Entries Tagged as ‘Product Review’

July 18, 2008

Walk of Shame - Cheap Diapers

I’ll admit it - we’re drowning in baby expenses - food, diapers, wipes, swimming lessons and daycare. Add to that New York City rent, working at a nonprofit and well, you can do the math. It’s tight. So last week when I went to buy diapers - again - I got cheap. [...]

June 26, 2008

Let’s Read~ A Review

In part of my effort to increase the likelihood of Becca speaking (reading and writing) Spanish and English, I requested all of the books from my local library on that topic. I’ve decided to review Leamos! (Let’s Read!) for Everything Educational Thursday.
Let’s Read! 101 Ideas to Help Your Child Learn to [...]

June 17, 2008

Totspot - The Place to Be

Check out: www.totspot.com.
Jim (my hubby) found this amazing site and I am totally addicted. It’s an easy way to set up a website for your little ones that tracks everything going on in their lives. This is great for us because basically our entire family lives in Florida or places other than [...]

March 27, 2008

The Wonderful World of Diaper Bags

As I start the process of mentally preparing myself for work, I have gathered great advice from other mothers (thanks Mary and Rachel). One tough subject is diaper bags. I was completely lost about how many bags I need, when I need them, which are good for what? So I [...]

October 10, 2007

Costco Diapers and Wipes (Kirkland)

Quite a while ago, I posted about trying out the Costco’s Kirkland Brand Diapers. At the time, I was very happy with them and now. Over seven months later, I continue to be extremely satisfied with the diapers and highly recommend them.
Since venturing into generic diapers, I have also tried the Costco’s Kirkland Brand wipes [...]

April 4, 2007

Latest List of Recalled Products

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission provides e-mail alerts of the latest recalled products.
Thanks to this service, I realized that the following products were recalled:

Here’s the link to sign up for your alerts:
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
I am sometimes amazed at the products that need to be recalled. I have seen a 1/2 dozen teething [...]

March 28, 2007

Have you considered buying a cheap umbrella stroller?

I just wanted to give a quick product review for the Cosco Umbrella Stroller that I bought on a recent trip.

 

Pros: It’s cheap ($10.90 at Walmart), folds up to the size of a golf umbrella, manuevers pretty well, is lightweight and opens and closes very easily
Cons: The handles are short and nonadjustable, it [...]

March 26, 2007

Have you tried generic diapers?

So we did it today! We bought a big box of Costco diapers- 200 to be exact. Since I have never used them before, I thought I would review them here. I would love to hear your experience with generic diapers as well.Mr. O and I had waited a little too long to buy diapers [...]