Congratulations to Sandee T. who won our drawing for the Valco Astro high chair. We use random.org to generate our winners for giveaways, so we’re always curious to see who takes home the prize. We were tickled to learn that Sandee isn’t only a local, but she’s also one of the women behind Perfecting Expecting, a baby planning service in ... Read More »

Here’s something fun: inspired by the bracketed basketball tournaments, we decided to create a our own competition. We’re crowning the #1 best kids’ product. We’re into week 2, the semi-finals, and every vote counts. In week 1, the Britax Marathon edged out two best-sellers – the Bumbo Babysitter and the Stokke Tripp Trapp chair, and Blokus beat Bananagrams by a ... Read More »

This is a story of paying it forward. This past September, I was in Las Vegas for the ABC Show with a 5-week old infant. I was seriously ill with,  I would later learn, Crohn’s Disease. I was trudging through the convention center, completely miserable and exhausted, trying to take care of both myself and my baby while still seeing ... Read More »

In a grand Kiwi stroller marriage, phil&teds has successfully acquired Mountain Buggy. The press release we received via fax this morning stresses that this is not a “takeover” but rather an opportunity to create a dynamic new synergybetween the two New Zealand-based brands. Mountain Buggy currently runs a manufacturing facility in New Zealand, a key reason for the outstanding quality ... Read More »

Valco Baby has just introduced the right high chair at the right price at the right time. The Astro High Chair is a simple, lightweight, folding high chair that’s an amazing value at $150. A little while ago, we had a visit from Shalom New, the head of Valco Baby in the USA. He brought his only sample of the ... Read More »

We got a lot of great feedback from our video about the Lillebaby Everywear, and we had fun making it too. So we’re branching out. This week, we did one about the Bugaboo Bee. We love the Bugaboo Bee stroller, but over and over again we hear that people have trouble figuring out how to turn around the seat. I ... Read More »

If you’ve been thinking about transitioning to the next-stage car seat or upgrading your current seat, now’s a great time. For the next 15 days, three of my favorite car seats are on sale at mbeans.com. The Radian 65 and Radian 80 are convertible car seats that fold in half for travel. They are heavy, due to the steel alloy ... Read More »