{"title":"Little Big Friends","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLittle Big Friends — the whole range, and how to pick from it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA French design house making soft sensory toys for babies, built around a small cast of characters rather than a catalogue of unrelated products. Tim the tiger, Gina the giraffe, Vincent the elephant and Jackson the lion turn up across the range in different forms, so a comforter bought at birth, a rattle at four months and a pull-along at a year all belong to the same family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is most of why we stock them. A nursery assembled from one of these ranges looks considered rather than accumulated, and a toddler who is attached to Tim the comforter will recognise Tim the pull-along without being told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧸 What the range is made of\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComforters\u003c\/strong\u003e — flat, light and suitable from birth, with ribbons, cords and a teething ring sewn in. The piece most likely to become irreplaceable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/strong\u003e — pocket-sized animals with a bell inside and a loop on the back leg, for a play gym or a changing bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMusical animals\u003c\/strong\u003e — a mechanical music box worked by a pull cord on the front, and each animal plays a different tune. No batteries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePull-alongs\u003c\/strong\u003e — soft bodies on real wooden wheels with a detachable double cord, from 12 months. The cord comes off, so they work as soft toys too.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft books and activity toys\u003c\/strong\u003e — cloth books with a high-contrast side for newborn eyes, an activity cube with something different on all six faces, plush balls with a different bell sound in each, and a spiral that winds round a pram handle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGift boxes\u003c\/strong\u003e — three pieces boxed and ready to give, in three themes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBigger things\u003c\/strong\u003e — a reversible jungle playmat and a wooden activity arch and baby gym.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎁 Three gift boxes, three characters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach box holds the same three pieces — a comforter, a squeaker rattle and a sensory soft book — so the choice is about the character and the colours:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — Tim the Tiger, the boldest and highest-contrast of the three, which suits very young eyes best. It is also the only theme whose pieces we sell separately, so it is the one you can top up or replace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-forest\"\u003eForest\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — Bruce the Moose, in the most muted palette. For a nursery that has already been decorated, and the character nobody else will have given.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-ocean\"\u003eOcean\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — Martin the Penguin, bright and blue-led. Penguins are the animal almost every small child takes to without being asked, which makes this the safest guess of the three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e👶 Where to start, by age\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNewborn\u003c\/strong\u003e — a comforter, or the high-contrast side of a soft book. Flat, light things a baby can be shown and can hold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAround 4 months\u003c\/strong\u003e — the bell rattles and the activity cube come into their own, once a hand can grip and turn something over.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAround 6 to 9 months\u003c\/strong\u003e — the plush balls, the activity side of the books, and the musical animals once they can work the cord themselves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e12 months and up\u003c\/strong\u003e — the pull-alongs, for a toddler who has just worked out that walking has a point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a present and don't know the baby's age, a gift box or a comforter is the safe answer — both are suitable from birth and neither needs the parents to find room for anything large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 Also worth knowing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe jungle theme is the deepest part of the range by a distance, and the only one sold piece by piece, so it has a collection of its own: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e. Everything across the brand is PVC free, nothing in the range needs batteries, and the only sounds anything makes are bells, squeakers and a wind-up music box — so there is nothing to switch off at bedtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of it is surface clean only, with the comforters the exception — those go in the machine at 30°C on a delicate cycle. We say so on each product page rather than making you guess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jungle-soft-baby-book","title":"Soft Baby Book — Jungle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle: 10cm square, four crinkly pages, and the one in our range you can actually wash\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA plush cloth book small enough to disappear into a coat pocket. Four fabric pages printed both sides, crinkly throughout, with a squeaker hidden in the first page, three little ribbon tags to pull, a silicone teething ring and a loop for hanging it off a play gym or a pram.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the smallest and simplest thing Little Big Friends make, and that is the point of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧼 The washable one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly every fabric baby toy is surface clean only, which is an awkward instruction for an object that spends its life being chewed. This one has proper care instructions printed on it: hand wash in cold water, no bleach, air dry. So when it comes back from a morning out looking like it has been through a hedge and a yoghurt, you can do something about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a first book, that is not a small thing. Books get the worst of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔊 A squeaker in page one, which is the bit they learn from\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePress the first page and it squeaks. A baby finds that out by accident at around three or four months, and then spends a fortnight proving it wasn't a fluke — which is cause and effect, the first proper idea any of us has. The crinkle in the other pages does a quieter version of the same job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦷 The teething ring is silicone, not fabric\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fabric teether gets soggy and stays soggy. This one is a silicone ring, so it can be wiped, it stays cool against gums, and it gives the firm resistance a teething baby is actually looking for. It is attached to the book rather than loose, so it is already in their hands at the point it is needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e👜 Small on purpose\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 10 x 10 x 2cm it fits a changing bag, a coat pocket or the net under a pram without being the thing you have to make room for. The hanging loop means it can live clipped to a play gym, a cot rail or a pram bar instead of on the floor. If you want one toy to keep in the bag permanently, a book this size is a better candidate than anything with a shape to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour fabric pages, printed on both sides — eight pictures to work through\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA squeaker in the first page, for cause and effect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrinkly pages throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree ribbon tags on the first page — the detail babies reliably go for before the pictures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA silicone teething ring rather than a fabric one, so it wipes and stays cool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHanging loop for a play gym, cot rail or pram\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand washable — unusual for a soft toy, and genuinely useful on a book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly 10cm square, so it lives in the changing bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlush soft touch throughout, and PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 x 10 x 2cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 fabric pages, printed both sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e squeaker in the first page, crinkly pages, three ribbon tags, silicone teething ring, hanging loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e plush soft-touch fabric with a silicone teething ring. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e hand wash in cold water, do not bleach, air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour pages and 10cm square — isn't that very small for a book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is small, deliberately. This is a first book and a bag book, not a bedtime story — something a three-month-old can be shown and a seven-month-old can hold, chew and squeak on their own. If you want a cloth book with more in it, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/a\u003e is considerably bigger, with a baby-safe mirror and a high-contrast side for newborn eyes. This one is the pocket version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it have a mirror?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. No mirror and no flaps — it is a straightforward crinkly cloth book with a squeaker, ribbon tags and a teether. The mirror is on the Soft Activity Book 2 in 1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it really go in the wash?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, by hand: cold water, no bleach, air dry. That is what is printed on it. Don't put it in the machine and don't tumble dry it — there is a squeaker and a silicone ring in there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the squeaker loud?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. It's a soft squeak and only when the first page is pressed, so there is nothing to switch off and nothing that will go off in a quiet room on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it clip to a play gym?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes — there's a hanging loop for exactly that, and it works equally well on a cot rail or a pram bar. Handy before a baby can reach for things on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good small gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt's one of the better ones under a tenner: suitable from birth, useful from the first week, and it doesn't ask the parents to find shelf space. It also works well alongside something bigger — a comforter or a gift box — when you want the present to look like two things rather than one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e📚 Which jungle book?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe stock two soft books in the jungle range, and they are not two sizes of the same thing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. 10 x 10 x 2cm, four crinkly pages, a squeaker, ribbon tags, a silicone teether and a hanging loop. Hand washable. The changing-bag one, and the smaller gift.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1 — Jungle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — 16 x 15 x 5cm, with a baby-safe mirror, a high-contrast side made for newborn eyes, flaps and hidden details, and a velcro fastening for a cot or pram. The one that lasts longest. Surface clean only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in the same jungle cast: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eJungle Activity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e has something different on all six faces, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e are four plush balls with a different bell sound in each, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/a\u003e also clip to a play gym, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e winds round a pram handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore in our guides to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-sensory-crinkle-cloth-books-for-babies\"\u003esensory crinkle cloth books\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/why-babies-ignore-the-toy-and-go-straight-for-the-tags\"\u003ewhy babies go straight for the tags\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/great-baby-teethers\"\u003ebaby teethers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse everything by this maker in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-books\"\u003ebaby books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect the ribbon tags, the teething ring attachment and the hanging loop regularly, and stop using the book if anything is damaged or coming loose. Remove it from a cot when your little one is sleeping unsupervised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-books\"\u003ebaby books\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373413658971,"sku":"305062","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/jungle_baby_book.png?v=1771877564"},{"product_id":"tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe","title":"Tiny Friends - Gina the Giraffe","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTiny Friends Gina the Giraffe — the tallest of the four, and the easiest to hold\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small soft giraffe with a bell inside, 14cm tall, with a loop on the back leg. From birth, UKCA and CE marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make four of these — a giraffe, a lion, a tiger and an elephant — and the packaging says outright that they are meant to be collected. They are the same toy in four animals, so there is no point pretending otherwise. What differs is the shape, and on a toy this size the shape is the whole thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦒 Three centimetres taller, and all of it neck\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGina is 14cm against 11cm for the lion and tiger and 10cm for the elephant, and the extra is a long narrow neck. That makes her the one a very young baby manages first. Early grasping is a whole-hand business — fingers curl in, the thumb joins later — so what a three-month-old needs is something narrow enough to close a fist around. A neck is exactly that. A round body is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also means she dangles well, which matters for the loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔔 A bell rather than a shaker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a bell built into her, not a rattle full of beads, and the sound is softer for it — a gentle chime rather than a dry clatter. For a newborn that is the right way round: sudden loud noises startle, and a quiet sound they can make happen themselves is far more interesting than one that makes them jump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪝 The loop on the back leg\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a fabric loop on one back leg. Little Big Friends don't say what it is for, so we won't invent a purpose — but it takes a clip or a ribbon, and we would use it on a play gym, a pram bar or a car seat handle. That turns a small toy that gets dropped into one that stays where you put it, which is most of the problem with anything this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏠 Also sold as something to look at\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe packaging describes these as a toy \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e a decorative item, which is unusual and, we think, honest. They are small, neat and in the muted colours Little Big Friends use throughout, so they sit on a shelf or hang off a cot side without looking like clutter. If you want the nursery to look like a nursery rather than a toy shop, that is a real consideration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe long neck is the easiest grip of the four, for a hand that can't grip much\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA built-in bell — a soft chime rather than a startling rattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA loop on the back leg, so it can hang off a play gym or a pram instead of hitting the floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14cm, so it goes in a coat pocket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall and neat enough that Little Big Friends sell it as decorative too\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14cm — the tallest of the four Tiny Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSound:\u003c\/strong\u003e built-in bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAttachment:\u003c\/strong\u003e fabric loop on the back leg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft wipe-clean fabric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's quite small for the money — what am I actually getting?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA fair challenge, and worth answering before you order rather than after. At 14cm this is a rattle, not a cuddly toy: something to grip, chime and hang on a pram, sized for a newborn's hand rather than a toddler's arms. If you want something to actually cuddle, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e is flat and huggable, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003emusical Gina\u003c\/a\u003e is 21cm with a music box in her. Buy a Tiny Friend for the first few months and for the pram, not as the main present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWipe clean only — a damp cloth on the spot, dealt with promptly. That is the whole Little Big Friends range, not just this one, and on a from-birth toy that will be mouthed it is worth knowing. Keep it as a pram and play-gym toy rather than the thing that lives in the cot, and it stays presentable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's the difference between the four?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe animal, the height, and one real thing: Jackson the lion has a furry mane, where the other three are all wipe-clean fabric. So the lion has more texture to explore and slightly more to keep clean. Otherwise it is the same bell, the same loop and the same construction, which is why the box says they are good to collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom birth — what does a newborn do with it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nListen, mostly. You shake it gently and they turn towards the sound, which is one of the first things they do deliberately. Grabbing arrives around three to four months, and this is one of the easier shapes to grab. After that it goes in the mouth, like everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA good small one, and a good second gift. It posts cheaply, it suits a card, and it is the sort of thing people are pleased to receive a second of rather than a duplicate of something big. The four together make an obvious present for a new baby if you want to spend a bit more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 The four Tiny Friends\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame bell, same loop, same wipe-clean make. Choose on shape, or collect them, which is what the box suggests:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 14cm. The tallest, and the easiest of the four for a small hand to hold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-jackson-the-lion\"\u003eJackson the Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 11cm, and the only furry one. Two textures instead of one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 11cm. Tim is the character the rest of the jungle range is built around, so he matches the most things.