The Fisher Price Smart Cycle is a new innovation in indoor activities. It is a stationary bike, a gaming system and a learning center combined in one product. This interactive bike and game combo promotes both learning and physical exercise by guiding the child through various educational games. Children can learn upper and lowercase letters, counting, spelling, shapes, matching and spatial reasoning. How great is it that you can now keep your child active even while indoors! This is especially ideal during the cold, snowy days of winter and the rainy days of spring. A Hamleys Awards nominee, the Smart Cycle is no doubt going to be one of the hottest toys for this fall/Christmas season. It has also won the Toy Industry Association’s “Most Innovative Toy of the Year Award” and was listed as one of the Best Toys for 2007 by AllAboard.com. The Smart Cycle requires 4 “D” (LR20) alkaline batteries that are not included. It also contains an extra long lead & height adjustable seat. It is designed for children over 4 years of age. All you have to do is plug the cycle into your TV, and as your child pedals, favorite characters will lead him through games, exciting races, and one discovery after another in the huge world of learning. There are several levels of play for different stages of development. It helps significantly to improve hand to eye coordination and also helps with balance for bike riding skills. The cycle includes a Learning Adventure game cartridge. Themed games with Dora, SpongeBob, Hot Wheels, Barbie & Dinosaurs are sold separately. You can use the joystick for a number of other games and activities. The software works in three different modes. In the Explore/Encounter mode, the child can pedal through different settings and situations such as, Math Mountain, Shape Lake, Number Fields, and Letter Creek, learning along the way. In the Arcade Games mode, the child takes a break to play a game using the joystick. They may be taking a rest from the physical aspect of exercise, but they are still learning. The games teach important early skills concepts, like numbers, letters, shapes and colours. In Race mode, the child can race with other cars or engage in a timed race with another player. The Fisher Price Smart Cycle has received many positive reviews from both retailers and consumers alike. In a day when childhood obesity is becoming a frightening epidemic, this product allows children to get plenty of exercise even in inclement weather, all the while learning important educational concepts.
Author: Marisa
Simple Ideas for Boy’s Nursery Bedding
Decorate the boy’s nursery with a male theme in mind. If you’ve already chosen your bedding design, the theme of the room decor can grow out of that. Stuck for ideas on baby boy crib bedding sets? Here are some ideas! The same furnishings will be continually used if he’s using a multifunctional 3-in-1 crib. When buying your baby bedding you must think ahead 2 or 3 years into the future and buy something that withstand time and styles. Take into consideration the following information when shopping for boy crib bedding sets.
A strong color theme is what boys like most. Don’t be afraid to use vivid colors. When used correctly, they can acutally look very stylish. Bebe Chic offers Adam’s All American in bold tones of red, brown and grey or Max crib bedding by Trend Lab comes in blues and browns.
Though all children love animals, girls tend to prefer the cute rabbits and lambs while boys like the scarier lions and elephants. A replica of the African Safari is created at the Baby Safari by Kimberly Grant. Monkeys, zebras, and lions adorn the crib bedding, which comes in a patchwork quilt of beige, brown, pale blue, and soft green coloring.
A Western theme would inable your baby boy to have happy dreams of being a cowboy. For a great example by Bebe Chic, check out the Bronco Billy, it comes with denim ties that are topstitched like jeans. A soft denim sheet is topped by a large star blanket, and is completed by a Wesley Plaid dust ruffle. The horse and wagon trains on the bedding will make your little cowboy feel right at home. Your little guy will look manly and strong once you surround him in brown faux leather on the reverse side of the bumper.
Inevitably your little boy will follow in his father’s footsteps by liking sports related activities. Much detail has been hand-stitched into this sports-themed quilt, with the whole collection joining together through the recurrent soothing earth tones.
If you start early enough, you can teach your young scholar to enjoy learning by decorating his crib with alphabet infant bedding. A panapoly of colors and fabrics are available. Fabrics range from corduroy to chenille to twill, and even faux suede, while colors are available in lively combinations of multi-color stripes and plaids, to more subdued ivories and light blues. To surround your favorite baby boy in a festive and educational environment from the very beginning, you should start with a crib ensemble that includes letters, numbers, and fanciful animals.
So many choices are available, you are sure to find something you love that will inspire you to complete the perfect look!
Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name – Life Like Puppy
Puppy Grows & Knows is a new Fisher Price computerized dog that teaches small children to properly care for their pets. It also teaches a small child responsibility because it is their personal ownership, their own dog and baby to take care of. The size of this toy dog is 14.10″ h x 12.00″ w x 8.30″ l and weighs 4.15 pounds. When the child gives this toy puppy lots of love and care, which all animals desperately crave, the puppy will grow to a larger size in only 4 days. Its body, legs, ears and tail will grow, little by little, each day, as the child interacts with it daily, playing its programmed games. In the box is two games which includes a dog barking game and songs. Puppy grows can learn its name, owners name, friends name and even personal things such as a childs birthday.
