Help needed to create a Mumsnet Ocado 'bundle' offer (and a chance to win £75)

[GeraldineMumsnet]

Hi all

You may recall the recent Ocado survey where we asked folks to tell us about their lives in the first few weeks post birth. Using your responses, Ocado is designing a Mumsnet-inspired (and discounted) bundle of products that are perfect to have at home before delivery day comes.

The people at Ocado don't want to assume what your fave brands are, so we need you to nominate them. The brands with the most votes will get included in the final bundle to be sold on www.ocado.com.

We would like to reflect the products you chose in two bundles, one for essentials and the other for luxuries.

Everyone who takes part in this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win £75 to spend at www.ocado.com

Thanks and good luck.

Essential products:

• Nappies
• Dummy
• Colic remedy
• Nappy cream
• Baby bath
• Baby shampoo
• Talcum powder
• Cotton wool
• Baby wipes
• Nappy sacks
• Breast pads
• Cake
• Biscuits

Luxury products:

• Magazine
• Chocolate
• Sweets
• Hot drink
• Cold drink
• Bubble bath
• Hand cream

Essential products:

• Nappies - huggies have the best prem-baby ones
• Dummy - tommee tippee
• Colic remedy - infacol
• Nappy cream - sudafed
• Baby bath - little me organics
• Baby shampoo - don't need at this stage
• Talcum powder - don't want
• Cotton wool - any as long as it's good quality
• Baby wipes - johnsons sensitive or pampers sensitive (huggies are like sandpaper)
• Nappy sacks - the cheapest value ones are better than the expensive ones
• Breast pads - lansinoh or tommee tippee
• Cake - chocolate
• Biscuits - tunnocks caramel wafers

Luxury products:

• Magazine - vanity fair
• Chocolate - greens and blacks
• Sweets - mints (not made by any company associated with nestle)
• Hot drink - fair trade tea
• Cold drink - organic apple juice
• Bubble bath - sanctuary new mum one
• Hand cream - soap and glory or crabtree and evelyn

In general, AmIWhatAndWhy, or on this thread? I haven't used dummies with any of my 3 DSs, so I'd hardly call them an "essential"... And I'm sure if you search the archives you'll find plenty of anti-dummy feeling. My 2 year old made me laugh in the library the other week when a little girl came in with a pink dummy - he pointed and said "Is that a pig mummy?" It did make her look a bit like she had a snout

I think that dummies are the sort of thing that you may not want to buy, but unless you are hard-core dummy-hating, I excpect most mums admit that they would consider it if they have a v young baby crying - DDs 1 & 3 had v limited use of a dummy to help settle in early weeks - DD3 is now 7 mths and doesn't use it. DD1 gave hers up at similar time. DD2 never had one and is a resolute thumb-sucker. (Perhaps coincidence).

AllBuggiedOut - Aren't you and your son marvellous?

Housemum - Quite.

Essential products:

• Nappies
• Nappy cream
• Baby bath & shampoo in one
• Cotton wool
• Baby wipes
• Nappy sacks
• Breast pads
• Hand cream and moisturising hand wash(because you will wash your hands a million times a day)
• Ocado money-off voucher for food order

No talcum powder, colic remedy, biscuits or cakes

Luxury products:

• Champagne
• Magazine
• Chocolate
• Fruit teas
• Evian water
• Moisturing bath gel
• Moisturising body cream
• Ocado money-off voucher for food order

are dummies not now recommended to help against SIDS?

? Swedes

Well try to remember this is for an Ocado bundle daaahling, if it is dummies and Johnsons products you want, then maybe Mothercare do a bundle for you?

I didn't put brands, will say Waitrose own for everything if possible.

Magazine would be Junior

Agree with Cammelia EXCEPT for biscuits. A lovely pack of posh biscuits would be very much appreciated. I lived off biscuits and crackers when ds was tiny, struggled so hard with b/f that I very rarely had the chance to actually prepare, cook and eat a proper meal.

Add Duchy totally covered in chocolate ones then

Essential products:

• Nappies - Pampers newborn / nature babies
• Dummy - no idea (not against them, but didn't end up needing one)
• Colic remedy - infacol - not sure if it's an essential though?
• Nappy cream - Metanium or Drapoline
• Baby bath - Halos n Horns
• Baby shampoo - not really needed IMO
• Talcum powder - wouldn't want or use, no longer recommended?
• Cotton wool - any sort in ball form, plenty of them
• Baby wipes - pampers sensitive / nature babies
• Nappy sacks - any
• Breast pads - lansinoh
• Cake - chocolate
• Biscuits - Foxes

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Mother and Baby
• Chocolate - any good quality Belgian/Swiss chocolate
• Sweets - any
• Hot drink -
• Cold drink - organic apple juice
• Bubble bath - one aimed at new mums
• Hand cream - soap and glory

Possibly some of that hand hygiene gel stuff (useful for keeping around nappy changing areas etc).

