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Archive for April, 2008

Review: Haba Mice

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April 15th, 2008

In our quest for grabbable toys, we tried out this mouse pair from toy super power Haba:

Haba Mice

Pros: Cute fuzzy faces. Cotton. Tail is easily grabbable and makes the mouse fling around in an entertaining way. Rattle (in the pink one) is great.

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Etsy Berries: Linen Boy Clothes

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April 4th, 2008

Boys don’t have many fun clothes here in the US - I can’t count the moms who’ve told me they didn’t care if they had a boy or girl, but shopping for a girl would be way more fun. And it is true. Dinosaurs/baseball/cowboy…yawn. So let’s even the score a little:

Fabulous, beautifully detailed linen boy’s shirt ($65 at Bronwen Handcrafted):

Shirt

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Urchin Toadstool Pouffe

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April 4th, 2008

Today I followed a few links and ended up at a UK children’s site called Urchin. And I got all excited, there were so many products I hadn’t seen before. Everything really well-chosen and not pricey (if you live in the UK, anyway).

There were so many things I wanted to blog about, but this one was my ‘most favorite’:

Toadstool Pouffe

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Review: Sevi Butterfly Hand-finder

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April 2nd, 2008

This teeny little butterfly by Sevi is a rattle with crinkly wings and an elastic band for slipping it over a baby’s wrist. It’s intended to move with the baby as they wave their arms around, so they discover their own hands:

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