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Real reviews by real moms. Product reviews and consumer reviews to help parents in Canada make the best shopping decisions for their family.

Is your baby teething? My daughter cut her first four teeth over the past few months and chomps on everything she can get her hands on, including any jewelry that I’m wearing. Teethease created the perfect solution: fashionable necklaces for mom, which are completely safe for baby to chew on. Teethease Teething Necklaces -Pros I [...]

REVIEW: Jake and the Neverland Pirates

May 8, 2012

Jake and the Neverland Pirates are a gang of adventurous little pirates.  Captain Hook and his crew are always taking things from them and tries to spoil their fun.  The pirates all have special gifts from Peter Pan that help them solve the problems in each episode: Jake – sword (leadership powers), Izzy – pixie [...]

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Anthropology of Mothering: What’s “Normal” Mothering?

May 8, 2012

Mother’s Day is just around the corner.  Our little ones are busy gluing and bedazzling construction paper.  Our medium ones are scraping together their allowances to buy us candles and bubble bath.  We’re thinking about our own mothers … because we finally get it … That’s what Mother’s Day in Canada is about, right?  Or [...]

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PURE Hotel Rooms: Making vacations more enjoyable for those with allergies!

May 4, 2012

My middle child has a dust allergy (we also suspect he’s allergic to dogs and cats). There have been a few times, when on vacation, he has reacted to the dust in the room and spent the night congested and coughing. If you can relate to this experience, you may want to consider paying a [...]

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Giovanni Skin Care Review

May 2, 2012

Recently, I had the pleasure of trying out a few of the Giovanni Skin Care products – I was sent 4 products in total: the Purifying Facial Cleanser and Replenishing Facial Moisturizer from the D:tox line of products and the Cleanse Body Wash and Hydrate Grapefruit Sky Body Lotion from the Eco Chic line of [...]

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