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DaddyScrubs: A Gift of Comfort {@DaddyScrubs Review and Giveaway}

If you are looking for a fun, unique, yet practical, gift idea for the expecting, new, or veteran father in your life, check out DaddyScrubs for a host of gift ideas to celebrate the new arrival, a special Father’s day, or an upcoming birthday.

DaddyScrubs: A Gift of Comfort
DaddyScrubs: A Gift of Comfort

Make sure the man in your life has something special to wear while awaiting the arrival of the newest member of the family. With an easy fit sported by medical personnel for so long, DaddyScrubs are comfortable attire while dad does his thing: provide comfort and support to mom and baby. New daddies can don a pair in navy, green, or khaki to meet their precious newborns. V-

DaddyScrubs
DaddyScrubs blue scrubs

necked tops and drawstring pants also make these utilitarian and cozy, the perfect choice for pajamas during the long night shifts feeding and comforting a new little one. Constructed from a polyester and cotton mix, they wear well and are machine washable and dryable, and the accurate sizing (ranging between medium and double extra-large) ensures a great fit.

Likewise, I’m the Daddy© tees announce a man’s new status to the world in classic, edgy, or vintage designs. Choose from short or long sleeves in navy, white, brown, black, or gray. These t-shirts are made from 100% cotton preshrunk jersey knit for a great fit and long-lasting comfort, a wearable memento for years to come.

Beyond scrubs and t-shirts, this site carries hoodies, hats, and other gift ideas to celebrate this special time. A number of gift sets include scrubs, tees, hats, mugs, pens, stickers, or baby and parenting books. If you are looking for a practical gift for the active father, the Daddy Diaper Pack is a functional, sturdy backpack designed for the daddy-on-the-go.

Whatever the stage of fatherhood, this specialized site has a gift for the dad in your life.

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SnoozeShade – Protect your Baby from the Sun and Help her Sleep While on the Go!

 

SnoozeShade stroller and car seat shadesYou should have seen the ‘shades’ I rigged for my kids in the car when they were infants.  We would bring tape in the car on road trips knowing that we need to tape a pillow case to the window and then to my baby’s car seat in order to provide her with some shade so she could sleep without sweating.  My husband’s homemade shades more often more efficient than mine because he had more patience to rig up a super duper homemade shade in the back seat of a van, than I did.

SnoozeShade stroller and car seat shadesIf you are on the go often, like most parents are, then you’ll love Snooze Shade.  This is one of the few products that I have actually considered a Mommy Must-Have.

I’m sure you will be outside a lot during these summer months so be sure to (1) put sunblock on your kids and (2) keep one of these cool (literally) SPF 50+ SnoozeShades on your infant’s car seat to keep her safe from the sun and heat.

The SnoozeShade for Infant Car Seats is great for:

  • those times when your baby can’t switch off.. there’s just too  much going on for her to fall asleep
  • encouraging good sleeping habits and better napping when you and baby are out and about
  • sun protection while taking a walk in the park
  • protection from the blaring sunshine that comes through the car window while on road trips right when she’s about to fall asleep (speaking from much experience)

 

The SnoozeShade for Infant Car Seats (Amazon.com link) comes with a storage pouch and is quick and easy to put on your infant’s car seat.
SnoozeShade also makes a shade for strollers, the SnoozeShade Original.

Learn more about SnoozeShade on the SnoozeShade website.

Disclosure: I was provided with SnoozeShade products for purposes of this review.  My review is an honest opinion based on my experience with the product and was not influenced by SnoozeShade.

Alicia Hagan, Editor

Review & Giveaway: Chelsea Baby – The Baby Shoe with a Snap-On Bouquet

Chelsea Baby bouquet shoe

As a busy mom your baby’s shoes may be the last thing you think of when putting your baby’s outfit together.  When my daughter was a baby, I would often choose comfort over style when choosing her shoes for the day.   More often than not, Madelyn would be found wearing plane jane baby shoes.  If I had Chelsea Baby’s bouquet shoes, I wouldn’t have had to choose style OR comfort.  You don’t have to!  Your baby can have the best of both, style and comfort.

Made out of Sensuede and hand-crafted, Chelsea Baby brings babies switch-it-up style and comfort with their funkylicious (that’s what my 5 year old calls them) bouquet shoes.

These baby shoes are flexible, nice for infants and new crawlers, are easy to clean and care for, and are resistant to spills and stains.  What more could a mom ask for?

Chelsea Baby shoes have a cute little designs on them and you can snap on coordinating bouquets to kick up the pizzazz!

Choose from several snap on bouquet designs.. I would buy a few if I were you!

Chelsea Baby CHA CHA - $42.50
Chelsea Baby CHA CHA - $42.50

Where were these shoes a few years ago when my daughter was a baby?

