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New Mindflex Duel by Mattel two-player brain activity game

Christina Bay — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:50:50 +0000

Mattel has come up with a two-player version of it’s popular Mindflex, the original mental acuity game. Players wear headsets that can sense brain activity. Focus, concentrate and relax your mind to move a foam ball through various mind-bending obstacles on the game platform. You can design your own obstacle course by putting together various obstacle pieces – hoops, chutes and hurdles. With the new Mindflex Duel, challenge a friend head-to-head to see who can push the ball pass their opponents end zone.

Buy Mattel Mindflex Duel Game, $96

4moms Origami world’s first powered automatic folding baby stroller

Christina Bay — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:40:54 +0000

Origami Stroller, designed and produced by 4moms, is the world’s first automatic folding stroller. It is a sturdy, safe and clever full sized baby stroller with a revolutionary motorized folding mechanism which folds and unfold the stroller with a touch of a button. Origami’s built-in battery that powers the folding mechanism can be charged from the wall or recharges itself while you push the stroller.

4moms Origami Stroller has plenty of safety features to keep your baby safe. The fold and unfold mechanism requires a two-step activation to prevent accidental triggering. Built-in sensors detect and make sure Origami Stroller won’t fold unintentionally should your baby is still in it. Daytime running lights and pathway lights are built into the stroller to ensure maximum visibility in low-light conditions.

The built-in generator not only power the motorized folding cycles, it runs an LCD panel that shows mileage and battery capacity. You can also charge your smartphone with it.

4moms Origami automatic folding stroller is made from parts which are recyclable, over 90% to be precise.

PottyCover the best toilet seat covers for potty trained toddlers

Christina Bay — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:34:23 +0000

PottyCovers are oversized disposable toilet seat covers with extra long front and side flaps to prevent your toddler’s hands, feet and clothes from touching dirty public toilet seats. It covers the entire surface of the toilet seat. If you worry about your toddler pressing their feet against the front or holding the sides of the toilet seat with their hands, perhaps to balance themselves, then PottyCovers may calm your germophobia nerves.

PottyCovers are made from soft non-woven fabric with a waterproof plastic coated layer. Sold in a bag of 6 individually packed covers. Fits any toilet size, very easy to slip on and stays on with no adhesive needed.

Buy PottyCover disposable toilet seat covers (6 individually packed), $6.

Baby-proof your electrical outlets with Elicole Kid-E-Cover auto retractable covers

Christina Bay — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:34:49 +0000

Elicole Kid-E-Cover is an electrical outlet cover with a patented auto-return shutter system. The cover automatically shuts access to exposed electrical outlet when the plug is removed. Should your baby accidently pull out the plug, he won’t be exposed to the danger of electrical outlet because the cover retracts automatically.

Pull the tab to open the cover again. The tab is designed to be easy for adults to operate but not for toddlers or infants.

Elicole Kid-E-Cover electrical outlet cover

Buy Elicole Kid-E-Cover (5 pack), $15.

Latest Perplexus Epic raises the challenge of the original highly popular 3D maze game

Christina Bay — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:29:12 +0000

Perplexus Epic adds new puzzling barriers and 25 more mind-challenging levels to the original Perplexus, a innovative 3-dimensional maze game housed in a transparent sphere where you maneuver a small steel ball around 100 barriers. The new Perplexus Epic has 125 highly challenging and fun barriers. Kids tilt, shift and twist the sphere carefully guiding the ball through their choice of multiple paths. It is much more entertaining than traditional flat-surface maze games and will keep your kids entertained for hours.

This award-winning Toy of the Year is an educational toy that helps child cognitive development development by exercising your kid’s fine motor and dexterity skills. Improving hand-eye coordination, concentration, patience, problem-solving and perseverance.

The original Perplexus was selected as one of Parents Magazine Top Toys of 2010, received National Parenting Center Seal of Approval for 2010, picked as one of TIME Magazine’s Top 15 Toys of 2011, American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA), Canadian Toy Testing Council (CTTC) and many more recognitions.

Perplexus Epic maze game is portable, does not require batteries and is ready-to-play out of box. No loose bits. Suitable for ages 6 and above.

Buy Perplexus Epic 3D Maze Game, $29. Available for pre-order. Item releases on 1 April 2011.

