Baby Gear Category Archive

Heard of Bisphenol-A (BPA)? If not, get ready, because you’re about to. The chemical is used in a variety of consumer products, but its use in water bottles, baby bottles, and food cans that has been a growing source of concern due to BPA’s possible links to number of health problems.
Now The Boston Globe is [...]

Just a few weeks after Thomas the Train toys were recalled due to lead paint, another company has announced a recall. This time it’s Fisher-Price and the recall involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys sold between May and August.
If you purchased a Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Elmo, Sesame Street…ok, any Fisher-Price toys after [...]

Bulb syringe.
If you’re a parent, you probably cringed when you read those words. The mere mention of them is enough to cause panic in a crowded room. Having used them over the last thirteen months, I can see why: not only do you have to put the syringe inside your child’s nose, but it often [...]

When I heard about Consumer Reports retracting their report about child car seats I was more than a little relieved. I had seen the footage of those crash tests. I remember I just stared dumbfounded at the TV while I watched a car seat, that looked similar to the one we (until recently) put [...]

The demise of customer service is something we hear about all the time. But how often do we take the time to point out good customer service? Right, not nearly enough. So in an attempt to improve this I’d like to share an experience with Regal Lager, the US distributor of the Diaper Dékor Plus [...]

Another one for the “now why didn’t I think of that??” file…
The BurpCatcher is exactly what it sounds like: a burp cloth that catches spit-up in a built-in pocket. I’m already a fan of things with mess-catching pockets, particularly bibs with the pockets to trap spilled food. This seems like a natural extension of that [...]

Our daughter is almost crawling. Really it’s more of a bobbing with occasional lurches in random directions. But she’s getting better. And that means baby-proofing the house. But wait, maybe it’s possible to house-proof the baby…
One Step Ahead Baby (www.onestepahead.com) has come up with the first step: a “soft, thickly-padded head covering” (no, not [...]

I can understand the idea behind the Zaky Infant Pillow, I really can. As the father of a four-month-old, I know how it can be hard to maneuver a near-sleeping infant into a crib without waking her. But there’s something about a pillow shaped like a dismembered arm that’s very odd. And the opening line [...]

I’m not quite sure how it works, but if the “Always Clean Pacifier” lives up to it’s name, it’s a great invention. Basically it’s a pacifier with a built-in shield that closes when your baby drops it (not if, when).
At $3.99, it could be worth a shot. Unfortunately, the website requires a minimum order of [...]

Shortly after losing to Toys ‘R’ Us in court and announcing the end of their partnership, Amazon has launched their own Toys and Games and Baby sections. These new sections allow shoppers to use Amazon features like wish lists plus take advantage of shipping promotions like free super-saver shipping and the useful customer reviews.
This looks [...]