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I’ll start this review by pointing out that this review has not been requested by Snoozeshade and I have not received any payment or free products from them in exchange for it. I bought my Snoozeshade myself as I was having difficulty when out and about with Zara as she wouldn’t sleep for long in her pram and it was proving difficult to plan days out.

For more details about Snoozeshade visit their website Here Snoozeshades can be bought from their site directly or there is a list of Stockists on the site aswell. RRP is £19.99. I use the Snoozeshade on our Quinny Buzz and the Quinny Zapp and it fits absolutely fine. There is a list of pushchairs that it fits on their website and by the look of the list it fits pretty much all prams/pushchairs

I have to admit I was pretty doubtful at first as to how good this product would be. Zara is not exactly the easiest baby to get to go to sleep especially when she is overtired but I was desperate and willing to try anything.

Our first time using the snoozeshade was at the Baby Show in the NEC, with bright lights and so much going on I was really hoping that Zara would at least manage to get some sleep during the day. Any doubts I had about the product went out of the window when Zara had a nice long nap under her snoozeshade – the only slight disadvantage was that we kept getting stopped by people asking whether it worked or not – so I lost count of the number of people who had a sneaky peek in at a sleeping Zara during her nap. Hopefully Snoozeshade found their sales increase thanks to me pointing them in the direction of the Snoozeshade stall lol.

Going for days out used to be very hit and miss with Zara, particularly if we intended to have a nice pub lunch whilst out as if Zara was awake meals were always rushed or if there was a long wait for food we would both sit their nervously trying to entertain Zara in the hope that we could get through the whole process before we had an overtired meltdown. A couple of weeks ago we had the most relaxing and enjoyable lunch out since before Z arrived on the scene. Having selected a nice table outside the pub with a little bit of shade, we set about selected our meal choice from the menu only to be told there was a 45 minute wait for food – cue panic! But we decided to be brave and I gave Z her bottle and as she was getting sleepy I put her down in the pram and slid on the snoozeshade. 2 minutes later she was asleep and my husband and I enjoyed a couple of nice drinks whilst waiting for our food to arrive. 40 minutes later our food arrived and we managed to demolish most of this in a very leisurely way, occasionally peeking in at a still sleeping Z. Of course Z is very much like her mum and as soon as dessert was mentioned she woke up and joined us for a bit of cake I think that afternoon was one of the nicest days out we have had this year – so relaxed and Zara was a complete sweetheart thanks to her long lunchtime nap.

I find I have the snoozeshade permanently attached to our pram as one of the other great advantages is that is has an UPF of 50+ . Whilst out Quinny is great for keeping the sun off Zara’s head and upper body I always worry about her little legs poking out and being in the sun, even with factor 50+ on I would still rather they be in the shade. Nowadays when Z is awake I just fasten the bottom half of the Snoozeshade over the Quinny and it gives a nice sunshade for her legs. Then when she drops off all I have to do is fold it up over the hood of the Quinny and voila

Photos from our walk this morning are shown below

First – in sunshade mode, it keeps that nasty sun off her legs

And then as she nods off to sleep I just fold up the Snoozeshade over the hood of the Quinny and we have sleep mode

And just so you can see inside – Sleeping Beauty

In Summary – This is one of those products that I am so glad I bought. It works a treat and has made days out with Z so much easier. Highly recommended!