... I paid for a subscription to Prima Baby last year for the bargain price of £9.99 for the eleven issues over the year. I got the subscription not only because it was an excellent offer but to try and limit myself to just one baby magazine a month.
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Advantages: Lots of personal advice, competitions, freebies. Disadvantages: A lot of articles are repeated over the years.
...paid for a subscription to Prima Baby last year for the bargain price of £9.99 for the eleven issues over the year. I got the subscription not only because it was an excellent offer but to try and limit myself to just one baby magazine a month.
Prima Baby is available to buy monthly for £2.20, and the monthly issue is available to buy from the first week day of every month. Each issue tends to be around 160 pages long, with about ... ...any of the mum’s via Prima Baby, if you want to make a new friend.
There are lots of competitions each month usually with the choice of entering through the post or a premium rate number. There are never a huge amount of prizes in each competition but there are a lot of competitions. Anyone can enter the competitions and there are no special competitions or offers for subscription readers, unlike with other magazines. I would like ... more
When I first found out that I was pregnant, to say I was surprised was a bit of an understatement. I began to stock up on all sorts of baby books and magazines to try and prepare myself for the big arrival. I purchased three or four books and found that not only did they cost a lot but they didn’t give me advice in a friendly way, and tended to read more like a text book. It was like being lectured at, and I found it disconcerting to say the least. Baby magazines however were available to buy at a much more reasonable price and are bright, have lots of gorgeous pictures, and are filled with up-to-date, friendly advice and tips.
Now that my daughter is almost two I feel that I have come to a point with all of my baby magazines. I paid for a subscription to Prima Baby last year for the bargain price of £9.99 for the eleven issues over the year. I got the subscription not only because it was an excellent offer but to try and limit myself to just one baby magazine a month.
Prima Baby is available to buy monthly for £2.20, and the monthly issue is available to buy from the first week day of every month. Each issue tends to be around 160 pages long, with about a third of them containing adverts. On the front cover are different features, highlighted to try and tempt you in. The front page tries to sell the magazine to all groups covering features from pregnancy, birth, newborn and toddler age – a little something for everyone!
With every issue comes a free gift. Over the past year I have had a travel pack of wet wipes, a bath book, a reading book, hat and mittens and a T-Shirt to name a few. The free gifts due tend to be of high quality, which is quite refreshing given the number of magazines in print at any one time. The clothing, although it is always unisex only comes in one size and that is usually nine months, so sadly is no use to me. Each issue has special readers’ offers too, ranging from money off from a shop to a special cut price children’s CD or book.
The contents page spans over two pages and is presented very well. On page one, they have the page numbers of all the features on the cover so you can quickly find anything you wanted to look at. On the next page, the contents are split into sections on pregnancy, birth, you and your child, mum and child health, regulars, prizes and offers.
The magazine opens with a regular letters page which is your chance to have your say about anything baby related. The letters tend to be about previous articles in the magazine and some interesting points do get raised. Each letter receives a generous £25 and the top letter also receives a free gift.
Mums In Touch is another monthly feature that gives mums the opportunity to share their birthing or parenting stories. You can contact any of the mum’s via Prima Baby, if you want to make a new friend.
There are lots of competitions each month usually with the choice of entering through the post or a premium rate number. There are never a huge amount of prizes in each competition but there are a lot of competitions. Anyone can enter the competitions and there are no special competitions or offers for subscription readers, unlike with other magazines. I would like to think that I had the chance to get exclusive offers or giveaways as a special bonus for having bought a subscription so I am a little disappointed by this.
This month’s giveaway includes eczema packs, toys, CDs and novelty plasters. You can also submit letters or personal stories with the chance of being rewarded with vouchers, toys and feeding sets for example. The magazine is very focused on the reader and offers you the chance to play a part in the magazine by, for example, telling your birth story, amusing stories about what kids say and advice to other mums.