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 10cm, the smallest. The one that disappears into a changing bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGina also comes bigger, and in two other forms:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Musical Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm, with a mechanical music box that plays \"Hush Little Baby\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-pull-along-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Pull Along Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — the same character for a new walker, from 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — wraps round a pram bar with a mirror and a teether, if the loop idea appeals and you want more of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair, and the arch is where the loop earns its keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — comforter, rattle and soft book, ready wrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rattles\"\u003ebaby rattles\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373434827099,"sku":"303334","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/tiny_gina_giraffe.jpg?v=1771877588"},{"product_id":"vincent-the-musical-elephant","title":"Vincent the Musical Elephant","description":"\u003ch2\u003eVincent the Musical Elephant — he plays Brahms' Lullaby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePull the cord on his lower front and a mechanical music box inside plays Brahms' Lullaby all the way through, then slows and stops. No batteries, no speaker, no app — just a clockwork movement in a soft elephant, 19cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich tune it plays is the whole decision here, and it is the thing most shops forget to tell you. We sell four of these animals and they each play something different. You will hear the one you choose several hundred times, so pick for your own ears as much as your baby's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎵 Brahms' Lullaby is the one you already have in your head\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you picture a music box, this is the tune playing. It has been the default lullaby in Europe for a century and a half, and that familiarity does real work: a parent who knows the melody hums along without thinking about it, and a baby settling to a sound they have heard every night since they came home is a baby with a routine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the most obviously a lullaby of the four — slow, in three, and written to be repeated. If you want one that is \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e, that is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e, further down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧩 A mechanical movement, which is rather the point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClockwork rather than electronic means no batteries to replace at bedtime, no volume that creeps up, and a tune that winds down naturally instead of stopping dead. That slowing at the end is a far better signal to a baby that something is finishing than an abrupt silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off is honest: a mechanical movement plays one tune, at one volume, and it will eventually wear out. These are lovely for a few years rather than heirlooms for three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐘 Ears first, as ever with an elephant\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a proper plush elephant rather than a hard music box in a fabric jacket — smooth-textured, light, and with soft flat ears, which are the easiest part of any animal for a hand that cannot grip yet to catch hold of. That makes him the one of the four a very young baby engages with first, and at 19cm he is the most compact to tuck beside a cot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 PVC free, and quiet in the nicest way\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make these PVC free, and the range runs on muted colours rather than primary brights — which is why these tend to end up on a nursery shelf rather than in the toy box. He carries UKCA and CE marking and is suitable from birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlays Brahms' Lullaby — the tune most people mean by \"music box\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA mechanical music box, so no batteries and no creeping volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tune slows as it ends, which tells a baby something is finishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pull cord on the lower front, so a toddler can start it themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft flat ears, the easiest thing here for a newborn to catch hold of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most compact of the four at 19cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free, UKCA and CE marked, and suitable from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTune:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brahms' Lullaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMechanism:\u003c\/strong\u003e mechanical music box, started by the pull cord on the lower front. No batteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19cm tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft plush with a smooth texture. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean with a damp cloth and air dry. Not washable — there is a music box inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's a cord on a toy for a newborn — is that a problem?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is the thing to know first, so here it is. The cord sits on the lower front and retracts into the body as the music plays; it is how you start the tune, not a pull-along lead trailing behind a toddler. Even so, our line on anything corded does not change: this is for supervised play, and it should not be left in a cot, a pram or a playpen with a baby on their own. Start the music, put him beside them while you are there, and take him out of the cot when you leave the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan he be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo — wipe clean with a damp cloth and let him air dry. There is a clockwork movement inside, so soaking or a machine would be the end of it. For a from-birth toy that is worth planning around: he is better placed \u003cem\u003enear\u003c\/em\u003e a baby than clutched and chewed all day. If you want something built for the dribbling phase, a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e or a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-teethers\"\u003esilicone teether\u003c\/a\u003e takes that punishment and this does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill I get sick of the tune?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLess than with most, because this is the one you half expect to hear — but we would still rather say it than have you find out in week three. One mechanical movement plays one melody, and a bedtime toy gets used nightly. That is why we list all four tunes rather than leaving you to discover yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does a newborn actually get from it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first, a repeated sound in your arms, which is plenty — newborns settle to repetition and to a familiar voice humming over the top of it. Around four to six months they start turning towards the sound and grabbing the ears. By a year they have worked out the cord and will start it themselves, over and over, which is the point at which it becomes their toy rather than a thing you do for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe safest of the four if you do not know the family's taste, because an elephant and Brahms are both the obvious answer. It is also a present for the parents as much as the baby: it adds a step to the bedtime routine rather than another thing in the toy pile. The matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant\"\u003eTiny Friends Vincent\u003c\/a\u003e makes it a pair without doubling the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎶 Which tune? All four musical animals\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame soft make, same mechanical movement, same pull cord. The tune is the real difference, so choose on that:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 19cm. Brahms' Lullaby, and the most compact of the four.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm. \"Hush Little Baby\", the one most parents can sing along to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jackson-the-musical-lion\"\u003eJackson the Musical Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm. Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\". The grown-up choice, and the one adults pick for themselves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 17cm, the smallest. \"Talk to the Animals\", which is not a lullaby at all. The daytime one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree lullabies and one that isn't — worth knowing before you order the tiger for bedtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincent appears across the range alongside Gina the giraffe, Tim the tiger and Jackson the lion:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant\"\u003eTiny Friends Vincent\u003c\/a\u003e — the pocket version with a rattle inside, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Pull Along Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — the same character for a new walker, from 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e and his \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the flat, grabbable end of the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — for the pram and the car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eActivity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — for once they are sitting up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eJungle Soft Baby Book\u003c\/a\u003e — fabric books in the same cast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — the ready-wrapped way in, if this is a present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-musical-toys\"\u003ebaby musical toys\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373439250779,"sku":"302368","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/vincent_the_elephant.jpg?v=1771877594"},{"product_id":"tim-the-musical-tiger","title":"Tim the Musical Tiger","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTim the Musical Tiger — the one that isn't a lullaby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePull the cord on his lower front and a mechanical music box inside plays \"Talk to the Animals\", then slows and stops. No batteries, no speaker, no app — just a clockwork movement in a soft tiger, 17cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that tune is the reason to buy this one rather than its three siblings. The other three animals play lullabies. Tim plays a song from a film about a man who chats to parrots, and it is cheerful rather than soothing. Which makes him the daytime one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎵 Why a cheerful tune earns its place\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA music box does not have to be for bedtime. A tune that lifts the mood is the one you want at eleven in the morning on day four of a cold, in a car seat in a traffic queue, or on a changing mat with a baby who has had enough. Those are the moments a lullaby is no use at all — you are not trying to send them to sleep, you are trying to get through the next ninety seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo if you already have a bedtime music box, this is the one to add rather than a second lullaby. And if you are buying your only one, decide honestly which problem you have more of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧩 A mechanical movement, which is rather the point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClockwork rather than electronic means no batteries to replace, no volume that creeps up, and a tune that winds down naturally instead of stopping dead. It also means the thing cannot be left playing in a bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off is honest: a mechanical movement plays one tune, at one volume, and it will eventually wear out. These are lovely for a few years rather than heirlooms for three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐯 The smallest of the four, which matters for a daytime toy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 17cm Tim is noticeably the most compact of the musical animals, and for the one you take out of the house that is the right way round. He goes in a changing bag without taking the room a muslin needs. He is a proper plush tiger rather than a hard music box in a fabric jacket, so he is also a cuddly toy when the music has stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 PVC free, and quiet in the nicest way\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make these PVC free, and the range runs on muted colours rather than primary brights. He carries UKCA and CE marking and is suitable from birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlays \"Talk to the Animals\" — cheerful, not a lullaby, and the only one of the four that isn't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe right music box for daytime grumbles, car seats and changing mats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe smallest of the four at 17cm, so the one that travels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA mechanical music box, so no batteries and nothing to leave playing in a bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pull cord on the lower front, so a toddler can start it themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free, UKCA and CE marked, and suitable from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTune:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Talk to the Animals\" — not a lullaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMechanism:\u003c\/strong\u003e mechanical music box, started by the pull cord on the lower front. No batteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17cm tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft plush with a smooth texture. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean with a damp cloth and air dry. Not washable — there is a music box inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI bought it for bedtime and it isn't a lullaby — is mine faulty?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo, and this is the one thing we want you to read before ordering rather than after. Tim deliberately plays something cheerful while the other three play lullabies. If a settling tune is what you are after, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003eVincent plays Brahms' Lullaby\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003eGina plays \"Hush Little Baby\"\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jackson-the-musical-lion\"\u003eJackson plays Beethoven\u003c\/a\u003e. Tim is for the rest of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's a cord on a toy for a newborn — is that a problem?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe cord sits on the lower front and retracts into the body as the music plays; it is how you start the tune, not a pull-along lead trailing behind a toddler. Even so, our line on anything corded does not change: this is for supervised play, and it should not be left in a cot, a pram or a playpen with a baby on their own. Clip him nowhere, start the music, and put him away with the cord retracted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan he be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo — wipe clean with a damp cloth and let him air dry. There is a clockwork movement inside, so soaking or a machine would be the end of it. That is worth thinking about for a toy you take out of the house: he will meet more of the world than the bedtime ones do. If you want something built for the dribbling phase, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003eTim's squeaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e is the same character, wipe clean, and a fraction of the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does a newborn actually get from it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first, a repeated sound in your arms, which is plenty. Around four to six months they start turning towards it. By a year they have worked out the cord and will start it themselves, over and over — and a cheerful tune survives that stage rather better than a lullaby does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe interesting one of the four to give, especially to a second-time parent who already owns a lullaby music box. Easy to post, no batteries, and the tune gets a smile from the adults in the room, which the lullabies do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎶 Which tune? All four musical animals\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame soft make, same mechanical movement, same pull cord. The tune is the real difference, so choose on that:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 17cm and the smallest. \"Talk to the Animals\". Cheerful, not soothing. The daytime one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 19cm. Brahms' Lullaby, the tune most people mean by \"music box\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm. \"Hush Little Baby\", the one most parents can sing along to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jackson-the-musical-lion\"\u003eJackson the Musical Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm. Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\". The grown-up choice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree lullabies and one that isn't. Plenty of households end up with one of each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim has more of the range to himself than the others — he is the one Little Big Friends built the jungle set around:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTiny Friends Tim\u003c\/a\u003e — the pocket version with a rattle inside, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e — flat, with ribbons and a teething ring, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003eTim the Tiger Squeaker Rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the cheapest way into the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-pull-along-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Pull Along Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Pull Along Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — for new walkers, from 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — for the pram and the car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eActivity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — for once they are sitting up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — Tim's comforter, his rattle and the soft book, ready wrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-musical-toys\"\u003ebaby musical toys\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373442298203,"sku":"304409","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/tim_the_tiger.webp?v=1771877601"},{"product_id":"gina-the-musical-giraffe","title":"Gina the Musical Giraffe","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGina the Musical Giraffe — she plays Hush Little Baby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePull the cord on her lower front and a mechanical music box inside plays \"Hush Little Baby\" all the way through, then slows and stops. No batteries, no speaker, no app — just a clockwork movement in a soft giraffe, 21cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich tune it plays is the whole decision here, and it is the thing most shops forget to tell you. We sell four of these animals and they each play something different. You will hear the one you choose several hundred times, so pick for your own ears as much as your baby's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎵 Why \"Hush Little Baby\" is the safe choice of the four\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the one most people already know the words to, which matters more than it sounds: a tune you can sing along with turns a music box into a duet rather than a gadget. It is also unambiguously a lullaby — slow and repetitive by design — so it belongs at the end of the day. If you want the one that is \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e a lullaby, that is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e, further down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧩 A mechanical movement, which is rather the point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClockwork rather than electronic means no batteries to replace at bedtime, no volume that creeps up, and a tune that winds down naturally instead of stopping dead. That slowing at the end is a far better signal to a baby that something is finishing than an abrupt silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off is honest: a mechanical movement plays one tune, at one volume, and it will eventually wear out. These are lovely for a few years rather than heirlooms for three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦒 Soft enough to be a toy as well as a music box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe is a proper plush giraffe, not a hard music box in a fabric jacket — smooth-textured, light, and with a long neck, which is the easiest part of any animal for a small hand to hold on to. So she works as a cuddly toy between performances, and gets carried about once your little one is walking. At 21cm she is the tallest of the four, alongside Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 PVC free, and quiet in the nicest way\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make these PVC free, and the range runs on muted colours rather than primary brights — which is why these tend to end up on a nursery shelf rather than in the toy box. She carries UKCA and CE marking and is suitable from birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlays \"Hush Little Baby\" — the one most parents can sing along to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA mechanical music box, so no batteries and no creeping volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tune slows as it ends, which tells a baby something is finishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pull cord on the lower front, so a toddler can start it themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA soft plush giraffe at 21cm, with a neck built for holding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free, UKCA and CE marked, and suitable from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTune:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Hush Little Baby\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMechanism:\u003c\/strong\u003e mechanical music box, started by the pull cord on the lower front. No batteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21cm tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft plush with a smooth texture. