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September 2008 - Posts

  • Product Review: Stretch Organic Solana Swaddle Wrap "Baby Tree"

    Product Name & Manufacturer: Solana Swaddle Wraps - Stretch Organic Solana Swaddle Wrap "Baby Tree"


    Reviewed by: Nikki, Baby Max (2 months old) & Big Brother Jack (3 years old)


    Description:

    Stretch Organic Solana Swaddle Wrap is made from super-soft, lightweight and breathable 100% organic cotton. It’s really big (45” x 45”), so it was easy to wrap Max up nice and tight.  This blanket is significantly more expensive than my other swaddle blankets, but it’s much softer and bigger. 

    We also liked that it was lightweight and stretchy, while still being soft against Max’s skin. It was also great for tummy time and it folded up so small it was easy to tuck in our diaper bag - which is already WAY too full!  The biggest problem was that once Jack discovered it, he wanted to keep it.  Unfortunately once he had it, the blanket got really dirty (boys!) and it can only be washed on the gentle cycle and line dried.


    Overall Rating: A

    This blanket was great and at a play date with my older son the other mother’s were jealous of my find. We look forward to having this blanket for a long time.

  • Product Review: Translation Tees

    Product Reviewed: Temporary Language - Translation Tees

    Reviewed by: Angela, mother to Drew

    Description:

    These super cute tees for boys and girls from Temporary Language are one of a kind as they capture your child’s funny little language he or she says by putting your child in the spotlight with at beautiful, custom graphic on a sturdy 100% high-quality interlock cotton shirt. They come in short and long sleeves and are white with subtle black neck and cuff accents.


    Overall Rating: B-

    I love the whole concept of these t-shirts and think they are very cute. I love having a shirt that I will be able to keep that reminds me what he used to say when starting out to communicate with us. It makes it very special for parents. The t-shirts are soft and comfortable. I also love that at the bottom they have the translation with your Child’s name on it. The only thing I was disappointed in was the quality and price of the t-shirt. I feel like the price is a little high with the actual graphic just being ironed-on to the t-shirt. I feel it would look nicer and give it a better quality if it were screen printed or if the price was lower. After several washes, I was glad to see that the graphic did not peel off. Overall, I like the shirt, and am happy to have it!

     

    Editor's note:
    After this review was posted, we received the following note from the manufacturer:

         We use a commercial heat transfer process to print the shirts. They certainly aren’t equivalent to a do it yourself home iron-on transfer. We can’t use a silk-screening process, as for each color in the designs, a separate screen needs to be made/purchased, which would be way too cost prohibitive, as each shirt is a one-off, with customized text. Stores like Baby Gap and Gymboree often use silk-screening, as they take one design and reproduce it in the thousands. While heat transfers are indeed different than silk-screening, there is nothing low quality about them. They are simply a necessity for us.

    All things considered, I can only hope that a high-quality cotton shirt, with a unique illustration, and customized text at a price of $30 would be seen as a very fair price.

    What do you think, Moms?

     

  • Product Review: 3 Stage Super Seat by Summer Infant

    Product Reviewed: 3 Stage Super Seat by Summer Infant


    Reviewed by: Kate Hetrick-26 year old mother & Lily Hetrick- 9 month old daughter 


    The 3 Stage Super Seat is really three different products in one. The first stage is a seat (much like the Bumbo or Bebe Pod seats) with a supportive back that you can put the baby in when they are learning to sit up. What I like about this seat is that is has a safety belt unlike the Bumbo that I also have. So I feel more secure knowing that my daughter is belted into the seat & can’t fall out of it very easily. The second stage is an activity seat and it transforms into the activity seat simply by sliding on the activity tray.

    The tray rotates 360 degrees and features several fun toys and two removable snack cups. I love this activity seat because I can put my daughter in it and it will keep her occupied enough so that I can still be in the same room with her but I can be getting something else done or eating dinner. The third stage is a booster seat that includes a removable soft foam insert. We haven’t used the booster seat yet because my daughter is not ready for one. She sits in a highchair at home. But this seat is perfect for when we are traveling because I just strap my daughter in and feed her while she is sitting in the seat.

    I absolutely love this product because it offers three big features all in one product. Instead of having to take three different large, bulky toys when traveling, we just have to take this seat and it serves so many purposes. In fact we are going to the beach for vacation and we plan on taking this seat with us because it won’t take up a ton of space.

    Overall Rating: A+

    This seat is wonderful because of all of the different features in one product. My daughter enjoys playing in the seat and it is also safe with the included safety belt. My daughter enjoys all of the toys but her favorite thing on the entire seat is the removable snack cups. She plays with them more than anything. I love this seat, it is safe and provides lots of entertainment for my daughter. I have had the seat for several months and she has really enjoyed the seat the whole time unlike other toys where she only likes the toy for a couple of weeks.

    (*One thing I will mention is that tiny fingers can possibly get pinched in the little ladybug mirror toy.)


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