Never loose a toy again!

The Toy Saver retails for $8US and can be purchased at their US based online store, they ship to both US and Canada.


See here for our review on the Mod Tod Designs tag blanket seen in this video.

Potty Product Round Up

It's that time again for another Potty Product Round Up. Preschooler L is done potty learning. So this may be the last Potty Product Round Up for a long time.




Gone are the days of potties in the living room and even potties in the bathroom. I'm enjoying it immensely and so is the daddy. The product we have to thank for that is our new Family Seat!! The Family Seat replaces your regular toilet seat and turns it into a built in, kid proof, potty seat. It is a quick 5 minute install which the daddy handled with ease. The seat is a top of the line heavy duty MDF toilet seat that stands up well to the weight of a larger man (hehe sorry daddy) The sturdy silver hardware instead of plastic hinges is a nice added touch of a more high end toilet seat. There are two "seats" the adult seat and a child seat built into the lid, released by a child seat lock. Say goodbye to tripping over half full potties and cleaning potties. I love this seat!! The seat is quite heavy so it does slam if you let it drop but the fact is that it is so heavy is because it is a quality product, this is not your cheap $10 toilet seat. The only real issue we have run into is that we had to push the lid of the toilet tank back as the lid sometimes falls forward onto preschooler L but this is a trade in I'm willing to take to have my bathroom back. This new seat also helped us figure out the mystery of why there was always a puddle of pee around our toilet. For a while I was convinced that the toilet was leaking at the base but it turns out that L is peeing under the seat and down the toilet tank. There is a large space between the two seats and this made it more obvious when L was peeing under the seat because there are two seats he ends up peeing on the adult seat instead of down the front of the tank. Now that we know there is a problem we can work on trying to solve it. Cleaning it really only takes an extra 30 seconds on top of the time it would normally take to clean a toilet. It does have a higher price tag of $60 but it's actually quite reasonable when you consider a decent toilet seat costs $30 and some of the cheapest potties and toilet potty seats retail for $30. Another fun detail is that it is available in a variety of colors but we went with white as we were looking to have our adult bathroom look back.


The Family Seat retails for $60CAD please see here for a list of retailers and distributors, in Canada you can contact TDM Canada for a list of retailers near you.




For out and about I really don't like to drag around a small potty seat, I have enough to carry around and I can't always hold L up on the toilet now with a new baby in tote. Solution? Gotta Go Mitts, now you may initially scoff at these mommy invented disposable toilet mitts but don't knock them till you've tried them. There will come a day where you will wish you had these babies in your diaper bag or purse. I am a definite public toilet seat germ-a-phob and cringe at the thought of my guy touching that nasty seat to hold himself up, never mind that when he first started to stand up to pee his favorite thing to do was profusely rub his hands on the side of the bowl while he was peeing. These Gotta Go Mitts slip on in a second and protect your child from touching all those lovely toilet germs. They fit kids age 2-7 and come in a package of 20. But they are not just for toilets, they are also great for messy crafts and eating messy foods, how many times have you given your child a popsicle or ice cream and their hands are instantly covered in a soupy mess. We also like using them for arts and crafts as sometimes things get a bit messy and L hates having his hands covered in marker, paint etc. These little babies have come in handy a few times!!

Gotta Go Mitts retails for $3.99US per package and are cheaper the more packages you buy, they can be purchased from their online US based website, right now there is free shipping. They ship to both US and Canada.




At night time I was keeping L in a double stuffed Perfect Size Medium Fuzzi Bunz Pocket Diaper. I have been pressed to find a washable night time soaker that can withstand a large amount of toddler pee so L we stuck with what worked. L really was only peeing once in a blue moon and it is usually first thing in the morning because he was either too tired or too lazy to get up and pee sometimes he just went. We had a few leaks but it was easily solved by tightening the snaps and folding our second stuffer in half to create 3 layers of microfiber at the front of the diaper. L is now officially diaper free at night time now with the once in a blue moon accident but we are doing great! Fuzzi Bunz are definitely still our top pick for cloth diapers, you have seen our review in the past and soon we will be posting another in depth review on them soon as we have been cloth diapering baby K in them since he was 1 month old so stay tuned for that.

Fuzzi Bunz Perfect Size Pocket Diapers retail for @$25 CAD/US see here for a list of retailers in your area.

Nasal Aspirator Round Up

HydraSense Nasal Aspirator Plus retails for $22CAD and can be purchased at Walmart in both US and Canada. Or in Canada at Shoppers Drug Mart.
www.hydrasense.ca


Baby Comfy Nose retails for $14.99US and can be purchased at www.babycomfynose.com (ships to both US and Canada)

Kashi saves the day!!

It's been snowing here a lot lately and so much that Canada Post has been failing to even bother with package deliveries by truck so I've been getting a few package notices marked for 2 days earlier which means I have to drive to the local Shoppers Drug Mart to get my packages. Now normally if we are going to be out of the house for more than a few hours I make the boys pack a snack but this particular day I hadn't planned on being so long. After a busy day of running around I had to make a stop at the post office to pick up yet another package and then a few more errands before we could make it home to make supper and the kids were getting restless. Thankfully the package I picked up was from Kashi! Upon arriving back at my car I eagerly opened the package to find Kashi's New Soft-Baked Bars in Ripe Strawberry and Blackberry! I quickly read the box and scoured the nutritional value and ingredients. Score! I was thrilled because all the kids could eat this, even 12 month old baby K. With a teenager, a preschooler and a baby it isn't very often that I can find one snack that they all can eat and all like but these Soft-Baked Bars fit the bill. Teen C chose the strawberry and the youngest two had the blackberry. It was an all out success!! The only 2 issues I ran into was number one; preschooler L wanted to eat them all and it was right before dinner so when I said no he was less than thrilled. Number two; because we are a cloth family I rarely have wet wipes on me anymore and lets just say I don't recommend giving these to a baby in your brand new car seat if you want it too stay clean. Haha!! After three kids I should just give up on the idea that I might have anything clean but a woman can dream can't she? I just want to thank Kashi for saving the day and to let everyone know that I plan on stocking up on these babies and maybe keeping a pack in the glove box for emergency outings that were poorly planned.

Kashi Soft-Baked Bars retail for $3.99 and can be purchased at Whole Foods and other local grocery stores in your area in both US and Canada.