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean with a damp cloth and air dry. Not washable — there is a music box inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's a cord on a toy for a newborn — is that a problem?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is the thing to know first, so here it is. The cord sits on the lower front and retracts into the body as the music plays; it is how you start the tune, not a pull-along lead trailing behind a toddler. Even so, our line on anything corded does not change: this is for supervised play, and it should not be left in a cot, a pram or a playpen with a baby on their own. Start the music, put her beside them while you are there, and take her out of the cot when you leave the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan she be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo — wipe clean with a damp cloth and let her air dry. There is a clockwork movement inside, so soaking or a machine would be the end of it. For a from-birth toy that is worth planning around: she is better placed \u003cem\u003enear\u003c\/em\u003e a baby than clutched and chewed all day. If you want something built for the dribbling phase, a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e or a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-teethers\"\u003esilicone teether\u003c\/a\u003e takes that punishment and this does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill I get sick of the tune?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nProbably, and we would rather say so than have you find out in week three. One mechanical movement plays one melody, and a bedtime toy gets used nightly. That is exactly why we list all four tunes rather than leaving you to discover yours — \"Hush Little Baby\" is the most familiar of them and wears better than most, but if another suits your household, buy that one instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does a newborn actually get from it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first, a repeated sound in your arms, which is plenty — newborns settle to repetition and to a familiar voice singing over the top of it. Around four to six months they start turning towards the sound. By a year they have worked out the cord and will start it themselves, over and over, which is the point at which it becomes their toy rather than a thing you do for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the better new-baby ones, because it is a present for the parents as much as the baby: it adds a step to the bedtime routine rather than another thing in the toy pile. If you are building a set, the matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eTiny Friends Gina\u003c\/a\u003e is the same character, small enough to hold, and a good deal cheaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎶 Which tune? All four musical animals\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame soft make, same mechanical movement, same pull cord. The tune is the real difference, so choose on that:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 21cm. \"Hush Little Baby\". The familiar one, and the easiest to sing along to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 19cm. Brahms' Lullaby, which is the tune most people picture when they think of a music box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jackson-the-musical-lion\"\u003eJackson the Musical Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm. Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\". The grown-up choice, and the one adults pick for themselves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 17cm, the smallest. \"Talk to the Animals\", which is not a lullaby at all. The daytime one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree lullabies and one that isn't — worth knowing before you order the tiger for bedtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGina appears across the range alongside Tim the tiger, Vincent the elephant and Jackson the lion:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eTiny Friends Gina\u003c\/a\u003e — the pocket version with a rattle inside, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-pull-along-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Pull Along Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — the same character for a new walker, from 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e and his \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the flat, grabbable end of the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — for the pram and the car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eActivity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — for once they are sitting up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eJungle Soft Baby Book\u003c\/a\u003e — fabric books in the same cast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — the ready-wrapped way in, if this is a present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-musical-toys\"\u003ebaby musical toys\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373445673307,"sku":"303273","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/gina_the_giraffe.jpg?v=1771877608"},{"product_id":"activity-cube-jungle-theme","title":"Jungle Activity Cube","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJungle Activity Cube — six sides, six different things to find, and a mirror on one of them\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA soft fabric cube, 14cm along every edge, with something different on each face: crinkly fabric, textured panels, embroidered jungle animals, a rattle, built-in teething rings and a baby-safe mirror. It is the only toy in the jungle range that rewards being turned over, which is rather the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧊 Why a cube beats a flat toy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA baby who has found one good thing on a toy tends to stay there. A cube won't let them — every roll brings a new face, so the toy keeps asking a question instead of answering the same one. That's what turns two minutes of chewing into fifteen minutes of genuine investigation, and it is why a cube earns its place when the toy basket is already full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape helps in a plainer way too. There is no right way up and no wrong end to grab, so a baby who can't yet aim a hand accurately still gets hold of something useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪞 The mirror does more than you'd think\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between four and eight months, a baby starts to work out that the face in the mirror responds when they move. It is one of the first pieces of self-awareness there is, and it holds attention far longer than a pattern does. Good for tummy time, where you want something worth lifting the head for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦷 Teething rings where the hands already are\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rings are sewn into the cube rather than clipped on, so there is nothing to lose under the sofa and nothing to wash separately. When gums start to hurt, the toy already in their hands is the one that helps — which beats hunting for the teether that has gone missing again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix faces, each with something different on it — crinkle, texture, embroidery, rattle, mirror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA baby-safe mirror, which is the part that holds attention longest from around four months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeething rings built in rather than attached, so nothing goes missing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14cm along each edge — big enough to need two hands, light enough to lift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo right way up, so an inaccurate grab still lands on something\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood for tummy time, the playmat, the pram and the car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo batteries and no electronics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14 x 14 x 14cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e crinkly fabrics, textured panels, embroidered details, rattle, baby-safe mirror, built-in teething rings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e mixed soft fabrics. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e surface clean only — wipe with a damp cloth and air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt says from birth. Will a newborn actually do anything with it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHonestly, not much at first. A newborn will look at it and be shown it, and that is worthwhile — but the cube properly comes alive from about four months, when a baby can hold it, turn it and find the mirror for themselves. Little Big Friends' own marketing points at six months for that reason. If you are buying for a newborn, buy it knowing the best of it is a few months out; if you are buying for a four-to-nine-month-old, it is close to ideal timing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I clean it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSurface clean only — a damp cloth and air dry. Nothing is printed on the cube about machine washing and the mirror panel and rattle rule it out, so we would not risk it. Worth saying plainly, because a toy that lives on the floor will need cleaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the mirror glass?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. It is a baby-safe reflective panel sewn into the fabric, not glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it go in the pram or the car seat?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt can be put in either, and it's light enough not to be a nuisance. It has no clip or loop, though, so it isn't an attaching toy — if you want something that fastens on, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003ejungle activity spiral\u003c\/a\u003e is the one made for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make noise?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA rattle and the crinkle of the fabric, both only when it's moved. No batteries, nothing electronic, nothing to switch off at bedtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good new baby gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, with one caveat: it is a gift that gets better at four months rather than one that gets used on day one. For a present that works from the first week, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger comforter\u003c\/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003ejungle gift box\u003c\/a\u003e are the better bet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 The rest of the jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cube is the turn-it-over one. Elsewhere in the same jungle cast:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — four plush balls, each with a different bell sound. The one for rolling and grabbing rather than investigating.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/a\u003e — also has a mirror and a teething ring, but opens out, with a high-contrast side for newborns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — the one that fastens to a pram, cot or car seat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/a\u003e — pocket-sized, for a hand too small for a cube.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible jungle playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — somewhere to put all of the above.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore on why this sort of toy matters in our guides to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/why-sensory-play-is-so-important-for-babies\"\u003esensory play\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/fine-motor-skills-toys\"\u003efine motor skills toys\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-toys-for-babies-up-to-6-months\"\u003ethe best toys for babies up to 6 months\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the whole range in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sensory-toys\"\u003esensory toys\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect regularly, particularly the teething rings and the mirror panel stitching, and stop using the toy if anything is damaged or coming loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sensory-toys\"\u003esensory toys\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373448819035,"sku":"304478","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/jungle_activity_cube.webp?v=1771877615"},{"product_id":"roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme","title":"Roly Poly Balls — Jungle, Set of 4","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRoly Poly Balls — four soft balls, and each one sounds different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA set of four plush jungle balls: a lion, a giraffe, a panda and a crocodile, each about 6.5cm across with a bell sewn inside that rings at a different pitch. That last detail is the one that matters, and it is the reason to buy the set rather than a single ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔔 Four sounds, which is four times the lesson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne ball teaches a baby that shaking makes a noise. Four balls that sound different teach something harder and more useful — that this one jingles and that one chimes, that the sound belongs to the object rather than to the shaking. Watch a seven-month-old work through all four in turn and you are watching them sort the world into categories, which is a bigger deal than it looks from the sofa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🤲 A ball is the one shape a baby cannot get wrong\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost toys have to be picked up a particular way round. A ball does not. For a baby whose aim is still approximate, that means a hand landing anywhere gets a result — and a result is what keeps them trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe size is right for that too. At roughly 6.5cm these are about the size of a tennis ball, which is the point at which a baby can get a whole hand round something and still see it. Soft and squashy helps as well: they give when they're squeezed, so a weak grip still holds on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🤾 Then they last, because the game keeps changing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew baby toys survive the first year. These do, because what you do with a ball changes as fast as the baby does:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrom birth\u003c\/strong\u003e — something to look at and be shown, with contrasting fabrics and fabric ears to find\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAround 4 months\u003c\/strong\u003e — grab, squeeze, mouth, and discover the bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAround 6 to 8 months\u003c\/strong\u003e — roll it, chase it, sort the four by sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAround 9 to 12 months\u003c\/strong\u003e — passing between hands, dropping on purpose, and stacking them up to knock them down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrom 12 months\u003c\/strong\u003e — throwing, which is the part you may come to regret\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour balls, four different bell sounds — the whole point of buying a set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLion, giraffe, panda and crocodile, each with its own fabric details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout 6.5cm across — roughly tennis-ball sized, so a whole hand fits round one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRound, so there is no wrong way to pick one up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft and squashy, so a weak grip still holds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContrasting fabrics and textures to find\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA toy the game changes on, rather than one outgrown in two months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo batteries and nothing electronic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e set of 4 plush balls — lion, giraffe, panda, crocodile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e approximately 6.5cm diameter each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e a bell inside each ball, each at a different pitch; contrasting fabrics; fabric ears and embroidered details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e mixed soft fabrics. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e surface clean only — wipe with a damp cloth and air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy baby can't throw or catch. Is it too early?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo, but set your expectations by the ladder above. Throwing and catching are a twelve-month-plus game; from birth to four months these are look-at and be-shown toys, and from four months they come into their own as grab-and-mouth toys with a bell as the reward. If you want the full use of them, you'll get it — just over a year, not in a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre they all the same apart from the animal?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo, and this is the bit worth knowing: each one has a different bell sound. The fabrics and details differ as well. They are a set rather than four of the same thing, which is why they are sold together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow big are they?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout 6.5cm across each — we measured one, because Little Big Friends don't publish it. That's roughly a tennis ball: small enough for a baby to wrap a hand round, and comfortably too big to be a choking concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I wash them?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSurface clean only — a damp cloth and air dry. There are no care instructions printed on the product, and with a bell sewn inside each ball we would not put them in a machine. We are telling you that is our judgement rather than the maker's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo they make noise all the time?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOnly when they move. A gentle bell, not a rattle you can hear in the next room, and nothing to switch off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt's a good one for a second or third present, or for a baby who already has the big things. Four items in one box feels generous, it suits any age in the first two years, and nobody else will have bought it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 The rest of the jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe balls are the grab-and-roll ones. Elsewhere in the same jungle cast:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eJungle Activity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e — six faces with something different on each, plus a mirror and teething rings. The investigating one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/a\u003e — also bell-filled, but figure-shaped, with a loop for a play gym.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle\u003c\/a\u003e — 10cm square, crinkly pages and a squeaker, for lap time rather than floor time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible jungle playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — a soft floor to roll them across.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden activity arch and baby gym\u003c\/a\u003e — somewhere to hang things above a baby who can't sit up yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore in our guides to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/baby-rattles-guide-when-can-babies-hold-a-rattle\"\u003ewhen babies can hold a rattle\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/why-sensory-play-is-so-important-for-babies\"\u003esensory play\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/fine-motor-skills-toys\"\u003efine motor skills toys\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse everything by this maker in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sensory-toys\"\u003esensory toys\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect the seams and fabric details regularly and stop using a ball if any stitching is coming loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sensory-toys\"\u003esensory toys\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373451178331,"sku":"303501","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/jungle_roly_poly_balls.webp?v=1771877621"},{"product_id":"tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant","title":"Tiny Friends - Vincent the Elephant","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTiny Friends Vincent the Elephant — the smallest of the four\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small soft elephant with a bell inside, 10cm tall, with a loop on the back leg. From birth, UKCA and CE marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make four of these — an elephant, a lion, a tiger and a giraffe — and the packaging says outright that they are meant to be collected. They are largely the same toy in four animals. Vincent is the smallest of them, at 10cm against 14cm for the giraffe, and on a toy you carry about that is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐘 Ten centimetres, which is the whole idea\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the one that lives in the changing bag rather than on the shelf. It takes up no room next to the muslins, it goes in a coat pocket on the school run, and it is light enough that clipping it to a pram bar does not drag the bar down. If you want one small toy that is always with you, this is the one to pick of the four.