Your baby’s first pillow

Your baby’s first pillow

Trying to figure out the culprit behind your baby’s fussiness can prove to be one of the most frustrating tasks around. There are a ton of products out there that try to remedy the crying and overall miserableness (ie the pacifier, swings, teething toys). Now...
Give your kids a cooler boost in the car

Give your kids a cooler boost in the car

My son just got his first booster seat for the car. Long after many of his friends. Not because he’s small. Just because I haven’t been rushing to get him out of the old car seat. It’s safe, it’s functional and we like it. But there comes a...
“Cool stroller liner!” “I know.”

“Cool stroller liner!” “I know.”

Last summer, my three-year-old’s black car seat was always too hot and she told me so in no uncertain terms (“Hot! Too hot!”). Fast forward to next summer and I will be using a Cool Mee seat liner by Meeno Babies. The Meeno Babies car seat,...
Clek monkeys around with their booster seats

Clek monkeys around with their booster seats

Sometimes I think I’m a 12 year-old trapped in the body of a…well nevermind. But I think that’s why I such a huge fan of Paul Frank. His ubiquitous monkey, Julius, is one of the staples of the teen-hip market and now it’s it’s available...
Hot diggity, that’s comfortable

Hot diggity, that’s comfortable

It started with two brothers complaining that their booster seats were uncomfortable; five years later, their parents run Diggity Kids, proud purveyor of American-made comfort travel systems for kids who need more cushy digs in the car. All three pieces–seat...
Air Protect – Car seat safety from every angle

Air Protect – Car seat safety from every angle

There’s nothing like watching an actual safety demonstration to convince you of a car seat’s actual safety, and that was just the case with the new Air Protect car seat from Safety 1st after I saw it in action at the ABC Kids Show in Las...
Car seat cover couture

Car seat cover couture

It’s amazing how far baby gear has come since I had my first daughter just under five years ago. Since her car seat was the only place she’d nap, the poor girl sat for hours in an uncomfortable, unpadded, three-point harness seat. Granted, your...