Baby in summer - what to buy for being outdoors?

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Hi, I had my first baby in February she’s currently 7 weeks old. With the nice weather this week it’s got me thinking I need to look at the best way of being outside with her especially come May-August. We have a garden with grass - does anyone have any recommendations for pop up tents or play pens maybe or just what you use when outside with baby? I know she needs to be in the shade and have decent UPF protection. She loves her playmat so was thinking maybe a pop up tent with a foam mat then her play mat on top? She does like her pram and it has the sun safe protection but I think she’d soon get bored if just lying in that in the garden especially as she gets bigger and starts to roll etc!

I had a January baby and bought a pop-up tent which we have never used.

We put a picnic mat in the shade and baby played on that, or rolled off to pick grass.

I would get a hat or two with a velcro strap under the chin, a snoozeshade for the pushchair (maybe a little fan) and some cool lightweight cotton clothing.

Are you BFing? Make sure you stay hydrated yourself.

Oh, and he loved a little blow-up paddling pool (as did i)