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ears help too. They are the flattest, thinnest part of any of these animals, and flat and thin is what a hand that cannot yet grip manages to catch hold of first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔔 A bell rather than a shaker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a bell built in, not a rattle full of beads, so the sound is a soft chime rather than a dry clatter. For a newborn that is the right way round: sudden noise startles, and a quiet sound they can cause themselves is far more interesting than one that makes them jump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪝 The loop on the back leg\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a fabric loop on one back leg. Little Big Friends don't say what it is for, so we won't invent a purpose — but it takes a clip or a ribbon, and we would use it on a play gym, a pram bar or a car seat handle. On the smallest of the four that matters most: a 10cm toy on the floor of a bus is a 10cm toy you have lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏠 Also sold as something to look at\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe packaging describes these as a toy \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e a decorative item, which is unusual and, we think, honest. They are small, neat and in muted colours, so they hang off a cot side or sit on a shelf without looking like clutter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe smallest of the four at 10cm — the one that actually travels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat soft ears, the easiest thing here for a newborn to catch hold of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA built-in bell, so a soft chime rather than a startling rattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA loop on the back leg, which matters most on the one you take out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmooth wipe-clean fabric throughout, so the easiest sort to keep tidy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10cm — the smallest of the four Tiny Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSound:\u003c\/strong\u003e built-in bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAttachment:\u003c\/strong\u003e fabric loop on the back leg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft wipe-clean fabric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's quite small for the money — what am I actually getting?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA fair challenge, and the sharpest on this one, because Vincent is the smallest of the four. At 10cm this is a rattle, not a cuddly toy: something to grip, chime and hang on a pram, sized for a newborn's hand rather than a toddler's arms. If you want something to actually cuddle, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e is flat and huggable, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003emusical Vincent\u003c\/a\u003e is 19cm with a music box in him. Buy a Tiny Friend for the first few months and for the bag, not as the main present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWipe clean only — a damp cloth on the spot, dealt with promptly. That is the whole Little Big Friends range, and on a from-birth toy that will be mouthed it is worth knowing. Vincent is smooth fabric all over, so he wipes more cleanly than the furry lion does — useful on the one that goes out of the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's the difference between the four?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe animal, the height, and one real thing: Jackson the lion has a furry mane, where Vincent, Tim and Gina are smooth wipe-clean fabric. Vincent is 10cm, Tim and Jackson are 11cm, Gina the giraffe is 14cm. Otherwise it is the same bell, the same loop and the same construction, which is why the box says they are good to collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom birth — what does a newborn do with it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nListen, mostly. You shake it gently and they turn towards the sound, which is one of the first deliberate things they do. Grabbing arrives around three to four months, usually by an ear. After that it goes in the mouth, like everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA good small one, and the safest animal of the four to give blind — nobody has ever objected to an elephant. It posts cheaply and suits a card. The four together make an obvious present if you want to spend a bit more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 The four Tiny Friends\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame bell, same loop. Choose on size, or collect them, which is what the box suggests:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 10cm. The smallest, and the one that travels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 14cm, the tallest. The long neck makes her the easiest of the four to grip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-jackson-the-lion\"\u003eJackson the Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 11cm, and the only furry one. Two textures instead of one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 11cm. Tim is the character the rest of the jungle range is built around, so he matches the most things.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincent also comes bigger, and in two other forms:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Musical Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 19cm, with a mechanical music box that plays Brahms' Lullaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Pull Along Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — the same character for a new walker, from 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e and his \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the flat, grabbable end of the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — wraps round a pram bar with a mirror and a teether, if the loop idea appeals and you want more of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair, and the arch is where the loop earns its keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — comforter, rattle and soft book, ready wrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rattles\"\u003ebaby rattles\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373454160219,"sku":"303006","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/tiny-elephant-plush-toy.webp?v=1771877627"},{"product_id":"vincent-the-pull-along-elephant","title":"Vincent the Pull Along Elephant","description":"\u003ch2\u003eVincent the Pull Along Elephant — low, squat and steady, for a toddler who has only just found their feet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA soft-bodied elephant on four wooden wheels, with a 60cm cord, a detachable double cord and a safety link that snaps apart if it is pulled too tight. He stands 16cm tall, which makes him the lower and stabler of our two Little Big Friends pull-alongs — and that matters more than it sounds when the person pulling him has been walking for about a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐘 He goes where he's pulled, which is the whole point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new walker doesn't need a toy that does things. They need a reason to keep going — something behind them worth glancing back at. Vincent follows, bumps gently over the edge of a rug, and waits when they stop. That is the entire job, and he does it without a single battery, flashing light or tune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing short and wide, he also stays on his wheels. A taller pull-along carries its weight higher up and goes over on its side at the first sharp turn, which is where a lot of them get abandoned. Vincent is the one that keeps rolling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪝 The cord, and the bit of it that matters most\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs to 60cm in full, which is a proper towing length — enough for Vincent to trail behind rather than clip a toddler's heels. It's a two-part cord, so it can be run shorter while they are still unsteady and lengthened as they get confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe important part is in the middle: a small plastic safety link that snaps apart if the cord is pulled too tight. That is deliberate. It is what stops a taut cord staying taut, and it is the single thing worth knowing before you buy any corded toy for a one-year-old. Both cords also detach entirely, so Vincent becomes an ordinary soft toy and the cord needn't be anywhere near a baby who isn't using it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🚶 What pulling a toy actually teaches\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than it looks. A toddler towing something has to walk forward while attending to something behind them, adjust their grip when it snags, and stop and reverse when it catches on a chair leg. That's balance, grip strength and a first bit of problem solving, all disguised as a lap of the hallway. There's more on this in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/push-and-pull-toys-benefits\"\u003eguide to push and pull toys\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft-bodied and cuddly, unlike most pull-alongs — he works as a soft toy with the cord off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lower of our two, at 16cm, so he's the steadier on turns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal wooden wheels rather than moulded plastic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 60cm cord with a safety link that breaks apart under tension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-part cord, so the length can be shortened while they're unsteady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo batteries, no sound, nothing to switch off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetro styling that doesn't look like it came free with something\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA first birthday present that gets used the same day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCord:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60cm, detachable two-part cord with a plastic safety link that separates if pulled too tight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWheels:\u003c\/strong\u003e wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft-touch fabric body with wooden wheels. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean with a damp cloth and allow to air dry. Not suitable for the washing machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill he roll properly on carpet?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOn hard floors and short pile, easily — wooden wheels and a light body. On deep or shaggy carpet he'll drag, and a determined yank can pull him over onto his side. He's the better of our two for carpet because he's low, but if your floors are thick wool throughout, a wooden pull-along with larger wheels will roll more happily. We'd rather say so now than have him stay in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the cord safe?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is the question everyone asks, and the answer is better than most: the cord has a plastic safety link in the middle that snaps apart if it's pulled too tight, so it can't stay taut. Both cords detach completely as well, so when Vincent is in the cot or the pram the cord can simply be off and away. None of that replaces supervision — a corded toy should not be left with a baby unsupervised or anywhere near a sleeping child — but the design takes the worst case seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long is the cord?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n60cm in full, which is enough for him to trail properly behind rather than get under their feet. Because it's a two-part cord you can run it shorter at first and lengthen it as they get steadier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy little one isn't walking yet. Is it too early?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHe's rated from 12 months, and a baby who isn't up yet will still get use out of him: cord off, he's a soft toy, and crawling after something on wheels is its own good game. Just don't expect towing until they're upright and confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I wash him?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWipe clean with a damp cloth and air dry — the wooden wheels rule out the machine. Worth a wipe after a few trips round the garden path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan he go outside?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, on a patio, path or decking. Grass and gravel will defeat the wheels, and wet grass will mark the fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs he a good first birthday present?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the better ones. He's for exactly the thing a one-year-old is busy doing, he needs no setting up, and he's a soft toy as well as a wheeled one — so he isn't wasted on a baby who's a few weeks off walking. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-toys-for-a-1-year-old\"\u003ebest toys for a 1 year old\u003c\/a\u003e has the rest of our picks for that birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧸 Which pull-along?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe stock two of the Little Big Friends pair. Both have the same 60cm safety cord and the same wooden wheels, so the choice comes down to steadiness against presence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVincent the elephant\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. 16cm, low and wide, so he carries his weight near the floor and stays on his wheels through a sharp turn. The better bet on carpet, and the one for a brand-new walker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-pull-along-giraffe\"\u003eGina the giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — 23cm, the showier of the two and the one a toddler spots on a shelf. The long neck costs her some stability, so she tips more readily than Vincent does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you'd rather have wood than fabric, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-pull-along-snail-toy\"\u003ewooden pull-along snail\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-crocodile-pull-along-toy\"\u003ewooden crocodile\u003c\/a\u003e have bigger wheels and cope better with thick carpet — they just don't double as something to cuddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincent also belongs to the Little Big Friends jungle cast, alongside Gina the giraffe, Tim the tiger and Jackson the lion, so he sits happily with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant\"\u003eTiny Friends Vincent\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003emusical Vincent with his mechanical music box\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003ejungle pram spiral\u003c\/a\u003e. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-musical-baby-toys-pull-along-toys-sensory-play\"\u003eguide to the jungle collection\u003c\/a\u003e runs through what each piece does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee them all in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/push-pull-toys\"\u003ePush \u0026amp; Pull Toys\u003c\/a\u003e collection, everything by this maker in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e, or the jungle theme in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eJungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Not suitable for children under 12 months. The cord's safety link is designed to separate under tension — check that it is intact and correctly joined before each use, and replace nothing with a substitute cord or string. Keep the cord away from a baby's neck, and remove it before the toy goes in a cot, pram or anywhere a child sleeps. Inspect the cord, link and wheel fixings regularly and stop using the toy if anything is damaged or loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/push-pull-toys\"\u003epush and pull toys\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373456060763,"sku":"303525","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/vincent_the_elephant_pull_along.webp?v=1771877630"},{"product_id":"gina-the-pull-along-giraffe","title":"Gina the Pull Along Giraffe","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGina the Pull Along Giraffe — the one a toddler picks off the shelf without being asked\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA soft-bodied giraffe on four wooden wheels, with a 60cm cord and a safety link that snaps apart if it is pulled too tight. At 23cm she is the taller of our two Little Big Friends pull-alongs, and a long neck on wheels is a proper silhouette — which is most of why she is the one that gets noticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦒 Built for the stage where everything is about walking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere around the first birthday, walking stops being an achievement and becomes a hobby. Gina gives it a point: something to tow from room to room, something to look back at, something to collect from under the kitchen table. No batteries, no tunes, no buttons — just a toy that goes where it's taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer height is the character of the thing. She reads as a giraffe from across the room rather than a shape on wheels, and toddlers reach for her unprompted, which is not true of every pull-along we have sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e⚖️ What the height costs, said plainly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA taller toy carries its weight further off the floor, so Gina goes over on her side more readily than \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the elephant\u003c\/a\u003e does — particularly on a sharp turn or deep carpet. She rights again in a second and no toddler we know has minded, but if you want the steadier of the two for a child who has only just started walking, that is Vincent. If you want the one with presence, it is Gina. We would rather set that out than let you find it on the hallway floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪝 The cord, and the bit of it that matters most\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs to 60cm in full, a proper towing length — enough for Gina to trail behind rather than catch a toddler's heels. It's a two-part cord, so it can be run shorter while they're still unsteady and lengthened as they get confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe important part is in the middle: a small plastic safety link that snaps apart if the cord is pulled too tight. That is deliberate. It is what stops a taut cord staying taut, and it is the one thing worth knowing before buying any corded toy for a one-year-old. Both cords detach entirely as well, so Gina turns back into an ordinary soft toy and the cord needn't be anywhere near a baby who isn't using it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🚶 What pulling a toy actually teaches\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than it looks. Towing something means walking forwards while minding something behind you, adjusting your grip when it snags, and backing up when it catches a chair leg. That's balance, grip strength and early problem solving, dressed up as a lap of the hallway. There's more on this in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/push-and-pull-toys-benefits\"\u003eguide to push and pull toys\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft-bodied and cuddly, unlike most pull-alongs — she works as a soft toy with the cord off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe taller of our two at 23cm, and the one that reads as an animal from across the room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal wooden wheels rather than moulded plastic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 60cm cord with a safety link that breaks apart under tension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-part cord, so the length can be shortened while they're unsteady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo batteries, no sound, nothing to switch off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetro styling that earns its place in a nursery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA first birthday present that gets used the same day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 23cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCord:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60cm, detachable two-part cord with a plastic safety link that separates if pulled too tight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWheels:\u003c\/strong\u003e wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft-touch fabric body with wooden wheels. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean with a damp cloth and allow to air dry. Not suitable for the washing machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill she roll properly on carpet, and does she tip over?