CaliBowl no-spill serving bowls now with suction base perfect for kids

Christina Bay — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:17:33 +0000

CaliBowls are famous for it’s unique patent pending no-spill lip design. The top edge of CaliBowl is curved inward at an angle and when food is pushed near the top, it is guided into the spoon instead of spilling out. CaliBowl made a variation especially for toddlers to self feed by adding suction to the bottom of the bowl. Making sure the bowl stays put while your young toddler learn to feed himself and prevent making a mess. The toddler CaliBowl comes with a fitting lid to keep food warm and clean.

Made from durable unbreakable polypropylene plastic. CaliBowl is BPA-free, microwave and top-rack dishwasher safe.

Buy CaliBowl no-spill toddler bowl with suction base and lid, $13.

Bottle Buddy world’s first electronic baby formula milk dispenser

Christina Bay — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:02:02 +0000

Baby Buddy’s Bottle Buddy is the world’s first electronic formula milk dispenser that is convenient, quick and easy to use. Bottle Buddy dispenses pre-set amount of baby formula powder straight into baby bottle accurately and consistently. Bottle Buddy has a milk reservoir at the top to store a full tin of baby formula so you won’t have to open your baby formula tin container every feeding session. It keeps baby formula clean, sterile and lessen risks of contamination.

Bottle Buddy puts an end to annoying human error and spillage. How many times have you been distracted by your hungry screaming baby, lost count of the number of scoops and start over again?

Buy Bottle Buddy electronic baby formula dispenser, £39.99.

Mommy I’m Here wireless child safety leash beeps when your child stray 30 feet out of sight

Christina Bay — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:59:25 +0000

Kids have uncanny ability to get lost in crowded places. That is why parents buy child safety leash to keep them safe regardless how unsightly it looks. It does the job of keeping your toddler from getting lost and that’s what matters. But what if you really detest leashing your child?

Mommy I’m Here (CL305) is an advanced child safety leash without the leash. It consist of a pair of simple devices, a keychain transmitter and a teddy bear receiver, to track your child’s distance using it’s own wireless radio frequency. Not GPS or anything involving subscriptions. Mommy I’m Here CL305 features an alert function where your keychain transmitter will warn you if your child wanders more than 30 feet away. To help locate your child quickly, you can activate the louder alarm in your child’s teddy bear receiver by simply pressing the button on your keychain transmitter.

Mommy I'm Here CL305 Advanced Locator wireless child safety leash

Buy Mommy I’m Here CL305 wireless child leash, $32.

Dr Brown’s PreVent orthodontic pacifiers prevent dental problems through patented design

Christina Bay — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:00:40 +0000

Paediatric dentist Dr. John Davis developed PreVent pacifiers to minimise risks of dental issues such as cross bites in babies who often suck on pacifiers. A patented Suction-Free Air Channel within Dr Brown’s PreVent pacifier opens up as baby sucks. This allows the pacifier to spread wider, lowering the pressure inside your baby’s mouth. The thin-stem design minimise intrusion into baby’s mouth.

PreVent BPA-free orthodontic baby pacifiers are available in 3 sizes: 0-6 Months, 6-18 Months, 18+ Months. Buy Dr Brown’s PreVent Pacifier, $6.

Minui HandySitt compact portable baby high chair

Christina Bay — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:43:43 +0000

Danish-designed European-made Minui HandySitt is much more than a baby high chair of understated beauty and handmade craftsmanship. It is a modular infant-to-toddler (7mths – 5yo) seating system that grows with your child. Minui HandySitt baby high chair is made up of 2 separately sold parts – the Minui HandySitt Chair and Portable Seat. When put together it makes a sturdy freestanding high baby chair to bring your child up to table level when dining.

The highlight of Minui HandySitt duo is the compact Portable Seat which makes up the top part of the high chair unit. Minui HandySitt Portable Seat folds flat for easy storage, save space and weights merely 5lbs. Easy to take everywhere your baby goes. Just hook the steel arms over chair backs and you have a makeshift high chair for your baby. The steel arms are length adjustable to hook over different ordinary chair backs.

Minui HandySitt Chair and Portable Seat received children furniture “Product of the year 2010″ award in Netherland. A finalist in JPMA and Kind+Jugen Product Innovation competitions. Awarded PTPA green award for environmentally friendly production. Made with FSC-certified solid sustainable birch. Steel, BPA and phthalate-free. Uses water-based and formaldehyde-free varnishes. Minui HandySitt meets the highest safety testing specification, as certified by TÜV, an internationally recognized independent safety and environmental testing authority. Buy Minui HandySitt Baby Highchair (portable seat only). $129.