Advantages: Lots of extra furniture, clothes and other items
Disadvantages: nothing special at all

...It is a likely story that you've got bored of the Sims now, it can get that way, even with it being a great game and everything. After a while the novelty wears off and as there isnt many skins to choose, you end up with a neighbourhood full of the woman with the best cleavage and prettiest face - for your men, who all look "cool". After a while i started playing more action filled games, RTS's and such. Then Maxis made an attempt to revive the sims: with 'the sims living it up' this also kept me going on the sims for a while, especially with the extra neighbourhoods. Then, again i got bored because someone gave me another good good game to play on... Now Maxis have brought out "Sims House Party" The idea being that every so-often after carrying on with your job to earn some money (or cheat, which nearly always happens on my game... Read review

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Advantages: Sepcially designed for new babies, good fit, soft, flexible
Disadvantages: more expensive than ordinary Pampers

...really really well. Newborns don't wee in the quantities that an older baby does, so you don't need ridiculous amounts of capacity there, but you do need to mop up the squidgy mustard -coloured stuff (those of you who have breast fed, especially will know what I'm talking about). Somehow they do this. and it works. No leaks (before these were invented I remember my oldest son exploding one down his leg and all over grandma's sofa...). Seriously No leaks. not a single one in three months! They are shaped well to fit scrunched up tots and come in three sizes. This is my only complaint, my son was 9lb 8oz at birth and we never used size one. Size two lasted us about 6 weeks and then onyl size three. Sadly he grew out of size three (maxi) before I really wanted to change the nappy we were using. A size three/ maxi plus for huge great heffalump... Read review

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Advantages: looks good
Disadvantages: children can easily remove their arms from the straps. very dangerous

...DON'T BUY THIS CAR SEAT!!! Although it looks great and seems to have a clever arm strap thingy it is a complete nightmare car seat. the plastic bits break off and the worst thing is my child could get her arm out if the straps. this made for some interesting stopping on motorways etc. i was so concerned that i asked other mothers of their experience and was horrified to find the same thing. i called Dorel (who own the maxi cosi brand) and was told they know about this problem but that they wouldn't do anything unless enough people complained!!!! luckily i was able to get a refund from where i bought it and they no longer sell it. maxi cosi is a good brand though and i have a brilliant priori xp now. very pleased.... Read review

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Advantages: Great new interactive characters, funky furniture and funny characters. It wont become boring anytime soon!
Disadvantages: Several technical problems. No new careers etc.

...Singing by the campfire, dancing in cages, watching a male or female 'entertainer', riding the mechanical bull and blowing bubbles are not exactly things that happen at any normal real-life party are they? (Well, maybe stag/hen nights, but we won't get into that now will we!). These are just a few of the things your Sims can do in the new expansion pack: The Sims House Party! House Party was released in the UK on Friday 6th April (hee hee, I wanted to be the first to write a review :o) and is the second expansion pack for the best-selling game, The Sims. In The Sims and Livin' Large (the first expansion pack), parties were dull, life-less events, and by the time your Sims had phoned and invited all the guests round, the party was almost over! Maxis (The creator of Sim products) recognised this problem and came up with House party... Read review

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Advantages: Absorbant, stretchy, carry packs
Disadvantages: Expensive

...and keep everything away from his little bot all night, so the whole house sleeps better. Size wise they do Midi, Maxi, Maxi Plus and Junior in Active fit. Mini, Midi, Maxi, Maxi Plus, Junior, Junior Plus and Extra Large in Baby Dry. These both come in carry packs or economy packs. The carry pack being half the economy pack size. The number of nappies in each pack depends on the size of nappy and the 'cut' ie Active Fit (AF) or Baby Dry (BD) CARRY PACK...............AF......................BD Mini.................................. - ........................45 Midi..................................32.......................38 Maxi.................................26........................34 Maxi +..............................25.......................32 Junior.............................24.........................30 Junior... Read review

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Advantages: great nappies
Disadvantages: the new colour packets

...Warning Huggies have now got a new range of nappies, well I don't think the nappies have changed just the range. Why? Nobody knows. Before hand everybody except a few companies would have 6 different sizes from Newborn, Mini, Midi, Maxi, Maxi Plus and Junior (some do premature nappies or low birth weight). I never had any problems with these sorts as each pack of nappies would be clearly marked the size and would also have the different weights on them. Huggies now come in 3 stages The first is Beginnings - (Yellow) - Sizes Newborn and Mini The second is Freedom - (Green) - Sizes Midi, Maxi, Maxi Plus, Junior The Third is Adventures - (Orange) - Size Maxi Plus and Junior From looking at the new packs things are now abit confusing. I asked my husband to pick up a pack of nappies last night on the way home from work (I was just lazy... Read review

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Advantages: better absorbancy, no splits
Disadvantages: smaller pack size

...Since my daughter has been 2 weeks old, she has been sleepling through the night...an angel! However, this caused as a problem with the nappies after she hit the 12 month mark. Quite often in the morning, the nappy (being a Huggies Maxi) would have split because it was so wet. I rang Huggies and complained, not just because they were splitting but because the crystals were covering my babies delicate little botty, and also because at 8 months pregnant again I couldn;t be doing with giving her a bath every morning as soon as she woke up. Huggies advised me to try the Maxi Plus, which are a little bit bigger all round, and have a better absorbancy. Since changing to these, we have had no splits, so crystalised bottoms and a happy mother and baby. I have to say that the customer service people at Huggies are also very polite... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap & Tasty
Disadvantages: Rather small and hard to find!

...and a black "K". Easy to spot... especially if you like to hunt down any Kinder products, like myself. As i said before, Maxi bars are hard to find but big stores such as Woolworths and Wilkinson stock them. This is my first choice when buying chocolate! Great tasting, small enough to snack on, and cheap! Perfect for nibbling on!!... Read review

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Advantages: Reclines, Easy to fit
Disadvantages: Quite chunky

...This car seat is fantastic for a few basic and simple reasons... read on... It is really easy to fit, simply feed the seat belt through, clip it in and pull to tighten then clip to rear of seat, can be done in seconds. It reclines so easily, it has a leaver down low between the infants feet, lift the leaver and the chair glids into I believe, 4 different positions making your little one as comfy as can be. It has nice deep sides which leads me to believe it would protect my daughter well in the case of an accident. It has padded traps for more comfort. It has a five point harness which is easy to use, we also own a britax car seat which is really awkward to do up and everything seems back to front on it, the maxi cosi though is great, really simple, quick and easy to use. On the down side, it is quite chunky so if you had a really... Read review

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Advantages: easy to fit, attractive, hard wearing, practical
Disadvantages: can get quite heavy as your child grows

...Being the mother of three children I have found the Maxi Cosi Citi Car Seat to be extremely hard wearing. I have found it very useful on a day to day basis, not just in the car, but also in and around the home. Firstly, unlike other seats that I have used, I found it very easy to fit into the car. I also found that it was the only seat that could get my children to sleep. Either from rocking them, or just sitting watching me do the house work, they seemed to be quite comfortable and content in the seat. I also found it very useful when weaning my children, as highchairs are not practical for four month old babies. It is also very attractive to look at, and I have had many compliments on my choice of seat. The only disadvantage that I came across was the fact that it gets quite heavy as your child grows, but I guess it's the same for any... Read review

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