From the category archives:

Furniture and Bedding

Nursing in comfort

November 30, 2009

My son is now nearly two months old and yes, I do manage to nurse him. He takes ages to get full up, so I sit a LOT… I try to walk about nursing him sometimes, but it isn’t always a good time or a good idea… So, I have to sit comfortable when he […]

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An Attractive, Affordable Step Stool for Toddlers

October 7, 2009

I’ve got back problems, and it was always a pain, literally, to hold my son over the sink to brush his teeth and wash his face and hands.  In the beginning, I used a wash cloth to clean him off and just picked him up to let him spit out the toothpaste, but the older […]

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Rice’s Cups Full of Hope

January 16, 2009

While looking for cute, high-quality, melamine dishes to use as toddler tableware, I ran across a company in Denmark not only making fabulous cups, plates, bowls and more, but that also has a conscience, Rice. Their products are designed in Denmark, then manufactured in third world countries by employees who are treated fairly and are […]

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Mutsy EasyGrow Review and Discount

January 6, 2009

Somewhere between the ages of twenty months and two years, my son decided that shoving smushed-up green peas and sticky banana goo into the vinyl crevices of our high chair was his favorite form of personal expression. We used the Chicco Polly, which served us well for more than a year, but as soon […]

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Mr. Bobbles Travel Crib Sheets

November 24, 2008

We are devoted users of our travel crib. My son slept in it from his first night at home, in the bassinet insert at the foot of our bed. (Well, ostensibly he slept, but I remember nothing about that because if he was asleep, so was I.) We hauled it from country […]

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Odenwaelder Babynest

November 16, 2008

Last year while in DC over the Christmas holidays, we received a lot of comments on how warm and snuggly Oliver looked in his stroller bag.  The stroller bag is a pretty common thing in Germany and the rest of Europe, so I thought I’d introduce you to the company that produces the baby stroller […]

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Bemz: Giving your Ikea sofa new life

September 5, 2008

When I first moved to Germany, we bought a nice, plush, rich-purple-fabric-swathed sofa. This was pre-baby and pre-dog. It is now a slightly less nice, plush, purple sofa covered in drool, spit up, juice, and cookie crumbs. I wish it was as easy for us as it was for a couple of […]

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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 […]

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