The stroller rolls across the rug on cream rubber tires, both babies sitting up in the ticking stripe cushion, and the wooden push handle sits exactly where a small hand goes. Lift them out and one drops into the rose bouncer, the other goes down in the cradle, which really rocks on its curved runners. Two mice three inches tall now have somewhere to sleep, somewhere to sit and something to ride in.

What's in the box

• Baby Twin Mice in Matchbox, Checker: two mice asleep in a printed matchbox on a real mattress under a blanket, one in a checked romper with a coral bow and one in a woven romper with a blue neckerchief, Baby Mouse size at about 8 cm (3 in), Maileg item 17-6002-00.
• Baby Mouse Stroller, Blue: a seat back that lifts out and turns around so the babies face you or face the road, on a metal frame with a wooden push handle and a three bead bar across the front, 9.5 cm (3.74 in) tall on a folding X frame. Maileg calls this colorway Blue; the frame reads as a soft sage green. Maileg item 11-4104-01.
• Baby Mouse Cradle, Blue Mint: a rocking metal cradle with a flower pressed into the headboard, made up with a quilted paisley sleeping bag and a striped mattress. Maileg calls this colorway Blue mint; the paint photographs as a soft sage green. Sized for Baby Mouse, Maileg item 11-6104-00.
• Baby Mouse Babysitter Chair, Rose: a rose floral padded bouncer seat on a bent metal stand, with a woven safety strap across the middle, sized for Baby Mouse, Maileg item 11-5407-00.

The twins are Baby Mouse size, Maileg's smallest mouse at about 8 cm (3 in), and the stroller, the cradle and the bouncer are all My, the furniture size Maileg builds for them, so nothing in this box only nearly fits. The four go together because they are a whole day: the twins wake up, ride out in the stroller, sit in the bouncer while the big mice get on with things, and go back down in the cradle at night. The stroller carries up to three at once, so a third baby is already accounted for.

This is the set for a child who already has a mouse family and is ready to look after somebody smaller. When the babies need parents, a house and furniture around them, they are here with the rest of the Maileg mice and their furniture.