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 - papmpers newborn
• Dummy - MAM Loves Me Mini Ulti Crystal Soother
• Colic remedy - Infacol
• Nappy cream - Sudocrem
• Baby bath - Johnson's Baby Softwash Bath
• Baby shampoo - Johnsons
• Talcum powder - n/a
• Cotton wool - Baby Cleansing Balls Waitrose
• Baby wipes - Pampers sensitive
• Nappy sacks - Polylina Nappy Sacks
• Breast pads - Johnson's Nursing Pads
• Cake - Cadbury Cup Cakes Chocolate
• Biscuits - Bahlsen First Class Milk Chocolate Biscuits

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Mother & Baby
• Chocolate - Galaxy Twinpack
• Sweets - wine gums
• Hot drink - Espresso Beans Waitrose
• Cold drink - Feel Good Drinks Clementine & Pineapple Juice
• Bubble bath - Tisserand Indulge Bath Soak
• Hand cream

Essential products:

• Nappies: Huggies new baby
• Dummy: avent
• Colic remedy: Infacol/ dentinox
• Nappy cream: sudocreme
• Baby bath: Johnsons (blue bottle)
• Baby shampoo: Dentinox cradle cap
• Talcum powder: wouldn't bother
• Cotton wool: own brand or flannels cut up
• Baby wipes: huggies frangrance free
• Nappy sacks: own brand, biodegradable
• Breast pads: johnsons
• Cake: caramel shortcake
• Biscuits: shortbread

Luxury products:

• Magazine: Vogue / parenting magazine
• Chocolate: Dairy Milk
• Sweets: foxs dark-

Hot drink: Tetley

• Cold drink: water
• Bubble bath: nicely packeged fragrance free
• Hand cream: nicely packaged fragrance free

I think this is a really good idea - below are my suggestions..........

Essential products:

• Nappies - newborn from the baby naturecare range - disposable, but biodegradable
• Dummy - this is NOT an essential item, maybe replace this and the colic rememdy with a natural sponge for using in the bath??
• Colic remedy - see above
• Nappy cream - Sudocrem has always been a winner in our house
• Baby bath - Halos and Horns
• Baby shampoo - Halos and Horns
• Talcum powder - NOT an essential item nowdays, why not replace with a baby massage oil....
• Cotton wool - any brand
• Baby wipes - I LOVE waitrose own wipes. They are also degradable which is a bonus
• Nappy sacks - any, I use Ocado carrier bags
• Breast pads - avent
• Cake - got to be chocolate
• Biscuits - Duchys - any as all lovely

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Junior Magazine or any trashy one such as Hello or OK
• Chocolate - Green and Blacks
• Sweets - traditional sucky ones such as Rhubarb and Custard
• Hot drink - Luxury Hot Chocolate
• Cold drink - Bottlegreen cordial
• Bubble bath - UMI range
• Hand cream - Clarins/Aveda

Essential products:

• Nappies - Pampers
• Dummy - Not an essential
• Colic remedy - Also not an essential but I found infacol to be mildly helpful as a distraction for the baby if nothing else
• Nappy cream - Sudocrem
• Baby bath - Johnsons night time lavender stuff (You don't need this either but it smells soothing for mum and dad)
• Baby shampoo - Newborn babies don't need shampoo - they have practically no hair!!
• Talcum powder - No - not unless you want to cover your baby, your self and your bathroom in fine, white, irritating dust...
• Cotton wool - own brand from whereever you are shopping
• Baby wipes - Pampers sensitive
• Nappy sacks - natural baby
• Breast pads - Tommee Tippee
• Cake - Fondant fancies - can be eaten one handed whilst breast feeding
• Biscuits - Animal biscuits

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Junior pregnancy and baby (dh calls it 'Posh Parent'
• Chocolate - lots of Green and Blacks
• Sweets - yo don't need sweets and chocolate
• Hot drink - tea - gallons of breakfast tea
• Cold drink - tap water
• Bubble bath - just use the baby's stuff
• Hand cream - no idea

ha at your dh northern
mine calls it "things to worry about magazine"

Essential products:

• Nappies - cloth not disposeable ;)
• Dummy - Mam
• Colic remedy - infacol
• Nappy cream - Metanium
• Baby bath - johnsons lavendar
• Baby shampoo - JOhnsons
• Talcum powder - Johsnons
• Cotton wool - any
• Baby wipes - own brand
• Nappy sacks - own brand
• Breast pads - own brand
• Cake - thorntons
• Biscuits - foxes

