The NEW Baby nose-clear Room Vapour can be used from birth to help clear blocked noses for easier feeding and sleep. Its refreshing blend of pure and gentle essential oils has 100% natural decongestant and antibacterial properties.
Simply place a few drops on a damp towel over a radiator to release the helpful vapour. Ready for winter snuffles, it is now available from Boots, Lloyds,Waitrose and the NCT shop. For useful product literature and demonstration samples please contact us on www.4little1.com
Care Virasoothe Chickenpox Relief Cooling Gel (50g and 75g) is now listed in section IXa on the Drug Tariff as a class IIa medical device, and can therefore be prescribed and reimbursed, as well as being purchased from pharmacies. This listing ensures that Care Virasoothe is included in the Nurse’s Prescribers' formulary, in MIMS and on 
Patients with earwax problems are often advised to insert olive oil into the ear canal prior to professional syringing. This natural lubricant softens the wax – sometimes to the extent that syringing becomes unnecessary – but can be difficult to use. However, Care Olive Oil Eardrops now offer a prescribable, convenient, patient-ready form of medicinalgrade olive oil to treat earwax.
With flu and fever being particular concerns for many people, monitoring a baby or toddler’s body temperature easily and accurately may help to alert parents when to see a health care professional. Philips AVENT’s Digital Thermometer Set enables parents to switch between an oral Soother Thermometer or a digital Flexible Probe Thermometer (for oral, underarm or rectal use). Both thermometers are accurate to within 0.1°C (range 35-42°C), recall the last measured temperature and have an audible fever alert.
From October 2009 Aptamil Easy Digest will be called Aptamil Comfort. Aptamil Comfort. For the dietary management of colic and constipation. For further information please visit our HCP website 
Care Virasoothe Chickenpox Relief Cooling Gel is now available to help cool and hydrate the dermal symptoms of chickenpox. In an open-label study, 70% of children reported relief.
Research by Trablusi and Colleagues (JPGN, August 2009) indicates that babies fed SMA First Infant Milk grow at a slow, healthy rate. This new formulation has an 8% reduction in total protein and an increase in alphalactalbumin protein, compared with standard whey-dominant formulae. Patterns of weight gain in infants receiving SMA First Infant Milk were comparable with breast milk and the formula was well tolerated. Total quantity and type of protein in infant formula has long-term implications: excess protein may place a burden on the kidneys and may cause rapid growth, impacting negatively on future health. 
SMA Nutrition has launched the Professional Know-how Initiative – a web-based resource that aims to help midwives and health visitors in educating new parents, whilst also supporting professional skills development. The initiative includes interactive web-based videos and multi-lingual fact sheets, to help health care professionals teach the basics of breast feeding, winding, weaning, sterilising and making up bottles. For professional skills development there are e-learning modules on infant nutrition together with advice on improving work-life balance, using the new UK-WHO growth charts, writing clinical papers and more. For a free USB stick, pre-loaded with information including the breastfeeding helpsheets, sign-up to Professional know-how at 
One of the most frustrating things about having an arm or leg in plaster or dressings is trying to keep them dry whilst having a bath or shower.
WaterWipes – new from DermaH2O – are suitable from birth and for infants with sensitive skin, nappy rash and atopic eczema. Clinically proven to be as safe as cotton wool and water, Waterwipes are pH neutral, fragrance-free and fully biodegradable wipes that use innovative technology to remain moist and germ-free free without chemical additives. 
