A Bigger Canvas For Colorforms- and It Cools Milk

A few weeks ago we mentioned buying some great Colorforms sets through Amazon. These are the iconic Colorforms shapes (circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles) that had been totally usurped by Snoopy and the Muppets by my '70s childhood.

Jeremiah at Zrecs was kind enough to call manufacturer University Games and ask about phthalates (modern Colorforms are phthalate-free!).

Ranger (at 2.5 years) loves playing with the Colorforms and talking about their shapes and colors. The set comes with loads of pieces and two boards (one white and one black), but Ranger didn't like overlapping the pieces and quickly ran out of room.

This weekend we leaned the Colorforms book against the fridge and gave Ranger free reign. In a few minutes we were all sitting by the fridge having a great time.







***Baby Toolkit is the independent opinion of the geek parents at Baby Toolkit, (c) 2006-2008. We have no financial relationship with University Games, Colorforms, or fridge manufacturers.

Winners Abound: Walking On Eggshells, Toddler Cookbook, and HABA dice dome Winners

What an exciting weekend! Random numbers were generated and winners were selected and notified for our recent contests.

Walking on Eggshells Winners
Katey in Mississippi
Jennifer in Arkansas
fellow Hoosier Amanda
Tracy in Michigan
Elizabeth in Michigan


Toddler Cookbook Winners
Carissa in Colorado
Allison in Wisconsin
Hannah in Massachusetts
Sarah in Massachusetts
Ellen in Virginia





HABA Dice Dome Winner
Carmen in British Columbia

Thank you to everyone who entered!

If you didn't win a copy of either book, I strongly recommend checking them out at your local library, bookshop, or Amazon.

Reminder: Contests ending tomorrow

For everyone on Daylight Savings don't forget to set your clock forward tomorrow.

Tomorrow also marks the end of our book contests, so register now if you haven't already entered:

• Walking on Eggshells by Jane Isay- a great book on navigating relationships with parents once you're an adult
• The Toddler Cookbook by Annabel Karmel- putting your young assistants to work in the kitchen.

Good luck!

Cure for the BPA Blues: Zrecs produces great new tools

Anyone worrying about bisphenol A in baby bottles and toddler sippys can get great guidance from the McNichols' family at Zrecs.com.

Not only did these great blogger parents put together a remarkable list of BPA use in bottles, sippy cups, and kids tableware, they've now blasted through some crazy fourth wall of the Internet and are willing to go shopping with you:

• You can text them AT THEIR EXPENSE for BPA information while shopping-
• or you can print off their wallet-sized BPA cheat sheet if you're feeling a little more low tech.
  

***This is the independent opinion of the geek parents at Baby Toolkit. We're friends with the McNichols and periodically help out at their contest site Prizey.net though not for profit. They did send a totally awesome "I outsmarted Bugs Meany" t-shirt last week, but that has nothing to do with our admiration for their great research into BPA.