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Mother & Baby
• Chocolate - Thorntons
• Sweets - Thorntons
• Hot drink - Options
• Cold drink - Perrier
• Bubble bath - radox
• Hand cream - aveeno

Essential products:

• Nappies - Reusable. Bambinex are great.
• Dummy - Mam
• Colic remedy - Never used, I went for the chiropractor!
• Nappy cream - Bepanthen
• Baby bath - Just natural/eco friendly without sls
• Baby shampoo - as above
• Talcum powder - never used, like the smell of johnson's though
• Cotton wool - any balls
• Baby wipes - Reusable would be better, if not though, generally own brand unscented is my preferred.
• Nappy sacks - Biodegradable
• Breast pads - Tommee Tippee
• Cake - Mmmmmmmmmm cake. Love that this is "essential". Lemon drizzle.
• Biscuits - Foxes butter crunch

Luxury products:

• Magazine - A small book!
• Chocolate - Green & Blacks
• Sweets - haribo
• Hot drink - Tea
• Cold drink - Ribena (yes, I know it is sugar laden but breastfeeding me loooooves it)
• Bubble bath - Neals Yard arnica stuff
• Hand cream - Anything unscented.

I would rather swap out the cake or talc for lansinoh nipple cream.

does no-one else hate "bundles"? You can never get it right for everyone so there's always something pointless in them. Or maybe it's just me that's a fussy arse.

my tuppenceworth;

Nappies - swaddlebees reuseable AND nature newborn.

• Dummy - no idea, never got any of mine to take one
• Colic remedy - whatever, none of mine had colic
• Nappy cream - green baby and sudocrem
• Baby bath - organic stuff
• Baby shampoo - ditto
• Talcum powder - what for?
• Cotton wool - there are brands of cottonwool??
• Baby wipes - nature baby AND 3 washable wipes (with info leaflet, to go with washable nappy)
• Nappy sacks - nature baby
• Breast pads - never used em, no idea.
• Cake - mmmmm chocolate
• Biscuits - mmmmmm chocolate

Luxury products:

• Magazine - junior pg and birth, green parent
• Chocolate - belgian truffles
• Sweets - jelly babies
• Hot drink - luxury hot choc
• Cold drink - rocks cordial
• Bubble bath - Neils Yard Arnica bath soak
• Hand cream - whatever.

yes hatwoman, but we wanna win the vouchers

snap flm on the neils yard!
and i agree with the lansinoh!!

Essential products:

• Nappies - own brand or Pampers Newborn
• Dummy - no
• Colic remedy - Infacol
• Nappy cream - Sudocreme or Metanium
• Baby bath - Avent, but I don't think its essential for a newborn
• Baby shampoo - no
• Talcum powder - no
• Cotton wool - pads 100% cotton own brand
• Baby wipes - any, as long as fragrance free
• Nappy sacks - own brand
• Breast pads - Avent, Lansinoh or Johnson
• Cake - Gu Caramel Tiffins
• Biscuits - savoury biscuits

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Now (Trash I know, but IME only have enough of an attention span for some sleb rubbishing)
• Chocolate - Green & Blacks Milk
• Sweets - wine gums
• Hot drink - PG Tips
• Cold drink - Ginger ale
• Bubble bath - some invigorating shower gel instead
• Hand cream - Atrixo

I'd personally like to see cheese in it, but then I suppose that makes it more complicated.

Essential products:

• Nappies - huggies
• Dummy - mam
• Colic remedy - infacol (although not sure this should be put into a new bundle present!)
• Nappy cream - meltanium
• Baby bath - none for a new born!
• Baby shampoo - none for a new born
• Talcum powder - not for new born
• Cotton wool - John Lewis do nice bags
• Baby wipes - Tesco
• Nappy sacks - Tesco lightly scented
• Breast pads - Tesco own brand
• Cake - Green and Blacks choc cake
• Biscuits - Green and Blacks choc biscuits

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Parenting
• Chocolate - Green and Blacks
• Sweets - don?t eat them
• Hot drink - Mint tea - Twinnings
• Cold drink - Ginger Cordial
• Bubble bath - Lush Bath bombs to relax (waving not drowning one or Honey Bee)
• Hand cream - Lush hand creams

I don't like bundles myself (there's always a heap of stuff in them that you don't use) - but for what it's worth...

