How We Make Life Easier for New Parents in Mauritius
Nobody warns you how much of new parenthood is pure logistics. Between feeds, naps and endless laundry, a simple pharmacy run means loading the car seat, timing the traffic around a nap, and hoping the shop actually has your brand in stock. Multiply that by every week of the first year and it adds up to a lot of hours you would rather spend at home. That is exactly the problem we set out to remove.
DodoBaby now lives on DodoMarket
If you shopped with BabyBest, here is the short version: the baby range has a new home. It is now DodoBaby, part of the DodoFresh family on DodoMarket, and the whole range sits together in one place: the DodoBaby department. Same idea as before, trusted essentials for babies and toddlers, now alongside DodoFresh's healthy groceries so one order can cover the baby and the rest of the household. Your old favourites are still here, and the range keeps growing as we add the lines parents ask for.
Brands parents already trust
Rather than stocking a little of everything, we keep a tight range of names with a real track record:
- Mustela, the French reference in baby skincare: gentle cleansing gel, Hydra Bébé moisturisers, nappy change cream and compostable wipes.
- Bébé Confort, for feeding and soothing: Physio Air bottles and teats, soothers for every age, and maternity basics for mum.
- Munchkin, for clever mealtime gear, from Miracle 360 trainer cups to suction plates that toddlers cannot fling across the kitchen.
- Corine de Farme Baby, gentle and affordable cleansing and skincare made in France.
A starter list for each stage
If you are building a first order, or putting one together as a present, these are the pieces parents reorder most:
- Newborn: a gentle cleansing gel or liniment, cotton wool, nappy change cream, and a soft brush-and-comb set for cradle cap.
- Three to six months: a bottle upgrade with faster-flow teats, soothers matched to age, and a light moisturiser for the post-bath massage.
- Six months and up: soft-tipped spoons, a suction plate, a trainer cup for first sips of water, and a fresh food feeder for first tastes.
Order at 3am, delivered on weekdays
Newborn schedules do not respect shop opening hours, so the store never closes: place your order whenever the baby finally settles, even in the middle of the night. Baby orders are delivered Monday to Friday across Mauritius, and if you order before 11:30am we can often be at your door the same day. Discovering at breakfast that you are down to the last wipe no longer has to mean a trip to town. Many families settle into a simple pattern: one bigger monthly order for the heavy, boring basics, with quick top-ups in between.
A hand for family living abroad
Plenty of our orders come from the Mauritian diaspora. If you are in Paris, London or Perth and your niece in Quatre Bornes has just had a baby, you can send something genuinely useful: a Mustela bath duo, a set of bottles, a top-up of change cream. It arrives at their door, not yours: no international postage, no guessing which pharmacy is open, just an order picked and delivered locally. And it beats another soft toy that will sit on a shelf.
Mum counts too
New-parent care is not only baby care. Our mum essentials cover the fourth trimester as well, from maternity briefs to a manual breast pump, because the person doing the 3am feeds deserves some looking after herself.
The point of all of this is simple: fewer errands and fewer car trips, so the hours you do have go to your baby, or, occasionally, to a nap of your own. Welcome to DodoBaby.
