Category archive: gear not strollers

April 30, 2013

Cowacca, Small Strap For Kids

OK, this is flat out amazing. Cowacca is a small strap and ring for kids to hang onto. It just clips on your belt, or backpack, or stroller, or wherever you need it to not lose a kid. It...
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March 7, 2013

It Was An Ancient Randonneur

I've had a draft for a post about this 1940s randonneur in the style and meter of Coleridge's "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" half-written for so long, the unsold item listing has disappeared from French eBay. Which is...
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February 12, 2013

Here Is A Fine Rollup Canvas Pack From D'Emploi

Lest you think Brooklyn dadding is only about repurposing $750 leather duffles as diaper bags, just take a look at this: it's a very fine-looking waxed canvas roll-up pack that zips almost flat, and that's just the right size--14x11x5--to...
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February 11, 2013

Hipster Fathering Is Not A Crime!

I've been cheering on the inside for Kindling Quarterly for over a month now, because I know exactly how it feels to stand on the brink of fatherhood, survey the parenting magazinescape, and see a deep, daunting, me-shaped void....
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February 7, 2013

Chicfest

The best and chicest diaper bags for dad ow.ly/hu5s1— Dadding (@BabbleDads) February 7, 2013...
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January 31, 2013

Tweet Or Get Off The iPotty

"If only we had a place to put our tablet computers, all our potty training hassles would be solved," said absolutely no one ever in the history of pooping and peeing. Until this year at CES, when CTA Digital...
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December 14, 2012

Sounds Like These Nap Nanny Infant Recliners Are Killin' Babies

Even after one death that led to a 2010 recall and a redesign to strengthen the 3-point harness, the Nap Nanny and related Chill infant recliners are apparently killin' babies. Now the CPSC is suing Baby Matters, the manufacturer,...
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December 6, 2012

Worn Leather Clek, Or Six Months In A Black Leather Booster Seat

We have in our midst several Daddy Types readers who are also automotive journalists of the most discerning kind, folks whose job it is to test cars and car gear on a regular, even long-term basis, and to form highly...
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December 5, 2012

Parenting By Drone Meet Moore's Law

Oh, the sweet drone permasurveillance future cannot come soon enough. At least for Paul Wallich, who wrote in IEEE Spectrum about his first [!] attempt to build an Arduino-powered, video-chatcam and GPS-equipped, quadcopter drone to follow his son down...
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November 29, 2012

Daddy, What Did Babies Drink Before Brawndo?

Frankly, I'm less interested in the Crib Dribbler itself than in the "Kindex™ Infant Energy Drink" mentioned on the package. And both are quickly forgotten when confronted with the actual existence of Prank Packs, a social network-powered, digital retail...
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October 23, 2012

Before He Walked On Water: Baby Jesus Walker

I confess, when I saw the subject line of JJ Daddy-o's email, "The Infant Jesus In A Baby Walker," I assumed it was one of those "Virgin Mary in a piece of toast" kind of stories. So I was...
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October 4, 2012

The Coming Diapercalypse

image via brisbanetimes There's nothing like an explosion in a Japanese superabsorbent polymer factory to throw the disposable diaper industry analysts into a frenzy. Literally, before the smoke had cleared, and the injured firefighters had been accounted for, headlines...
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October 1, 2012

The Pre-School Entered Apprentice

The "blankie" Henry takes w/ him to preschool is a prop towel from Cremaster 3. Fun time explaining the iconography at dropoff this morning.— Brandon Stosuy (@brandonstosuy) October 1, 2012 Yes, I would imagine that depending on what that blankie...
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September 17, 2012

Mitt Romney & The Onesies Percent

So there's the WTF secret video of the private, $50,000/plate fundraiser where Mitt Romney explains how 47% of Americans are income tax-shirking, government-dependent moochers who, well, there's nothing to be done about them, so "my job is is not to...
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September 12, 2012

Silver Cross Surf's Up! Unidentified Local Mum Wipes Out On Sidewalk

My favorite part of this paparazzi photo of Astala Dylan Willow Geldof-Cohen's Silver Cross Surf pram and car seat getting stuck in a gap on the sidewalk and pitching him to the ground is his little feet. So cute....
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September 7, 2012

Baby Hjölster Aims To Redefine Your Sense Of Personal Space

Andy posted the Baby Hjolster to HowToBeADad almost six months ago. I assume the Kickstarter campaign will be announced as soon as they resolve the prototype's door jamb and urinal glitches. BULLSHIT KNOCKOFF UPDATE: Wow, so NBC stripped the...
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August 8, 2012

Tenshi No Tchotchke: 3-D Printed Resin Fetus Desk Ornaments Now Available In Tokyo

The Japanese medical imaging and modeling company Fasotec, based in Chiba, has partnered with a women's health clinic in Ebisu called Hiro-o Ladies, which, honestly, sounds like the Japanese version of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but let's come...
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July 31, 2012

DON'T LEAVE YOUR KID IN THE BACK SEAT [WITH ONE OF THOSE KID-IN-THE-BACK-SEAT DETECTORS]

What with global warming and drought and derechos and whatnot, we're all pretty much doomed anyway, but SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER, PLEASE GET IN THE HABIT OF CHECKING THE BACK SEAT EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GET OUT OF THE...
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July 10, 2012

Bjorn Jakobson Made The Baby Bjorn, But Bengt Lager Made It Famous.