Essential products:

• Nappies Pampers newborn
• Dummy Avent
• Colic remedy none
• Nappy cream Metanium
• Baby bath Johnson's (I like the smell!)
• Baby shampoo Johnson's (ditto)
• Talcum powder Johnson's (ditto)
• Cotton wool Any brand
• Baby wipes Pampers un-fragranced
• Nappy sacks any brand
• Breast pads any brand
• Cake chocolate
• Biscuits don't eat them

Luxury products:

• Magazine none
• Chocolate Green and Black's
• Sweets don't eat them
• Hot drink Yorkshire Tea!
• Cold drink Something like Purdey's
• Bubble bath none
• Hand cream Superdrug's own brand (sorry!)

Essential products:

• Nappies - pampers for disposables
• Dummy - no idea!
• Colic remedy - no idea!
• Nappy cream - sudocrem
• Baby bath - no idea!
• Baby shampoo - no idea!
• Talcum powder - no way!
• Cotton wool - waitrose big roll of c/w
• Baby wipes - no idea!
• Nappy sacks - no idea!
• Breast pads - no idea!
• Cake - waitrose loaf cake any
• Biscuits - McVitie's Hobnobs Milk Chocolate

Luxury products:

• Magazine - vanity fair
• Chocolate - G&B Maya gold/milk/dark espresso
• Sweets - maltesers
• Hot drink - illy decaff
• Cold drink - Tropicana sanguinello orange
• Bubble bath - Organic Relaxing Bath Soak with Lavender & Bergamot Oils Waitrose
• Hand cream -Neutrogena Unscented Hand Cream

a fabulous lady gave me some of the neals yard stuff

Essential products:

• Nappies - reusables
• Nappy cream - metanium
• Baby bath - Johnson's bedtime bath
• Cotton wool - cheapest adult one
• Baby wipes - any brand fragrance free
• Nappy sacks - cheapest
• Breast pads - reusables
• Cake - anything chocolate
• Biscuits - timtams or jaffa cakes

Luxury products:

• Magazine - the week and star
• Chocolate - green and blacks milk choc
• Sweets - jelly babies
• Hot drink - white tea with peppermint
• Cold drink - gilberts white port
• Bubble bath - original source rose and aloe
• Hand cream - Neutrogena Norwegian formula

Essential products:

• Nappies - Pampers new baby
• Dummy - Avent (definitely not if you want to breastfeed in early days)
• Colic remedy - None work
• Nappy cream - Bepanthen/ sudocrem
• Baby bath - Oilatum or other one for v sensitive skin
• Baby shampoo - See above
• Talcum powder - None
• Cotton wool - Own brand, large pads
• Baby wipes - Eco baby
• Nappy sacks - Eco baby
• Breast pads - Lansinoh disposable
• Cake - Gu chocolate brownies
• Biscuits - Green and Blacks chocolate flapjacks

Luxury products:

• Magazine - She
• Chocolate - Green & Blacks
• Sweets - liqourice alsorts
• Hot drink - Green and Blacks hot chocolate
• Cold drink - Champagne/ Elderflower presse
• Bubble bath - Champneys
• Hand cream - Champneys

Another vote for Lansinoh nipple cream for essential pack.

Essential products:

• Nappies Any huggies
• Dummy None
• Colic remedy Infacol
• Nappy cream Sudocrem
• Baby bath Tesco own brand night time
• Baby shampoo Johnsons bedtime
• Talcum powder None
• Cotton wool None
• Baby wipes Pampers sensitive
• Nappy sacks Waitrose own brand
• Breast pads Avent
• Cake Waitrose rocky road
• Biscuits Choco Liebnz sp?

