Call them basic, or classic… there are some toys that have stood the test of time. Yo-Yo Sidewalk Chalk Jump Rope Hula Hoops A variety of balls — big, little, bouncy Play-Doh Bicycles Scooters Outdoor roller skates (or inline skates, if they prefer) Good helmet (once they start getting more adventurous, they need a better [...]

Which toys have stood the test of time? I’ll start out today by pointing to two previous posts: Review: Toys for little ones From that page — the easel still gets a ton of use. In fact, the girls did a beautiful menu on the chalkboard side, like you see in the restaurants, and put [...]

When GG was little I used mostly glass bottles with her. I didn’t trust plastic. As she got older and a little more mobile I did use some plastic, but that was because there weren’t a lot of options. Once she started drinking from a cup we used the small cups that came with our [...]

If you’ve missed the other posts in my Baby Gear series this month you can catch the earlier posts by going to my Series Listing page. I was surprised at the number of people who had no idea that people still used cloth diapers. People who looked at me like I was a purple alien [...]

Crawl around your house on your hands and knees and look at the things you can get into: electrical outlets, cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink, the toilet, the dog’s bowl, the cat’s litterbox…. the power supply under the desk has lots of different colored wires that look like fun to play with, and look [...]

Once babies become mobile we pretty much have to restrict their ability to move within our homes. There are stairs, shelves they don’t need to try to climb, maybe electronic equipment we’d rather they didn’t go poking around on. Eventually they will learn what to stay away from, but when they first become mobile they [...]