If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, it’ll come as no surprise that I love music. As a closet Broadway star, I’ll belt out anything from a tune from Wicked to the Itsy Bitsy Spider. I think imparting a love of music in our kids is important, and I think the gift of…
Organic Teething Bunny by Dress Me Up Organic (guest review)
When I’m asked to review something that I can’t test with my own family, I turn to my Facebook page and offer my readers a guest review opportunity. Let these moms and dads help you see if a product’s worth its price tag. Guest reviewers receive the products for free and get to keep them in exchange for their…
Contigo Striker AUTOSPOUT kids’ water bottle
I’ve bought my share of kids’ cups with straws. Whether it’s been a straw sippy cup or the take-and-toss variety, I just figured they all had their flaws. The leaks. The random explosions of liquid in my face. The lids that pop off if thrown to the ground. (Which, in my house, is every bleeding…
Wordless Wednesday: Reebok goes super-cool for kids
Hot Wheels Wall Tracks: verticle play
Hot Wheels. I swore I’d never have more than 10 of them in the house. That ended when we started potty training our son last year. Pee was a non-issue – he had that nailed in a couple of days. It was No. 2 that threw us for a loop. We needed a reward system –…
Off to school with ya: a JK check list
I recently blogged at The Huffington Post about all the things I’ve been working on with The K Man to get him ready for school. It’s his first year, and perhaps I’ve babied him too much, but we’re in the throes of practising everything from shoelaces to lunch-bag configurations to butt-wiping. I’ve had some questions from…
Safer swaddling with the Halo SleepSack Swaddle
When I’m asked to review something that I can’t test with my own family, I turn to my Facebook page and offer my readers a guest review opportunity. Guest reviewers can be moms, dads, grandparents or other caregivers. They receive the products for free and get to keep them in exchange for their honest reviews. Like my own…
George’s Cream – a cure-all, but at what cost?
When the nice people from George’s Cream contacted me about trying out two of its products, Miss Q had just had another bout of cradle cap. She suffered from the yellow flakes as an infant, and I used Substance’s Nappy Rash Ointment to help ward it off. I didn’t know when the cream would arrive…
Wordless Wednesday: Brita at the zoo
Tuck Me In: a bedtime book
My kids’ bookshelves are overflowing. From board books we bought before The K Man was even born, to gifts from family and friends over the years, books are a big part of our lives. It’s not uncommon for Miss Q to come bounding towards me, book in hand, babbling excitedly. Actually, come to think of…