If you’re looking for a rocking horse for the holidays that’s outside of the rocking horse box then why not go with a more cheery holiday moose!
The EKORRE Rocking Moose from Ikea is made of eco-friendly rubberwood and birch but at just $$39.99, this toy costs much less than most rubberwood toys. Of course rocking is one of those great developmental skills for kids – working both their sense of balance and allows them to sort out sensory impressions. Plus rocking is soothing for many kids.
This toy is not available online though. If you’d like this cheerful red moose for …read more

Millions of window blinds are being recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after reports of strangulation deaths in children. The blinds do not have inner-cord-stop devices to prevent the accessible inner cords from being pulled out. The recall includes about 15,400 horizontal blinds, 16,500 vertical blinds, and 800 cellular shades manufactured by Vertical Land Inc. of Panama City Beach, Fla.
The horizontal blinds pose a risk of strangulation if the inner cord is pulled out, a child can become entangled in the loop and become strangled. Vertical blinds create a risk of strangulation if a child’s neck becomes entangled …read more

OK so it takes our family a long, long time to get our butts moving on things we want to do with Alison. She still sleeps with us, and she still drinks milk out of a bottle – both things I want to work on but just can’t seem to get around to. Thank goodness she got the toileting thing down pat though, she’s been fully toilet trained for the last six months or so.
There’s hope, though. Yesterday we popped by IKEA and bought her a table to encourage the afore-mentioned self-feeding. In front of the TV still, but …read more