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World’s best in-flight magazine publishes world’s best article on the mommyblogging mess
World’s best in-flight magazine publishes world’s best article on the mommyblogging mess
zrecommends.com — United Airlines' Hemispheres in-flight magazine was recently taken over by Ink Publishing , a team of people with a track record of turning filler magazines into magazines that print stories that you might actually want to read. For the past several months they've been publishing, in addition ... (more) World’s best in-flight magazine publishes world’s best ...
Can you help ZRecs get a lead-tainted onesie recalled this weekend?
Can you help ZRecs get a lead-tainted onesie recalled this weekend?
zrecommends.com — As many of you know, we have been investigating the ingredients in tagless onesies in an attempt to help consumers identify what might be causing allergic reactions in their children. We've partnered with the Center for Environmental Health , a grant-funded organization that is testing ... (more) Can you help ZRecs get a lead-tainted onesie recalled ...
2009 ZRecs Gift Guide, Part 2: The best learning products for holiday gifts
2009 ZRecs Gift Guide, Part 2: The best learning products for holiday gifts
zrecommends.com — Welcome to the second installment of ZRecs' five-part 2009 holiday gift guide, which will feature 12 of our favorite items of the year in each of five sections of our fantasy kids' superstore. Although we believe that all play is educational, today we'll be highlighting twelve exceptional ... (more) 2009 ZRecs Gift Guide, Part 2: The best learning ...
Health Canada recalls Natursutten pacifiers; will a U.S. recall follow?
Health Canada recalls Natursutten pacifiers; will a U.S. recall follow?
zrecommends.com — Back in July, Nuby announced a U.S. recall of its entire stock of gel-filled teethers , a month after Health Canada recalled more than 125,000 Nuby teethers in Canada. The cause? Bacteria found in the liquid that wasn't supposed to be there, which could cause health effects in infants with ... (more) Health Canada recalls Natursutten pacifiers; will a U.S. ...
2009 ZRecs Gift Guide: Twelve Cuddly Creatures
2009 ZRecs Gift Guide: Twelve Cuddly Creatures
zrecommends.com — Welcome to the first in a series of 2009 ZRecs Gift Guides. Over the course of five themed sections, we'll share 60 of our favorite gift ideas from the hundreds of toys and other children's products we've evaluated and used over the past calendar year. Today, we'd like to focus on our twelve ... (more) 2009 ZRecs Gift Guide: Twelve Cuddly Creatures
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delicious.com — Toy safety still a crapshoot (in Canada) "Andrus, who specializes in product development, wants to answer a seemingly straightforward question: why are there unsafe products in Canada? The question has proved baffling, because product recalls have not been tracked or studied in such a ... (more) Links for 2009-11-13 [del.icio.us]
The Food Chain Friends: Consuming fun
The Food Chain Friends: Consuming fun
zrecommends.com — Developed by toy designers Teetersaw , the Food Chain Friends are sets of exotic stuffed creatures who eat each other. It's a brilliant idea, and we were thrilled to get our hands on a sample of their Gamma set , which runs $50 on Amazon and elsewhere. Like their Alpha and Beta sets, the ... (more) The Food Chain Friends: Consuming fun
Beyond the Maclaren recall: Take our stroller safety survey and help the CPSC
Beyond the Maclaren recall: Take our stroller safety survey and help the CPSC
zrecommends.com — In case you didn't notice, Maclaren has recalled every stroller it made in the last decade for a retrofit that protects kids from having the tips of their fingers sliced off. We posted this recall to our ZRecs_Safety feed on Twitter, and have linked to at least one story about it in our ZRecs ... (more) Beyond the Maclaren recall: Take our stroller safety ...
Beyond the Maclaren recall: Let’s identify hazardous strollers for the CPSC
Beyond the Maclaren recall: Let’s identify hazardous strollers for the CPSC
zrecommends.com — In case you didn't notice, Maclaren has recalled every stroller it made in the last decade for a retrofit that protects kids from having the tips of their fingers sliced off. We posted this recall to our ZRecs_Safety feed on Twitter, and have linked to at least one story about it in our ZRecs ... (more) Beyond the Maclaren recall: Let’s identify hazardous ...
Sprig’s Dolphin Adventure: A great toy boat, in and out of the tub
Sprig’s Dolphin Adventure: A great toy boat, in and out of the tub
zrecommends.com — We've been playing with Sprig's Dolphin Adventure Playset for over a month now, and have formed some opinions about it we'd like to share. Sprig Toys has launched several new products in the last couple of months, and we'll have a review of a couple of the others coming up soon. The ... (more) Sprig’s Dolphin Adventure: A great toy boat, in and out ...
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delicious.com — Stroller Recall: Maclaren Burns Fingers on Response "As a remedy, Maclaren is offering free hinge covers to better protect children. No matter where you live, you can order them on the Maclaren USA website. Yet as of Monday afternoon, it was difficult to access the site because it was ... (more) Links for 2009-11-11 [del.icio.us]
David A. Carter’s “White Noise”
David A. Carter’s “White Noise”
zrecommends.com — There has been a renaissance in pop-up papercraft books in the last decade, in part due to the prolific and inspired work of Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart , whose works include Maurice Sendak's Mommy? , adaptations of Alice in Wonderland and Mother Goose , and collaborations on several ... (more) David A. Carter’s “White Noise”
Three inspired Lego projects
zrecommends.com — I saved my personal favorite for last. (more) Three inspired Lego projects
Three inspired Lego projects
Three inspired Lego projects
zrecommends.com — I saved my personal favorite for last. (more) Three inspired Lego projects
Making safe homemade moon sand
zrecommends.com — Z and I adapted instructions from the craft blog Skip to My Lou and made homemade "moon sand" the other day. It was easy to make, and given Z's enthusiastic use of it for the hour or so after we made it, this stuff could give our homemade play dough a serious run for its money. Most "play ... (more) Making safe homemade moon sand
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