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Over the Thanksgiving holiday we drove 4 hours to spend the weekend with our family in Connecticut. Now those of us who travel with children know how quickly the car can fill up with all the essentials: pack and play, booster seat, toys, clothes, extra snacks, and the like. This year we made sure to [...]
On Fridays I have been continuing to highlight feeding items. I’ve also been on a kick for new uses for outgrown baby items. When teaching Gavin how to drink out of an open cup I started at 6 months giving him an opportunity to take some sips from an open cup. For many children, using [...]
Many parents tell me that they simply don’t give their children a spoon to feed themselves with because they don’t want to clean up the mess. Believe me, in my house it is not uncommon for me to feed Gavin his lunch with a spoon, but I do try to let him go all out [...]
So we all have items that our children play with that one day will find their way to the storage bin because they are no longer developmentally appropriate. So that got me thinking, are there new uses for outgrown baby items? So who doesn’t have dozens of these attached to pretty much everything there is when [...]
Over the next few weeks I’m hoping to share some cool products to enhance mealtimes on Feed Me Friday at ToyQueen.com! The feature this week: Sassy Less Mess Spoons Finally, spoons that have been designed to help your children learn to self-feed with success. These spoons have holes in the bowl of the spoon that [...]
This past Wednesday, I was invited to attend an event sponsored by Isis Parenting celebrating the development of their new 6000 square foot location in Hanover, MA. Isis Parenting sponsored the event with Alan Greene, M.D. as he spoke about his book, Feeding Baby Green: The Earth Friendly Program for Healthy, Safe Nutrition During Pregnancy, Childhood, [...]
Now in terms of mouth, I mean the action of placing a SAFE toy inside the mouth for the purposes of licking, gnawing and biting. What I mean by SAFE include products marketed as infant teethers that are sold by reputable companies (i.e. Sassy) and in reputable places (Target, Babies R Us, Walmart). These items [...]
Many parents have often said to me that because their children don’t have actual teeth yet, they never thought to brush their gums. At any rate, it’s a great idea to start brushing your child’s gums, especially around the same time that you begin to feed them pureed foods from the spoon. Infants often gag [...]
During the month of September I plan to post reviews on products that are crucial to assist with your child’s safety. I know we all remember those first drives in the car with our new infants, people honking behind us as we drove way way below the speed limit. Being that I work in physical [...]
Thank you Fisher-Price for making the Bounce N Spin Froggy! This is a combination device, it spins like an exersaucer that has many fine motor activities but it also allows the child to bounce up and down like a jumperoo. However, biggest selling point, it takes up HALF the space of a traditional exersaucer! Even [...]
For months I have been in and out of Babies R Us, perusing the feeding aisle, looking for items for my feeding therapy work as an occupational therapist, as well as searching for cool and innovative products to use with my now 9 month old, Gavin. I’ve recently had the opportunity to review a few [...]
Keri talks with Carla, the designer of the Wubbanub. The Wubbanub was designed initially as a soft cuddly attachment for the Soothie pacifier. The Soothie pacifier is very commonly distributed to parents for their infants throughout well baby nurseries, special care nurseries and the NICU. Wubbanubs come in a variety of different animals including a [...]
For hours I stood in the aisle at Babies R Us it felt like looking for the perfect spoon. Much to my surprise, apparently I was standing in the wrong store! For Christmas this past year, my mother found these unbelievable BEABA spoons at Williams-Sonoma and purchased them for Gavin. I know this is strange [...]
For a great way to introduce your child of any age to pictures and books get the Sassy Look Book! It has bright primary colors with interesting shapes and patterns for infants, where real 4×6 pictures can be added into the pages as well, making a personalized photo album. It’s soft
Safety 1st Invites You to Join their Research Events in Foxboro, MA! Are you pregnant for the first time? Do you have a child age 3 or younger? If so, they’d love to hear from you! Participants in the research events are rewarded for their time with a gift card! If interested in learning more [...]
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