From the monthly archives:

August 2008

See Kai Run shoes

August 30, 2008

So far, my favorite shoes are by See Kai Run. They’re styl­ish, soft, flex­i­ble, and with the cur­rent dollar/euro exchange rate, a lot more afford­able than the brands sold here in Ger­many. The story of the found­ing of the com­pany, from their web­site: Kai is the son of own­ers and founders, Cause Haun and Gang […]

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The Bottle of My Dreams

August 21, 2008

When The Boy was around nine months old, I went back to work full-time out­side of the home. Up until then, he had had very few bot­tles. My hus­band was not itch­ing to give him one, and if The Boy was not starv­ing, he would refuse it any­way. We started try­ing bot­tles when The Boy […]

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Tea blog launches: Raising little citizens of the world

August 20, 2008

My favorite cloth­ing line for kids, Tea Col­lec­tion, has just launched a blog focused on rais­ing lit­tle cit­i­zens of the world.  I fig­ure it’s some­thing that is of inter­est to us mamas world­wide, so check it out: Tea Blog.

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Pre-mom product

August 17, 2008

Since I haven’t had the chance to try any prod­ucts with the baby yet, I thought I would men­tion one prod­uct I have used in the preg­nancy that I love.  A friend rec­om­mended Clar­ins Huile Tonic early on.  It is 100% plant olis, and is sup­posed to help pre­vent stretch marks.  There is no science […]

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Goldi Pacifier

August 16, 2008

Look­ing for a paci­fier with­out plas­tic, latex, or sil­i­cone?  Look no fur­ther.  The Goldi paci­fier is made from pure rub­ber from the Hevea Brasilie­nis tree. From the manufacturer’s web­site: This paci­fier is pro­duced from pure rub­ber and is soft, flex­i­ble and free of toxic sub­stances; has no chem­i­cal soft­en­ers, parabens, PVC, or phtha­lates; BPA (bisphenol-A) […]

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Making Travel Easier

August 15, 2008

After we had The Boy, we were look­ing for ways to travel with him more eas­ily. Pri­mar­ily, I wanted to check the stroller, but keep his car seat for flights. I did not want to have to carry the car seat. Round and round we went until my hus­band dis­cov­ered an awe­some prod­uct–Go Go Kidz! […]

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Design Spotlight: byBo design

August 13, 2008

File this under Things I Would Buy if Money wasn’t a Con­sid­er­a­tion. These chang­ing tables are the work of Swedish designer Bo Ekström and are not for the budget-conscious. Accord­ing to DaddyTypes.com, the fold-up chang­ing table is 280 Euro. Oh, but they are so beau­ti­ful. No idea where this is avail­able for pur­chase, I suppose […]

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My Favorite Books for New Moms

August 13, 2008

The Girl­friends’ Guide to Baby Gear by Vicki Iovine and Peg Rosen I liked the common-sense approach to prod­uct reviews in this book, along with use­ful shop­ping lists and rec­om­men­da­tions. While not purely a bargain-hunters’ bible (for that, try Baby Bar­gains), this book still gives good advice about what you need, what you don’t need, what’s […]

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Not So Good Stuff: Bino Wobbly Stacker

August 12, 2008

I really, really wanted to be able to write a great review for this Czech-produced wooden Wob­bly Stack­ing Pyra­mid by Bino World of Toys, but that’s not going to be pos­si­ble. We bought this from a local fur­ni­ture store and it was the first stacker I’d seen that I really liked. Unfor­tu­nately, after get­ting it […]

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Moov: Make your own vehicle

August 11, 2008

Strug­gling with what to get for that bud­ding engi­neer in your life? Check out the Moov 4-in-1 vehi­cle kit. It’s not cheap, at 250 Euro, but if your kid gets bored of their scooter, just take it apart and make a trike. Trike not good enough? Go for a racer. Racer ain’t quite fast enough, […]

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