Product Reviews

We lost our older dog—our companion of 17 years—a few months back. It’s been hard on our whole family, but we’ve been particular concerned about how it’s impacted our younger dog. Unlike us, he can’t communicate how he’s feeling. (And we’re those people who believe our dog has all the feelings.) While he seems to …

Do you have the perfect gifts for preschoolers picked out? I can hardly believe I have two kids in the “preschool” category this holiday season! Where has the time gone? I must admit, the preschool age is by far my favorite age to shop for. They can easily express their favorites, often have collections, enjoy …

Dads are at least 100 times harder to shop for than moms. With mom, you can pick up a sweet card and a bouquet of flowers on your way home from the grocery store; but with dad you have to spend hours at the mall only to come home empty handed. Let’s allow ties and …

The holidays are coming up which means many families are going to be traveling. Parents will be packing up the kiddos and hitting the road whether by plane, train or automobile. If you are traveling with a baby, you are going to want a good lightweight, travel stroller to accompany you on your trip. Meet …

Babies are cute. Babies in adorable costumes for Halloween are to die for! So this Halloween, if you’ll have a baby, take advantage and dress him or her up to have some fun! Here are 6 adorable costume ideas for babies: Cabbage Patch Doll My daughter was 8 months old when she had her first …

As many of you know, we recently moved into a new house. Even though it is a brand new house, there are a million things to do to get settled in. I’m not just talking about actual unpacking of boxes but trying to figure out where everything will go. A new house means a new layout and …

Baby Gizmo’s editor received a few Chuckle & Roar toys and activities to help facilitate this feature and review. Whether you are schooling your children at home this year or aiming to facilitate a learning environment all the time, play-based learning is one of the most effective ways to both introduce and reinforce important concepts. …

When I first stumbled upon Bixbee, I knew I had found an awesome product. This backpack design is FANTASTIC – from top to bottom and side to side! For starters, I was thrilled to learn about Bixbee’s patented horizontal design. We all know that ill-fitting, heavy backpacks aren’t ideal for our children’s developing backs, but, …

Summer has always been our favorite time of the year. Great weather and since we are free of the rigid schedule of the school year, we travel, visit family and spend as much time as we can outdoors. This weekend was no exception for the 4th of July holiday. We packed up the boogie boards, …

There is a magical age when toddlers become preschoolers. They start to seem like little people versus babies and parents both cry and shout for joy at this transition. It’s around this age, about 2-5 years old, that little ones get VERY excited about all things that go. Bikes, trikes, and the oh so fun …

The last 15 months have been a challenge to say the least. A pandemic that most of us have never seen in our lifetime kept families, friends and loved ones apart for much of 2020 and into 2021. While many are starting to see each other once again, there are still loved ones that we …

Eek! Did you *almost* forget Mother’s Day? Do you need a FAST Mother’s Day Gift? Never fear, Amazon Prime is here! In honor of Mother’s Day I’ve rounded up a collection of favorite gifts at various price points that many moms will surely love. Whether young or old, in the trenches of diapers or embracing …