It’s never too early to learn how to read—at least according to the folks at LeapPad.
The company whose electronic help-you-read devices are now a staple of smart mommys—and smart kids—now has a product for children as young as six months.
The LittleTouch LeapPad comes with stories and more than one hundred other activities that help kids learn their ABCs, letter sounds, numbers, colors, shapes and more. Cost: $30.
As any new parent knows, timing is everything. Now you can help keep track of it all with a single device.
The Itzbeen Baby Care Timer comes with four one-touch timers that let you know how long it’s been since the last feeding, changing, nap, and another timer for everything else.
The palm-sized timer also comes with a nightlight and a nursing reminder so you can remember which side baby nursed from last. Cost: $25.
Forget spinning plastic flowers or a tiny mirror that moves. The LeapStart gym claims to provide a “multi-sensory learning experience” for babies up to twelve months. Under the gym, baby can see flashing lights, listen to ten minutes of music from around the world—fortunately the volume is adjustable—and watch a colorful motorized mobile.
Later, transform the gym into a sit-up activity center for older babies that can introduce them to animal names and colors and teach them how to say hello and count in five languages. Really. Cost: $45.
What if you knew exactly when your potty training child was starting to go #1 in his bed? The Malem bedwetting sensor does. When they start to wet, it wakes them up with a flashing light and a car alarm-like noise.
Of course such a fright might cause them to, well, pee their pants, but hopefully it will prompt them to run to the bathroom instead. Cost: $80 and up.
Germ Guardian Table Top Humidifier
One of the biggest problems with humidifiers is that they’re big, bulky, and loud. Germ Guardian’s H1000 is everything but. The compact humidifier is small enough to fit on a nightstand or table, but still big enough to run—quietly—for seventy-two hours.
Germ Guardian’s nano-silver technology is designed to prevent mold and mildew from growing in the tank, so when water is vaporized into the room, it’s free of bacteria. Cost: $70.
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