Gear and Accessories

—by Elena Epstein, Director of the National Parenting Product Awards. For more product reviews, visit nappaawards.com.   Game Night in a Can: Fifth Anniversary Edition This new mix of mini games focuses on creativity and physical skill. Activities include competitively flying paper airplanes, creating ghost stories about the room you’re …

I was sent the Twist and Seal Large Cord Dome, Mini Cord Protector as well as the Heavy Duty Cord Protector. These products are great for indoor or outdoor use. I found the large cord dome useful near the entertainment table in my home. We had multiple cords hooked up …

Let me just start by saying how much I love this product! I was super excited when I received these in the mail since I’d already heard great things about them from other moms. When I opened the package, the first thing I noticed was the scent – just a …

One of my favorite things about my 2-year-old daughter is her long, wavy brown hair. When she cooperates, we can make beautiful ponytails, braids or just clip it back with cute barrettes. Lately, however, she has decided she doesn’t like to have her hair messed with, not even combing! The …

Baby bottles, sippy cups, water bottles, snack containers, oh my! As soon as you have a child, a collection begins to build. Whether you’re at home or out and about, it’s hard to keep track of which items belong to which child. We tried labeling bottles and cups with masking …

Hold-On Handle Works Like a Charm    When I first heard about Hold-on Handles, a handle your toddler is supposed to grasp while walking beside a stroller, my mind went straight to the explosion of discarded toys littering the floor of nearly every room in my house.  My two year …

   Unique Backpack Is A Winner   The school season is upon us and the first thing on my upcoming fourth grader’s personal “school musts” list was a new backpack. She insisted that she had outgrown her old backpack that saw her from second through third grade. After two years …

A Solution to Those Lost Mittens Do you remember those old mittens you had as a kid with a string that hooked the two together so one wouldn’t get lost?  Mitten Keepers is a modern product that has the same mission in mind: keeping those mittens from getting lost!   …

    The lil Fairy Door has become something our children look forward to seeing every day. I knew there were many ways to use the door, and at first I considered using it for the tooth fairy. My kids are 2, 4 and 6 years old so we are …