Category: Product Reviews

Since I’ve got a wee little baby guy now, I am enjoying reviewing baby toys with him!   We gave away all our old baby toys so it’s nice to have some fun new things for him.  Recently we’ve been enjoying Infantino’s Comforting Play collection, which I’m reviewing as part of the Infantino Test Drive program through Mom Central Consulting.

The Comforting Play Collection emphasizes the importance of soft,quiet play.  They toys are cuddly and soothing and I really like them a lot!  My favorite is the Tag-Along Chimes pictured above.  They make the sweetest, quietest tinkling noise and are soft and fun to play with.  We keep Jonah’s attached to his car seat straps and he L-O-V-E-S them!

My next favorite from the Comforting Play line is this cute Snuggle Pup!  Jonah adores it as well!

This is a really sweet toy. Soft, cute, cuddly – Jonah loves to grab onto it and hug it. But even better, it plays sounds or music (three different kinds) that are soothing and not at all annoying! And the sounds play for 15 minutes before shutting off so I don’t have to keep constantly turning them on again. Yay for the Snuggle Pup! It’s a keeper.

Finally, there’s also a great teething toy in the Comforting Play Collection, the All-Around 1-2-3 Teether.  It’s got three different shapes and textures for the three different stages of teething – Jonah likes all three RIGHT NOW.

There are eleven different products in this collection, from wrist rattles to crib toys – there’s something for every baby!  All these products make great shower gifts, too!  You can check them out at Infantino’s website.

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I am a participant in a Mom Central Consulting campaign for Infantino and have received various Infantino products as part of my participation.

Awhile back I told you about some of my faaavorite preschool board games from the Wonder Forge, and recently I had the opportunity to review one of their newest, the Chuggington Traintastic Cargo game.  I always say yes to game reviews because Sophie is a game-a-holic, she LOVES board games.  Loves, loves, LOVES them.

Like the other Wonder Forge games, Chuggington is a ton of fun AND educational.  Sophie doesn’t even actually watch the Chuggington show, but she loves the game.  It’s easy enough for a preschooler to play, and challenging enough to keep them and their parents interested.  It teaches sorting and pattern-recognizing skills and there are SO many pattern cards and combinations that it would take a very long time to get the same one twice.  So, it never gets old.  And, it helps your preschooler to recognize numbers, shapes, and colors as well.

Another game I purchased awhile back because I was so impressed with the Wonder Forge is Richard Scarry’s Busytown Eye Found It! game.  It also totally ROCKS!  We love playing it as a family.

I love these games and you will too!  I can’t wait to see what the Wonder Forge comes out with next!

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The Wonder Forge provided me with the Chuggington Game for review.  All opinions about the product are my own.

As you may recall, I’ve been working with Vicks VapoRub as part of their Vicks Blogger Brigade for a few months now.  Vicks VapoRub is a brand I’m proud to represent because I L-O-V-E it, and have since I was a kid.  My mom was a firm believer in the power of Vicks to soothe our coughs when my brothers and I were kids, and so was my grandmother before her.  According to my mom, my grandma used to saturate a flannel cloth in VapoRub and pin it to her pajamas when she was sick as a child.  So the scent of Vicks is comforting to my mom, a reminder of TLC she received as a child, and it is for me as well.  I hope it will be for  my kids also.  I think it will be, because last week when Sophie was fighting off the dreaded warm-weather cold and had begun to cough a little, she asked me more than once to “rub some of that on my chest” as she pointed to the VapoRub container!

If you haven’t already seen it, Vicks VapoRub has a Facebook page which is a great source for information and discussion about VapoRub and also for tips on keeping healthy!  One of my favorite conversations there inspired this post.  The question asked on the Vicks page was, “Many of you have been using VapoRub for years. Can you remember the first time it ever helped to soothe your cough?”  Well, I can’t remember the first time, but I can’t remember a time when my family didn’t use it!  Some of of my favorite answers from Facebook fans are:

“Forever!! I’m an asthmatic and would get very sick in the winter……Mom would bust out the Vicks, slather it on…and wrap me up in a nice warm T shirt, followed by a jammie top. Then I used it on MY daughter, and she uses it on her son. So, 40 years. I will never be without it.”

“I don’t remember the first time I ever used it. But I do know it was always in my moms medicine cabinet. And now it’s always in mine now that I have a child.”

“first time I was too little to remember. My mom and g’ma would put it on my chest and back and safety pin a bandana around my neck as to keep it from rubbing off on my pajamas. Just the smell of it going on was comforting.”

This is what I’ve been saying…Vicks VapoRub is THE STUFF when you have a cough & cold!  It’s my go-to remedy and I so enjoyed reading the comments of those who feel the same.

So..can you remember the first time Vicks VapoRub soothed YOU?

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I am being compensated for my work as part of the Vicks Blogger Brigade.  This post and my opinions on the product are solely my own.