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Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere!

March 8, 2009

While surfing the net for kid’s toys, I keep coming across monsters!  They are seriously cute, although I’m not sure who loves them more, the parents or the kids.  Here are some of my favorite monsters I’ve come across:

Mr Moustachio costs €40 and is available at La Maison de Lola

Terry and Tina, Bunny Blue and Albert, £34, […]

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HABA Toy Food

February 12, 2009

I’ve always loved toy shopping, even before I had a child. Choosing gifts for nieces and nephews and thinking about what I would have loved (or what I DID love) at their ages gave me a thrill. And I know wasn’t the only adult wishing I could spend an afternoon playing with that […]

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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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The Best European Car Seats

December 19, 2008

According to the German consumer ratings magazine Stiftung Warentest, these are the top five car seats in each category that have earned either a “good” or “very good” quality rating.  The number in parenthesis is the score received, the lower the score, the better the car seat did in tests.  When fewer than five seats […]

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The Mooncup Reusable Menstrual Cup

December 9, 2008

I’ve been trying to live a greener life, so in that spirit, I figured it was time to give up all the tampons and sanitary pads I was throwing away every month and try out one of the reusable menstrual cups that are on the market. While the DivaCup is quite popular among Americans, […]

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Vilac Toys

November 7, 2008

Vilac is an 80 year old French toy manufacturer making beautiful wooden toys that are described as works of art that are extensions of their creators’ personalities.  The Vilac websites lists shops and online shops carrying their toys.  Additionally, Vilac is sold by baby-and-friends.com in Germany.

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Glueckskaefer wooden puzzles

October 20, 2008

Something else I ran across in Nikolai-Eck during my visit to Leipzig, were Glückskäfer nesting toys.  These are beautiful, German produced, heirloom quality, wooden nesting puzzles.  Glückskäfer has been in business for over 60 years and believes in producing quality over quantity.  For German speakers, they’re available from the Glückskäfer website in Germany.  They’re also […]

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Janoschik Toys

October 14, 2008

Last week, I found the most amazing toys in a religious run shop, Nikolai-Eck, at Nikolaikirchhof in Leipzig (if you’re in the area, definitely pay it a visit). I’ll post about them over the next few days. First up is Janoschik Toys (German site, English site).

These are seriously cute wooden toys in the shapes […]

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Gourmandise, the sexiest nursing bra ever?

October 6, 2008

Gourmandise is a French lingerie company that makes possibly the sexiest nursing bras I’ve ever seen.  I have not been able to track down any information on the company, as apparently there are a lot of things described as “gourmandise” in French.
For English and French speakers, the ivory/praline version is sold by Mamanana.com, a French site […]

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LulaSapphire.com

September 8, 2008

One of my favorite European online shopping sites is the UK-based Lula Sapphire. In addition to carrying great products from the likes of Boob, DwellStudio, Ida-T, Katvig, Manhattan Toy, Stork Sak, Swaddle Designs, and Zutano, among many others, they claim to be the first carbon neutral mother and baby retailer in the UK. […]

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