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IOU Card Set (from Parent)

julie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:22:00 +0000

These IOU cards are a fun way to reward your partner with ten special favors just for them. Whether it’s diaper duty on demand, the chance to sleep in, or even chauffeur service, they’ll love being able to call in a favor when they need it most. The ten IOU cards are bright, colorful and fun, and come packaged in a sturdy tin for gift giving. A great gift idea for the parent who does it all!

[IOU Card Set (from Parent)]

Top 10 Parenting Podcast

jason — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:56:10 +0000

Looking for some great parenting tips? Well here are 10 amazing parenting podcast that you are sure to love!

1. The GeekDads for Wired
2. The Mighty Mommy’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Practical Parenting
3. MommyCast by Paige & Gretchen
4. Babies and Moms: Birth and Beyond
5. Manic Mommies by Erin Kane & Kristin Brandt
6. Parents Magazine Free Podcast
7. Parenting Podcast and Radio Show
8. DadLabs
9. Mojo Mom
10. 2 Boobs and a Baby

Yakkay

jason — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:54:42 +0000

Yakkay has developed a bicycle helmet where safety and style are united. The helmet has several different covers you set the style yourself.

[Yakkay]

Baby Owner’s Starter Kit

julie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:00:07 +0000

The Baby Owner’s Manual is a funny illustrated how-to guide to “operate” newborns and infants. Also included in this keepsake box are the Growth Chart, Diaper Changing Instructional Poster and the Babysitter’s Memo Pad.

[Baby Owner's Starter Kit]

10 Things To Do Before The Baby Comes

web — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:08:58 +0000

The room is painted in non-VOC latex paint. Heirloom furniture acquired, assembled, disassembled, and re-assembled using ALL of the screws this time. But what else can you do with that restless bottom-of-the-ninth (month) energy? Fact is, there’s a list made by the people who keep track of these things that you should know about.

1. Slip in a date. Maybe the first place you ever had dinner. Maybe the pan-Asian vegan barbecue and tapas place you’ve been meaning to get to. In any case, grabbing a quiet bite to eat, just the two of you, might be the last time you get to say “just the two of us” before the tadpole arrives.

2. Compliment each other on the raw bravery/balls/ovaries you’re about to exhibit in raising a newborn. You’re about to launch a new human being out into the world. You each need to know that the other thinks you’re pretty amazingly courageous. If you’re doing the single parent thing, now’s a good time to talk with your besties. Tell ‘em what you need. They’ll come through.

3. Take the birthplan you put together. (You have written a birthplan, right? After all, you’re reading a parenting blog. No blog-reading techparents-to-be worth their Facebook page are without a birthplan.) Put it in a safe place. Leave it there when you head to the hospital. Once the contractions start, you’re the special guests at a show you bought tickets for a year ago. Whatever you think is going to happen is nothing like what will happen.

4. Subscribe to a mindless magazine. Doesn’t matter how far through that Pynchon novel you are when the baby comes; you’ll be doing well to squeeze off 15 minutes of reading. And that’s plenty of time to digest a gossipnugget or three from People, Entertainment Weekly or OK Go!.

5. Change the oil in your car. If you live in the city and take public transportation, count your blessings and gloat on your minimal carbon footprint. If you’re like the other 80 percent of us who depend on our cars, you should know that your car will not complain about the lack of maintenance you show it just after the baby shows up. Instead, it will putter along until one afternoon when you’re on the way home from the store with much-needed supplies. The engine will seize up and start making that “something under the hood’s about 800 dollars worth of effed up” sound. Takes a half hour, saves you a week without a car.

6. Go see a no-brainer movie with your friends. Check in with your buds before the blessed bundle makes its debut. They’ll help you remember that you had a life before the baby came and that you have one waiting for you when you get past the first few frantic weeks.

7. Lock in who’s coming when, how long they’re staying and where they’re staying. Back in the day, mothers and mothers-in-law would jockey for who would come into town first to “see the kids and the baby.” Ideally, you’ve got a trusted grown-up (or three) to come stay over the first couple of weeks. Don’t let them stay over on the futon, regardless of how comfortable they say it is. Offer to pay for a nearby motel or arrange to have them stay with friends. You’ll all appreciate having a little breathing room at the end of the day.