Essential products:

• Nappies - a pack
• Dummy
• Colic remedy - not necessary
• Nappy cream - own brand
• Baby bath - not necessary
• Baby shampoo - not necessary
• Talcum powder - not necessary
• Cotton wool maybe had pack of muslins
• Baby wipes
• Nappy sacks
• Breast pads and sample of cream
• Cake any which can be eaten with minimum mess
• Biscuits any

Luxury products:

• Magazine - something glam and fun
• Chocolate - dark chocolate please
• Sweets - assorted
• Hot drink - hot chocolate
• Cold drink - cordial
• Bubble bath yes please but better is doubles up as shower gel too
• Hand cream and body cream

I would make it mostly own brand in pretty packaging maybe add a disposable camera

Can I suggest you include baby bottom butter, if its going to be properly mumsnet inspired?

oh and get over the dummy snobbery, people

Essential products:

• Nappies - Huggies Newborn
• Dummy - NO
• Colic remedy - dunno
• Nappy cream - bottom butter
• Baby bath - Earth Friendly baby shampoo/body wash
• Baby shampoo - see above
• Talcum powder - NO
• Cotton wool - Earth Centre organic
• Baby wipes - Unscented - Nature Bio wet wipes
• Nappy sacks - Nature nappy bags
• Breast pads - Lanisoh
• Cake - fruit cake
• Biscuits - Florentines

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Junior
• Chocolate - Galaxy or Lindt
• Sweets - toffees
• Hot drink - hot chocolate
• Cold drink - Lorina Traditional Pink Lemonade
• Bubble bath - Weleda Lavender Relaxing
• Hand cream - Tisserand organic lavender

For me it has nothing to do with snobbery, and everything to do with whether I would part with money for something I don't want. Same goes for colic remedy and talc. I don't want to buy a bundle that has them in as it's unnecessary spending.

just realised haven't done this properly

Essential products:

• Nappies - nature baby
• Dummy - any plain/own brand
• Colic remedy - not fussed - think you buy this as and when you need it as opposed to
• Nappy cream - weleda or neal's yard
• Baby bath - weleda
• Baby shampoo - weleda
• Talcum powder - wouldn't want, would put me off buying if too many things didn't feel i needed [see also colic remedy]
• Cotton wool - own brand
• Baby wipes - own brand FRAGRANCE FREE
• Nappy sacks - nature baby or any biodegradable ones
• Breast pads - own brand
• Cake - mrs crimbles
• Biscuits - duchy chocolate ones

Luxury products:

• Magazine - vogue
• Chocolate - green and blacks [large]
• Sweets - haribo
• Hot drink - green and blacks hot chocolate or earl grey roibos
• Cold drink - rocks organic ginger cordial
• Bubble bath - any
• Hand cream - any

Essential products:

• Nappies = small pack of both pampers & huggies so people can decide which they prefer
• Dummy = Avent new born
• Colic remedy = infacol
• Nappy cream = sudacrem
• Baby bath = johnsons lavender
• Baby shampoo = johnsons baby
• Talcum powder = not recommended try a massage oil specific for babies instead
• Cotton wool = or a baby sponge
• Baby wipes = Waitrose sell the natracare recylced ones
• Nappy sacks
• Breast pads = reusable ones are better
• Cake = Lyons golden syrup cake or ginger cake
• Biscuits = hob nobs dark & milk chocolate

Luxury products:

• Magazine = mother & parent magazine
• Chocolate = Cadburys dairy milk - the biggest bar you can get
• Sweets = haribo
• Hot drink = Yorkshire tea (nice and strong to get you going in the mornings)
• Cold drink = coke - sugar fix
• Bubble bath = radox - something with lavender or tea tree oil
• Hand cream = Something small and concentrated like nutragena

I think they should add:
a mini moet bottle or a mini bottle of red wine
lanisoh or kamillsan creams for sore nipples or nappy rash
Beauty product such as a rejuvinating face mask (swiss formula)
Finally - Bio Oil is another good product to add, to help the stretch marks fade!

