pay attention to for more than five seconds!

Tommee Tippee products are available at Amazon Japan.

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