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOn hard floors and short pile she rolls easily. On deep carpet she'll drag, and because she's the taller of the two she's the likelier of the pair to go over on a sharp turn — she rights again in a second, but it's worth knowing. If your floors are thick wool throughout, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the elephant\u003c\/a\u003e is lower and steadier, and a wooden pull-along with bigger wheels is steadier still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the cord safe?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is the question everyone asks, and the answer is better than most: the cord has a plastic safety link in the middle that snaps apart if it's pulled too tight, so it can't stay taut. Both cords detach completely as well, so the cord can be off and away when Gina is in the cot or the pram. None of that replaces supervision — a corded toy should never be left with a baby unsupervised or near a sleeping child — but the design takes the worst case seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long is the cord?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n60cm in full, which is enough for her to trail properly behind rather than get under their feet. Because it's a two-part cord you can run it shorter at first and lengthen it as they get steadier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy little one isn't walking yet. Is it too early?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nShe's rated from 12 months, and a baby who isn't up yet will still get use out of her: cord off, she's a soft toy, and crawling after something on wheels is a good game in its own right. Towing comes once they're upright and confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I wash her?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWipe clean with a damp cloth and air dry — the wooden wheels rule out the machine. A wipe down after a few trips round the garden path is usually all she needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan she go outside?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, on a patio, path or decking. Grass and gravel will stop the wheels, and wet grass will mark the fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs she a good first birthday present?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the better ones. She suits exactly what a one-year-old is busy doing, needs no setting up, and works as a soft toy as well as a wheeled one — so she isn't wasted on a baby who's still a few weeks off walking. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-toys-for-a-1-year-old\"\u003ebest toys for a 1 year old\u003c\/a\u003e has the rest of our picks for that birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧸 Which pull-along?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe stock two of the Little Big Friends pair. Both have the same 60cm safety cord and the same wooden wheels, so the choice comes down to presence against steadiness:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGina the giraffe\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. 23cm, the showier of the two and the one a toddler spots on a shelf. The long neck costs her some stability, so she tips more readily on a sharp turn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the elephant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — 16cm, low and wide, so he carries his weight near the floor and stays on his wheels. The better bet on thick carpet, and the one for a brand-new walker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you'd rather have wood than fabric, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-pull-along-snail-toy\"\u003ewooden pull-along snail\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-crocodile-pull-along-toy\"\u003ewooden crocodile\u003c\/a\u003e have bigger wheels and cope better with deep carpet — they just don't double as something to cuddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGina also belongs to the Little Big Friends jungle cast, alongside Vincent the elephant, Tim the tiger and Jackson the lion, so she sits happily with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eTiny Friends Gina\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003emusical Gina with her mechanical music box\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003ejungle pram spiral\u003c\/a\u003e. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-musical-baby-toys-pull-along-toys-sensory-play\"\u003eguide to the jungle collection\u003c\/a\u003e runs through what each piece does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee them all in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/push-pull-toys\"\u003ePush \u0026amp; Pull Toys\u003c\/a\u003e collection, everything by this maker in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e, or the jungle theme in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eJungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Not suitable for children under 12 months. The cord's safety link is designed to separate under tension — check that it is intact and correctly joined before each use, and never replace it with a substitute cord or string. Keep the cord away from a baby's neck, and remove it before the toy goes in a cot, pram or anywhere a child sleeps. Inspect the cord, link and wheel fixings regularly and stop using the toy if anything is damaged or loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/push-pull-toys\"\u003epush and pull toys\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373457568091,"sku":"304447","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/gina_giraffe.webp?v=1771877633"},{"product_id":"tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger","title":"Tiny Friends - Tim the Tiger","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTiny Friends Tim the Tiger — the character the rest of the range is built around\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small soft tiger with a bell inside, 11cm tall, with a loop on the back leg. From birth, UKCA and CE marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make four of these — a tiger, a lion, a giraffe and an elephant — and the packaging says outright that they are meant to be collected. They are largely the same toy in four animals. Tim's distinction is not the toy, it is the range: he is the one Little Big Friends built the jungle collection around, so he is the character you can keep going with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐯 The one with the most to match\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGina, Jackson and Vincent each come as a Tiny Friend and a musical animal. Tim comes as a Tiny Friend, a musical tiger, a comforter, a squeaker rattle, and he is the animal inside the jungle gift box. If you are the sort of household that ends up with a theme — and plenty are, usually without deciding to — starting on Tim gives you somewhere to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also makes him the sensible first buy if you are testing the range before committing to a £20-odd piece of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔔 A bell rather than a shaker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a bell built in, not a rattle full of beads, so the sound is a soft chime rather than a dry clatter. For a newborn that is the right way round: sudden noise startles, and a quiet sound they can cause themselves is far more interesting than one that makes them jump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪝 The loop on the back leg\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a fabric loop on one back leg. Little Big Friends don't say what it is for, so we won't invent a purpose — but it takes a clip or a ribbon, and we would use it on a play gym, a pram bar or a car seat handle. That turns a small toy that gets dropped into one that stays where you put it, which is most of the problem with anything this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏠 Also sold as something to look at\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe packaging describes these as a toy \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e a decorative item, which is unusual and, we think, honest. They are small, neat and in muted colours, so they hang off a cot side or sit on a shelf without looking like clutter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe character with the most of the range behind him, so there is somewhere to go next\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA built-in bell, so a soft chime rather than a startling rattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA loop on the back leg, for a play gym, pram bar or car seat handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmooth wipe-clean fabric throughout, so the easiest sort to keep tidy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11cm, so it goes in a coat pocket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSound:\u003c\/strong\u003e built-in bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAttachment:\u003c\/strong\u003e fabric loop on the back leg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft wipe-clean fabric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's quite small for the money — what am I actually getting?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA fair challenge, and worth answering before you order rather than after. At 11cm this is a rattle, not a cuddly toy: something to grip, chime and hang on a pram, sized for a newborn's hand rather than a toddler's arms. If you want something to actually cuddle, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e is flat and huggable, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003emusical Tim\u003c\/a\u003e is 17cm with a music box in him. Buy a Tiny Friend for the first few months and for the pram, not as the main present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWipe clean only — a damp cloth on the spot, dealt with promptly. That is the whole Little Big Friends range, not just this one, and on a from-birth toy that will be mouthed it is worth knowing. Keep it as a pram and play-gym toy rather than the thing that lives in the cot, and it stays presentable. Tim is smooth fabric all over, so he wipes more cleanly than the furry lion does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's the difference between the four?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe animal, the height, and one real thing: Jackson the lion has a furry mane, where Tim, Gina and Vincent are smooth wipe-clean fabric. Tim and Jackson are 11cm, Gina is 14cm and Vincent is 10cm. Otherwise it is the same bell, the same loop and the same construction, which is why the box says they are good to collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom birth — what does a newborn do with it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nListen, mostly. You shake it gently and they turn towards the sound, which is one of the first deliberate things they do. Grabbing arrives around three to four months. After that it goes in the mouth, like everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA good small one, and the right one to give if you suspect the family will end up with more of this range. It posts cheaply and suits a card. For a present on its own, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e is the boxed version of the same idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 The four Tiny Friends\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame bell, same loop. Choose on shape, or collect them, which is what the box suggests:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 11cm. The character with the most of the range behind him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 14cm, the tallest. The long neck makes her the easiest of the four to grip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-jackson-the-lion\"\u003eJackson the Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 11cm, and the only furry one. Two textures instead of one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 10cm, the smallest. The one that disappears into a changing bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim has more of it to himself than the other three:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e — flat, with ribbons and a teething ring, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003eTim the Tiger Squeaker Rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the cheapest way into the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003eTim the Musical Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 17cm, and the only one of the four music boxes that doesn't play a lullaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — wraps round a pram bar with a mirror and a teether\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair, and the arch is where the loop earns its keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — Tim's comforter, his rattle and the soft book, ready wrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rattles\"\u003ebaby rattles\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373459140955,"sku":"304416","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/tim_tiger_rattle.webp?v=1771877635"},{"product_id":"tiny-friends-jackson-the-lion","title":"Tiny Friends - Jackson the Lion","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTiny Friends Jackson the Lion — the only furry one of the four\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small soft lion with a bell inside, 11cm tall, with a loop on the back leg. From birth, UKCA and CE marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make four of these — a lion, a tiger, a giraffe and an elephant — and the packaging says outright that they are meant to be collected. They are largely the same toy in four animals. Jackson is the one with a genuine difference: he has a furry mane, where the other three are smooth wipe-clean fabric throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦁 Two textures instead of one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat mane is worth more than it looks. A baby exploring a toy is looking for edges — the place where one surface stops and another starts — and that is where a hand lingers. Three of these four are the same material all over, which gives a baby one thing to feel. Jackson gives them two, and the join between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the same reason the full-size Zoo Crew lion is the most interesting of its set. A mane is free texture: nobody had to add a sensory panel, it is just how a lion happens to be shaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧼 And the mane is the bit to keep an eye on\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honest other side of that. Everything here is wipe clean only, and a smooth surface wipes cleanly while longer pile does not — it will flatten where it is gripped and chewed, and it takes longer to dry after a wipe. Fingers through it while it is damp lifts it back. If you want the easiest of the four to keep tidy, that is the elephant or the tiger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔔 A bell rather than a shaker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a bell built in, not a rattle full of beads, so the sound is a soft chime rather than a dry clatter. For a newborn that is the right way round: sudden noise startles, and a quiet sound they can cause themselves is far more interesting than one that makes them jump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪝 The loop on the back leg\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a fabric loop on one back leg. Little Big Friends don't say what it is for, so we won't invent a purpose — but it takes a clip or a ribbon, and we would use it on a play gym, a pram bar or a car seat handle. That turns a small toy that gets dropped into one that stays where you put it, which is most of the problem with anything this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏠 Also sold as something to look at\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe packaging describes these as a toy \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e a decorative item, which is unusual and, we think, honest. They are small, neat and in muted colours, so they hang off a cot side or sit on a shelf without looking like clutter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe only furry one of the four — two textures and an edge between them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA built-in bell, so a soft chime rather than a startling rattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA loop on the back leg, for a play gym, pram bar or car seat handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11cm, so it goes in a coat pocket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSound:\u003c\/strong\u003e built-in bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAttachment:\u003c\/strong\u003e fabric loop on the back leg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft wipe-clean fabric with a furry mane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's quite small for the money — what am I actually getting?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA fair challenge, and worth answering before you order rather than after. At 11cm this is a rattle, not a cuddly toy: something to grip, chime and hang on a pram, sized for a newborn's hand rather than a toddler's arms. If you want something to actually cuddle, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e is flat and huggable, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jackson-the-musical-lion\"\u003emusical Jackson\u003c\/a\u003e is 21cm with a music box in him. Buy a Tiny Friend for the first few months and for the pram, not as the main present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the mane be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo — wipe clean only, like everything in this range, and the mane is the part that makes that slightly more work. A damp cloth on the spot, fingers through the pile while it is still damp, and let it dry fully. It will not look box-fresh once it has been loved, which is generally a good sign, but if easy cleaning is your priority one of the smooth three is the better buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's the difference between the four?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe animal, the height, and the mane. Jackson and Tim are both 11cm, Gina the giraffe is 14cm and Vincent the elephant is 10cm. Jackson is the only one with fur. Otherwise it is the same bell, the same loop and the same construction, which is why the box says they are good to collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom birth — what does a newborn do with it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nListen, mostly. You shake it gently and they turn towards the sound, which is one of the first deliberate things they do. Grabbing arrives around three to four months, and the mane gives them something to catch hold of when it does. After that it goes in the mouth, like everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA good small one, and the one we would pick of the four if you are only giving one, because the texture makes it the most interesting in the hand. It posts cheaply and suits a card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 The four Tiny Friends\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame bell, same loop. Choose on shape and texture, or collect them, which is what the box suggests:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJackson the Lion\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 11cm. The only furry one, so the most to explore and the most to keep clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 14cm, the tallest. The long neck makes her the easiest of the four to grip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 11cm. Tim is the character the rest of the jungle range is built around, so he matches the most things.