Each month there are different products or services tested to give you the best value and personal advice on what products would suit you. This month they look at books, baby food and buggies. I find these sections useful to seeing what is on offer but I do not agree with the way that they test. If they are testing four different types of baby food, they have four different mums and babies who test one each. Now surely you need the same person to rate each one as everyone has different ideas as to what they want from the food, not to mention that their children would obviously have different tastes too. I would find it more useful to have each product tested by at least three different people, with a little background on each person – perhaps to help you relate to them and so you can get a more relevant opinion.
Prima Baby has a pregnancy diary running from 6 weeks up to 40 weeks. Each week you get facts about how big your baby is and what they can now do as well as tips and advice for each stage of the pregnancy. This is a useful feature but as it is repeated every month I tend not to read it.
Fashion for pregnant ladies and babies is featured with a different slant each month. They show their opinion of the best buys in various pregnancy and baby clothes, and also tell you where you can purchase them. The clothes they pick though tend to be at the higher end of the market. Their feature on childrens’ T-Shirts for this month has the T-shirts averaging at about £10 – have they not heard of Primark?! It is the same with the pregnancy clothing, with some garments topping the £50 mark. I see this section more as an advertising ploy than a true opinion of the best clothing and best value.
Each month they have articles on various pregnancies, birth, newborn and baby advice. These range from birthing stories, advice on pain relief, how to change a nappy, when to go back to work – all highly relevant information.
This month, three of the best features for me were their advice on what to give to fussy eaters and how to make them less fussy, sleep plans for any age, and help for parents who have trouble getting their child to say goodbye at nursery.
“Help Your Foody Fusspot” features advice from a nutritionist about how to make food more attractive to your child and how to handle their behaviour when they refuse to eat it. It also has personal advice and feedback from two mums who followed her advice.
I found the nursery feature particularly interesting as I plan to start my own daughter in nursery in the next week or two. A Head Teacher from a nursery school gives her top ten tips for getting your child happily into nursery and for you to be able to leave. Again it also features feedback from a parent who had a clingy child and how the advice has helped them.
Lastly their feature on sleep plans was very interesting and offered lots of practical help for parents. They documented three different sleep plans and showed you what kind of child they would best help. They also gave the story of one family that followed each of the plans, describing how they had benefited from it. It also gives you a guide as to how much nap time and night sleep your child will need, based on its age. They are sensible enough to add that it is only a guide and each baby has individual needs. This is what I love about the magazine; it doesn’t tell you what to do but advises you and gives you all the options.
They also had a feature this month on baby book worms and gave a selection of top ten books for different ages. The also gave advice and tips on how to get you child interested in books and what type of books are appropriate for each stage. I found this very useful for my child as she is already showing a very healthy fascination for books and all kinds of other reading material.
There are a lot of adverts in Prima Baby. They tend to be all baby related so I actually find them interesting. You can often get money of vouchers and special promotions from the adverts.
I feel Prima Baby has really served me well and been a great source of reference for me over the last couple of years. I will not be renewing my subscription though as I feel that so many of its stories and features are regularly repeated. This is not really a criticism as I guess there are only so many different ways you can approach the topic of pregnancy, birth, newborn care and babies. You see, Prima Baby has so many different audiences to please – pregnant women, and first and second time mums which is why a lot of its features are repeated, e.g. pregnancy diaries, birthing advice and sleep plans as these are very important to people.
In comparison with other baby magazines I have found Prima Baby to offer great value and personal advice second to none. I am pleased that the magazine is not quite as graphic as other publications in their documentation of birthing pictures as I really don't want to see graphic pictures. The range of acticles in Prima Baby is expansive and tends to put the magazine in a league of its own for me.
I am glad I have had this magazine as a resource but the time has come to say good bye. I thoroughly recommend this magazine to first time pregnant ladies and new mums as its advice is second to none. However, there are only so many times you can read the same thing!
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Prima Baby & Pregnancy is bought to you by the same people who produce the women's monthly magazine Prima. However, this magazine covers everything about pregnancy, birth and babies/toddlers you could need to know. The magazine currently costs £2.40 per issue, and comes out monthly. The magazine has anice glassy cover which is always nice and bright and eye-catching with features, competitions and a mention of each section it ... ...dad.
