Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Paid childcare

Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

Question about those play mats like Totter and Tumble, Toddlekind etc

27 replies

sellotape12 · 21/11/2022 13:53

Hello, are those memory foam thick playmats essential? I mean the trendy ones by Tutti Bambino, Toddlekind and Totter and Tumble? Everyone seems to have one. I borrowed one recently but find it curls up at the edges, (trip hazard?) and also we planned on rolling it back up every evening which is what the brand implies but it's sooo heavy to do that. And looks kinda ugly rolled up, propped up in the corner.
My ten month old is picking dirt out of the rug though so assumed we needed something. What's your experience with them? Yay or nay? (PS I can't stand the pastel jigsaw ones, sorry, I'm an interior designer project manager so need it to sort of blend in!) Thanks

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
MamaJoRo · 08/04/2025 12:35

Hello, has anyone used these outside on flagstones? Thanks

turtola · 05/10/2025 19:17

MamaJoRo · 08/04/2025 12:35

Hello, has anyone used these outside on flagstones? Thanks

They wouldn’t survive rough surfaces very well, it would rip the top layer off and expose the foam.

Also, though ours has survived a dog without a scratch, my sisters dog (different breed) has punctured her mat hundreds of times with his claws.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page