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-vincent-the-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 10cm, the smallest. The one that disappears into a changing bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJackson also comes bigger:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jackson-the-musical-lion\"\u003eJackson the Musical Lion\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm, with a mechanical music box that plays Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e and his \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the flat, grabbable end of the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — wraps round a pram bar with a mirror and a teether\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair, and the arch is where the loop earns its keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — comforter, rattle and soft book, ready wrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rattles\"\u003ebaby rattles\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373462188379,"sku":"303129-NW","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/jackson_lion_tiny_friend.webp?v=1771877554"},{"product_id":"soft-activity-book-jungle-theme","title":"Soft Activity Book 2 in 1 — Jungle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1 — one side for a newborn, the other side for six months later\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA soft cloth book that is genuinely two books. One side is bold, high-contrast shapes and colour, which is what a newborn's eyes can actually resolve. Turn it over and the other side is flaps, textures, hidden details and jungle characters, which is what a six-month-old wants. A baby-safe mirror and a teething ring are built in, and it fastens with velcro to a cot, pram or car seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e👀 Why the high-contrast side isn't just a design choice\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewborn vision is poor and short-range. Pastels and fine detail are essentially invisible for the first weeks; strong contrast is not. So the first side of this book is the side a brand-new baby can see at all, and that makes it a toy for week one rather than a toy to put in the cupboard until they're bigger. There's more on the science in our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/black-and-white-toys-how-they-help-your-baby-see-and-learn\"\u003eblack and white toys and how they help your baby see\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔁 And why the second side matters more than it sounds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost first books get outgrown fast — either too simple by four months or too fiddly before six. Having both in one object is the whole proposition: you don't replace it when the baby changes, you turn it over. For a cloth book, that is the difference between two months of use and two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🪞 The mirror and the teething ring\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mirror earns its place from around four months, when a baby starts to notice that the face in it moves when they do — one of the first flickers of self-awareness and a reliable way to hold attention during tummy time. The teething ring is sewn in, so it's already in their hands when gums start to hurt, with nothing to clip on and nothing to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🚗 The velcro loop is the quiet winner\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt fastens to a cot rail, a pram or a car seat. Anyone who has retrieved a dropped toy from a footwell at traffic lights will understand why that is worth having, and it means the book is available to a baby who can't yet reach for it on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo books in one — a high-contrast side for newborns, a surprises side from around six months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo it isn't outgrown: you turn it over rather than replace it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaby-safe mirror built in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeething ring sewn in, nothing to clip on or lose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVelcro fastening for a cot, pram or car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlaps, hidden details and varied fabrics to work through\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft and light, so there's nothing to drop on a face at close range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 x 15 x 5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft cloth book, two-sided — high-contrast side and activity side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e baby-safe mirror, teething ring, flaps and hidden details, varied fabrics, velcro fastening for cot or pram\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e ultra-soft fabric. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e surface clean only — wipe with a damp cloth and air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's a cloth book. Is it worth it over a cheaper one?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThat depends on how long you want it to last. A small single-sided cloth book is right for a few months and then done. This one has a newborn side and a six-months-plus side, plus a mirror and a teething ring, so it covers the first two years rather than the first two months. If you want something simpler and much smaller, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle\u003c\/a\u003e is the pocket one — four crinkly pages, a squeaker, ribbon tags and a silicone teether, with no mirror and no high-contrast side. It is also the one you can hand wash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it really be used from birth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, and unusually for a baby book that is true rather than aspirational — because the high-contrast side is readable by newborn eyes. What a newborn won't do is work the flaps; that side comes in from around six months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I clean it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSurface clean only — a damp cloth and air dry. Little Big Friends print no washing instructions on this one, and the mirror panel rules out a machine, so that is our judgement rather than theirs. If washability matters to you, the smaller Soft Baby Book is hand washable and this one isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the mirror glass?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. It's a baby-safe reflective panel sewn into the fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it attach to our pram?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt fastens with velcro rather than a clip, so it wraps round a cot rail, a pram bar or a car seat handle. Anything it can be wrapped around, it will hold on to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good first gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the better ones, because it works from the first week and still works a year later. It's also small and light, which parents with a full nursery appreciate more than they let on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e📚 Which jungle book?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe do two soft books in the jungle range, and they are not two sizes of the same thing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. 16 x 15 x 5cm, two-sided, with the baby-safe mirror, the high-contrast newborn side, the flaps and the velcro fastening. The one that lasts longest. Surface clean only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — 10 x 10 x 2cm, four crinkly pages, a squeaker in the first page, three ribbon tags, a silicone teether and a hanging loop. No mirror, no flaps. The changing-bag one, and the only one of the two you can hand wash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in the same jungle cast: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eJungle Activity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e has a mirror and teething rings too but rewards being turned over, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e are four plush balls with a different bell sound in each, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e is the one made to wind round a pram handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore in our guides to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-sensory-crinkle-cloth-books-for-babies\"\u003esensory crinkle cloth books\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/why-sensory-play-is-so-important-for-babies\"\u003esensory play\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse everything by this maker in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-books\"\u003ebaby books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect regularly, particularly the teething ring, the mirror panel stitching and the velcro fastening, and stop using the book if anything is damaged or coming loose. Remove it from a cot when your little one is sleeping unsupervised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-books\"\u003ebaby books\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373465563483,"sku":"304492","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/jungle_baby_book.webp?v=1771877638"},{"product_id":"jackson-the-musical-lion","title":"Jackson the Musical Lion","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJackson the Musical Lion — he plays Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\"\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePull the cord on his lower front and a mechanical music box inside plays the opening of Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\", then slows and stops. No batteries, no speaker, no app — just a clockwork movement in a soft lion, 21cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich tune it plays is the whole decision here, and it is the thing most shops forget to tell you. We sell four of these animals and they each play something different. You will hear the one you choose several hundred times, so pick for your own ears as much as your baby's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎵 The one adults choose for themselves\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree of these four play nursery tunes. This one plays Beethoven, and it is noticeably the choice people make when they are buying for a nursery they have decorated carefully, or when they simply cannot face another round of \"Twinkle Twinkle\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works as a lullaby on its own terms too. The opening of the Moonlight Sonata is slow, quiet and built on a repeating figure — which is, structurally, exactly what a lullaby is. Beethoven marked it to be played softly throughout. You are not compromising on the settling to get a tune you like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧩 A mechanical movement, which is rather the point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClockwork rather than electronic means no batteries to replace at bedtime, no volume that creeps up, and a tune that winds down naturally instead of stopping dead. That slowing at the end is a far better signal to a baby that something is finishing than an abrupt silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off is honest: a mechanical movement plays one tune, at one volume, and it will eventually wear out. These are lovely for a few years rather than heirlooms for three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦁 A mane to hold on to\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a proper plush lion rather than a hard music box in a fabric jacket — and the mane gives him something the other three haven't got: a change of texture right next to a smooth face. Small hands find an edge between two surfaces far more interesting than a uniformly soft toy, so there is something here for a baby to do between performances. At 21cm he is the tallest of the four, alongside Gina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 PVC free, and quiet in the nicest way\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends make these PVC free, and the range runs on muted colours rather than primary brights — which is why these tend to end up on a nursery shelf rather than in the toy box. He carries UKCA and CE marking and is suitable from birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlays Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\" — the grown-up choice of the four\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStill a proper lullaby: slow, quiet and repeating, as Beethoven marked it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA mechanical music box, so no batteries and no creeping volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pull cord on the lower front, so a toddler can start it themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA mane against a smooth face — two textures, which none of the others have\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free, UKCA and CE marked, and suitable from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTune:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMechanism:\u003c\/strong\u003e mechanical music box, started by the pull cord on the lower front. No batteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21cm tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e soft plush with a smooth texture and a fluffy mane. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe clean with a damp cloth and air dry. Not washable — there is a music box inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's a cord on a toy for a newborn — is that a problem?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is the thing to know first, so here it is. The cord sits on the lower front and retracts into the body as the music plays; it is how you start the tune, not a pull-along lead trailing behind a toddler. Even so, our line on anything corded does not change: this is for supervised play, and it should not be left in a cot, a pram or a playpen with a baby on their own. Start the music, put him beside them while you are there, and take him out of the cot when you leave the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan he be washed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo — wipe clean with a damp cloth and let him air dry. There is a clockwork movement inside, so soaking or a machine would be the end of it. The mane is the part that will flatten where it is gripped; fingers through it while it is damp lifts it back. If you want something built for the dribbling phase, a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e or a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-teethers\"\u003esilicone teether\u003c\/a\u003e takes that punishment and this does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs classical music really better for babies?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. There is no good evidence that Beethoven makes a baby cleverer, whatever the compilation CDs claimed in the nineties. What settles a baby is a quiet, repeated, familiar sound — and any of these four does that. Choose this one because you would rather hear it, which is a perfectly good reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill I get sick of the tune?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLess than most, which is rather the appeal. A bedtime toy gets used nightly and one mechanical movement plays one melody, so the tune matters more than the animal. That is why we list all four rather than leaving you to discover yours in week three.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe one to pick for parents who have views about their house. It is a present for them as much as the baby: it adds a step to the bedtime routine rather than another thing in the toy pile. The matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-jackson-the-lion\"\u003eTiny Friends Jackson\u003c\/a\u003e makes it a pair without doubling the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎶 Which tune? All four musical animals\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame soft make, same mechanical movement, same pull cord. The tune is the real difference, so choose on that:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJackson the Lion\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one, 21cm. Beethoven's \"Moonlight Sonata\". The grown-up choice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — 19cm. Brahms' Lullaby, the tune most people mean by \"music box\", and the most compact of the four.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e — 21cm. \"Hush Little Baby\", the one most parents can sing along to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003eTim the Tiger\u003c\/a\u003e — 17cm, the smallest. \"Talk to the Animals\", which is not a lullaby at all. The daytime one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree lullabies and one that isn't — worth knowing before you order the tiger for bedtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJackson appears across the range alongside Gina the giraffe, Tim the tiger and Vincent the elephant:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-jackson-the-lion\"\u003eTiny Friends Jackson\u003c\/a\u003e — the pocket version with a rattle inside, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e and his \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the flat, grabbable end of the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-pull-along-giraffe\"\u003eGina the Pull Along Giraffe\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-pull-along-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Pull Along Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — for new walkers, from 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — for the pram and the car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reversible-baby-playmat-jungle\"\u003eReversible Playmat\u003c\/a\u003e — the floor-play pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eActivity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — for once they are sitting up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eJungle Soft Baby Book\u003c\/a\u003e — fabric books in the same cast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — the ready-wrapped way in, if this is a present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-musical-toys\"\u003ebaby musical toys\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003etoys suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373468643675,"sku":"302559-NW","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/jackson_the_lion.jpg?v=1771877642"},{"product_id":"little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-ocean","title":"Little Big Friends Ocean Baby Gift Box","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMeet Martin. He comes with friends.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a particular relief that comes with finding a new baby gift that isn't another sleepsuit. Something soft, something useful, something that looks like you put real thought into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSay hello to Martin the Penguin and his ocean companions — three beautifully made sensory toys in a gift box that's ready to hand straight over, no wrapping paper required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMartin the Penguin comforter\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one most likely to become irreplaceable. Soft looped fabric on one side, a silky ocean print on the other, finished with ribbons, cords and a teething ring to explore. He's flat and feather-light, so even a newborn can hold on to him — which is exactly how these attachments start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMartin the Penguin squeaker rattle\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall, soft and very squeezable, he lets out a cute little sound every time he's pressed. Plush, vegan leather and embroidered textures to work through. It's a baby's first proper experiment in cause and effect, plus real grip practice, in something that slips easily into a changing bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSoft baby book — Ocean\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlush covers, soft-touch pages that crinkle, bright ribbon tags, a squeaker hidden in the first page and a silicone teething ring — plus a loop for hanging it on a play gym, a cot rail or a pram. It introduces the marine world while building curiosity, focus and hand-eye coordination, and it is the one piece of the set you can hand wash, which on a book matters more than it sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the three work so well together\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey're not three versions of the same toy. The comforter settles, the rattle wakes the senses up, and the book invites proper exploring — so between them they've got the calm bits of the day and the busy bits covered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything is soft, light and sized for tiny hands, and everything travels. Cot, pram, car seat, play mat, grandparents' sofa. It all goes wherever the baby goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🐧 The safest guess of the three\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're buying for someone whose taste you don't know well, this is the one to pick. Penguins are the animal almost every small child takes to without being asked — no explaining required, no risk of it being the wrong sort of cuddly. The palette helps too: bright and blue-led, lively enough to hold a young baby's attention, without being the boldest of the three. It sits somewhere between the quiet forest set and the strong jungle one, which is usually where a gift wants to sit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat they're learning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e👂 \u003cstrong\u003eHearing\u003c\/strong\u003e – squeaks, crinkles and gentle sounds to notice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✋ \u003cstrong\u003eFine motor skills\u003c\/strong\u003e – ribbons, cords and pages to grab and pull\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e👀 \u003cstrong\u003eVisual development\u003c\/strong\u003e – bright ocean prints and strong contrast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🦷 \u003cstrong\u003eTeething relief\u003c\/strong\u003e – rings on both the comforter and the book, the book's in silicone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e❤️ \u003cstrong\u003eComfort and security\u003c\/strong\u003e – a familiar friend from week one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSoft materials you can feel good about\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything in the box is PVC free, so all that grabbing, cuddling and inevitable chewing happens against materials chosen with real care. Soft, safe and made to survive being properly loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReady to give\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives boxed at 32 x 32 x 8.5cm — generous enough to feel like a proper present, neat enough to carry into a baby shower without a second bag. Turn up, hand it over, enjoy the reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBy Little Big Friends\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends design beautifully made sensory toys with genuine thought behind them — soft materials, considered textures and characters built around how babies actually learn. This is the sort of gift that stays in the family rather than quietly moving on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3-piece ocean-themed baby gift set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes: Martin the Penguin comforter, Martin the Penguin squeaker rattle and soft Ocean baby book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials include plush looped fabric, silky print, vegan leather, soft-touch and crinkly fabrics, with a silicone teething ring on the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeething rings on both the comforter and the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGift box size: 32 x 32 x 8.5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComforter: machine washable at 30°C on a delicate cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook: hand wash in cold water, do not bleach, air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRattle: wipe with a damp cloth, then air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth (0m+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I buy the pieces separately?