I would say Prima Baby is a fun, informative, great value for money magazine for all newly pregnant women and mums too! There is always something in there to help you, or of interest to mums! I will definitely buy it again, £2.40 is definitely a bargain for a magazine crammed with freebies, competitions and articles! You do sometimes get a freebie on the cover too which makes it even better value! ...
mummy2harry 07.06.2007
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Advantages: Great and interesting magazine Disadvantages: Lots of adverts
...The magazine is called Prima Baby and Pregnancy; it is just over 140 pages long. The first few pages have the index and what special features there are inside. They then introduce you to the experts that give advice throughout the issue. I found this to be very helpful as at least I know that they are professionals and most of them are parents too. The experts range from midwives, doctors, child psychologists and even a breast feeding counsellor. ... ...to go for circumcision.
Prima baby and Pregnancy is a monthly magazine and is normally available the last week in every month. It costs £2.50 per issue which I found to be very reasonable. You can get it on subscription which is £21.50 for 12 issues and they give you a free gift of a Vertbaudet nappy holder that is worth £25. I got my copy from Asda but it can be found in any major supermarket or newsagent. I would also recommend having a look at ...
vichar68 27.05.2008
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Advantages: Great all round site for parents of all ages! Disadvantages: i spend too much time surfing on the site :)
...The site is hosted by Prima Baby & Pregnancy magazine. I got lots of information regarding pregnancy, birth and how to best involve to older child. There are a number of web chats held by the site the last of which covering how people physically and mentally might feel after childbirth and ways of coping. Various other topics include: Getting pregnant - Covers a rage of topics from trouble conceiving to getting pregnant after a miscarriage. Helpful ... ...infertility testing. Pregnancy - Has a baby-namer with hundreds of names and meanings. Information on antenatal checks, your working rights, multiple births and more. Birth - Tells how to write a good birth plan, information on pain relief options, how to pack a hospital bag and the birth stories of other members. Baby - Now that you've brought the baby home what do you do with it??? This section covers sleeping, crying, eating, health, injections ...
znh3ra54 16.04.2009
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Advantages: informative articles and something for everyone Disadvantages: price
...fairly similar, however I found Prima Baby to be just a bit different to the others.
It has many of the features that all parenting magazines have - Ask The Expert, letters pages, cookery section, penfriend section - but I found the articles to be slightly better than others. To me, they seemed to be written in a better style, they do not 'talk down' to you as some do and they they treat you like an adult, not a jibbering emotional wreck that some ... ...are pregnant!
Articles range from those on pregnancy (there is a regular section featuring 3 women at differnt stages of pregnancy - although it is 3 different women each month so you don't get fed up of reading about the same people all the time), through birth to dealing with newborns and onto toddlers. There really is something for everyone. I'm not saying htat you will find every single article riveting - some may not be relevant - but you are ...
jools30 07.09.2001
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Advantages: Full of information Disadvantages: Only comes out monthly
...cruicial moment.
I spotted prima baby because the headline was something like ‘All your birth worries laid to rest – yes even that one!’ I had to buy it.
I waddled home and put my feet up to read the article but ending up reading the whole magazine and spending an hour filling in competion forms and cutting out coupons. The letters page is very helpful as even if the advice doesn’t apply to you at that point in time it is always nice to learn something ... ...diaries are always interesting as they show three women in different stages of pregnancy and their thoughts at the time and also what happened at the birth and how they feel now. I t gave me a good insight as to the sorts of feelings and emotions I might feel when my baby was born.
There is always articles on baby items such as car seats/prams and cots and I have generally found the magazine to be unbiased and to give out impartial advice.
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lexijoe 06.02.2003
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This magazine is great if you are an expectant parent, if you have a baby or if you have a pre-school child. It costs £1.99 each month or a 12 month subscription costs £23.88 in the UK or a bit more outside. It is over 140 pages long and is owned by Emap Esprit and has been in circulation for a few years. It seems to have that tried and tested air about it which helps especially if you are a first time parent. The magazine has its own expert panel, who make comments or write articles throughout the magazine, such as a midwife, obstetrician, paediatrician, relate counsellor etc.
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