Madelyn is waiting for the day Chelsea Baby offers their bouquet shoes for older kids. Hint, hint!

Chelsea Baby baby shoes are currently available in 0-6 months and 6-12 months sizes and there are three different styles in the girls collection now.

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We are giving a lucky reader this very pair of Chelsea Baby shoes!

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Disclosure: I received a pair of shoes from Chelsea Baby for purposes of this review.  The opinions in this review are 100% my own and were not influenced by compensation.

Alicia Hagan, Editor

American Academy of Pediatrics Advises Parents to Leave Children in Rear Facing Care Seat Until They are Two Years Old

AAP advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2
AAP advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2

New advice released March 21st, 2011 from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will change the way many parents buckle up their children for a drive.

In a new policy published in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online March 21), the AAP advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. It also advises that most children will need to ride in a belt-positioning booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years of age.

The previous policy, from 2002, advised that it is safest for infants and toddlers to ride rear-facing up to the limits of the car seat, but it also cited age 12 months and 20 pounds as a minimum. As a result, many parents turned the seat to face the front of the car when their child celebrated his or her first birthday.

“Parents often look forward to transitioning from one stage to the next, but these transitions should generally be delayed until they’re necessary, when the child fully outgrows the limits for his or her current stage,” said Dennis Durbin, MD, FAAP, lead author of the policy statement and accompanying technical report.

“A rear-facing child safety seat does a better job of supporting the head, neck and spine of infants and toddlers in a crash, because it distributes the force of the collision over the entire body,” Dr. Durbin said. “For larger children, a forward-facing seat with a harness is safer than a booster, and a belt-positioning booster seat provides better protection than a seat belt alone until the seat belt fits correctly.”

While the rate of deaths in motor vehicle crashes in children under age 16 has decreased substantially – dropping 45 percent between 1997 and 2009 – it is still the leading cause of death for children ages 4 and older. Counting children and teens up to age 21, there are more than 5,000 deaths each year. Fatalities are just the tip of the iceberg; for every fatality, roughly 18 children are hospitalized and more than 400 are injured seriously enough to require medical treatment.

New research has found children are safer in rear-facing car seats. A 2007 study in the journal Injury Prevention showed that children under age 2 are 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they are riding rear-facing.

“The ‘age 2’ recommendation is not a deadline, but rather a guideline to help parents decide when to make the transition,” Dr. Durbin said. “Smaller children will benefit from remaining rear-facing longer, while other children may reach the maximum height or weight before 2 years of age.”

Children should transition from a rear-facing seat to a forward-facing seat with a harness, until they reach the maximum weight or height for that seat. Then a booster will make sure the vehicle’s lap-and-shoulder belt fit properly. The shoulder belt should lie across the middle of the chest and shoulder, not near the neck or face. The lap belt should fit low and snug on the hips and upper thighs, not across the belly. Most children will need a booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years old.

Children should ride in the rear of a vehicle until they are 13 years old.

Although the Federal Aviation Administration permits children under age 2 to ride on an adult’s lap on an airplane, they are best protected by riding in an age- and size-appropriate restraint.

“Children should ride properly restrained on every trip in every type of transportation, on the road or in the air,” Dr. Durbin said.

A car seat guide for parents is available at www.healthychildren.org/carseatguide

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.  Read the full press release here.

Your thoughts..

What do you think about this new advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics?  Will you keep your baby in the rear facing position until he/she is two years old?  Why?  Why not?

Alicia Hagan, Mom Blog editor

TummyTub – stress free bath time for newborns and premature babies

TummyTub
Infant in TummyTub

If new parents could, they would wear earphones while bathing their newborn or just not bathe their newborn at all.  Why?  The screaming and the apparent discomfort the baby is experiencing, of course.

TummyTub is a safe solution to stressful newborn bath time allowing your baby to be in the familiar fetal position making the bathing experience more relaxing for you and baby all the while giving parents easy access to baby in order to thoroughly wash her.

Because the TummyTub only needs a small amount of water in it, it is quicker to fill than the bath tub and the water temperature stays regulated for longer as there is minimal surface area, so baby doesn’t get cold as quickly as she might in the bath tub or sink.  Emersion to shoulder level means relaxing warmth for the whole body.

If you are expecting a baby or have an infant I highly recommend visiting the TummyTub website and watching the videos and viewing the photo gallery of babies using TummyTub.

TummyTub is:

  • Useful from birth up until the age of 12 months. Some children even bath in it until they are 3 years old.
  • Especially recommended for premature babies. The shaped form conveys a feeling of reassurance and security to the baby.
  • Safe.  The TummyTub® has been tested for safety by the STR in the USA and UK.

TummyTub can be purchased at Amazon.com here.