We told you we had some new gems coming to the Closer to Nature range.

Now they’re out in the open – well, in larger branches of Boots and Mothercare anyway .

So what’s on offer?

First off we’ve the handiest little steriliser ever, a single bottle steriliser you can take with you wherever you go for on-the-spot sterilising.

Small enough to fit into a changing bag, the single bottle steriliser is ideal for travel and can be used in a microwave (three minutes only) or as a cold water steriliser where it will take just 15 minutes with sterilising fluid or a tablet to give you a perfectly sterilised bottle.

It’s also perfect if you opt to follow the latest Department of Health guidelines which suggest you make up one bottle at a time rather than a batch of bottles.

With a clever pourer in the lid to make it easy to siphon off the water without taking the lid off, the single bottle steriliser even comes with a Closer to Nature bottle … all for £9.99.

Next comes a product we’ve been asked for continuously with the great success of Closer to Nature bottles.

The smart new bottle carrier has been made specially to take Closer to Nature bottles and will keep bottles warm – or cool – for four hours. Soft bodied to make it light and easy to carry, the black zip-round case is the perfect accessory for any Closer to Nature mum and best of all, there are two in a pack for just £9.99. That means you can take a warm bottle out with you and perhaps put a second bottle, full of cool water in the other. And unlike other ‘double’ bottle carriers, you can open each one independently so the temperature of the bottle you don’t use is not affected.

Third in the new line-up is the Closer to Nature easi-vent Variflo teat, developed specially for those who like their babies to control the flow of milk.

Variflo teats mean you don’t need to go down the slow flow, medium flow and fast flow route as the cross cut in the Variflo teat opens according to the strength of the baby’s suck.

The teats still have the same stretch and flex that have made Closer to Nature such a boon to mums who want their babies to enjoy combination feeding without confusion. And the price is exactly the same too, at just £3.49 for two.

By the end of January our three new Closer to Nature products should be featured on shelf in your local Boots and Mothercare stores.

Last Updated: February 14, 2008