Jamison Rody

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

My Choice For A Grand Daughter Is The Fisher Price Loving Family Dollhouse

OK, so it's time to run down some of the Christmas gifts I'm getting for the grand kids. For my 4 year old grand daughter the choice was easy. I'm getting her a Fisher Price Loving Family Dollhouse.

This Victorian style house is just amazing. First of all, it's huge. She can play with her friends or cousins and there's plenty of room for all.

But what I really like about this dollhouse (aside from the fact that it's made by Fisher Price) is that there is so much room for expansion.

I figure I've got little gifts covered for the next several years with this. After all, you can't live in an unfurnished house and there are room specific furnishings for every room.

And once all the rooms are filled, there's outside items too. Things like a BBQ, a doll house, cars and more.

And finally, there's no limit to the number of people that can live in this house. Fisher Price has all that covered too. There's mom and day, big sister, big brother, little sister, little brother, twin babies (who have their own accessories) and even a family dog. All can be purchased over time.

If you have a little girl on your gift list you really need to check it out. It will continue to be a treasured item I think even after that little girl becomes a big girl.

See my new Squidoo lens for more details on this wonderful toy.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Quest For The Best Baby Carriers

For obvious reasons, I'm looking for a baby carrier. And this seemingly simple task has become a lot more challenging than I expected, simply because there's so many of them to choose from.

Then if you ask 100 women what are the best baby carriers and you'll probably get about 75 different answers. Then if you ask them about a carrier someone else said was the best and they'll probably tell you they hated it.

My only conclusion here is that the baby carrier you get is really dependent on what you need. It also depends on your size. How tall you are. How heavy you are. How big your chest is etc.

All these things matter and all women are shaped differently.

That's why when you read reviews 90% of the women who try a particular carrier will love it and the other 10% may hate it.

So what's a mother or father to do?

I suggest starting with the reviews, then going a step farther. Consistently good reviews will be a great place to get started. But don't stop there. Ask other mothers and fathers you know too. You'd do better to talk with other people who are approximately the same size as you. This will help.

Then, if you can, try it out.

Knowing what you want ahead of time will help too. Do you want one that goes on your back or your chest? Do you want a wrap? A sling? There's lot of questions to ask and answer here.

Check out my new Squidoo lens to get a better idea of what you should be looking for.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Crib And Changer Combo

I found something really cool today for the new grand child. It's a crib changing table combo.

I really like this for a couple of reasons. When we had our kids these two items were separate, if we even had a changing table at all. Counter tops were the standard place to change the diapers on our oldest child.

This was especially problematic at night, when we would have to take the baby out of the crib (when the child was a little older and the crib was deep), then take her to another area, change the diaper, then bring her back to the crib and put her in.

All that movement and you can see how it was unlikely at best that the child would go right back to sleep.

The combo is really nice because it eliminates all this. And it makes it really easy for parents with everything in one place. Sure we could have placed the crib and table right next to each other, but that would have looked really ugly at best.

Which brings me to the second thing I really like about this combo. These look great! They are beautiful pieces of furniture for the nursery. You really need to see for yourself at the new Squidoo lens I just published.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

A Baby Travel Package From Chicco

Now back to our regularly scheduled baby articles.

I just discovered the most amazing thing for one of our soon to be born grandchildren. It's called the Chicco Cortina Keyfit 30 Travel System. It floored me when I saw all that it could do.

First of all, make sure you pronounce it right. It's KEE-koh. I said it wrong the first time and was quickly corrected. I has never heard of the company before, but now that I've been looking into their stuff I'm really impressed.

As for the travel system, it's kind of a stroller and car seat all wrapped up in one.

But that's really simplifying it big time. It's a lot more than that. You really have to experience it.

The stroller is lightweight and rolls over all surfaces easily. It's easy to pack too. The car seat attaches to the stroller so you don't have to mess with taking the baby out of one to put into the other. And that's just scratching the surface.

Here's my latest Squidoo lens on this so you can see it for yourself.

Badlands Backpacks Are Great For Hunting And Hiking

I've told you before that I love to crossbow hunt. In fact we've done a number of Squidoo lenses on different crossbows. It's kind of a hobby slash passion.

Of course when we go out I need to carry some kind of backpack. The last time we went hunting I noticed a buddy had a new backpack. He started showing me all the stuff it has, what it can carry, how comfortable it is and all kinds of other interesting stuff. Needless to say, I was impressed and decided I had to have one for myself.

So I asked him what kind it was and where to get it.

It was one of the many Badlands Backpacks.

Naturally, being me, I started doing a little research. Wow, I was blown away. These guys make so many models of backpacks, there's one for whatever it is you want to do. Going on a day hike? They've got the perfect backpack. Going hunting? There's several for that too.

Here's the thing. Now do I not only want one, I think I need two of them. One for hunting and one for hiking.

All this research I do is going to drive me to the poor house.

My first instinct as always was to put up a Squidoo lens to share what I found out. Check it out for yourself. But try to limit yourself to only one backpack.

Dog Joint Pain Relief

I know I told you I was going to get back to writing about baby stuff today, and I will. But actually there's three things I want to write about so I'll do it in 3 different posts. That must be some kind of a record for me.

Anyway, I want to start today by telling you about my dog. She's getting a bit old now and I can tell she's having trouble getting around like she used to. Kind of like me.

The fact is, her joints seem to hurt.

I'm not really into giving her too much medicine, but a friend recommended a more holistic approach. He said an herbal product called DGP really helped his dog. So I did a little research and found out that DGP supplements really do make a difference according to a lot of pet owners. So I figured we'd give it a try.

It's been a couple of weeks and I won't say she's running around like a little puppy, but there is a noticeable difference. I think if you have an older dog you may want to give DGP supplements a try. We're glad we did. So is our pet.

I think you will be too.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A LEGO Ninjano Christmas Request

Before I get back into the baby stuff tomorrow I thought I'd let you know about a Christmas gift request from one of my grandsons.

He wants a LEGO Ninjano Epic Dragon Battle set.

I of course know about LEGO's, but this Ninjano concept was new to me. Maybe I'm not keeping up with the times but after a little research I soon found out that this is nothing like the LEGO sets I had when I was a kid.

Not that that's a bad thing. Actually, I can see where a young boy would find this really cool. It's the classic good vs. evil battle with good winning out. And of course it's got tons of the famous LEGO building blocks that I've known since I was a kid.

I did some research on Ninjano stuff and found out what that was all about too.

For people like me who may be clueless about this stuff, and for people who might be interested in finding this fairly expensive set at the lowest possible price, I naturally have put up a Squidoo lens. You can check it out at the links below.

Tomorrow it's back to our regularly scheduled baby posts. I think. :)