Epinions Recent Reviews for brooklynsmum

The only baby product we're still using six years later

Thu, 31 May 2007 13:13:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - I’m not sure when we first discovered Aveeno Baby Daily Lotion, but it quickly became a staple in our house. Shortly after our first baby was born six and a half years ago, my husband pointed out how well it worked – on his skin...

Skip the Chocolate Maker and buy a Chocolate bar instead

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:29:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - It really seemed like a good idea at the time. It was only $6.99. It was something we could do together. We had a huge success with the S
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Master Slushie Maker. What could possibly go wrong? What’s in the...

Getting Better has Never Been so Much Fun!

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:59:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - My oldest daughter recently turned six and this play set was the highlight of her day. Surprisingly enough for such an animal lover, it was the first Littlest Pet Shop set to enter our house. It was also the first time that a gift from Mom and Dad...

The Little Tikes Glowin' Lion ~ Tackling the Dark with a Roar!

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:15:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - My daughter has always loved playing with flashlights. Perhaps it’s the outdoorsy camper coming out in her or perhaps it’s her fear of the dark, but either way my oldest daughter has had her fair share of them in the past six years. Two years ago she...

Not Worth the Time it Takes to Get it Out of the Bottle

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:23:59 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - I wanted to love this shampoo, really I did. As I have confessed before, I buy most of my kids’ bath products based solely on scent. This worked well for me when they were babies, but it seems that the days of getting away with this kind of shopping...

Beating the Heat with our very own Icees!

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:10:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - About three weeks ago we hit that dreaded part of summer – the part where it's too hot to do anything and the kids are tired of not doing anything. Luckily I remembered the Icee Maker that had been sitting at the back of my closet for almost...

Rock-a-bye Teddy ~ Little Tikes Teddy Bear Nursery

Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:23:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - To my husband’s dismay, our youngest is a very girly girl – tough as nails, but still girly through and through. This is the reason I got all excited and he rolled his eyes when I stumbled across the perfect birthday gift for her second birthday...

The Little People Palace - A Girl's Fairytale Come True

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:49:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - Once upon a time Fisher Price designed an enchanted Little People castle to be enjoyed by generations of children. Years passed and many children played with these castles until someone decided that the people inside were a choking hazard and should be...

Every Magical Kingdom needs a Unicorn or Two

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:35:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - Once upon a time there was a fair maiden who had a second birthday. One of her gifts was a Maiden Mary Little People set complete with two unicorns. The fair maiden’s four and a half year old horse loving sister quickly threw a fit and claimed...

The Easy Rinse Factor Makes this a New Best Buddy

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:00:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - Several months ago my two year old daughter decided that bath time was no longer fun and that she was going to throw a fit every time it came time to wash her hair. Tired of the screams, I started looking for something to make the process at least a...

Grab Your Backpack. Let's Go Explore a Castle!

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:04:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - My daughter spied the Dora Adventure Castle months before her birthday and literally started jumping up and down and begging for it on the spot. I was taken completely off guard since this is a child who rarely begs for toys (lucky me) and...

Let's Go Party at the Treehouse!

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:01:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - I cannot say I fully understand my daughter’s fascination with Dora. We live in the middle of the Canadian prairies and rarely hear anyone speak French, which is at least an official language, let alone Spanish. She rarely sees the show and yet the...

Pretty Princess Fashions Scattered All Over the House!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:51:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - Once again birthday time has come around to our house and our living room is littered with pink packages and tiny pieces of plastic. About a week before my daughter’s fifth birthday, her dad took her out to a local fun centre where she cashed in her...

Fly over for Some Jay Jay Fun

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:41:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - My children are spoiled. This is the reason I was not surprised when their grandparents arrived home from a two week vacation, arms laden with bags of gifts for them. Included in the loot was the Jay Jay The Jet Plane Fly on Over Game. My kids...

Leaping for Joy over our Leapster!

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:24:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - I had no intention of ever buying a LeapFrog Leapster. In fact, I went into the store to buy another book for my daughter’s L
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A Simple Booster with a Great Price Tag

Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:15:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - When I took my first child home from the hospital in her cute little infant carrier almost five years ago, I had no idea just how many car seats one child would need during her lifetime. In the days before we knew to search reviews of baby gear, we...

I could smell this for hours!

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:28:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - As many people already know, I’m a sucker for scented baby products. Not your typical baby scents, mind you, but anything that doesn’t smell like baby powder. Once upon a time I contentedly walked the baby isle sniffing the bottles that...

A Pooh Twist on a Classic Wooden Puzzle

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:14:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - There’s something about a peg style puzzle that seems to draw my kids like a magnet. At first I thought it was just because they represented “new toys” – usually found in the Sunday School classroom or at the Library. Now I’m thinking that these...

The Spout Guard that's Probably More Dangerous than the Spout

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:44:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - There’s nothing like a hot bath to help one unwind at the end of the day. For about three years now I have had to share my hard earned bubble baths with a bear wearing a red shirt. You see, Winnie the Pooh has been perched on the spout of the tub for...

Mom's New Best Buddy!

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:21:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - Bath time in our house was becoming a nightmare. In truth, it wasn’t so much bath time, as it was the combing of the hair time that followed. The mere sight of the comb causes my youngest daughter to break out in ear piercing shrieks. In my quest for...

Room for Only One Little Lady in this Ladybug Sandbox

Fri, 27 May 2005 14:53:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - Back in the days when we had only one child and were so focused on her that we couldn’t see far enough down the road to the day when we would have more than one child, we bought a sandbox. We were first time parents and our daughter was 18 months...

Room for Everyone on Fisher Price's Sweet Street

Tue, 24 May 2005 13:16:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - When my oldest daughter turned four she was introduced to the Fisher Price Sweet Streets Collection thanks to several well meaning party guests. Since that day it seems that the little girl whose father tried so hard to keep from turning into a...

Cruisin' With Elmo

Thu, 12 May 2005 13:21:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - I always swore that buying premium diapers was a scam – one that I would never get sucked into. Of course, my first experience with generic diapers was a disaster and back when my oldest daughter was born Pampers and Huggies were fighting for the...

Sigh - You Get What You Pay For

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:39:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - We spotted the Little Chefs cash register at Toys R Us just before Christmas on sale for $9.99 CAD. What instantly attracted us to it (besides the price) was the fact that it came with a little shopping basket and several pieces of play food...

The Ship that Doesn't Do Anything

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:24:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brooklynsmum - As some of you who have read my other Veggie Tales reviews already know, I have a daughter who was once obsessed with all things Veggie Tales. One of her first words was Bob and her first imaginary friend was Laura the carrot of Veggie Tales fame. Her...