Amazon CURRENTLY have a rather lovely deal on this Kids Sonicare Electric Toothbrush

• Click HERE to brush up your kid’s smiles at Amazon

I remember a time when having an electric toothbrush was considered lazy.

These days though they are considered, by all oral healthcare professionals, to be the only way to really get your teeth clean and after all the chocolate, mince pie and Christmas pudding madness of the last few days, it's VERY important to make sure that kids clean their teeth as thoroughly as possible.

If you’ve ever looked at the price of electric toothbrushes, especially top of the range ones like the Sonicare models , then you’ll know they’re more of an investment than your impulse purchase.

Amazon have slashed the price of this Kids HX6311 Sonicare Electric Toothbrush from an anstronomical £70 to £23.82.

Now we all know Amazon like to move their prices up and down more than the dentist’s chair, so keep your fingers and everything else crossed they leave this price alone long enough for you to pick one up for £23.82

Thanks to s123456 at HUKD

Amazon CURRENTLY have a rather lovely deal on this Kids Sonicare Electric Toothbrush (I say currrently...don't shoot the messenger if they mess around with the price minutes after I've written this!)

• Click HERE to brush up your  kid's smiles at Amazon

I remember a time when having an electric toothbrush was considered lazy.

These days though they are considered, by all oral healthcare professionals, to be the only way to really get your teeth clean.

If you’ve ever looked at the price of electric toothbrushes, especially top of the range ones like the Sonicare models , then you’ll know they’re more of an investment than your impulse purchase.

I’ve just spent rather a lot of money with my oral hygienist and my teeth look and feel amazing, she told me that the run up to Christmas is the perfect time to pick up a quality electric toothbrush for the same price as a cheap electric toothbrush.

She wasn’t wrong either (my hygienist is ace!) Amazon have slashed the price of this Kids HX6311 Sonicare Electric Toothbrush from an anstronomical £70 to £23.82.

Now we all know Amazon like to move their prices up and down more than the dentist's chair, so keep your fingers and everything else crossed they leave this price alone long enough for you to pick one up for £23.82. 

Thanks to geegee-pinata over at HUKD

If you have a little person in your life, the chances are that you're already well acquainted with Calprofen. It's an indispensable part of many parents' lives and medicine cupboards and you can stock up on it now at Asda, with 12 x 5ml sachets for £1.

• Click here to check out the deal at Asda

Suitable for babies aged 3 months and over, Calprofen is a strawberry flavoured Ibuprofen Suspension for babies and children. It is used for the relief of pain from teething and toothache, headache, symptoms of cold and influenza, sore throat, minor muscular pain and aches. It can also be used for the reduction of temperature and post-immunisation fever. Calprofen is colour and sugar free and could be used to treat children up to the age of 12 years.

I think these little travel pouches of medicine are absolutely brilliant and I've lost count of the number of times I've breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of one lurking in my nappy bag in the middle of a teething nightmare.

Even now I tend not to leave the house without three things: a packet of baby wipes, emergency snacks and a sachet of medicine. If you're expecting a little one I recommend nabbing these while you can - they're the sort of thing you'll be glad to have to hand once the teething fury starts!

If you're an expectant Mum you're probably that little bit more cautious than usual about what you put in your body and on your skin. Pregnancy can make you more sensitive to side-effects from your usual lotions and potions, and yet many expectant mums find themselves buying new products specifically aimed at pregnant women in a quest to ease those niggles and discomforts.

So finding a brand you trust and a range of products that actually work is important. And while complementary remedies might not be part of your usual weekly shop, they can be a good bet if you've got a baby on board.

So when we were offered a range of products for new and expectant Mums from Napiers, we decided to put them to the test so you don't have to!

Napiers is one of the UK's leading brands in complementary and natural health remedies. The first Napiers shop and clinic was opened in Edinburgh in 1860 by Duncan Napier, a respected botanist and herbalist. Today they still manufacture some of Mr Napiers' formulas and tonics using traditional methods, and have one of the largest teams of professional natural health and herbal practitioners in the UK.

There are four Napiers clinics and retail outlets dotted around the country as well as a rather handy online shop which stocks a wide range of herbal medicines and natural therapies. Here's our verdict on the items we sampled:

Nursing Tea £6.45
Billed as a great-tasting combination of herbs, Napiers' nursing tea is supposed to promote breast milk production and help tone the uterus after birth. We gave it to Isla, a new Mum who instantly admitted that she'd much rather have a nice cup of PG Tips! But after a few days she was hooked.

"I've no idea whether it affected my milk supply or worked its magic on my uterus but it was refreshing to drink something that tasted clean and healthy," she said. "It's not cheap but it's the sort of thing I'd really appreciate receiving as a gift after giving birth. You get so many babygros and teddy bears but something like this, which is a bit indulgent because of the price and yet good for both Mum and baby, is an ideal, thoughtful gift for a new Mum"

Beautiful Belly Massage Blend £9.50

This natural massage blend from Napiers contains essential oils of mandarin, roman chamomile and frankincense in a base of skin conditioning plant oils. Massaging it into skin daily should help keep stretch marks at bay! I must admit to being sceptical about this because after two babies I know only too well that some people are just cursed with stretchmarks, no matter what lengths - or lotions - they go to to avoid them! But expectant Mum Keira gave this her seal of approval.

"I've tried several different stretchmark prevention creams and this is obviously much richer and more oily than some but it also feels wonderfully indulgent and soothing. It's not one to put on before you get dressed in the morning as it is rather messy but it makes a lovely post-bath ritual and the smell is strangely comforting."

