Baby Gear

There is nothing that all my kids don’t love more than bath toys. We have a variety of bath toys and there are new toys that are being made into bath toys every week. From Barbies to Hulk, from rubber ducks to old cups- you name it and we have it in our bath arsenal.
Cleaning up all of the toys after the bath is over is not my favorite, especially because our tub is so deep.
Enter the Boon Bug pod bath storage scoop.

The newest member of the Boon family, Bug Pod joins the Frog Pod to help with children’s bath time clean - up, providing a drainable scoop for collecting and rinsing toys. What a great way to organize and store all of the toys, accessories and soaps that come along with bathing a child!
It has a a wall mounted base for storing bath products. It can attache to the bathtub wall with either a super strong adhesive strips or wall mounted screws. We chose to screw it into the wall because it can hold more weight that way.
My kids love to scoop up their toys when bath time is over and I love that it drains and stores easily and no more leftover toys on the bottom of the tub!
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Washing a baby can be…challenging. I always feel like I have to hold the baby in the baby bath tub with one hand while I wash with the other. Holding on to a wet, soapy baby is not the easiest thing.
Getting more soap or a new washcloth can be difficult with one hand. I liked my baby bath tub but when I found the washPOD, I knew I had found something great.

The washPod is a new concept for newborn bathing. It is a European type of baby bath, designed to be a “secure and warm environment, similar to that inside a mother’s womb”. It is vertical as opposed to horizontal and the3 design holds the baby upright.
It is smaller then a traditional tub so it uses less water, which is terrific. The bottom is cushioned so K’s bottom was comfortably paced and he did not slip around.
He loves his bath in the washpod, especially since he is submerged more then a traditional bath so he is warmer.

The WashPOD also has cushioned handles so you can carry it even when it is filled with water, someting I could not do with our other bath, once it was filled it was too heavy and bulky to move. It also comes with stickers to help make the appropriate water level, which should be a few inches under the baby’s arm pits when immersed.

Although it did take me awhile to “learn” how to wash the baby in the POD, I really love it. It is compact, easy to store and perfect for babies 0-6 months. This will make a terrific gift for your next baby shower.

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I am a huge fan of simple, minimalist approach to children’s rooms and play areas. Although if you saw our play room you may think differently. Kuster is one company that offers very simple but functional baby gear. From the site: “At Küster we create children’s products with a passion for innovation, style and functionality. We use only sustainable materials and manufacture to a strict ethical code.”

The Kuster bath toy store, is made for the toys after bath time is through. it is cleverly designed to scoop and hold the wet toys and allow them to drain. It is not big and bulky and comes in six colors to match every bathroom.

The Kuster jellybaby changing mat is the first ever memory foam changing mat to be ergonomically shaped to fit your baby. The special high tech material is warm to the touch, soft and gentle for your baby, easy to wipe clean and free from PVC.
The changing mat comes with a 100% cotton and toweling, machine washable liner and a travel bag is also included.
It comes in three colors, cream, pink or blue.

If you are looking for simplicty and modern, you have to check out the K1 and K2 high chairs. Safe, comes in great bold colors, compact and perfect! I LOVE the basket that comes with each, it is genius!
Youc an buy all of your favorite kister products at www.goores.com.

All reviewing baby gear readers can use the code: rbgku to receive a 10% discount on any kuster order!
Which Kuster product is your favorite?

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One thing I hate to do with the kids or baby alone is bathe them. I was always too afraid to bathe the twins so I would wait until my husband came home. With baby K I have had to bathe him a few times by myself and although I am still scared that he will slip or fall into the water, I have to do it. Anything that makes bath time easier or safer for me or my baby is something I have to try.

No Slip Charlie Bathing Gloves by Mom Sense helps you take the worry out of your baby slipping right out of your hands in the bath. No Slip Charlie are fingerless gloves designed to improve your grip on a wet and slippery baby. No Slip Charlies are made of a soft poly/lycra fabric that gives you the extra grip you need without hurting or irritating baby’s skin.
The gloves have open fingertips that make it easy to wash they baby. They are a one size fits all glove for both mom and dad. No Slip Charlie also comes with 2 terry cloth wash mits that easily attach to the gloves to make washing the rest of baby a breeze. When you’re finished you can simply wash the gloves and hang to dry by their attached loop or the wash mitts can be thrown into the washing machine. Easy!

These come in pink or blue and are on sale right now for $16.00 so order yours today!

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As my family and I try to live greener and be more environmentally friendly, every week I am trying to find new earth friendly items to replace the ones I use in my home. This goes for not only what we put onto our bodies, but what we wash our bodies and our kids with as well. I love Method brand cleaners, I use them throughout my home, and was thrilled when they launched their new baby and kid line.