No idea who came up with this stomach burkkka sun cover, though. Holy smokes, people, whatever happened to hats? Way to represent for the dadgearbloggers, though, Jamie of BabyGuyGearGuide.com, nice hustle. Who Made That? Baby Bjorn [nytimes] Shop around...
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July 9, 2012

Hola, Muchacho Blanket! Pendleton For Kids

While poking around that Australian museum shop tchotchke maker's site a few weeks ago, I came across an interesting-looking "crib blanket" from Pendleton. It's called Daughters of the Earth, and, like its companion Sons of the Sky blanket, it's...
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July 2, 2012

Here Is A Philippe Starck X Target Baby Carrier.

I have no idea if the baby carrier Philippe Starck designed for Target like ten years ago is any good. I mean, if it were really nice, wouldn't they keep on making it? Was all that Starck X Target...
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June 21, 2012

The First Step In Solving A Philippe Starck + Target Diaper Bag Problem

Looks like someone's finally facing up to their Philippe Starck for Target diaper bag hoarding problem. An eBay seller has five of the graphite-and-highlighter bags, which Starck made in 2000, in both backpack and shoulder styles, all apparently new-with-tags....
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June 14, 2012

Close Shave

Nobody knows the #newfaceofdad better than @LOD @jimhigley @blurb @whithonea @daddyclay & @didacticpirate Check their blogs for more info!— Philips Norelco (@shaveexperts) June 12, 2012 It's a Twitter dadblogger grouphug tonight, fellas! Give it up for Phillips Norelco and The...
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June 12, 2012

You're With Me, Leather: The Ferrari FF & Car Seat

Speaking of Family Ferraris, it's looking like the new Ferrari FF 2+2 does not actually totally suck, which is...good? Ezra Dyer's review for the NY Times is so ridiculously faux-litest, I half expect that when the revolution comes, he'll...
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June 8, 2012

OG Baby Carrier + Pipe

DT reader and flickr user knitting iris just posted this awesome photo of her dad from before she was born, hitting Lake Louise with a kid in a tiny aluminum lawn chair strapped to his back. And a pipe....
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April 16, 2012

J-Diapers WTF?

Glad to know the Japanese tradition of putting inexplicably awkward baby photos on their diaper packaging continues. [And yes, I too wish I hadn't seen the overlap with the characters in the lower corner, so I could continue to...
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April 6, 2012

'An Emotion Stroller.'

How do you top sponsoring a Gender Reveal Twitter Party? With the world's most oddly affecting PR contest giveaway email blast subject line! And so Boston area baby store Magic Beans invites us to: "Meet Babyhome & win an Emotion...
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April 5, 2012

Baby Helmets And The Slippery Slope

I used to roll my eyes at the Baby Helmet but now I think _it depends on the baby_.— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) April 5, 2012 Previously: Thudguard makes me more worried about the kid's inherited brainpower...
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March 5, 2012

DT Mommy Mailbag: Poo-Pourri Edition

Of all the things in the kid-related world to gender color-code:Hi- Potty training can be tough on kids, parents, and noses. Add some fun to the bathroom experience with the latest stink-eliminating products from Poo-Pourri, the company behind the spray-before-you-go...
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February 22, 2012

What Do You Make Of This?

David John just tweeted it in passing, but suddenly, I look at Alvar Aalto's classic 1937 Tea Trolley, and I want to see it in kid gear. What could you make of this molded birch strip, tray, solid wheel,...
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February 15, 2012

'Breast Like In Appearance'

This just in: entertainment industry promotes fake breasts for babies.Move over boring baby bottles, mimijumi has hit Hollywood! On this week's episode of Celebrity Wife Swap, soap opera star and model, Anthony Sabato Junior fed his youngest son, Antonio III,...
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February 14, 2012

DTQ: What's Your Car Seat, And How Is It?

You might not know it from around here, but being a dad's not all strung out Muppets, molded plywood and vintage station wagons. Sometimes a guy just wants to know which infant car seat to get. Actually, two guys want...
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February 7, 2012

Huh, The Disney Baby-Free World DOES End In 2012.