Organic Ginger Tincture, £9.95
Napiers herbalists recommend the ginger tincture to ease the symptoms of morning sickness and feelings of nausea in early pregnancy. I can't report on that but I can tell that a few drops of this in a mug of hot water with a squeeze of lemon and a drizzle of honey is lovely if you're suffering from the sniffles!

Expectant Mum Hannah was dubious about this but admitted she's not a fan of ginger in general. "It did seem to work," she says. "But I found I had to take quite a few drops for it to work and I just don't like the flavour or smell of ginger. It's pretty expensive for something that you might not enjoy taking."

Organic Raspberry Leaf Tea, £4.50
This organic tea is traditionally used to prepare the uterus for labour through its toning and strengthening action. It's not safe for use in early pregnancy, so do check packaging before use.

Expectant Mum Emma said; "I've never really used loose leaf teas before, I usually opt for  the standard bagged variety, so it was an interesting experience to try the Raspberry Leaf Tea. When I opened the bag, I expected to be hit in the face by a lovely big whoosh of raspberry aroma, but I was a bit disappointed to sniff and just get a tea smell, albeit slightly sweeter than normal. I steeped some in some boiling water for a bit as per the instructions, and noticed immediately that the tea smell generally got a bit stronger. I left it to steep for 10 minutes then came back to finish the tea. By this stage, the smell had intensified, and the liquid was a nice brown tea colour. I added a dollop of honey and gave it a try. I'm afraid I didn't enjoy the tea very much. I'm not a huge fan of flavoured teas in the first place, and assam is usually my bag of choice. I don't think it will be a regular drink during the end of my pregnancy."

Personally, I'm convinced by the powers of raspberry leaf tea. I drank vats of the stuff during both of my pregnancies and got off lightly when it came to labour. Coincidence? Who knows. I've even been known to palm the stuff off on expectant friends - one of whom went into labour just hours after I made her drink several cups of this stuff! It's not necessarily a thing to drink for the taste but I recommend giving it a whirl if you have in mind to try a natural birth.

Napiers products are available from www.napiers.net or order by phone on: 0131 343 3292.

I'm ridiculously over-excited about this review. Apologies in advance for gushing.

All too rarely, an email pops into my inbox offering me something for nothing. This week, it was a discount code for a company I'd never heard of before called graze.com.

I LOVE the premise behind this clever little outfit. For just £2.99 a week you can get a nutritionally balanced box of healthy deliciousness delivered to your desk and personalised to your own fine tastes.

First, you choose the type of box (graze nibble or graze fruit, each with four punnets of healthy treats), which day of the week and how frequently you'd like it delivered. Next you browse the taste-tastic virtual aisles of the Graze online store to give them an idea of which natural foods you love and which you loathe. Then they'll hand-pick a box based on your preferences and deliver it to your door with free first class delivery. Genius!

The menu is a mouth-watering array of healthy, natural food; everything from fresh fruit, nuts and seeds to  dried fruits, natural treats and the best olives I’ve ever sampled. There's plenty on offer for the chocaholics among us, too. The 'eldorado' mix of cranberries, hazelnuts and dark chocolate-coated cocoa beans is  quite literally a little bit of a heaven in a box. And all items are free from artificial colourings, flavourings and preservatives .

I signed up for a free trial which involved my first box being free, and 50% off the second box. I vowed to cancel my account after that, since it doesn't really pay to write these reviews if you end up spending everything you earn on every product or service you write about.... but I'm hooked. My husband and I LOVE our little box of nutritional deliciousness too much to do without it now. We get ours delivered on a Wednesday night which is officially date night in our house, and in two short weeks it has become something of a wind-down ritual to uncork the wine and crack open the Graze box while we make dinner. I look forward to opening the Graze box with an almost irrational sense of excitement; not knowing what you're going to get to eat is bizarrely good fun, and we've discovered foods which we love but didn't know existed before. Green raisins, anyone? Or how about ones infused with pineapple juice? Awesome.

There’s no nasty upfront financial commitment or lifetime contract. You only pay per box and they only charge you on the day they send the box. You can cancel your weekly deliveries at any time and if you’re going out of town you can add a ‘delivery holiday’ for a week or two, or change your delivery day from one week to the next.

According to the Graze nutritional team, ‘grazing’ on natural foods throughout the day instead of fixed meal times provides slow release all-day energy, making it a great way to lose weight by controlling your blood sugar. All day grazing is also a good way of getting more balance and variety into your diet, helping you eat plenty of the stuff that’s good for you.

I don't know about all that but I do know that if you sign up and enter the code DNLHWLZ you'll get a free box too, and we'll donate £1 to the Rainforest Alliance in your honour! And of course no obligation to pay for any further boxes after that... although be warned, you might find yourself powerless to resist!

If you do sign up you can add other addresses to your account if you'd like to lavish a little graze love on a friend or colleague, and you can even buy gift vouchers for friends, who can choose when they get their boxes delivered without having to set up a weekly order. You can also order a one-off box if you feel like sending someone a quirky little thank you in the post.

This is an indulgent treat rather than a money-saving deal but I do think it represents brilliant value. The quality of the food is exceptional and £2.99 a week seems like money well spent in this case. The portions are small but perfectly formed - just enough for a day's grazing for one, or ideal as pre-dinner nibbles for two or even for sharing with friends. On that note I'm off for the ultimate Saturday morning indulgence; an episode of Grey's Anatomy with the remainder of my delicious graze box... I only hope someone saved me some of those chocolate-coated cocoa beans!