BL_05 Bluetooth Smart LED Light with speaker review
The BL_05 Bluetooth Smart LED Light with built in speaker is possibly the greatest tech thing you could add to a child’s room. A multi color nightlight that will play them bedtime music, and can be set...
View ArticleBaby starts throwing up after getting over being sick
Something that’s happened this time around with the new baby is something we saw with Maggie the first time around and our pediatrician told us about. Lactose intolerance randomly appearing after being...
View ArticleThe six stages of a baby’s upset stomach
New baby Delicate little flower is swaddled in scratch free organic cotton washed in hypoallergenic organic cleaner and kissed by the sun to dry. A butterfly would cry if it landed on such softness....
View ArticleAmazon Fire Kids Edition unboxing video
If you’re interested in how easy it is to open and get an Amazon Fire Kids Edition up and running, it can be done with one hand by a very sleep deprived adult. I’d warn against doing this around your...
View ArticleWho thought baby clothes with snaps was viable?
Not an example of what I’m talking about, just very well named. More than four snaps on baby clothes had to have been invented by a sadist. I’m talking specifically about these horrible chub-pinching...
View ArticleAmerican Academy of Pediatrics rethinks screen time
With 38% of all children under two years of age having had hands-on with technology (tablets, computers, mobile phones, TV,) since they were able to notice and interact with them, and with the advice...
View ArticleCometh the Iron Maiden (pre-Halloween)
Due to my fondness for a certain Marvel character Iron Man, there exist two or three items in my living rooms with him on it. A game me and Maggie used to play was identifying random comic book...
View ArticleThe hidden dangers of a Mr Potato Head costume
Mr.Potato Head is a beloved and perfectly safe character to dress your kids as right? I would have thought so until I saw a couple of toddlers walking around and nearly broke out laughing because I’m...
View ArticleHow much does it cost to feed baby Enfamil Gentlease
Enfamil Gentlease is a miracle worker. Well, for my two babies it was. Each time after one of them had a virus involving a fever suddenly their stomachs stopped processing milk right and we ended up...
View ArticleDo I need to buy formula?
What we’ve managed to rack up without trying If you’ve got a new baby incoming and are worried about whether you need to stock up on formula here are some things you might want to consider that can...
View ArticleOver $140 in children’s shows free on Google Play
Unfortunately I “purchased” all of the free ones so the original prices disappeared. If you’ve got a Chromecast, iPhone, Android, Nexus player, Xbox 360, XBOX One, Playstation 3+, etc etc etc chances...
View ArticleWhat happens if I make baby formula incorrectly?
One of the things I’ve heard and read quite often since becoming a dad is people freaking out over potentially making baby formula incorrectly. Now, before we go further I’m talking about the style...
View ArticleMagic baby hold? Flesh swaddling.
There’ve been a lot of videos and reporting on the magic baby hold, that’s a hold where you can get a baby to stop crying in next to no time. We’ve been using a variation on it to get Aerin to sleep...
View ArticleVtech hack gave your passwords and email addresses
Any info you gave the company Vtech, which manufactures several children’s toys, has been compromised by a combination of hackers and lazy web site programmers. Passwords were stored in such a way that...
View ArticleTraveling with kids on an airplane
So you might be considering traveling with kids on an airplane this holiday season, or pretty much any time. You might wonder what is actually required to travel with kids on an airplane, and some...
View ArticleGet some free Christmas Music from Google Play
Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey is available for free from Google Play just in time to give you some no-charge Christmas music. The standards covered are Silent Night All I Want for Christmas Is You O...
View ArticleThey Wanted to See What Would Happen If They Took Tech from Kids for a Whole...
If you’ve been around the parenting boards for a bit you might have seen a new study by a child psychologist Yekaterina Murashova that tended to confirm that kids today are psychotic tech addicts who...
View ArticleLet’s talk about Deadpool
Cross posting this as, well, there’s a reason for everything and unless you want to hear about a weird DNS and database failure just assume I’m lazy. Let’s talk about who not to take to see Deadpool....
View ArticleGetting laid off at Christmas, what it did for us – an attempted nice gesture...
Last year right before the Christmas party at my wife’s then-employer they informed her they were going to move her job up to be nearer the owner in another state. They were doing this primarily...
View ArticleThe Verge claims baby tech sold on fear – oh reaallllly? Tell me more.
In a welcome to the baby tech party article, The Verge claims baby tech is sold based on fear, not practicality. Really. No shit? It’s 2016 and companies been saying your baby will spontaneously...
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