Baby Box Shop Blog

Expectant parents checking baby basics beside a cream keepsake case with cotton clothing, nappies, muslins and teddy. Text: Newborn essentials: what you really need.

Newborn Essentials Checklist: What You Really Need

The NHS list is shorter than the shop's. Here's what a newborn actually needs, how many of each, and the two things to be careful about buying used.

Newborn Essentials Checklist: What You Really Need

The NHS list is shorter than the shop's. Here's what a newborn actually needs, how many of each, and the two things to be careful about buying used.

Parent holding a baby wrapped in a taupe hooded towel, with muslins and brush nearby. Text: How often should you bath a baby?

How Often Do You Actually Need to Bath a Baby?

Two or three baths a week is the NHS line, not daily. What topping and tailing involves, why you run the cold tap first, and what you can skip.

How Often Do You Actually Need to Bath a Baby?

Two or three baths a week is the NHS line, not daily. What topping and tailing involves, why you run the cold tap first, and what you can skip.

Parent and nursery worker supporting an awake baby holding a grey elephant comforter at handover. Text: Settling into nursery. The first weeks.

Settling Your Baby Into Nursery: The First Weeks

Nobody can tell you how long settling in takes, whatever they say. Here's the honest answer, what changes in English nurseries this September, and what to buy now.

Settling Your Baby Into Nursery: The First Weeks

Nobody can tell you how long settling in takes, whatever they say. Here's the honest answer, what changes in English nurseries this September, and what to buy now.

Friend giving expectant parents a Nursery Collection box with elephant comforter, muslins and wrap. Text: Gender reveal gifts they'll actually use.

15 Gender Reveal Gifts New Parents Actually Use

Everyone at the party buys newborn size and something pink or blue. Here's what actually gets used, what's worth skipping, and the one thing nobody thinks to buy.

15 Gender Reveal Gifts New Parents Actually Use

Everyone at the party buys newborn size and something pink or blue. Here's what actually gets used, what's worth skipping, and the one thing nobody thinks to buy.

Parent checking the back of an awake baby's neck indoors, beside a folded taupe towel and gift box. Text: Keeping baby warm in winter. Without overheating.

Keeping Baby Warm in Winter Without Overheating

Cold hands aren't a cold baby. The room temperature that's actually recommended, why overheating is the bigger winter risk, and the blanket rule that catches everyone out.

Keeping Baby Warm in Winter Without Overheating

Cold hands aren't a cold baby. The room temperature that's actually recommended, why overheating is the bigger winter risk, and the blanket rule that catches everyone out.

Parent holding an awake baby during a quiet evening routine, beside an empty cot with fitted sheet. Text: Baby bedtime: keep it simple.

Baby Bedtime: What Helps, and What to Keep Out

A baby needs two things in the cot and the rest is marketing. What the guidance actually says, where comforters really belong, and what helps at bedtime instead.

Baby Bedtime: What Helps, and What to Keep Out

A baby needs two things in the cot and the rest is marketing. What the guidance actually says, where comforters really belong, and what helps at bedtime instead.