Essential products:

• Nappies - Nature Babycare
• Dummy - cherry shaped
• Colic remedy - no idea
• Nappy cream - botty balm
• Baby bath - none needed
• Baby shampoo - none needed
• Talcum powder - none needed
• Cotton wool - Any
• Baby wipes - Nature Babycare
• Nappy sacks - Nature Babycare or D2W degradable sacks
• Breast pads - Lanisoh
• Cake - chocolate
• Biscuits - Tim Tams

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Marie Claire
• Chocolate - Lindt or Guylain
• Sweets - Tangfastics
• Hot drink - Twinings white tea
• Cold drink - starbucks mocha frappacino
• Bubble bath - Baddedas - green one only
• Hand cream - Nutrogena unscented

Essential products:

• Nappies - Pampers Newborn
• Dummy - No
• Colic remedy - Infacol
• Nappy cream - Bepanthen or Sudocreme
• Baby bath - Oilatum or Aveeno
• Baby shampoo - Halos n Horns
• Talcum powder - No
• Cotton wool - own brand
• Baby wipes - Huggies
• Nappy sacks - own brand
• Breast pads - own brand
• Cake - Carrot cake
• Biscuits - Shortbread

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Hello and Practical Parenting
• Chocolate - Green & Blacks Mint
• Sweets - No
• Hot drink - Green & Blacks chcolate
• Cold drink - Elderflower water
• Bubble bath - natural/no strong scent
• Hand cream - natural/no strong scent

Extra - DVDs for watching when breastfeeding, small photobook?

Am at the dummy hating.

But anyway, heres my moneys worth

Essential products:

• Nappies - yes very good. Pampers. Have tried just about every brand going and only pampers can do it.
• Dummy - Although they are used alot, its not something I would expect to see in a package of this kind and I wouldnt class it as an essential. I think its something that parents usually go out and buy beforehand or after if they feel they need them.
• Colic remedy - I know alot of people that have used it. Isnt it gripe water?
• Nappy cream - Sudocreme, no question. Can cure a broken leg you know.
• Baby bath - Making the presumption that the majority of Ocado customers are of the lentil weaving society, I would say no to it but again, lots of new parents do use it so I would say Johnsons bedtime bath stuff (I used it for myself. It smells lovely)
• Baby shampoo - As above
• Talcum powder - I wouldnt bother putting it in.
• Cotton wool - Ocado's own
• Baby wipes - Ocados own, providing they aren't too watery.
• Nappy sacks - Ocados own. They have to be really smelly though.
• Breast pads - I found Avents very good but any with sticky bits on for your bra would be fine.
• Cake - Absolutely. Chocolate, fresh, cream.
• Biscuits - Obviously for the hoards of visitors and to scoff during late night feeds. I find ginger biscuits and choc digestives good for dunking.

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Should be in essentials. A parenting/baby mag.
• Chocolate - Galaxy would do it for me but again, for the benefit of Ocados type of customer, I would say G&B's.
• Sweets - Mints of some kind. Ocados own would do it.
• Hot drink - Should be essential, tea, coffee, hot chocolate.
• Cold drink - Again, an essential. Red Bull/Lucozade , no errmmmm, cordial of some sort. Ocados own. I personally love fizzy drinks though.
• Bubble bath - Avents stuff is nice
• Hand cream - Not really something I use so wouldnt be bothered about it.

How about throwing in some groceries into the essentials.
Like a couple of ready meals, a pizza. Something easy to eat.

And for the luxury I would replace handcream with alcohol.

Essential products:

• Nappies Pampers
• Dummy Avent
• Colic remedy Infacol
• Nappy cream Sudocrem
• Baby bath Mustela Multi-Sensory Bubble Bath
• Baby shampoo Water
• Talcum powder Unnecessary
• Cotton wool Flannels
• Baby wipes Pampers sensitive
• Nappy sacks brand doesn't matter
• Breast pads mothercare
• Cake no preference
• Biscuits Lindt chocolate thins

Luxury products:

• Magazine Parenting magazine
• Chocolate Green & Blacks
• Sweets not for me
• Hot drink tea bags
• Cold drink water
• Bubble bath Molton Brown/l'occitane
• Hand cream Molton Brown

Can I ask that there be some Lansinoh nipple cream in there, please. Even if just a sample size, my HV gave me a sample and it really took the edge off till I could get a bigger tube

Nappies, nappy sacks [biodegradable] Nature baby care.

Nappy Wipes Waitrose fragrance free [not arse licking, really good]

cream -sudocream, aveeno

shampoo etc - Earth friendly baby, green people.

biscuits - have to be gluten free and dairy free for me at mo so Village Bakery choc and orange brownies, Village bakery ginger biscuits.

hand cream - Aveeno.

Essential products:

• Nappies Huggies/Pampers/Own
• Dummy Tommee Tippee CTN
• Colic remedy Infacol
• Nappy cream Metanium
• Baby bath Simple Baby
• Baby shampoo Simple Baby
• Talcum powder Simple lotion
• Cotton wool Johnsons/Own brand
• Baby wipes Huggies Pure
• Nappy sacks Bio Degradable
• Breast pads Tommee Tippee
• Cake Why? Carrot cake
• Biscuits Again Why? Kitkat

Luxury products:

• Magazine Mother & Baby
• Chocolate Galaxy
• Sweets Winegums
• Hot drink Hot Chocolate
• Cold drink Orange lucozade mmm...
• Bubble bath Soap & Glory
• Hand cream Soap & Glory