Category: Product Reviews

(Ok, so I now realize that we were supposed to post about what DIDN’T work for us on this Works for Me Wednesday. But I forgot. And I am too tired to think of anything else at this point. Sorry!! I blame Jenny for not telling me. So you’ll have to hear once again about something that DOES work for me!)

If you order your list of baby care items from most important to least important, the Itzbeen timer comes right after carseat and right before… well, everything else.

The Itzbeen Timer is the perfect solution to the lack of brainpower that comes with parenting a newborn (or a toddler… or a teenager). It’s so simple, yet so useful! We all know that we’re supposed to keep track of the last time the baby ate, had a diaper change, or how long he’s been asleep, but really, all that math is a little much for my fuzzy brain to handle.

Until now… because I have this:

The Itzbeen Timer keeps track of all of that for me – and on which side I last nursed the baby. Pretty cool. All I have to do is press a button each time I change or nurse the baby, and the timer keeps track of how long it’s been since the last time.

If only I had had this when we brought Sam home from the hospital! My sweet husband created a chart on our dry erase board, but that wasn’t very portable and didn’t help me much in the middle of the night. Not to mention the fact that it required me to do subtraction when really it was all I could do not to fall asleep with half my body draped over the bassinet and half of it in bed. Not that that happened or anything…

In addition to the diapering, feeding and sleeping buttons, there’s an extra one for random things. This button makes the timer useful even after the first few weeks. I can see using it for keeping track of things like giving medicine or taking temperatures.

The Itzbeen Timer is part of Target’s line of parent-inventor products, and you can buy it there for $24.99. It would be a great shower present! It definitely works for me.

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I won’t tell you what kind it is, but I will tell you that I really dislike our portable booster seat. As a matter of fact, I’ve never really met a booster seat that I like. Well thanks to the good folks at Target, there is now a great alternative! It’s called “Kaboost”! (Isn’t that fun to say? Say it out loud a couple times. It makes me smile.) Kaboost is a portable chair booster that fits on the bottom of almost any chair and makes the chair taller. Geeenius! It’s really light-weight, and it took less than a minute to install. It adjusts to two different heights, (the same heights as standard booster seats do) and has TONS of traction on the bottom so it won’t slip. As a matter of fact, my hubby commented on the traction several times. It made a real impression on him! Also, it stays attached if you pick the chair up and move it. This thing is SO convenient!! And of course, it detaches and folds up easily and compactly so it is not a hassle to take with you when you are going over to a friend’s for dinner. If you are having a hard time visualizing , here are some pics of Joshua using a chair in our dining room fitted with our Kaboost. I will note that the Kaboost is for kids ages 2 and up – Sophie isn’t quite old enough to sit in a chair and not be strapped into it (besides – she can’t be trusted!)

Here’s Joshua without the Kaboost, sitting at our dining room table:

And here he is inthe chair with the Kaboost – look how much taller he is! (He’s checking to see if his peanut butter toast has a heartbeat.)

Side view:

And here’s a close-up of the Kaboost on our chair:

Isn’t that COOL? I love it SO MUCH! It retails at Target for $29.99 and I predict it is going to be the Next Big Thing on everyone’s baby registry. It also comes in three colors – chocolate, like mine, green, and natural. You can check those out here. It’s also part of Target’s new Parent Inventors Line – one of many cool products invented by moms & dads. Em & I will be reviewing some of the other products from this line within the next couple of weeks. But I can honestly say, I wish I’d thought of this one! The Kaboost rocks, and it works for me! For more Works for Me Wednesday tios, check out Rocks in My Dryer.