Nod Pod – the baby blanket with legs

The Product

The Nod Pod is a practical and versatile baby blanket that will transform the way you transport your baby. Made from super soft, lightweight fleece and with leg pockets and a hood, the Nod Pod will keep your baby safe and snuggly from head to toe, whether in the baby carrier, car seat, pushchair or cot.

 

Nod Pod

A must-have for parents and babies on the go, Nod Pod’s clever leg design means you can easily transfer a sleeping baby from the car or pushchair to their cot, without unthreading straps or unwrapping baby.

Made from lightweight, machine washable, super soft fleece available in classic soft pink, soft blue, winter white and with a brand new size 1-2 years, coming soon following demand from customers. Each blanket comes in its own handy cotton drawstring bag.

About us

Like many new parents, Beth received lots of generous baby gifts from friends and family. One of these gifts, an amazing baby blanket, really stood out as incredibly useful. Beth joined forces with Katie and together developed the Nod Pod baby blanket and started production in 2011. It has since been sold across the UK, France, Canada, the United States and Canada.

When Beth and Katie sent one to another friend, Sarah, she loved the product so much she joined the company!

Our first year has been a learning curve, sourcing materials, finding manufacturers, designing labels and promotional material,  fine tuning the product and balancing all this with five growing children between us. At times it has been a challenge, but also an exciting experience.

 

You can buy Nod Pods from Mama To Me, with free delivery just by clicking here

Do you want to win a Tidy Tray?

We love Tidy Trays at Mama To Me, perfect for Baby Led Weaning and when your little one is eating something messy – think beetroot stains on a white high chair!  Would you like to win one?  All we are looking for is for you to comment below with your perfect Baby Led Weaning recipe – what is easy, nutritious and healthy that you give your little one?  Just comment below and we will pick our winner on the 7^th November & our decision is final!!  We have both BL Weaned before and we will do it again with our little ones……..

 

Tidy Trays in use

Did you Baby Led Wean?

I was doing Baby Led Weaning (or BLW) with my son before I even know it had a name! My son was very independent and wouldn’t let me feed him these (delicious?) purees I had made him! One day in frustration I gave him the cheese sandwich I was eating and he scoffed it up, he was 7 months old – so we decided that life would be easier if I just gave him what we were eating (minus any salt etc).
He has grown up to be a very confident eater, trying things I am not sure I would, and eats pretty much anything, except cauliflower (but then I don’t blame him!); but then we had the issue of hygiene and eating out.
We were once in a restaurant and I asked them to clean the high chair tray and they took a cloth out of the mop bucket; cut a long story short and I started to import Tidy Trays into the UK.
They are designed to fit any high chair or tray and they are perfect for when you are eating out, eating messy food at home or travelling on a plane. They come in blue or pink and we have a couple up for grabs.
See the post coming later this week for a competition but do let us know your BLW stories, have you seen a mop cloth used, had a great success with a particular food, would you do it again?

We have had a busy summer – what have you been up to?

We have both had a very busy summer, not only were we both transfixed with watching the Olympics and the Paralympics but we have both had babies, Amanda has had a boy and Kerri a girl, so our team has grown………and we are both very keen to continue to work on Mama To Me and make it even more of a success.

We are passionate about supporting and marketing small businesses and helping people get going on the road to success, this could be a new inventor, or a new sales consultant who is starting off.

Anyway, we will shortly have the first of our competitions coming along so stay tuned and good luck with it

Here is a busy winter too

 

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We’ve been shortlisted for a mumsclub award

We’ve Been Shortlisted!

 

Mama To Me are pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for the 4th annual MumsClub Business Mum’s Awards as sponsored by MyFamilyClub.

 

This is a fantastic opportunity for our company and we wanted to share with you how thrilled and honoured we are not only to have been nominated but also to have been shortlisted. It is an exceptional way to celebrate how far we have come as a company. There were over 300 nominations and we have been lucky enough to have made the shortlist.

 

The Business Mum Awards have recognised and rewarded women who have started businesses and achieved success in a short space of time since 2008. Winners have gone on to great success including the ultimate goal for many of them having their products stocked in high street stores and even more exciting in overseas.

 

Jane Hopkins MBE, founder of MumsClub says, “I am delighted to announce the shortlist showing those mum owned businesses who sparkled in 2011. It’s been a hard task deciding who can go through as the quality was so high, and all who have made my shortlist should be incredibly proud of themselves. It is now over to the panel of judges to make the final decision of who will win each category and I wish them all the very best of luck. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for them all.”

 

The judging panel consist of previous Business Mum Award winners and industry professionals.

 

The 4th annual Mumsclub Business Mums Awards, headline sponsors MyFamilyClub, are being held on International Women’s Day on the 8th March. The winners will be invited to an exclusive ceremony to celebrate.

Self Employed Mum of the Year

We are really pleased to say that Kerri was recently awarded with Self Employed Parent of the Year by the Mum and Working Awards.  Kerri runs  companies, Mama To Me (of course),with Amanda, Tidy Trays and http://www.BuyStudentArt.co.uk and she also runs www.SurreyBusinessMums.co.uk .  Kerri is very passionate about supporting mums and dads in business and the accolade of winning this award was amazing.  Kerri said, “winning this award is going to make a big difference to me and the business”.

Mum and working awards

 

Mama to Me is a perfect outlet for supporting mums and dads in business, so that they can have the Self Employed lifestyle the easy way.

Product Review – Tidy Trays

Well this is a difficult one to write as Kerri owns Tidy Trays UK, so we have borrowed one the Tidy Tray reviews so that you can all understand what Tidy Trays are about, thanks to SPR Product Reviews for the fabulous reviews

“When the Tidy Tray arrived I was surprised at the compact size of the box. The design of the packaging is lovely and bright and clearly shows the item in use, it also states that Tidy Trays are BPA free, Lead and Phthalate free which are all important factors for me in making decisions on which products I use for my daughter Amelia.

Tidy Trays

As well as the main tray cover there is an attached pocket to hold a sippy cup or bottle, the pocket also doubles up as a bag which the cover folds into, this is very convenient for storage and travel.
We don’t have a highchair but the Tidy Tray fit perfectly on a floor level chair we have and as soon as Amelia was sat in the chair the bright design attracted her attention and she moved her hands across the cover to feel it.

I found the friction of the material made it more difficult for Amelia to push her toys off the tray and over about an hour period I only had to do 2 toy pick ups where normally it would be numerous!!

The wipe clean surface is great and as it can be easily removed and machine washed I can see any bigger spillages can be dealt with without having to take the main tray off the chair. The elasticated edge of the Tidy Tray feels very strong, durable and allows it to flex to a reasonable size.
Once Amelia it old enough to sit in highchairs when we are out it will be an essential item to take with us to ensure a clean and germ free surface for her to eat from. I would definitely recommend this product to any mothers who like myself take their children out and need that little bit of reassurance when it comes to hygiene in restaurants.”