This cute little puppy comes in white poodle or yellow golden retriever, and has a CD-ROM with it in order to program it to interact with your child. This interactive dog is an educational toy teaching values and responsibility. This puppy also comes with a tape measure so the child can measure it daily and watch it grow, as well as a little brush, bone, puppy growing chart, and a puppy ownership certificate with the child’s name and the puppy’s name that the child personally names it. When puppy grows to complete size, it can be put back to puppy size again for even more enjoyment.
A very satisfied customer said. “I Purchased this puppy for my sons birthday this year. She loves the puppy that she has named ‘Bubbles’, and has played with it every day since she got it. As the puppy grows over the four days it says more and more, and interacts with its owner. We thought at first that we had a faulty puppy, as it only ‘grew’ on the first day and not on the other days, but reading-up on the internet we found that if you replace the ‘demo’ batteries it comes with, then it functions correctly. He loves this toy.”
Best place to find the Puppy Grows is Puppy Grows
A safe baby nursery bedding
Reports have shown that there are more than 6000 babies die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) each year and out of these cases, more than 900 cases are due to babies sleeping on soft baby nursery bedding. Therefore the question, is your nursery bedding safe?
Soft baby nursery bedding can cause an infant to suffocate when the baby is being placed on her belly and her head sinks into the soft mattress. Cushy mattresses are comfortable for babies, but on the other hand, they might be dangerous too.As infants are too weak, when their heads are being laid onto a soft mattress, they might not have the ability to roll over to recover from the dangerous position. Fatal accidents might happen if nobody is around to take good care of the little one.
To avoid such accidents, parents can select a baby nursery bedding with a firm mattress that does not get depressed easily when some weight is being applied on it. They can easily do a test by pressing one hand onto the bedding to determine it’s strength in withstanding the force applied. The stronger the resistance of the bedding, the better it is.
Bumper pads, that are added in the crib, can also cause suffocation. Bumper pads make the baby nursery bedding look cute and pretty, however, suffocation can happen when infants have their face pressed against the soft and fluffy bumper pads and are unable to free themselves.
Infants are weak and vulnerable especially at these times, and parents should be more careful when it comes the safety of your child. Some people recommend to purchase bumper pads that are more compact and firm while others just remove all of them from the crib. The latter being the best method because, though no often, there are also incidents of strangulation by the long strings of the bumper pads and suffocation when babies are pressed between the bumper pads and another object.
Researchers also found that there are toxic gases in beddings which can harm the baby’s health . They discovered that there are chemical compounds that consists of phosphorous and arsenic which are commonly used as fire retardants, are being added to mattresses which can be very dangerous. Once these chemical compounds interact with certain reactants, they release poisonous gases which may be fatal if a baby breathes in a large amount of it when sleeping in the baby nursery bedding.
Scientists later found that a fungus that frequently grows in baby bedding might be one of the reactants which can help to release the poisonous gases. Therefore, they urge parents not to reuse old baby nursery bedding which may contain such fungus after being used for a long period of time. Although, infants sleep in cribs for a couple of months or longer only, parents should buy a new crib set rather than reusing to avoid the existence of such fungus. Furthermore, a new baby nursery bedding will look prettier than an old reused one.
Looking at all these factors, parents should be able to evaluate if they have a safe baby nursery bedding. If not, go get a new one and select one safe bedding so that not only will your baby be able to sleep safe and sound, but you will have a good rest every night without worries.
Baby Skin Care Tips
Choosing a theme for the baby shower is the first step in organizing a baby shower. The theme forms the central base of baby shower. Some moms-to-be would be thrilled with a formal brunch or a tea party, while some others would rather prefer something more unusual. The reflection of the theme should be on the supplies used such as the character on the plates and napkins or the overall ambience. Other interesting themes include baby diaper cake shower themes, teddy bear shower themes, gift basket shower themes, Christmas baby shower theme, Noah’s ark shower theme and a stork shower theme.
Baby book gift baskets feature some of the best known classics including nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and well-known stories. Book gift baskets are also offered for those kids who are active in sports. These are available in different price ranges to suit everyone’s budget and taste.
Helping baby sleep can be quite a task for the parents at times. How do you make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep? Night feeds, cholic, bringing up her milk; all can contribute to an interrupted night without natural baby skin care. Insufficient sleep mixed with aggravation can start to eat away at that feeling of wonder you had when your baby first came home. Some of the reasons we hear most about are colic or abdominal discomfort, food intolerance, teething, urinary tract infection or even separation anxiety. Most children will outgrow these problems as they grow and mature. However, at times, sleeping problems could become chronic and could develop into more serious sleeping disorders.
Bottle feeding can be a family occasion. Just like mom, dad experiences the intense emotional and physical bond between himself and baby. At first, he will probably feel awkward – just as a mother does when she first bottle feeds. Just about all children are fascinated by the arrival of a new brother or sister. Teaching them how to bottle feed is a great way to get them involved.
For everyone, nine months of pregnancy may seem like forever and parents are usually excited to know if the little one will show up in time. You can ask a family member or a close friend to handle these tasks, especially when it comes to fetching the kids to and from school.