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Philips AVENT launches NEW Comfort Breast Pump and Natural Bottles

Philip AVENT  Comfort Range Launch

Philips AVENT Comfort Range Launch

 

Philips AVENT, the leading brand recommended by mothers, celebrated the first redesign of its bottles in 29 years with a Baby Shower last week.  It was a baby shower with a difference as we got an introduction to their latest range – THE Philips AVENT Natural range of milk bottles. I had been using AVENT bottles with the boys and were interested to learn what new changes they had to their product this year.

The range of bottles and breast pumps

The  new range of bottles and breast pumps

 

Designed to be as close as possible to nature with both BPA-free and premium quality glass bottle option mother’s are spoilt for choice. The new Natural Bottle features a wide, breast-shaped teat that promised high acceptance and an almost instant latch on, as well as prevention of nipple and teat confusion when mothers switch between bottles and breastfeeding. The bottles too are clinically proven to reduce colic in newborns.

The new  Comfort Breast Pumps are really very compact and easy to handle. I ‘ve stopped using the breast pump now that Tiger girl is much older but if she was a newborn it would certainly have come in really handy. It was extremely lightweight and easy to manipulate. They  have soft silicon petals to gently massage the breast to stimulate the let-down reflex, encouraging milk flow and supply. There is also a bigger suction funnels to accommodate mothers with bigger and fuller breasts. This is certainly a plus point if I am still using breast pumps.

The presentation

The presentation

 

At the shower we were given a short presentation about the history of the milk bottles and there was also a pop quiz about the use of their products. It was interesting to learn how mothers in the ancient times use to feed their babies milk and how the contraption used evolved into the present day milk bottle. Did you know that the as early as 2000 BC there were earthenware cups specially designed and used to feed babies?

Tiger girl enjoying herself at the event

Tiger girl enjoying herself at the event

Being a family friendly event, Tiger girl was entertained by the two babysitters that the company hired and busied herself colouring  and playing with toys while I listed to the presentation.  She even took part in the Q & A session and won herself a cute little food warmer back to bring her snacks to school.

Baby Changing Area

Baby Changing Area

There was a neat looking baby changing area where you could try out their products like the sterilizer, food warmers and food processor.

The diaper changing station

The diaper changing station

This station really came in handy especially for the mothers who brought along their young babies.

Glorious Food

Glorious Food

 

There was a great spread of food served up for the baby shower.  The waiters were very hospitable and attentive. Tiger girl was  glad that the waiters there were able to understand her and gave her a glass of orange juice when she requested for one.  She happily came over and told me ” Mummy I got my drink myself!!” when I told her to get a glass since she was thirsty.

The SMB mummy bloggers at the event.

The SMB mummy bloggers at the event.

I met up with of the other mummy bloggers from the SMB who were also present at the event. It was great to see them and their kids.

Avery the Bear

Avery the Bear

 

Tiger girl was extremely thrilled when she opened up the take home gift that we had from AVENT. She loves the spunky looking Avery bear  and it’s her current favourite  stuff bear which occupies the coveted spot next to her on her bed.

 

Disclaimer:  I was invited to the launch of Philips AVENT new range of Natural range of bottles and Comfort range of breast pumps. All opinions are 100% my own. This post has a compensation level of 5 and 13. For more information visit our disclosure page.

Happy 9th Birthday Monkey Boy

The kids and me

The kids and me

Over the weekend we celebrate Monkey boy’s 9th birthday. This year I didn’t get around to making him a 3D Formula One car as he requested as I didn’t have the time to get all the necessary ingredients. I decided on doing a chocolate cake with a variety of different chocolates for him.

The cake close up

The cake close up

I used biscuit sticks to represent the different lanes and Kinder Bueno white chocolate to represent the cars. I used buttercream to decorate the top of the cake and piped in stars all around. Monkey boy’s name was also written by using butter cream.  The kids love M & M chocolate and they were use to decorate the side of the cake. I threw coloured sprinkles on the top to jazz up the cake and make it more colourful. It was a 3 hour effort baking and decorating the cake in between Swimming and Sunday school lesson.

Getting ready to blow out the candle

Getting ready to blow out the candle

The kids took turn blowing out the candle as all of them loved  seeing the fire being extinguished as they blow. I guess all kids love this the most during the cake cutting session. All three of them couldn’t  wait to blow out the candle. It would have been great if I bought the candles that would automatically relight by themselves like the ones I used for Doggie boy’s birthday last year. It would certainly save me the hassle of having to manually relight the candle more then six times!!

After the candle was finally blown up each of them started attacking the “cars” and wolfed down the chocolates and biscuit sticks even before I could take the cake away to be cut up properly.

 

What types of cakes do you have for your kids birthdays?

 

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