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot these ones — Martin the Penguin comes as part of this box rather than on his own. If you'd rather buy a comforter, rattle or book individually, our jungle range is the one that's sold piece by piece: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger comforter\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003esoft baby book\u003c\/a\u003e. The ocean book is the same book as the jungle one in everything but its theme, so if it is only the book you want, that is the one to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I wash it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree answers. The comforter goes in the machine at 30°C on a delicate cycle — handy, as it's the piece that ends up everywhere. The book hand washes in cold water, no bleach, air dry. The rattle is wipe-clean only. Neither the book nor the rattle should go in the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it really suitable from birth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, all three pieces are. Early on it's looking and being held; the squeaking, ribbons and teething rings take over from around three months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the comforter go in the cot?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot for unsupervised sleep. Safer sleep guidance is to keep the cot clear, so Martin is for cuddles, feeds and pram time while you're there, and comes out once your little one is settled alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes anything need batteries?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. The only sounds are the rattle's squeak and the squeaker in the book's first page, and both only when squeezed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich theme should I choose?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contents are the same three pieces in each, so it comes down to the character and the colours. Ocean is bright and blue-led, Forest the most muted and Jungle the boldest — there's a proper comparison below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good baby shower gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best: boxed and ready, suitable from birth, and useful from the first week rather than something to be stored until they grow into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🎁 Which gift box?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree themes, the same three pieces in each — a comforter, a squeaker rattle and a sensory soft book. Same price, so choose on the character and the colours:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOcean\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. Martin the Penguin, bright and blue-led. Penguins are the animal almost every small child takes to without being asked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-forest\"\u003eForest\u003c\/a\u003e — Bruce the Moose, the most muted palette of the three. For a neutral nursery, and a moose is the character nobody else will have given.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle\u003c\/a\u003e — Tim the Tiger, the boldest of the three, which suits very young eyes. The only theme whose pieces we also sell separately, so it is the one you can top up or replace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if you want to keep going with the same characters, the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003ejungle cast\u003c\/a\u003e is the one we stock piece by piece: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-gina-the-giraffe\"\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gina-the-musical-giraffe\"\u003emusical animals with mechanical music boxes\u003c\/a\u003e and a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003epram spiral\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee everything we stock by this maker in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003egifts suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect regularly and discontinue use if damaged. Remove the comforter from the cot when baby is sleeping unsupervised, in line with safer sleep guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-comforters\"\u003ecomforters\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673914007899,"sku":"305147","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/Little-Big-Friends-Ocean-Baby-Gift-Box-_-Newborn-Gift-Set-_-From-Birth-Little-Big-Friends-163298213.jpg?v=1787155447"},{"product_id":"little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-forest","title":"Little Big Friends Forest Baby Gift Box","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThree lovely things, one box, no wrapping required.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuying for a new baby is surprisingly stressful. You want it to be soft, safe, useful and not the fourth identical sleepsuit they've been given this week — and you'd quite like it to look thoughtful when they open it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis solves all of that in one go. Three beautifully made forest friends, presented in a gift box that's ready to hand over exactly as it comes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBruce the Moose comforter\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heart of the set. Soft looped fabric on one side, a silky forest print on the other, with ribbons, cords and a teething ring sewn in for exploring. Flat and light, so even a newborn can hold on to him — and very likely the piece that becomes The Favourite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBruce the Moose squeaker rattle\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLightweight, soft and cheerful, he makes a funny little sound every time he's pressed. Plush, vegan leather and embroidered textures to work through. That's baby's first lesson in cause and effect, plus proper grip practice, wrapped up in something small enough to live in a changing bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSoft baby book — Forest\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlush covers, soft-touch pages that crinkle, three ribbon tags, a squeaker hidden in the first page and a silicone teething ring — plus a loop for hanging it on a play gym, a cot rail or a pram. It introduces forest animals while quietly building curiosity and hand-eye coordination, and it is the one piece of the set you can hand wash, which on a book matters more than it sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the three work so well together\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece does a different job. The comforter soothes, the rattle stimulates, the book invites exploring — so between them they cover the whole day: the bedtime wind-down, the pram walk, the fifteen minutes on the play mat before lunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll three are soft, light and easy for tiny hands to handle, and all three travel well. Home, car, café, grandparents' house — the set goes wherever the baby goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🦌 The one nobody else will have given\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoose are thin on the ground in British nurseries. Rabbits, bears and elephants arrive by the armful; Bruce does not, and that is quite a lot of the appeal. He is also the most muted of the three themes — soft greens and warm neutrals rather than brights — so he sits happily in a nursery that has already been decorated, and he suits parents who have asked, politely, for nothing primary-coloured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat they're learning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e👂 \u003cstrong\u003eHearing\u003c\/strong\u003e – squeaks, crinkles and gentle sounds to tune into\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✋ \u003cstrong\u003eFine motor skills\u003c\/strong\u003e – ribbons, cords and pages to grasp and pull\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e👀 \u003cstrong\u003eVisual development\u003c\/strong\u003e – bold forest prints and contrasting colours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🦷 \u003cstrong\u003eTeething relief\u003c\/strong\u003e – rings on both the comforter and the book, the book's in silicone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e❤️ \u003cstrong\u003eComfort and security\u003c\/strong\u003e – a soft, familiar friend from the very start\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReady to give\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives boxed and presentable at 32 x 32 x 8.5cm — substantial enough to feel like a proper present, tidy enough to carry to a baby shower under one arm. No wrapping, no last-minute gift bag, no apologising for the packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBy Little Big Friends\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends design beautifully made sensory toys with real thought behind them — soft materials, considered textures and cheerful characters built around how babies actually learn. It's the sort of gift that gets kept rather than quietly passed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3-piece forest-themed baby gift set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes: Bruce the Moose comforter, Bruce the Moose squeaker rattle and soft Forest baby book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials include plush looped fabric, silky print, vegan leather, soft-touch and crinkly fabrics, with a silicone teething ring on the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeething rings on both the comforter and the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGift box size: 32 x 32 x 8.5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComforter: machine washable at 30°C on a delicate cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook: hand wash in cold water, do not bleach, air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRattle: wipe with a damp cloth, then air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth (0m+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I buy the pieces separately?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot these ones — Bruce the Moose comes as part of this box rather than on his own. If you'd rather buy a comforter, rattle or book individually, our jungle range is the one that's sold piece by piece: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger comforter\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003esqueaker rattle\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003esoft baby book\u003c\/a\u003e. The forest book is the same book as the jungle one in everything but its theme, so if it is only the book you want, that is the one to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I wash it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree answers. The comforter goes in the machine at 30°C on a delicate cycle, which is just as well, since it's the piece that'll go everywhere. The book hand washes in cold water, no bleach, air dry. The rattle is wipe-clean only. Don't put the book or the rattle in the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it really suitable from birth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, all three pieces are. A newborn will mostly look and be held; the squeaking, the ribbons and the teething rings come into their own from around three months and carry on through teething.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the comforter go in the cot?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot for unsupervised sleep. Safer sleep guidance is to keep the cot clear, so use him for cuddles, feeds and pram time while you're there, and take him out when your little one is settled on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes anything need batteries?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. The only sounds are the rattle's squeak and the squeaker in the book's first page, and both only when squeezed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich theme should I choose?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contents are the same three pieces in each, so it comes down to the character and the colours. Forest is the most muted, Ocean the brightest and Jungle the boldest — there's a proper comparison below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good baby shower gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's close to ideal: boxed, suitable from birth, neutral enough for a baby whose name you don't know yet, and it doesn't ask the parents to find room for anything large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🎁 Which gift box?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree themes, the same three pieces in each — a comforter, a squeaker rattle and a sensory soft book. Same price, so choose on the character and the colours:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForest\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. Bruce the Moose, in the most muted palette of the three. For a neutral nursery, and a moose is the character nobody else will have given.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-ocean\"\u003eOcean\u003c\/a\u003e — Martin the Penguin, bright and blue-led. Penguins are the animal almost every small child takes to without being asked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle\u003c\/a\u003e — Tim the Tiger, the boldest of the three, which suits very young eyes. The only theme whose pieces we also sell separately, so it is the one you can top up or replace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if you want to keep going with the same characters, the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003ejungle cast\u003c\/a\u003e is the one we stock piece by piece: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003emusical animals with mechanical music boxes\u003c\/a\u003e and a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003epram spiral\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee everything we stock by this maker in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003egifts suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect regularly and discontinue use if damaged. Remove the comforter from the cot when baby is sleeping unsupervised, in line with safer sleep guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. 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Then you have roughly ninety seconds before things go downhill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is what an activity spiral is for. 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Which means one toy covers the car, the walk, the nap and the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 16 x 11 x 16cm it's compact enough to move from one to the other without ceremony, so it goes wherever the day goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMade for developing senses\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung babies see contrast far more easily than subtle shades, which is why the bold jungle colours work so well — they're actually visible to eyes that are still developing. Hanging toys move slightly as the pram moves, giving your baby something to track and follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, as they get stronger, they start reaching. Then batting. Then grabbing and holding on. 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It's the gift you buy when you want to hand over something substantial and you'd rather not spend an evening assembling a hamper yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐯 What's in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTim the Tiger comforter\u003c\/strong\u003e — flat and light, with looped fabric, a silky jungle print, ribbons, cords and a teething ring. The piece a baby ends up attached to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTim the Tiger squeaker rattle\u003c\/strong\u003e — soft, light, and it squeaks when squeezed. Plush, vegan leather and embroidered textures. The first toy a baby makes something happen with.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJungle soft book\u003c\/strong\u003e — plush covers, soft-touch pages that crinkle, three ribbon tags, a squeaker in the first page and a silicone teething ring, with a loop for hanging it on a play gym or a pram. Textures to explore long before there's a story to follow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🤲 Three different jobs, on purpose\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt isn't three versions of the same thing. One is for comfort and sleep, one is for cause and effect, and one is for texture and quiet time on a lap. Between them they cover most of what a baby actually does in the first six months, which is why a set like this outlasts a single large teddy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e👀 The boldest of the three themes, and that is a real advantage\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJungle is the strongest-coloured of the three gift boxes, and for a newborn that counts for something. Vision at a few weeks old is blurry and drawn to contrast rather than to pretty pastels — so a bold print holds a very young baby's attention longer than a muted one does. If the nursery decor matters more to you than that, the forest set is the quiet one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎀 Already a present\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives in its own gift box, 32 x 32 x 8.5cm, so there's nothing to wrap and nothing to explain. Useful when it's going straight to a hospital visit, a baby shower, or in the post to someone you won't see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 The jungle family\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim the tiger belongs to Little Big Friends' jungle range, alongside Gina the giraffe, Jackson the lion and Vincent the elephant — so anything added later will look like it belongs. This is also the only one of the three gift boxes whose contents we sell piece by piece, which matters more than it sounds: you can top the set up, or replace the comforter when it is lost, which is the single most likely small disaster of the first two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree pieces that do three different jobs: comfort, cause and effect, and texture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll three suitable from birth — nothing to store until they grow into it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo teething rings across the set, one of them silicone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTextures throughout: looped fabric, silky print, vegan leather, plush and crinkly pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo things that make a noise, both of them a squeak, and neither needing a battery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe boldest of the three themes, which suits very young eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes in its own gift box at 32 x 32 x 8.5cm, so there is nothing to wrap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe only one of the three boxes whose pieces are also sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tim the Tiger comforter, Tim the Tiger squeaker rattle, jungle soft book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBox size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32 x 32 x 8.5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e plush looped fabric, silky print, vegan leather, soft-touch and crinkly fabrics, with a silicone teething ring on the book. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e comforter — machine wash at 30°C on a delicate cycle; book — hand wash in cold water, no bleach, air dry; rattle — wipe with a damp cloth, then air dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I buy the pieces separately instead?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYou can, and this is the only one of the three themes where that is true — the book in this box is the same \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle\u003c\/a\u003e we sell on its own. The box makes sense if you want one substantial gift that is ready to hand over; buying singly makes more sense if the household already has Tim the comforter, which is the piece most likely to be a duplicate. We would rather tell you that than have it arrive twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the comforter go in the cot?