Category Archives: Age 1-3

Lands’ End Baby: $12.99 and up

January 16, 2008Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Baby & Kids Clothing, ShoesAlicia

Lands’ End is known for making durable, comfortable clothes and they didn’t leave the little one’s out. Little did I know, they have a large line of girls and boys baby clothes and accessories to fit ages 0-24 months. The pictures to the left are just a small sampling of the Lands’ End baby line. Offering everything from ‘footy pajamas’ to knit sweaters their pieces are sure to give your baby a classic, timeless look all the while keeping them comfortable and cozy in the soft materials.

Pieces like the Woven Jumper Madelyn is wearing to the left can be worn alone for a casual look or with co-ordinating onesies, tights, and shoes for a more dressy look.

Machine washable, this Woven Dress quickly became one of my favorite pieces in Madelyn’s wardrobe. The Mary Janes are crafted with genuine suede leather uppers, breathable leather linings and soft suede outsoles and Madelyn is happy wearing them for hours. I was bummed when the shoes got dirty while we were at a park recently but low and behold, a little wiping got the dirt right off. Priced at just $14.50, Lands’ End’s Mary Janes are a steal.

Click here to visit Lands’ End baby and browse their selection of baby, toddler, and kids clothing.

Starbunz all-in-one cloth diapers: $32

January 16, 2008Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Baby & Kids Clothing, Diaper BagsAlicia

If you want to ensure that your baby is going to be the center of attention at your next play date or family reunion, you need to wrap her little booty up in a Starbunz cloth diaper. The cheetah design is part of a super cute line of animal face diaper covers and all-in-one’s each of which sport a cute, fuzzy animal face like a cheetah, pig, tiger, or duck. Madelyn loves tugging on the cheetah’s ears.

Madelyn usually wears chlorine free disposable diapers and when I put the Starbunz cheetah all-in-one on her, she knew something was different. After about 5 minutes of tugging on the cheetah’s ears, and turning in circles thinking she would see the entire diaper she started to show off (see video below). The elastic legs and waist look so much more comfortable than the plastic of the disposable diapers and the 3 size adjustable snap setting is a great feature. Starbunz diapers are very soft and have a nighttime rating of 12 hours and a daytime rating of 5 hours.

Available in small, medium, large, and x-large you will find a size to fit your new baby, chubby baby, or toddler.

Visit Bella Kids to learn more about Starbunz cloth diapers and to buy a few!

Use coupon code MommyCodes to get 10% off your order.

Little Tikes toys

January 8, 2008Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7, Age 7-10Alicia

We recently received three Little Tikes toys to share with you and I can’t express in writing how much they have been enjoyed around here!

Little Tikes Push & Ride Doll Walker
Madelyn, 19 months, has enjoyed pushing the Little Tikes Push & Ride Doll Walker all over the place. She puts her stuffed squirrel (yes, you read it right) on the back, herself on the front and takes off. The low seat makes it easy for Madelyn to get on and off while the high back ensures that she doesn’t fall backwards while going for a ride.

Little Tikes Cook n’ Learn Kitchen
Despite the fact that Madelyn has never cooked a meal (she’s 19 months), she finds her very own kitchen fascinating. She loves to cook soup, bake cookies, flip eggs, and make drinks for all of her friends. Little Tikes has taken the traditional play kitchen one step further with their Cook ‘n Learn Interactive Kitchen Set. This kitchen not only gives Madelyn something to do while I am cooking, but it is teaching her counting skills, colors, shapes, numbers, veggies and more while she plays. Although she is a little young to enjoy the benefits of the ‘Learning Mode’, she loves the ‘Free Play Mode’. The Cook ‘n Learn Interactive Kitchen set includes 4 food
sets: Cupcakes &
Cookies Set, Pasta Set, Birthday Cake Set, and a Pizza Set as well as dishes, utensils, and of course.. pretend food.

Little Tikes Jump ‘n Slide Bouncer

A bouncer in the backyard is every child’s dream.. so I’ve heard. Our testers ages 3 – 9 years old agreed that this is hands down their favorite large outdoor toy of 2007-2008. The 7×6 bouncing area and big slide with protective rails make for hours of fun in the backyard or on any soft, safe surface.
Not only is the Jump ‘n Slide Bouncer great for families who have a small backyard and don’t want
a trampoline taking up their entire yard but for parents who are tired of renting a bouncer for $400 a day for each of their kids birthdays! This bouncer takes up about 12×9 feet when inflated and inflation takes just about one minute which is great for busy parents.
We only allow two kids in the bouncer at a time and they have to be around the same age. Don’t leave young children in the bouncer without supervision.

Click the picture below to learn more about these products and more at the Little Tikes website.

Rose Petal Cottage

January 7, 2008Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7playskool, role play, rose petal cottageAlicia

The age on the box says 3 years and up but at 19 months, Madelyn LOVES
sitting in it, playing with the stove, and putting her baby in the cradle.

Click the picture to the right to see more pictures. >>

The Rose Petal Cottage was a breeze to put together. Complete with step by step instructions, and pieces that snap together it took one adult about 20 minutes to construct the Rose Petal Cottage.
The poles used to build the frame of the house are thick, durable metal which make the house very sturdy. The frame is then covered with double sided fabric. Both the outside and inside of the cottage or decorated as they should be complete with hardwood looking floors, windows, vines on the outside, a chimney, and a dutch door.

The cottage can be set up with the two halves placed side by side for an open structure or put together to form a regular home-like structure.

Madelyn loves to make soup on and bake cookies in the fiberboard stove that has knobs that really turn and an oven door that really opens. Madelyn also enjoys the cradle and changing table. She tried to sit in the cradle herself when she first saw it, but then realized that it wasn’t so easy to get out of so she decided the cradle was best for her baby doll. She loves to put baby on the changing table and act like she is changing baby’s diaper. Without the Rose Petal Cottage, I don’t think we would have seen this creative, nurturing side of Madelyn at such a young age. It’s a joy to see her taking care of baby, cooking food and rocking baby to sleep in her cradle while she "shooshes" us so baby will doze off.

There are several accessories available for the Rose Petal Cottage including a Makin’ Muffins Baking Set, and a Rose Petal Lounge Chair. The Rose Petal Cottage is perfect for your little girls bedroom or playroom. Just make sure that she understands that her little friends are going to want in too so get ready to share!

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Child ID Kits & Safety Products

December 28, 2007Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7, Age 7-10, Ages 10-13Alicia

Your child is the most precious thing in the world to you right? Do you have a child ID kit for each of your children in case of emergency? Studies show that over 80% of parents don’t have any official form of identification for their children. I had a hard time believing that to be true but when I questioned several of my ‘mom friends’ I found the percentage to be more like 90%.

Unfortunately, a lot of parents aren’t aware that child ID kits, and other child safety products are easy to purchase online at stores like ChicksAndCubs.com. Please help spread the word to your mom friends!

Chicks and Cubs offers a wide range of child safety products including ID bracelets like the blue one you see here, car seat ID cards, and everyday ‘carryable’ ID cards. These are just a few of the child safety products available through Chicks and Cubs.

Chicks and Cubs child safety products are affordable, durable, and best of all easy to ‘set up’ and use. We had an eight year old test the bracelet and he found it to be very comfortable. The bracelet is a great safety product to put on your child when going to the mall, or airport for example and ALL parents should have a copy of their child’s ID in their car, purse, and diaper bag.

Visit Chicks and Cubs to learn more about child safety identification kits and to purchase yours today.