With the birth of our little baby Monkey, we got way behind on some of the great products we received that needed to be reviewed – as I’ve mentioned a few times now to keep reminding myself. LOL! Now that things are calming down a little around here, Jane is back posting on our pregnancy and baby blog here, and will be getting back to Twittering.
There are several reviews we need to do – and some will include contests where you can win the item we’re reviewing or posting about!
The item that I wanted to tell you about today is the Snoogie Seat by Daddy’s Design. When the item arrived, I was excited to check this out since we decided to call our baby “Monkey” on our blog and thought this product was a prefect fit for our little guy.
When I opened up the package and took the Monkey out of the bag I noticed how soft is was – a big plus for a baby of course. I also noticed that there was a little handle on the monkey’s head to make carrying your stuffed monkey and your real-life monkey around easier.
And then the thought pooped – I mean popped into my head about Monkey peeing through his diaper, burping up, and wondered how in the heck you’d clean this Snoogie Seat by Daddy’s Design.
I flipped it over and noticed a zipper that made removing the monkey designed cover easy. I took it off, tossed it in the washing machine and then dried it. It held up well and will no doubt last many, many washes.
What’s cool about this Snoogie Seat is that the actual cushion design itself. In the image below, you can see how a baby fits right in the nicely designed cushion keeping him/her snug and safe. It’s also small enough to easily put somewhere in your baby boy or baby girl‘s nursery (which is were we’ll have Monkey in it most of the time – especially when have him watch Baby Einstein DVD’s).
After Jane was feeding Monkey this AM, I put him in the monkey and propped up the Cloud B Sleep Sheep on the top, connecting it to the carry strap on the top of the monkey Snoogie Seat.
Monkey loves it and was out like a light.
I’m looking forward to trying it out on my lap with Monkey in it when I feed him Jane’s breastmilk she pumped into a bottle. Looks like it should be easy to do and comfortable for the both of us based on the photo on their website. Anything that makes fatherhood duties easier is something I’m always game for!
Also, if you purchase the Snoogie Seat for yourself or someone you know, 10% of the net proceeds go to the Children’s National Medical Center – which of course is great to see the creators of the Snoogie Seat are doing their part – very cool.
For more information and to check out the Monkey Snoogie Seat yourself (which comes in pink or brown by the way), go to: http://www.daddysdesign.com
UPDATE! Michael just emailed me and is offering a special 20% discount for our readers. :) When you order, be sure to use coupon on code: clsnoogie
You might also want to read:
- Cloud B Sleep Sheep Review: The ultimate toy that puts Baby Monkey right to sleep every time!
- Our Baby Feeding Schedule: A day in the life of Tarzan, Jane, and Monkey. Welcome to no sleepville.
- Fatherhood Slaps Me Across The Face Like An Escaped Wild Monkey Searching For Bananas
- Baby Throwing Up: Monkey Throwing Up Formula Last Night. We Were Scared.
- Monkey’s first outing: A trip to his grandparent’s and a Mexican restaurant
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
@Alicia … Wow, thank you for that Time article – VERY, VERY interesting and I 100% agree with it instantly actually. I’m going to keep those DVD’s wrapped up and sitting in the closet where they are now for awhile. It makes total sense – a baby needs person-to-person interaction, and that cannot be duplicated.
Now I’m sure this will spark some debates out there, but I just told Jane that we should keep Monkey away from television for the first couple of years or more and just spend a lot of time with him, read to him, play with him, make faces with him, talk to him, hold him, etc.
Instead of TV, playing with your baby maybe with some Mozart in the background makes much more sense. I knew I was delaying getting the DVD player hooked up for some reason! Maybe it was my Daddy instinct kicking in.
Thanks again!
Wow, that looks really cool! My son is due in October, and after he is born I will have 4 kids under the age of 7! I will definitely have to pick one of those up, as it looks like it will be a very handy place to set him down safely when I need two hands to take care of one of the other kids.
I noticed that you mentioned the Baby Einstein videos and I thought that you might want to check out this article by Time magazine. It talks about the research that has been done that shows that those videos cause more harm than good. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of 2 don’t watch any television. These dvds are very aggressively marketed, and I just thought I’d let you know about another side to the story.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1650352,00.html
Thank you so much for sharing your lives with all of us! You guys are such great parents already! (And I’m sure that you will only continue to get even better at it.) It makes me very happy to know that Monkey is growing up in a home filled with so much love and care. Keep up the terrific work!