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNot for unsupervised sleep. Safer sleep guidance is to keep the cot clear, so Tim is for cuddles, feeds and pram time while you are there, and comes out once your little one is settled alone. Worth saying plainly, because a comforter rather invites the question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it really suitable from birth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, all three pieces are. A newborn will mostly look and be held; the squeaking, the ribbons and the teething rings come into their own from around three months and carry on through teething.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I wash it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThree different answers, unfortunately. The comforter goes in the machine at 30°C on a delicate cycle. The book hand washes in cold water — no bleach, air dry — which is printed on it. The rattle is wipe-clean only. Don't put the rattle or the book in the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre the teething rings safe to chew?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThey are made for it — that is why they are on there. The book's ring is silicone, which stays cool and wipes clean; the comforter's is fabric-mounted. As with any fabric toy, check the stitching and the ring attachments now and then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it need batteries?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. The only sounds are the rattle's squeak and the squeaker in the book's first page, and both only happen when squeezed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good baby shower gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is close to ideal: boxed, neutral enough for a baby whose name you may not know yet, suitable from birth, and it doesn't ask the parents to find room for anything large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎁 Which gift box?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree themes, the same three pieces in each — a comforter, a squeaker rattle and a sensory soft book. Same price, so choose on the character and the colours:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJungle\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. Tim the Tiger, the boldest of the three, which suits very young eyes. The only theme whose pieces we also sell separately, so it is the one you can top up or replace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-forest\"\u003eForest\u003c\/a\u003e — Bruce the Moose, the most muted palette of the three. For a neutral nursery, and a moose is the character nobody else will have given.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-ocean\"\u003eOcean\u003c\/a\u003e — Martin the Penguin, bright and blue-led. Penguins are the animal almost every small child takes to without being asked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎁 Set, or pieces?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes down to whether you want one gift or the right gift:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Jungle gift box\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. All three pieces, boxed and ready to give.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e — on its own, if sleep is the thing they need help with.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-squeaker-rattle\"\u003eTim the Tiger Squeaker Rattle\u003c\/a\u003e — the smallest of the three, and a good add-on gift.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eSoft Baby Book — Jungle\u003c\/a\u003e — 10cm square, and the one piece of the set you can hand wash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if you want to keep going with the same characters, there are \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tiny-friends-tim-the-tiger\"\u003eTiny Friends bell rattles\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-musical-tiger\"\u003emusical animals with mechanical music boxes\u003c\/a\u003e and a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003epram spiral\u003c\/a\u003e in the same jungle cast. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-musical-baby-toys-pull-along-toys-sensory-play\"\u003eguide to the whole jungle collection\u003c\/a\u003e runs through what each piece does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the jungle theme in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e, everything by this maker in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/newborn-baby-toys-and-gifts\"\u003egifts suitable from birth\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdult supervision recommended. Inspect regularly and stop using the set if anything is damaged. Remove the comforter from the cot when baby is sleeping unsupervised, in line with safer sleep guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/baby-comforters\"\u003ecomforters\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54075030045019,"sku":"305123","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/Little-Big-Friends-Baby-Gift-Box-Jungle-BTL-Diffusion-UK-LTD-168101788.jpg?v=1789548214"},{"product_id":"wooden-activity-arch-jungle","title":"Wooden Activity Arch and Baby Gym – Jungle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWooden Activity Arch – a baby gym you won't want to hide when guests arrive\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA real-wood arch with three hanging toys — crinkle fabric, wooden chimes, and Vincent the elephant as a little maraca that detaches. It gives a baby on their back something to look at, bat at and eventually grab, and it's suitable from birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e👀 First they look, then they reach\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early weeks the arch is something to focus on: three shapes hanging still, then swinging when a foot catches them. Batting arrives somewhere around two or three months, first by accident and then on purpose, and that's how a baby works out where their own hands are. Because the toys sit at different points along the arch there's more than one target, and the crinkle and the chimes mean even an accidental kick gets a result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐘 Three toys, and one that comes off\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth being clear about: the toys are fixed in place. Only Vincent, the little elephant maraca, detaches — and he's the one who gets shaken independently later on, long after your little one has stopped lying underneath the arch. Nothing else can be unhooked, which means nothing to lose and nothing to rehang at the wrong height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 Real wood, and PVC free\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's made from real wood rather than plastic tubing, which is why it looks like a piece of nursery furniture instead of something to be tidied away before visitors arrive. PVC free throughout, UKCA and CE certified. It also means the arch will outlast the phase it was bought for and can be handed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐯 Part of the jungle family\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt belongs to Little Big Friends' jungle range, alongside Gina the giraffe, Tim the tiger, Jackson the lion and Vincent himself — so the arch, the pram spiral and the comforters all look like they came from the same place. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-musical-baby-toys-pull-along-toys-sensory-play\"\u003eguide to the whole jungle collection\u003c\/a\u003e runs through what each piece does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal wood arch, PVC free, UKCA and CE certified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree hanging toys: crinkle fabric, wooden chimes and Vincent the elephant maraca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVincent detaches for independent play\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eW66 x H48cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourages focusing, reaching and grasping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdult assembly required — no tools-required flat-pack drama, but it's a one-off job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooks like nursery furniture rather than a plastic gym\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e W66 x H48cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e real wood, soft-touch fabrics, PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/strong\u003e three hanging toys — crinkle fabric, wooden chimes and a detachable elephant maraca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAssembly:\u003c\/strong\u003e to be assembled by an adult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE certified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle, by Little Big Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan you swap the hanging toys?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo — they're fixed, apart from Vincent the elephant maraca, who comes off. If you want to hang your own toys from it, this isn't the arch for that. What you get instead is nothing to lose and nothing that can end up hanging too low.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat age is it for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom birth. Newborns use it for focusing and tracking; the reaching and batting follow from around two or three months, and it stays in use until they'd rather roll away than lie underneath — usually somewhere around six months, by which point Vincent carries on alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it need putting together?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, an adult assembles it, and once it's built it stays built — it isn't designed to fold away between uses. Worth deciding where it's going to live before you start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it come with a mat?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo, the arch is on its own. A padded mat underneath makes both back-lying and tummy time far more comfortable — our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/deluxe-padded-baby-play-mat\"\u003epadded play mat\u003c\/a\u003e does that job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it noisy?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly when your baby makes it noisy. Wooden chimes and crinkle fabric, no batteries, no electronic sounds, and nothing that goes off by itself while you're trying to leave the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I clean it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Big Friends don't specify a method. We'd wipe the wooden parts with a barely damp cloth and spot-clean the fabric toys by hand — not soak them, and not put anything in the machine, since the toys are attached to the arch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy choose wood over a fabric play gym?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo reasons people give us: it lives in the room without looking like equipment, and it's sturdier, so it doesn't sag or shuffle across the floor. A fabric gym is softer and packs smaller — a fair trade-off in either direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a Montessori toy?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's very much in that spirit: natural materials, one clear purpose, and the baby doing the work rather than a toy performing at them. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/a-guide-to-montessori-toys\"\u003eguide to Montessori toys\u003c\/a\u003e explains what that means in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a proper main present for a new baby — the sort grandparents club together for — and it earns its keep for months rather than weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐘 More from the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arch is the one for a baby who isn't yet sitting up. Alongside it:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — the same idea for a pram or car seat, so there's something to reach for when you're out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tim-the-tiger-baby-comforter\"\u003eTim the Tiger Comforter\u003c\/a\u003e — flat, soft and for sleep rather than play.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — for once they're sitting up and chasing things across the floor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vincent-the-musical-elephant\"\u003eVincent the Musical Elephant\u003c\/a\u003e — the same elephant, wind-up, for the cot side.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the whole range in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sensory-toys\"\u003esensory toys\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54207806898523,"sku":"302832","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/Little-Big-Friends-Activity-Arch-Jungle-BTL-Diffusion-UK-LTD-168757781.webp?v=1790586759"},{"product_id":"reversible-baby-playmat-jungle","title":"Reversible Baby Playmat — Jungle Print and Patchwork","description":"\u003ch2\u003eReversible Baby Playmat — two sides that do two different jobs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne side is a jungle print: Gina, Tim and the rest of the Little Big Friends cast, for a baby lying on their back with nothing to do but look. Turn it over and you get a patchwork of different fabrics with embroidered detail — a surface meant to be felt rather than looked at, for when your baby is face down and using their hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat isn't decoration dressed up as a feature. A newborn spends weeks on their back and then months on their front, and the two sides of this mat map onto those two stages rather neatly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧶 The patchwork side is the clever one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDifferent fabrics stitched together in squares, with embroidery raised enough to find with a palm. For tummy time that matters more than a picture does: a baby pushed up on their forearms is looking at about fifteen centimetres of mat, and what they can reach and grab is the whole of their world for those few minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🤸 Which makes tummy time slightly less of a battle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe won't pretend a mat solves tummy time — most babies object to it at first and there's no fabric on earth that changes that. What a textured surface does is give them something to do while they're down there, which buys you a minute or two more than a plain mat will. A minute or two is the difference between a session and a protest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧺 Hand wash only — the one thing to know before you buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe'd rather say this plainly than bury it. The mat is hand wash only. Little Big Friends' own website describes it as machine washable, but the product itself says otherwise, and we go by what's on the product every time — we've raised it with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice that means spot cleaning as you go rather than a full wash: deal with a spill while it's wet, sponge the area, don't let a metre of padded fabric soak. During the dribbliest, sickiest weeks a muslin or a thin towel laid over the patchwork side saves most of the work. Treated that way it stays lovely for years. Put through a machine, it very likely won't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌿 A metre square, and it folds into a bag\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne metre by one metre: the right size for tummy time, floor play and a baby gym over the top, and small enough to go to a grandparent's house under one arm. It isn't a room-sized foam mat and it isn't trying to be. It's PVC free, and it's designed in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuinely reversible — a print side to look at, a texture side to feel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatchwork fabrics and embroidery at exactly the scale a baby on their front can reach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePadded, so it takes the edge off a hard floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePVC free, which plenty of wipe-clean mats aren't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned to sit under the matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1m square, light enough to fold up and take with you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from birth, designed in France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1m x 1m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSides:\u003c\/strong\u003e jungle print one side, patchwork of fabric textures with embroidery on the other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e hand wash only — spot clean spills as they happen, do not machine wash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e mixed fabrics, padded. PVC free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigned in:\u003c\/strong\u003e France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it go in the washing machine?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo — hand wash only. We're saying that clearly because you may well find \"machine washable\" written elsewhere online, including on Little Big Friends' own page; the product itself says hand wash, and that's what we go by. Day to day it means spot cleaning rather than washing: catch spills while they're wet, sponge them out, and keep a muslin over the top during the messiest months. If a mat you can throw in the machine is non-negotiable for you, this isn't it, and we'd rather you knew before it arrived than after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs a metre square big enough?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFor what it's for, yes — and it's worth being clear about what that is. This is a tummy-time and floor-play mat for a baby who isn't going anywhere yet, not a crawling-and-toddling play surface for a whole corner of a room. A metre gives you room for a baby, a few toys and an activity arch over the top. Once your little one is properly mobile, a mat this size stops containing them, and that's true of every mat of this kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow thick is the padding?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLittle Big Friends describe it as soft padding that cushions against hard floors, but they don't publish a thickness and we won't invent one. Treat it as a comfortable fabric mat rather than a thick foam one — lovely on a wooden floor, not a crash mat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it work with the activity arch?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes — they're designed together, same range and same jungle theme. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch and Baby Gym\u003c\/a\u003e stands over the mat with hanging toys above a baby on their back, and the mat's print side faces up underneath. Bought together they make a complete little play space, and they're the same price as each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the five senses it mentions?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLittle Big Friends put a five-senses icon on this one. In practice it's touch doing most of the work — the fabrics and the embroidery — with sight from the print side and sound from the rustle of the materials. We wouldn't buy it for taste or smell, and nor would they expect you to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 The two playmats we sell\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReversible Patchwork Playmat\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. 1m square, two useful sides doing two different jobs, and it sits under the matching wooden activity arch, which is sold separately.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/deluxe-padded-baby-play-mat\"\u003eDeluxe Padded Baby Play Mat\u003c\/a\u003e by jumini — a whole set rather than a mat on its own: a thickly padded base with a soft arch over it and four detachable sensory toys. Also from birth, and rather cheaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want the arch and the toys included in one box, the jumini. If you want a mat with two surfaces for two stages — one to look at, one to feel — that still earns its place after the baby-gym months, this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🐒 The rest of the Jungle range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Big Friends build their jungle range around four characters — Gina the giraffe, Tim the tiger, Vincent the elephant and Jackson the lion — and they turn up across the lot:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-activity-arch-jungle\"\u003eWooden Activity Arch and Baby Gym\u003c\/a\u003e — the natural partner to this mat, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-activity-spiral\"\u003eJungle Activity Spiral\u003c\/a\u003e — the same idea for a pram or car seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/activity-cube-jungle-theme\"\u003eActivity Cube\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/roly-poly-balls-jungle-theme\"\u003eRoly Poly Balls\u003c\/a\u003e — for once they're sitting up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/soft-activity-book-jungle-theme\"\u003eSoft Activity Book 2 in 1\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/jungle-soft-baby-book\"\u003eJungle Soft Baby Book\u003c\/a\u003e — fabric books in the same cast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/little-big-friends-baby-gift-box-jungle\"\u003eJungle Baby Gift Box\u003c\/a\u003e — the ready-wrapped way in, if this is a present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole lot sits together in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/little-big-friends-jungle-collection\"\u003eLittle Big Friends Jungle Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. 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