There are some brands that stand the test of time. Cliché but true. Fisher-Price is one of them, and it should come as no surprise that parents around the globe have their own list of Fisher-Price Favourites. There are two that stand out on my list; the first is the Little People Animal Sounds Farm….
Itzy Ritzy Travel Happens wet bags and Snack Happens regular & mini snack bags
I received my first wet bag as a gift from one of my besties when The K Man was born. At the time, neither of us was a cloth diaper user and it wasn’t even called a wet bag, so the only conclusion we had of this product was that (1) it had a pretty…
Learning new tricks: bike riding with Radio Flyer & spring cleaning with The Home Depot Canada
Who says people can’t change? I have long been a messy person. Not dirty, making-yogurt-in-your-closet-thanks-to-forgotten-cups-of-milk-dirty – but messy. The kind of messy that irritates others (parents, housemates, spouse), even if I know exactly where everything is. Organized chaos at best. I was the kid who didn’t keep her room neat. I’m the adult who struggles to…
BecoThings: eco-friendly Beco Feeding Set
I can remember the first time I’d ever heard of cutlery being made out of something other than plastic. A new vegan-type food haunt opened up near my office and a few of us went to check it out. (As a bona fide meat-eater, I really had no business being there but everything turned out…
KidzCanDesign: turn your child’s artwork into a necklace (guest review)
Guest reviewer Robyn D. lives in Bowmanville, Ont., with her three kids (who are 3, 6 and 8) and is a school-bus driver who loves to spend time with her family going to the park or zoo, on trips or even just a quiet night cuddling with her brood on the couch watching a movie. Robyn…
Itzy Ritzy Lunch Happens Bento Lunch Box
I may have gone a tad overboard when we were preparing to send The K Man to JK last September. When it came to his lunch accoutrements, I wanted – first and foremost – to buy only reusable containers. Do any kids brown-bag-it anymore? As I mentioned in a Huffington Post piece I wrote at…
My Ding Dong Diaper Ditch Challenge
If you’ve ever had a newborn, you can relate: baby stuff in those first few weeks is expensive. Don’t get me wrong, babies continue to be expensive – and I’m learning that children are even more expensive once you factor in extracurricular activities and school fundraisers. But when your one month old is whipping through…
Dandelion Re-Play cups and cutlery
If there’s one thing I seem to be addicted to, it’s tableware for kids. I have every conceivable brand of cup: some have spouts, some have straws, some have stoppers, some don’t have lids at all, some are insulated. I have so many spoons and forks that I separate them based on whether they’re stainless…
Fisher-Price’s Million Moments of Joy: OVERjoyed (sponsored post)
Sometimes motherhood is rough. Sometimes I want to pull my hair out. Sometimes I scream. But between tickles and pillow fights, messy faces and silly songs, there’s little else in this world that brings me more joy than my children. I’ve written them love letters for every birthday and Christmas since birth because I want…
At First Sight Birth Photography (guest review)
When a mom-friend of mine from Miss Q’s Kindermusik class mentioned she was starting a birth, just born and breastfeeding photography business – called At First Sight Birth Photography – I wanted to see her work. As soon as I did, I offered to find her a guest reviewer because I want everyone in the GTA to know about this talented…