We LOVE Sophie! When I was preggo, I laughed at the thought of owning a $25 squeaky toy. But my sister-in-law bought Sophie for Olivia. Now I’ve decided that the French knew what they were doing when they made this toy, because Sophie is our favorite toy. She goes everywhere with us! Just this week [...]
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Awhile back, I read an excellent book called The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz. The premise is fairly simple: The never-ending choices consumers have today are supposed to make life easier, but they often end up making it harder. Why? Because the sheer number of choices is totally overwhelming for [...]
If you have the space and budget, I’d definitely splurge on a big wooden playground set. Alas we live in a Brooklyn apartment. But we are very fortunate to have a nice little backyard of our own, and we’re looking forward to spending a lot of time out there with Charlie this summer. This is [...]
Now that Baby Y is sitting up, scooting around, and very close to crawling, he’s starting to get a lot more interested in toys. While he still generally tries to shove everything into his mouth, he’s also becoming a lot more adept at holding things, pressing buttons, batting things around, and so on. The kiddo [...]
When I was little, I adored LEGOs. My brother and I would play for what seemed like eons, carefully laying out roads and building neighborhoods with only our imaginations to guide us. So it’s a no-brainer for me that as soon as he’s ready, Baby Y will be getting a set of his own. And [...]
In the past month or so, Charlie has become absolutely, positively obsessed with Thomas the Train. We’ve had a train table since he was 18 months old, but the obsession is only recent, with Thomas now trumping Elmo and Barney as his character of choice. He’s memorized the names of almost every single train — [...]