8. Arrange a cleaning service to visit while you’re at the hospital. You’ll probably pay about two hundred bucks or so, but you’ll come home to sparkly toilets, cleaned-out fridge, crisp hospital corners on the bed and an overall sense of “Aaaahhh, it’s good to be home.” That and the bathrooms should probably all be clean at least once during your progeny’s first year in residence.

9. Buy yourself some new sheets. You’ll both appreciate not going to sleep on the same ratty sheets you’ve been using since you married/shacked up/committed yourselves to the relationship. More importantly, when the baby starts leaking while you change him/her in the middle of the night, it’s nice to have an extra set of dry ones. Target.com’s got ‘em in bamboo, modal and 100% organic-grown cotton.

10. Lay back the staples. Peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, microwave popcorn, Gala apples, whatever your standby food is, do yourself a favor and stock up. Having a plentitude of food you can tolerate can spell the difference between “happy, well adjusted” and “failure to thrive” (You, not the baby.)

Presidents’ Day 2009 Kids Activities

jason — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:08:27 +0000

Presidents’ Day, originally known as Washington’s Birthday, falls on the third Monday of February. This year Presidents’ Day falls on February 16, 2009. If you are looking for some amazing Kaboose has a great write up with kids activities, coloring pages, crafts, and historical facts.

[Presidents Day 2009 Kids Activities]

Skip Hop’s Wishbone Bike 3 in 1

derrick — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:59:48 +0000

Unlike any other running bikes, the Wishbone bike evolves with a child’s different stages of development. It starts at age 1 as a trike, converts to a running bike as the child grows, and by four to five years old, the ‘wishbone’ frame is flipped, making the Wishbone Bike one of the largest running bikes on the market. With its environmentally sustainable design and innovative 3-bikes-in-1 feature, the Wishbone bike, designed in New Zealand, really is the ultimate pre-bike.

ECO BIKE
Every Wishbone Bike has 60% post-consumer recycled plastic wheels, is made from sustainably managed woods and is bonded and finished with eco-friendly products. The Bike box and all printed material inside is recycled and printed with non-toxic inks.

Round the Clock Baby Tracker Journal

julie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:21:22 +0000

Round the Clock–Baby Tracker. This simple activity tracking journal makes it easy to record and review feeding and sleep schedules, changes and daily needs for the newborn infant or nightowl who is active around the clock.

This unique “day on a page” design uses daily tracking charts with simple check boxes and fill-in-the-blanks to keep track of baby’s needs. Spiral binding allows a 24 hour view (day/night) that lays flat for use on any counter top or bedside table. Each daily view also includes areas to note special needs, to-dos and milestones. Additional parent pages include key contacts, parenting resources, health facts, and records at your fingertips. Perfect for monitoring schedules, preparing for doctor visits, and making easy hand-offs to other child care helpers. And best of all, it is designed to accommodate the 24-hour lifestyle for babies and “moms-on-call.”

Pickled Tink

julie — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:34 +0000

Based in Bend, OR, Pickled Tink is a mommy-owned business specializing in charm necklaces and bracelets! Mission: Helping you feel happiness everyday… Products: Sterling silver initial charms on 18″ necklaces – wear your kids initials or choose from words like mom, mommy, mama & grandma. They also make charm bracelets to express every aspect of your life – how about the initials of those you love and words like peace, love, hope – maybe even rock star!

The staff here at Squeaky Stroller highly recommends Pickled Tink. So if you are in need of a great gift for the holidays or just looking to give the gift of kindness head over to Pickled Tink. Be sure to also check them out on facebook and their blog.

Alyson Beaton Design Baby’s First Words Letterpressed Cards

jason — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:00:18 +0000

Alyson Beaton’s limited edition set of letterpressed cards was created to record baby’s first words as well as favorite words, for every letter of the alphabet. All of the cards are hand letterpressed with 100 year old wood type in 4 different colors. The packaging is also hand crafted, letterpress, with a string and button closure.