One of the first things Archie actually ate was crums from the Tommee Tippie bib. He turned it upside down whilst still wearing it and all the crums fell into his mouth, you should have seen his little face. I think he thought I put them there just to trick him. Then he did it again and again.... LOL

Feeding time is such a messy affair that I'm looking for one of those bibs that's like a truncated version of a radiation suit. For both of us. I got a couple from a cloth nappy company when my daughter was weaning but they seem to have degraded in storage (how very green of them) and now I can't find them anywhere. Any ideas?

Have you tried Googling 'a truncated version of a radiation suit' to see if anything comes up? No? But it was such an accurate description...

It sounds to me like a painting suit might be up the right street, Clem, I think I've seen them online. Other than that I have also used the Mothercare ones that Thell talked about on the 'You've Poisoned Me Face' comments section. (I'm so with you on the slogans, Thell.) They cover up the arms and are pretty good but I don't know how they'd fare in a radiation leak. Good luck finding the ones you need, Clem.

OK HERE IT IS! The radiation suit for clean baby clothes. HippyChick do an Eater Suit. It covers everything but feet and hands and cost £4. We bought it from Rosie and Toms, and was just about the only thing we could afford in there! Some people have more money than sense. Who on earth would spend £45 on a furry gillet for a 3 month old baby? Well I'm sure there are plenty but blimey. It was the only thing we bought on the shopping trip to Manchester, apart from lunch in Wagamama which was fab! Any excuse to go there really.

Nursery are over the moon that they don't have to give her a bath every day after lunch. It's machine washable too.

Ethel Austin do a long sleeved tie on machine washable bib for £2 also.

Babybjorn do a hairdresser-overall style thing - fantastic. I got mine from the Kiddycare website.

I just got some silly billyz bibs - the full length sleeve ones - and htey are great. Threw all the other ones away today. (I have no idea why they make bibs in white, other than to get us all to buy new ones every month).

Just bought long sleeved bibs from Asda. £2.50 for plastic ones (I assume these will be best) and £1 reduced cloth ones all in cheerly red with big animals smiling on. Why not pictures of food??? Going to try them out next week when baba will be 5 1/2 months old.

hah my inertia has paid off Boomer has just been gifted a huge baby bjorn atomic suit bib. Her daddy is trying to wrestle her into it at the moment.

mmmm full bib very effective but bit of a nightmare to get Boomer into! Much arm waving. I always seem to remember to but the bib on after I've handed her a piece of juicy food, then trying to manoveur the bib around a chomping baby is pretty hard.

Ooh, I fancy an all in one bib. For Minky, obviously. We've just customised our Tommee Tippee bibs using a hole punch rather than a knife. Worked quite well.

Morning everyone this is my first post. What a life saver this blog has been. Dd refused to open her mouth for me to shovel in the puree but adores her BLW. No idea where she gets her stubborness from..... I must put the case for 'double-bibbing' as the only way to go. A long sleeved one to help smear the sweet potato on to the high chair tray. Then a Tommee Tippee over the top to catch the spat out bits where mummy has 'chargrilled' her lovingly produced wedges. Try it. You will never look back!

i also advocate the 'double-bibbing' approach, squirrel. great minds...
sorry i didn't acknowledge your post earlier, i only just saw it now. good to hear from you.

Aha! A new bib arrived in the post today and it was a great success. It's a Silly Billyz long sleeved job, with plastic sleeves and a fleecy front. And it can go in the tumble dryer. Joy of joys!

This is my 1st post so hello everyone. I've found a fantastic bib, it's called a crumb catcher by Sassy and has a plastic fronted fabric body (wipe down or machine wash) and a removable tray (dishwasher). Sam developed the art of tipping the tray to look for leftovers at 8 mths so it's now called the saving it for later bib.Cost about £4 but worth a lot more.

Where d'ya get it from, Coco? We do the long-sleeved (second-hand but clean - can't have been blw babies that used it!) towelling doobries that go in the machine whether they're supposed to or not but do find the sleeves just spread the debris even further than IzzyMouse does on her own.

alongcamebaby.co.uk or blooming marvellous(more expensive though).

I double bib but with a plastic/ fabric one underneath a Tommee Tippee pelican. Why do they put that hole under the chin? Pinkle tends to splurt out her water so if I don't use the plastic / fabric one underneath her T-shirt gets soaked.

oi, anon, are you and pinkle going to come on the forum and chat to us properly?