Cuddledry Change Mat Liner Review

Behold, another little piece of genius by innovative baby product company, Cuddledry. The Cuddledry change mat liner is JUST what I've been on the lookout for - I'm surprised more places don't offer such a thing.

When Lara was a baby I bought a changing mat with an integrated liner - I thought that it would keep her warm and comfy on the otherwise chilly plastic mat. The problems with the integrated liner were numerous and in the end, I more or less gave up using the liner. This time around I have bought a new changing mat with no integrated liner and had decided that baby would just have to live with a chilly back side... that was until the Cuddledry change mat liner came along. These are the reasons why I think it is a genius product:-

• It is incredibly soft and so certainly achieves what I want from a change mat liner


• I can buy more than one liner and at £8.99 it is reasonable to do this so that in the (regular) event that baby wees on the mat, you have a spare liner while the first one is in the wash. The problem with an integrated liner is that in order to get a spare one, you more or less have to buy a whole new changing mat


• An integrated mat with liner usually has a velcro tab to hold the mat in place - this sounds lovely but in fact the velcro is really scratchy when the liner isn't on the mat (ie when it is in the wash) - no problem with this on the Cuddledry liner as it simply sits on top of the mat


• The Cuddledry change mat liner is big. Much bigger than the equivalent on my old changing mat


• If baby does wee while being changed then the liner can be quickly whipped away while the change is complete as it absorbs most of the mess

The Cuddledry super soft change mat liner is made with Cuddledry's signature soft bamboo and cotton fabric and I think baby will absolutely love it!

The Sunday Review - Burts Bees Baby Dusting Powder

Very shortly after Lara was born, I discovered a great talc-free dusting powder which I really rated but I never went back to buy more because I couldn't justify the cost. We've recently discovered Burt's Bees Baby Dusting powder which is sold at the online organic health store Lucy Rose . It is made largely of cornflour which offers high absorbency and because of this, I can't help but compare it to the Maclaren Beginnings dusting powder that I raved about before.

When Lara was in reusable nappies, we didn't often need to use powder because the nappies kept her skin quite dry but in disposables Lara's skin tends to stay very moist so these days I do still like to use a powder but I like to stay away from talcum powder due to the scare stories about it being carcinogenic. Cornflour (corn starch) is a far more natural ingredient and seems, from experience to be far more effective too.

The Burts Bees Baby Dusting Powder powder contains largely natural plant-based ingredients and it is pthalate and paraben free but it isn't 100% guilt free – there are one or two ingredients such as linalool and benzyl benzoate that can still cause skin irritation but thankfully Lara seems to be fine with these.

The bottle of Burts Bees powder is easy to use and, unlike the Maclaren powder, the lid doesn't fall off every time I use it! You just need a tiny amount of powder sprinkled on your baby's bottom to keep them dry at a nappy change. I also use it after Lara has had a bath to make sure her skin is dry, soft and sweet-smelling before putting on her pyjamas.

I really love the smell of the Burts Bees powder. It doesn't smell like anything I can directly recognise... herby, fruity and honey-ey at the same time.

The powder is incredibly good value for money at £6.99. It costs 2/3rds of the price of the Maclaren dusting powder (for a bigger bottle). As with all cornflour dusting powders it will last a very long time.

Lucy Rose stock a large number of organic and natural beauty products – not just for babies (although they do stock Green People and Beaming Baby which are two favourites of mine)! They also stock some of my favourite organic brands for Mummies such as Lovea bio and Akin.