Plum Baby

When weaning brings on the blues

amanda.hayes — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:51:54 +0000

We all know about the ‘baby blues’ – that weepy period many new mums go through in the week or so after giving birth. It’s attributed mostly to the huge hormonal shifts that occur in our bodies once baby is no longer in residence, and midwives and health visitors are ...

A Blissful day for all of us!

amanda.hayes — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:51 +0000

Many of you may know that over the past five months, we’ve been raising funds for Bliss, the national special-care baby charity, through sales of special promotional packs of Plum. We chose Bliss as our charity partner because of the outstanding work they do to help premature babies and their ...

Thanks for participating in our Facebook poll!

amanda.hayes — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:13:44 +0000

A big ‘thank you’ to all of you who added your 2p, and your comments, to our Facebook poll today! HQ was very pleased at the turnout – which means we might be doing a bit more of this in the future! In the meantime, though, the winners of today’s ...

No shame, no guilt!

amanda.hayes — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:15:42 +0000

Serious question: When did guilt become an expected part of motherhood? Surely someone, sometime back in the mists of history got away with raising a child WITHOUT BLAMING HERSELF FOR ANYTHING. Right? Not these days, though. Now, it’s a lot more common to wonder what on earth we’re going to ...

Let the sun shine in!

amanda.hayes — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:06:33 +0000

Vitamin D has gotten quite a bit of press lately, and with the rain pouring down outside and grey clouds overhead, it seems like a good time to talk about the ‘sunshine vitamin’ – or our lack of it. As illnesses go, rickets sounds downright Victorian, with connotations of poorhouses ...

Weaning of Life competition winners’ circle

amanda.hayes — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:20:30 +0000

This is it, folks, the final two winners of our app competition! Today’s winner of the £10 Plum hamper is Susan B! And, the long-awaited winner of the new iPad 3, is…. Farhana H! Susan and Farhana will also get an email from us confirming they’ve won. Congratulations to everyone ...

PRODUCT WITHDRAWAL NOTICE

plum — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:14:02 +0000

PLUM BABY OATY CHOMPS BARS – PUMPKIN PIE VARIANT (5 X 20G) 20th April 2012 We have identified a potential product quality issue with our recently-launched Plum Baby Oaty Chomps Bars – Pumpkin Pie variant. As a precaution we’re withdrawing the product from the market, even though there is minimal ...

Antioxidants – which foods pack the biggest punch?

amanda.hayes — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:53:05 +0000

Here’s a hypothetical question: You’re standing in your local supermarket, and someone offers you £5,000 if you can pick out the one food in the place with the most antioxidant power. What would you grab? Have you taken a minute to think? You might have tossed a bar of dark ...

Top gear for weaning… 5 things you really, really don’t want to be without

amanda.hayes — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:13:07 +0000

Like many things in the wonderful world of babies, weaning can be more complex than you’d assumed. Especially if you happen to wander into a store specialising in ‘baby gear’ – you might well walk out thinking a combination steamer/puree device with a vacuum-sealing attachment was something you couldn’t possibly ...

When ordinary parents do extraordinary things

amanda.hayes — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:19:26 +0000

When we launched our recent campaign in aid of the national baby charity Bliss, we were amazed by all the messages we got from mums and dads, telling us how Bliss had touched their lives when their babies were born prematurely, too small, or too sick to make it on their ...