Providing our children with healthy snacks for the day is a conundrum that we all deal with daily during the rushed early morning hours. Of course there are the healthy snacks that never get eaten (or cost a fortune and taste awful) and the unhealthy snacks that are… well… unhealthy. Enter Funky Monkey Snacks. Funky Monkey freeze-dries slices and... Read more
Brigid Schulte has an amazing article in The Washington Post Magazine describing her journey trying to figure out how a multi-tasking, scatter-brained, not-enough-time-to-breathe working mother can find some time to herself. Most working mothers will relate very well to the scenarios she describes. Let me tell you about a typical day in my life as... Read more
The most viewed video on YouTube “Charlie bit my finger – again!” (152,427,154 views!) didn’t cost a dime to make and shows an adorable interaction between a little boy and his baby brother. Undoubtedly, between bouts of sibling rivalry, many equally adorable interactions occur in our homes all the time. The challenge is to... Read more
Are we over-snacking our children? As the littered floor of most minivans will attest, most of us prepare enough snacks to feed a small African nation even for a short car ride across town not to mention going to the park or an event. Of course a lovely side perk is that in addition to filling their cute little bellies the snacks might just distract... Read more
A few months ago there was the recall on Maclaren strollers. Then there was the recall on drop-side cribs. Today Graco is recalling 1.5 million strollers after there were reports of fingertip amputations and lacerations caused by the stroller’s hinge. Ouch! Don’t they test for these types of defects before they are finished with their product... Read more
A beautiful and creative new private kindergarten has recently opened in the upscale Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat HaSharon. Tel Aviv-based Lev-Gargir Architects in conjunction with the children’s interior, furniture and toy designer, Sarit Shani Hay, designed this space with the usual requirements, but what is most striking is the bright natural... Read more
We’ve all been faced with the monumental challenge of convincing a child to take icky-tasting medicine “because it’s good for you.” The makers of KidKupz™ have come up with a tempting solution. Now taking medicine can be a sweet-tasting experience for kids. Each dosage-marked cup has a sour candy coated rim (think margarita).... Read more
Cheerios will be selling a new chocolate flavor, which will be certified OU Parve, beginning January. Is this just a new sugar cereal under the guise of the healthy Cheerios brand or will this be a healthier Shabbos cereal alternative? Read More
CNN.com recently ran a story about a woman who was refused a vaginal delivery because she previously had a Caesarean one. Seven months into her pregnancy with her fourth child, Joy Szabo’s obstetrician gave her some news she didn’t want to hear: Because she’d had a previous Caesarean section, the hospital where she planned to deliver was insisting... Read more
The NY Daily News reports on this new gadget… It’s the perfect accessory for the BlackBerry-meets-Bugaboo crowd. A gizmo called Texthook lets parents strap phones to the bars of their strollers so they can text and e-mail without missing a step. The company that makes them said about 100 of the $30 devices have been bought since they went... Read more