I love books!  That love has rubbed off on Little C and I am hoping that is rubs off on Baby A as well.  Little C and I have been reading books since he was just weeks old.  I can remember sitting on the couch with him and looking at books.  I know he didn't understand at that age, but watching him learn to just simply look at books and now for him to be reading books to me is absolutely amazing and melts my heart.  I know books aren't for everyone, but I sure am going to try my best to get Read more [...]

Thank you to i play., Inc. for providing me with product, free of charge for review. All opinions are my own. When our kids first start eating table food, I am leery to give them the glass plates that the rest of us use.  While they have been dropped and survived falls many times, they are over ten years old now and I worry that they will break when a young child is the one using.  So I find more kid friendly options for those first months and years until I feel the child is able to handle Read more [...]

Thank you to Merino Kids for sending me a product sample, free of charge, for review. All opinions are my own. Our youngest son is almost two years old but never seems to be able to sleep still enough to stay covered.  My husband covers him when he lays him down, I cover him when I come to bed, and then one or both of us ends up covering him in the middle of the night because he wakes up crying and cold. It was a never ending miserable cycle for all of us.  Then I came across Merino Kids and Read more [...]

I received a package of Sticky Bellies Baby Milestone Stickers for review.  All opinions stated are my own. When I was pregnant with Baby A I searched for items that I could use as month markers for him.  I had seen other pictures of babies with such items and I really wanted them for baby A.  Unfortunately I was not successful in my search at first; however, when Sticky Bellies contacted me I was super excited.  Sticky Bellies is a fabulous company that has several different sticker milestone Read more [...]

Thank you to Silikids for providing me with product, free of charge, for review.  All opinions are my own. Many plastic products have been proven unsafe.  While companies have been removing the BPA, I have been seeing other claims that there are still other unsafe chemicals leaking into our food and beverages from plastics.  While I try to err on the side of caution, I decided to try to switch over as many products as possible to glass and safer alternatives.  However, with our current youngest Read more [...]

*I was provided with the 12-Bin Organizer from Whitmor. All opinions are my own.   I moved in January and one of the big perks about my new apartment is we have an extra bedroom. It quickly became a toy room/play room for when I babysit. I've always kept a handful of toys at my place for kids but now that I have an entire room for playing, I've been picking up a lot more toys to keep at my place. My previous toy drawers were full so I thought it was time to get a toy organizer. When Read more [...]

1) Toys are more visible and enticing. When children can easily see their toys, they can grab their attention. Toy boxes really limit how many toys children can view at once, and can seem chaotic and overwhelming. Imagine that instead of opening your refrigerator to see your food displayed, all of your food was in one big box. It's kind of the same theory. I used to store our books in a drawer that was at ground level so Drew (3) and Kelsie (13 months) could both access it. However, the first Read more [...]

Thank you to Pacific Baby for providing me samples, free of charge, for review.  All opinions are my own. Recently, I read an article stating that even BPA free plastics can release other chemicals and hormones in the food and beverages they are storing.  Since then, I have slowly been replacing the majority of our older plastic children's products with safer alternatives.  Anything that we were still using from our first child nine years ago is being phased out.  Thankfully, I came across Read more [...]

I received products from WackaDoodle Books for my review. All opinions are my own. As many of you know, my daughters (ages 5 and 7) LOVE books. What some of you may not know is that my husband and I read with our girls almost every night. Reading bedtime books has been a part of our bedtime routine since they were just a few months old. My husband is the parent who reads with them on a more regular basis. Since I’m a stay-at-home Mom and am able to spend more time with them throughout the day, Read more [...]

Thank you to Austin Lloyd for providing me with a sample box, free of charge, for review.  All opinions are my own. Box subscription services are becoming increasingly popular these days and with good reason.  With companies like Austin Lloyd offering high quality educational products, their gift subscription makes the perfect gift for children from newborn all the way up to 3 years old.  Plus, they are delivered right to the front door of the recipient each month.  After my husband saw our Read more [...]