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Book Review – Maybe One

June 3, 2009

Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]

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Green Toys

February 21, 2009

Green Toys is a San Francisco company that produces Made in the USA (California to be exact) toys. The company uses recycled plastic from milk jugs for their products. Green Toys’ website also states:

Our products pass a plethora of tests, including:

Consumer Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)
Consumer Products Safety Standard Specification, ASTM F963
California Prop. 65 restrictions on […]

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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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Product Review – Epi-no Childbirth Trainer

January 28, 2009

I first head about the Epi-no (produced by Stardberg Medical) during one of my birthing classes.  The midwife showed it to the group, and most of the women in the class dismissed as an unnecessary expense.  I, on the other hand, was fascinated!
The ‘childbirth trainer’ is basically a vaginal dilator.  An inflatable balloon is inserted into […]

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Mutsy Grow-Up! Review and Giveaway

January 8, 2009

People always told me I wouldn’t believe how quickly my child would grow, but things are getting ridiculous around here. My almost-two-year old has suddenly decided he’s a forty-five-year-old businessman. While his misconception can be entertaining, especially when he demands the car keys and shouts “Bye Mama!” while heading for the door with […]

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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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New Mom Product Review

December 19, 2008

I thought I would share a few of the products that I have found very helpful in the first three months of motherhood. There are three basic categories - Hoppediz, diapers and boobs. I’m sure many more will pop up. What have been the most useful products for all you new moms […]

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Pedipeds Shoes – Review and Giveaway!

October 28, 2008

Until he was getting around on his feet rather than his knees, my son only wore shoes on special occasions. In fact, he’s the only barefoot ragamuffin in our big family photo from last Christmas. Apparently his cousins have more refined sartorial tastes. But once he started cruising, I saw why my […]

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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 home, […]

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Good Stuff: Sack-N-Seat

August 5, 2008

At eighteen months, my son is just big enough to sit up to the table in a normal chair, but way too wiggly to stay there for long. We use his high chair at home, but I’m too busy trying to stash his extra stuffed giraffe and some clean underwear in our luggage to […]

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