Luxury products:

• Magazine Good Housekeeping
• Chocolate Lindt
• Sweets Haribo
• Hot drink Green & Blacks hot choc
• Cold drink Tropicana original
• Bubble bath Clarins
• Hand cream Olay

• Nappies - Pampers or Nature Babies
• Dummy - n/a
• Colic remedy - never used it but Infacol
• Nappy cream - sudocream
• Baby bath - I don't use it, esp on newbies but if I had some and saved it for later I'd use Little Me organics or something else in an organic range
• Baby shampoo - never used it n newbies but again same as with baby bath
• Talcum powder - never ever ever used it & never will
• Cotton wool - whatever, doesn't matter, own brand, anything
• Baby wipes - nature ones
• Nappy sacks - nature
• Breast pads - johnsons disposable ones
• Cake - as long as it's big and very chocolately doesn't matter who made it. Oh and Waitrose do a lovely pear & belgian chocolate one
• Biscuits - chocolate - gren and blacks maybe

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Marie Claire / Heat / Junior
• Chocolate - organic - green & blacks - butterscotch
• Sweets - don't eat sweets but more chocolates would be good
• Hot drink - Green & Blacks organic hot chocolate
• Cold drink - non alcoholic - something with elderflower - alcoholic - pink champagne
• Bubble bath - don't use it but something very natural and organic as I like to bath with my babies esp in early days.
• Hand cream - Dunno but hard core as I got nappy hands big time. I liked aqueous cream the best.

Essential products:

• Nappies
• Dummy
• Colic remedy
• Nappy cream - Sudo Cream
• Baby bath - Johnssons
• Baby shampoo - Johnssons
• Talcum powder - Johnssons
• Cotton wool - Johnssons
• Baby wipes - Huggies
• Nappy sacks - Any biodegradable
• Breast pads - Any
• Cake - Fruit cake
• Biscuits - Boasters

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Practical Parenting
• Chocolate - Cadbury's
• Sweets - Fruit pastilles
• Hot drink - Horlicks
• Cold drink - Fruit Juice
• Bubble bath - molten brown
• Hand cream - molten brown

Essential products:

• Nappies - Huggies
• Dummy - Don't use
• Colic remedy - Infacol
• Nappy cream - Waitrose bottom butter
• Baby bath - Simple baby bath
• Baby shampoo - Simple baby shampoo
• Talcum powder - Don't use
• Cotton wool - Own brand large balls or pads
• Baby wipes - Simple baby wipes
• Nappy sacks - Any
• Breast pads - Tommies
• Cake - Anything chocolate
• Biscuits - Boasters/cookies

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Any baby mag
• Chocolate - Galaxy
• Sweets - Sports mixtures
• Hot drink - Hot chocolate
• Cold drink - Smoothie
• Bubble bath - Sanctuary mande lular
• Hand cream - L'occitane

Essential products:

• Nappies - Pampers new baby
• Dummy - mams
• Colic remedy - infacol
• Nappy cream - sudocreme
• Baby bath - Johnson and Johnson
• Baby shampoo - Johnson and Johnson
• Talcum powder - Johnson and Johnson
• Cotton wool - Oranic
• Baby wipes - Huggies Pure
• Nappy sacks - Nature Bio nappy bags

Breast pads - Avent Washable

• Cake GU - chocolate brownies
• Biscuits - Chocolate digestive

Luxury products:

• Magazine - Hello
• Chocolate - Green and Blacks
• Sweets - worthers originals
• Hot drink - Green and Blacks hot chocolate
• Cold drink - Evian
• Bubble bath - I Coloniali
• Hand cream - L'Occitane

Essential products:

• Nappies, pampers newbaby, in the yellow packet
• Dummy, not to be included as inferfers with bf
• Colic remedy not be be included as they should seek proper medical advice before giving this imo,get it from the pharmacy
• Nappy cream,bepanthan,sudocrem
• Baby bath, i would say boots but waitrose or johnsons
• Baby shampooditto
• Talcum powderditto
• Cotton wool ditto
• Baby wipes ditto
• Nappy sacks any that smell nice
• Breast pads johnson
• Cake waitrose
• Biscuitswaitrose

Luxury products:

• Magazine heat
• Chocolate cadburys
• Sweetsharribo
• Hot drink hot choc cadburys
• Cold drink lucozade
• Bubble bath radox herbal
• Hand cream atrixo

you also need to include lavender drops

Essential products:

• Nappies
• Dummy
• Colic remedy
• Nappy cream prescription only
• Baby bath boots sensitive
• Baby shampoo boots sensitive
• Talcum powder none used
• Cotton wool cheapo
• Baby wipes nature boy for new baby age
• Nappy sacks nature again
• Breast pads johnsons and only johnsons
• Cake waitrose
• Biscuits waitrose

Luxury products:

• Magazine living etc
• Chocolate flake
• Sweets none
• Hot drink earl grey twinings
• Cold drink san pelegrino
• Bubble bath pears shower gel
• Hand cream no 7