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  • Hours and hours of fun
    April 1, 2007

    Hours and hours of fun

    Just in time for April Fool’s Day, here’s a site any parent could love. By way of Goodyblog.com, I came across the new Warning Label Generator. Choose your icons and enter your text, then click a button and you’ve got...

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  • March 21, 2007

    Consumer Reports: Mea Culpa

    For a company that can be pretty harsh on lots of other companies, it’s interesting to see that Consumer Reports is judging itself under the same high standards. They’ve just issued an article about how they botched the car seat...

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  • March 21, 2007

    MySpace for Moms?

    I found a great new website yesterday – mayasmom.com. It’s a web2.0 social networking site that’s geared towards parents (not just moms, actually), and it’s very well done. Easy to use and extremely rich with features. It’s new, but growing,...

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  • Bye Bye Binky
    March 8, 2007

    Bye Bye Binky

    Tonight, my younger daughter finally gave up her beloved binky. Inspired by tips from other parents, we’d been talking about the impending visit of the Binky Fairy, who would collect her binkies and bring them to Binkyland, leaving gifts in...

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  • February 14, 2007

    Day 3, running out of steam

    Don’t even look at the time stamp on this post. I haven’t been up this late since college. But Toy Fair is always an ordeal. Today was a great day. I covered the entire lower level of the show, which...

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  • MP3 101
    February 13, 2007

    MP3 101

    Peapod Toys is showing an MP3 player designed for babies and toddlers. It’s a simple, durable design that will allow even very young babies to learn to control their music. The player holds about two hours worth of music and...

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  • Uglydolls on the loose.
    February 13, 2007

    Uglydolls on the loose.

    Day two at Toy Fair proved eventful, as I learned firsthand why children are wise to be frightened of jumbo costumed characters. Giant Uglydolls have become a fixture at Toy Fair, but they are getting mischievous. Today, I found myself...

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  • February 9, 2007

    Gearing up for Toy Fair

    Sorry for the silence. We’re getting ready for our annual trip to the American International Toy Fair, one of the highlights of the year. We will be posting extensive show coverage on the blog. We are bringing a large group...

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  • January 24, 2007

    Tantrum cuts trip short

    The Boston Globe covered an interesting story. Apparently, AirTran booted a family after their 3-year old threw a temper tantrum and refused to sit in her seat before the flight took off. The parents asked if the child could sit...

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