Wriggle Wrapper

So this is something really neat we just got.  It's called a Wriggle Wrapper by Phil and Teds.  It is a portable high chair.  I really like it.  I wasn't so sure I would, but I used it for a lunch outing today and it was fantastic.  My hubby used it on Saturday night when we were out for dinner for a friend's birthday.  The little man isn't quite able to use the restaurant ones yet.  He's a bit small.

I wasn't sure about it and actually hunted around and got it on Ebay.  But I really really like it.  You can secure them to a chair or in your lap and still have both hands free.   You just have to watch to make sure they don't steal your food/plate.

Now I realize most restaurants do have high chairs, but we do go to friends and family houses quite frequently and they don't have highchairs (and I don't expect them to either).

So I'm giving this 2 thumbs up!

Food!!

So I'm not quite motivated enough to make my own baby cereal.  Call me crazy but....  Since I would tend to prefer giving my wee man whole grains, I figured I should feed him brown rice cereal.  It's a bit hard to find, but I did find some.  There is a company that makes organic baby cereals, teething biscuits etc...  

Healthy Times

So far I'm quite impressed with them.  I've tried the Brown Rice Cereal, the Barley, and the Oatmeal and the teething biscuits.  We're sticking to the rice cereal for now.  He finds the barley a bit too bitter and the oatmeal gives him a bit of gas.  We'll try them again later.

One of the things I really like about this company's food is that there is no crap in it.  If you read the label on most baby cereals, there are a bunch of chemicals and crap like potato Malodextrin, Palm olein, powdered milk etc....  In the Healthy times, there is brown rice, an iron supplement, and a calcium supplement thing.  

So yeah, I think this is the way to go.  I'm not a rabid organic only, but I do think we should do as much as possible.  The less crap the better.  

It's a bit hard to find in stores, but lots of health food stores carry it, the Great Canadian Superstore tends to have it and the SickKids food store also carries it.

Skip Hop Diaper Pad

So I really like the Skip Hop Pronto diaper changing station.  It holds a couple of diapers and some wipes.  It is great for if you're going out for a bit and don't want to take the whole diaper bag with all the stuff.

I find it awesome for going for a walk or at the cottage heading over to the neighbours for a little bit.  No need to take the bag of everything.

Too Much Cute

This weekend my sister and her husband had a little friend join their family.  He's 6 weeks old and his name is Scrappy!  He's a pretty cute little kitten.  Robbie got to meet him yesterday.  At one point he was crashed out on the floor for a nap and a certain little kitten decided to come and have a look followed by a nap.  We almost died of the cute.

Baby Sign Language

Now I'll be the first to admit that I haven't been doing super duper amounts of this, but it's kind of a nifty idea to teach your baby sign language.  It can actually help improve their vocabulary and speaking skills etc...  I'm just going to mention here an iPhone app that helps when you can't remember the sign and you aren't beside your reference book.  It's pretty cool and not very expensive.  I would recommend it.


My Smart Hands

Baby Wipes

Yup a whole post about what to use when wiping your baby’s butt.  There are many different brands and I’m sure there are many different opinions.  I’ve tried a few different ones and I think at the moment my favorite for price and usefulness together is the Kirkland Brand from Costco.  But on to my reviews:

Kirkland Wipes

The Kirkland (Costco) wipes are my favorite I think.  The price is awesome and the wipes work well without too much perfume.  I’m not as fond of the package they come in as other brands, but that can be solved by taking them out of the package and putting them in an existing container (I like the Huggies containers and have saved them for that exact purpose).  Basically the little lid on the Kirkland packages doesn’t really stay shut very well. 

I would say the Kirkland ones are my favorite by far. 

Baby Life

I kind of like the Baby Life brand from Shoppers Drug Mart.  I’ve only really used them for their travel packs (a bit o the expensive side but they fit so well into my diaper bag).  The wipes are big enough, do the job and don’t smell too perfumy.

Pampers

The Pampers wipes are good.  Some of them can be on the perfumy side and they tend to be on the more expensive side too.  But I would probably  buy the Pampers one when they are on sale. 

President’s Choice Baby Wipes 

I must say, I’m a little on the disappointed side here.  Usually I’m quite happy with any of the PC products.  They are one of the reasons I shop at No Frills, Loblaws and the Great Canadian Superstore. 

Sadly in this case I’m on the disappointed side.  I find that the wipes are on the small side and therefore take more to so the job.  And there is more danger in getting poop on you too.  Other than the small size though they are ok. 

Rexall No Name Brand

I wasn’t fond of these ones.  They seemed a little thin and scratchy to me.  But if there is nothing else they will work.

Huggies Wipes

The Huggies wipes containers are fantastic.   I’m not quite as fond of the Huggies wipes.  They tend to be more expensive and on the perfumy side.  I’m not a huge fan of scents in my wipes.  I tend to refill the

Baby Swings

Well, I was going to do a review of the baby swing we have for the little guy, but it looks like they don't make it anymore.  I'm not terribly surprised.  It was a hand me down, hand me down.......  It's too bad they don't make it anymore as it's fantastic.  It is an old school crank model.  No batteries to replace or motors to make a weird noise.  Munchkin loves it.  He hated the other swing we borrowed.

That being said, there are a bunch of baby swings out there now that run on batteries etc... that I'm sure are quite good  I can't remember the model that was lent to my parents for the cottage when Munchkin is visiting, but it seems fine.  Not quite as awesome as the crank one, but pretty good.

So I'm sure all of you out there aren't going to find this terribly useful.  But babies do tend to like swings and especially if you can get a hand me down or something and have the room it is probably worthwhile.