Baby Bedding Sets: Eh, Who Needs ‘Em?

I’m all about making the baby’s room look great. After all, it’s important the nursery be set up and ready for the little one when he comes home and totally critical to show it off to everyone who comes over to see it before then. The nursery is a specialized room and unlike the rest [...]

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The Hiking Backpack – Love it or Hate it!

If you’ve never tried it, the hiking backpack (a real one, not a front carrier worn on your back) is something you’ll either love or hate. Love it for the freedom and fun or hate it for the hard work it entails. The hiking backpack carries a grown baby or a toddler in a canvas [...]

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Heavy Duty Parenting: The Double Jogger

Now that I have a 5-year-old and almost-3-year-old, there aren’t many baby relics left around our house. The only item that I have had for years and still use regularly (although not as regularly as I’d like) is the double jogger. It’s important to realize that I’m not a jogger. I use the stroller for [...]

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Umbrella Strollers – The Simplest Things Are So Useful

One of my absolutely favorite baby items was the umbrella stroller I bought from a discount store for less than $10. It went everywhere with me once my baby was old enough to sit up in the stroller properly. I’ll admit I didn’t especially car for the gigantic strollers with compartments and cup holders. I [...]

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The Best Teething Ring: It’s Not What You Think!

I learned something very interesting when my oldest cut his first tooth. It seems that first tiny tooth is rather sharp. Sharp enough, in fact, that it might just pierce the soft and squishy plastic that makes up all of baby’s teething rings. I was instructed by countless baby books to remove the liquid-filled teething [...]

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Color Wonder Markers to the Rescue! Kind of.

The Crayola Color Wonder collection of art supplies has grown considerably, but it began with its current bestselling product, the Crayola Color Wonder Markers and corresponding coloring pads. The Color Wonder markers are unique in that they don’t actually color on anything but the Color Wonder coloring books and pages. Should the markers find their [...]

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