Method now makes great baby washes, 3 in 1 shampoo, body wash, baby lotion and diaper cream. They come in yummy fragrances like crisp apple and fuzzy peach. They smell so good you are going to want to eat your kids up after their bath! The packaging is in true Method fashion-awesome. The rice milk and mallow baby wash has a top that is for rinsing baby off!

The products are very gentle on baby and kid skin and are never made with numbing agents, phthalates or parabens. They are 99% natural and pediatrician tested. What could be better then that?
Find the entire line of Method products in your local Target, Whole Foods, Babies R Us or online.
If you are in the New York area go visit their pop up store in SoHo. From May 13 – June 7 stop by and visit their aroma stations and they are trading you one free method product for all your old toxic cleaning products!
Go method, go clean!

Online between now and June 30, method will give you 20% off! Just enter the promotion code advocatebaby at checkout!

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Washing a baby can be…challenging. I always feel like I have to hold the baby in the baby bath tub with one hand while I wash with the other. Getting more soap or a new washcloth can be difficult with one hand. I liked my baby bath tub but when I found the washPOD, I knew I had found something great.

The washPod is a new concept for newborn bathing. It is a European type of baby bath, designed to be a “secure and warm environment, similar to that inside a mother’s womb”. It is vertical as opposed to horizontal and the3 design holds the baby upright.
It is smaller then a traditional tub so it uses less water, which is terrific. The bottom is cushioned so K’s bottom was comfortably paced and he did not slip around.
He loves his bath in the washpod, especially since he is submerged more then a traditional bath so he is warmer.

The WashPOD also has cushioned handles so you can carry it even when it is filled with water, someting I could not do with our other bath, once it was filled it was too heavy and bulky to move. It also comes with stickers to help make the appropriate water level, which should be a few inches under the baby’s arm pits when immersed.

Although it did take me awhile to “learn” how to wash the baby in the POD, I really love it. It is compact, easy to store and perfect for babies 0-6 months. This will make a terrific gift for your next baby shower.

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We are trying to be more Earth friendly around our house. Now that we have a new little one coming into the world tomorrow (OMG!) what better time to start? We have lots of organic clothing, rattles and things for baby and thanks to Little Twig some bath and body products too!

Little Twig has a fantastic line of bath and body products for babies. They are phthalate free, they use organic ingredients and is extra gentle for baby’s skin. Plus all of their products are cruelty free.
They have everything from diaper cream, baby powder, baby wash and bubble bath to bath mitts and washcloths. Looking for a baby gift? Try one of their gift sets.

This is great for new moms, or for a shower gift.

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Looking for a great baby gift? Are you trying to be more green and environmentally conscious these days? Check out www.greenkits.com. they sell reusable natural or organic grocery bags, environmentally friendly household products and fresheners. They have a ton of amazing items for you and your household to save money and help the environment.

They even have a baby green kit. Perfect for a baby shower or new baby gift, this kit is everything a new mom would need. It includes everything an ecologically aware parent needs to ensure that only pure, non-toxic ingredients touch baby. The kit includes:
Non talc baby powder- No talc means no danger to baby’s breathing
Baby shampoo and body cleanser- this tear free soaps are natural and sulfate-free
Calendula baby lotion- Made with sweet almond oil and organic jojoba oil
Diaper Cream- mineral balm with natural zinc oxide blended with organic almond and sunflower seed oils
Baby laundry wash-Plant based and non-toxic
Baby wipes-These do not contain alcohol or synthetic ingredients
Travel baby wipes

All this for the same price of $55.00. You can also get it placed in environmentally friendly gift packaging or placed in a personalized tote. Very cute, very earth friendly and a gift any new parent, new grandmother or new baby would love!

Do you use earth friendly products in your household? Do you think it is important to use plastic free, recyclable and green products around your children?

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You need some toys to have fun in the tub. Usually a duck, a cup a squirter and a net will do. Have more bath toys then that? Yeah, us too.

You need to get the Frog Pod. Scoop up toys, house soaps and shampoos and store all in one easy cute frog. The suction cup feet attach to almost any bathroom surface and the frog has drain holes so the toys do not stay wet and get mildew. The toes even act as pegs to hang things dry!

This is a very popular and usuable item for any child who still takes a nice bath. At $24.99 it doesn’t break the bank either!

