{"id":8159,"date":"2013-04-18T08:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T13:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=8159"},"modified":"2016-08-14T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T18:36:09","slug":"fisher-price-favourites-baby-gear-that-endures-the-test-of-time-and-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/04\/18\/fisher-price-favourites-baby-gear-that-endures-the-test-of-time-and-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher-Price Favourites: Baby gear that endures the test of time and kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve downloaded a fun little app for my iPhone called TimeHop. It sends me a little ping each day showing me things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve posted to the Web on this day in history, up to seven years ago. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m loving it! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m such a sucker for nostalgia \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I think one of my favourite things about the blog is being reminded of the old stories, of how far we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve come and how much the boys have changed in such a short time.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, TimeHop kicked out this photo of Lucas in a Fisher-Price Rainforest swing that I took five years ago. Oh how I loved this swing! It was loaned to me from a friend, and I swear it saved my sanity. For Tristan we had an ancient battery-powered swing that moved too fast and made him sick each time he fell asleep in it. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think we had a swing for Simon, who wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let me put him down for three seconds in a row anyway. But if I could go back in time and recommend to a new parent ONE bit of baby gear that totally saved my sanity, it would be this swing. <\/p>\n

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(Two month old Lucas. Sigh. Where does the time go?)<\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think they make this model any more, but the My Little Snugabunny Cradle N Swing <\/a>looks like the 2013 update to this Fisher-Price Favourite. Remember I mentioned Fisher-Price Favourites last month? They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve identified a dozen products that have stood the test of time and countless families like ours. The trims and colours and patterns have changed slightly through the years, but Fisher-Price considers these the best of the best. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the full list of Fisher-Price Favourites<\/a>: <\/p>\n

1. Ocean Wonders Aquarium
\n2. My Little Snugabunny Cradle N Swing
\n3. Infant to Toddler Rocker
\n4. SpaceSaver High Chair
\n5. Discover\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n Grow Jumperoo
\n6. Brilliant Basics Rock a Stack
\n7. Laugh & Learn Love to Play Puppy
\n8. Laugh & Learn Say Please Tea Set
\n9. Laugh & Learn Click \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcn Learn Remote
\n10. Brilliant Basics Stroll-Along Walker
\n11. Little People Wheelies Stand \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc n Play Rampway
\n12. Little People Animal Sounds Farm<\/p>\n

I would put all five of those first five items in my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153must have for baby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d list. We had an Ocean Wonders Aquarium <\/a>in the boys\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 cribs and I wish we had had the remote control feature that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on the modern version. We also had a Fisher-Price bouncy chair that lasted through all three boys and a high chair that endured pretty close to six solid years of use. (I do like the space-saver version <\/a>of the high chair, though \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I stubbed a lot of toes on the legs of our old Fisher-Price Healthy Care high chair, but holy cow was it ever durable!) The only one we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have on this list was a Jumperoo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c did you ever use one of those? <\/p>\n

Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all three boys in the same Fisher-Price high chair:<\/p>\n

\"Tristan<\/a>\"Simon\"<\/a>\"Lucas<\/a><\/p>\n

Did you get my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153durability\u00e2\u20ac\u009d theme here? Each one of my own personal Fisher-Price favourites lasted multiple kids, lots of hard use and lots of love. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another reason why I have always loved the Fisher-Price brand and why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m happy to work with them. Good stuff made well. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how you become a family favourite!<\/p>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget, until the end of April you can save 20% online when you buy a Fisher-Price Favourite from ToysRUs.ca<\/a>: just use coupon code FISHERPRICE20<\/p>\n

If you were stocking up for a new arrival, which of these would be on your \u00e2\u20ac\u0153must have\u00e2\u20ac\u009d list?<\/p>\n

Disclosure: I am part of the Fisher-Price Play Ambassador program with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve downloaded a fun little app for my iPhone called TimeHop. It sends me a little ping each day showing me things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve posted to the Web on this day in history, up to seven years ago. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m loving it! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m such a sucker for nostalgia \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I think one of my favourite things about … Continue reading “Fisher-Price Favourites: Baby gear that endures the test of time and kids”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8159"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8170,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159\/revisions\/8170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}