Archive | September, 2009

Kiddopotamus: SwaddleMe

With a colicky first born, it took me only a matter of days to realize how critical swaddling was going to be for him and me. The only trouble was that there weren’t any baby blankets large enough to swaddle him well, and more often than not I’d find him with his feet kicked out [...]

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Baby Trend Sit ‘N Stand Stroller

I’ll admit that I feel intense jealousy when I look at moms of two pushing the newest version of baby strollers around. The “Sit and Stand” concept came about a year too late for my two little ones, but I would have been absolutely awesome to have. In fact, having examined these strollers, they would [...]

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BabyBjorn Baby Carrier– A Life and Back Saver

With the birth of my first son, I made the same mistake many parents do. I bought the inexpensive baby carrier. It got plenty of use as my oldest turned out to be colicky and couldn’t touch the floor, crib, or bouncy seat without screaming, but after the first few weeks I noticed that the [...]

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Beauty of the Bumbo Baby Seat

As a new mother, I spend countless hours in parenting forums looking for product suggestions and answers to questions about pregnancy, newborns, babies and eventually toddlers. I was on the forums when Bumbo baby seats were first introduced to parents everywhere and to get a Bumbo you had to place a special order online since [...]

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Yay Baby Gear!

Welcome to Yay Baby Gear!
There are more baby products and gadgets than I can count. As a new parent, I keep choosing products that I think will make my life easier to only find out I just purchased an overpriced paper weight. Don’t get me wrong there is the occasional gem that I find indispensable and why not share [...]

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