The hair washing drill in my home is terrible. My son hates having water in his face and my daughter has long hair that needs scrubbing and a good rinse.
We have the kids put their hand back as far as they can and we use an old plastic cup to pour the water over their hair. It usually takes 3 or four cupfuls to rinse my daughter’s hair.

Now I am going to buy this product. Flo turns the tub faucet into a stream that extends up to 12 inches in front of the faucet making a waterfall. It requires no assembly. There is also a place to put bubble bath in and the kids could press a button and presto! bubbles!

This will make my hair rinsing problems obsolete for $15.00.

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Once your child can sit up by themselves, that is all they want to do. It is not really a problem except when it comes to bath time. You want your child to be able to sit upright in the bath and to play with toys, splash make sure your shirt is soaking wet, but you want them safe and every parent knows how difficult it is to hold onto a slippery baby.

These bath seats are great. It allowed us to bath our twins together safely. They attach to the bottom of the tup by suction cups. They have a non- slip seat that is not too rough for baby’s bottom.
The chair can move around so you can wash all of those hard to reach nooks and crannys. It is a little tricky “loading” the baby into and out of, I kind of wish the front had a door on it, but other then that, we loved these seats and I always buy it for a baby shower gift.

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I’ve become addicted to this Dusting Powder by Burt’s Bees!  Burt’s Bees focuses on providing all-natural products, and they provide a full list of ingredients on their site so you can check it out before you buy.

I use it in place of an anti-perspirant and am very pleased with the results. I’ve found that I can’t live without it during our humid summers - it worked wonders with my children’s heat rash and it a wonderful soother for those really sticky days. 

I think my favorite part about this powder is that it doesn’t smell like your typical “baby” product. I’m not a big fan of the scent of baby powder, especially not on me. 

As you would expect from a company like this, their Dusting Powder is 100% talc-free.  It does have a mild scent but we love it!

Budget-wise, this product is a pretty thrifty buy - though you’d never guess it when you saw the powdered rosebuds in the ingredients list! 

I’ve been using the same bottle for over a year now.  I use the powder daily, with two applications a day in the summer.

My children have sensitive skin, and we’ve used this product for over five years with excellent results.  I would not hesitate to recommend the Dusting Powder to anyone!

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Rub-a-dub-dub. The Infant Newborn-to-Toddler Bath Center & Shower is a great product for mom and making bath time a bit easier.

From earliest infancy to toddlerhood, this bath center and shower provides five options for getting your wee one squeaky clean. The removable battery-operated shower provides a (very) gentle rinse spray. A three-position bath sling grows with Baby, allowing parents to bathe her/him in the sink, fully reclined in the tub, or upright in the tub. Remove the sling when the child gets a little older, for a comfy kid-size tub and shower. And finally, for your big girl or boy toddler, remove the tub altogether but keep the shower for use in full-size tub. Features foam pad for comfort, a wide design for stability and easy access to bathe child, fabric sling that can be located in three positions depending on baby’s size, drain plug for easy water removal, removable battery-operated shower unit, and a color change strip on shower unit that indicates rinse water temperature. Tub hangs for convenient storage.

If you are frugal parent that wants something that will last beyond the infancy stage then this tub/shower is for you.

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The new concept in bathing babies up to 6 months. benefits of the Tummy Tub are acknowledged in maternity hospitals and homes throughout Europe. The Tummy Tub was designed in the Netherlands by childcarers to ease the transition from the comfort of the mother’s womb. Babies naturally adopt the fetal position and its amazing to see how quickly they calm and relax.

Advantages For Baby:

* Bath time enjoyment from birth.
* The special design of the original TummyTub ensures babies relax in the familiar fetal position.
* Soft baby-friendly material.
* The baby can be immersed in the water up to shoulder level and will therefore remain warmer for longer.
* Babies feel warm, reassured and secure.
* Especially recommended for premature babies.
* Helps babies settle and sleep, and is excellent for colicky babies.

Available in Clear and Pink Glitter.

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If your baby is anything like mine then I do not have to tell you how they love bath time. Whereas this may be a wind down time for moms when they take a bath, babies get energized by bath time…it is great fun. I am always on the lookout for fun bath toys for my little son and this particular product seems like a winner.

Kel-Gar Tubbly Bubbly Hipo - Creates tons of bubbles while promoting bath tub safety in a soft protective cover for hard metal faucets in fun Tubbly the Hippo design! No more bumps or goose eggs from smashing their heads into the hard faucet. Soft plastic faucet cover easily fits over standard metal faucets to protect your little one from accidental bumps and bruises. Just pour your bubble bath into Tubbly the Hippo’s trunk and watch tons of bubbles form. Cool!

There is also an elephant cover too.

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