We interrupt this completely esoteric posting stream to bring you this important announcement: HOLY CRAP, THE DISNEY BABY JUGGERNAUT! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE:I wanted to share some exciting news from Disney Baby as the brand announced its expansion into Mealtime, Bathtime,...
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January 31, 2012

Heath Ceramics For Kids

Oh man, not only are these kid dishes from the pioneering crafty hipsters at Heath Ceramics gorgeous, they are also gorgeous. Let's just savor the gorgeousness for a second. They're available in fruit [top] and veggie [above] colors, and...
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January 16, 2012

Starck For Target Diaper Backpack

The color is basically like shooting pure, undiluted 2002 right into your veins, but unless the finish and quality are an problem, this new-condition, vintage Philippe Starck diaper backpack actually looks kind of nice. Diaper Back Pack - PHILIPPE...
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January 12, 2012

Nanna Bespoke Kid Management App By Jackie Ki

This is like seven kinds of awesome. Designer Jackie Ki created this custom kid management app for an extended family in Los Angeles, so that five parents could keep track of seven kids and four nannies. It syncs and reports...
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January 11, 2012

Cuppow: Mason Jar Sippy Cup

Bwahaha, a simple, BPA-free way to turn a canning jar into a sippy cup! I can't tell if this is real, or the flatout-awesomest Portlandia parody product campaign ever. Someone please spend the $7.99+shipping to find out, then let...
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January 10, 2012

How Awesome Is This Kid/Photo/Natural Rubber Pacifier?

OMG, so cute! Buy a natural rubber pacifier just like Andy from Reference Library and Stork Bite Man's peace sign-throwing kid! It's like the blogger version of People Magazine all up in here. Next up: Little Sartorialist's exclusive street...
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December 19, 2011

It's My Isamu Noguchi Zenith Radio Nurse In A Box!

Congratulations to Mondo Blogo, scored this fine example of the first electronic baby monitor, the Radio Nurse, designed for Zenith by Isamu Noguchi. I've seen several with the boring-looking transmitter end, but never one with the original box. I...
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December 7, 2011

Philippe Starck For Target Items Nobody Won On eBay

Speaking of vintage Philippe Starck-designed baby gear, I guess the only way I missed this was by never searching for it on eBay. An auction ended just last night for a nearly complete set of Starck For Target, a...
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December 5, 2011

40 Million Reasons To Get Your Kid An iPhone For Christmas

In reporting on a report that reveals only 3 million of the 43 million of kids aged 10-19 have actually sexted after all, Choire Sicha shows why he is. America's Greatest Kid-Free Parenting Expert:This is why you're supposed to have...
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November 7, 2011

Does The Bubble Bum Solve The Third Car Seat Dilemma?

The Bubble Bum is the third inflatable European booster seat solution to surface here on Daddy Types. Is it finally the one that actually works well enough to use? Frankly, I find it a bit extraordinary that the Bubble...
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October 14, 2011

I Am Unsettled By The Idea Of A Smartphone Ultrasound

Ultrasound should stay in the mall where it belongs. Ultrasound on the go? Smartphone-based imaging system released by Mobisante [geekwire via someone, thanks]...
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October 6, 2011

Im Memoriam: The Kid's First iPhone

I really wasn't going to post anything about Steve Jobs here, but then I started watching his 2007 unveiling of the iPhone [via kottke], and I kind of inexplicably found myself choking up over the scrolling demo, and the...
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September 13, 2011

Hey, Hippies! Dads Can Hate Fluoride Too, You Know!

Spotted by DT reader Katy on the back of a tube of Tom's of Maine kids toothpaste, which apparently also doubles as a non-fluoridated feminine hygiene product? Otherwise I cannot account for this....
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August 31, 2011

Kid Fills It, ABC News Shills It

How does this even become a news story? How does this exist? It is a giant landfill's worth of PR nonsense. According to ABC News--NEWS, PEOPLE!--"Designer Diapers Big Hit With Moms". What's the hook? What's the story? Patterned diapers exist?...
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Amsterdam On The Potomac: Bakfiets Spotted In The Wild

So I saw a dad with a bakfiets with in infant carrier in the box driving down the street in Washington DC today. He was too quick, and I was too slow to get a picture. But it looked...
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August 27, 2011

The Surf Guide Baby And Her Velzy Stick

This perfect image has just made land via my friend Christine's awesome tumblr of zen. The October 1964 cover of Surf Guide magazine featured a photo of Karen Gallagher taken at San Onofre. According to big sister Karolyn Gallagher's...
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August 22, 2011

Why Not... Wrap Your Old Digital Camera With Silicon Putty!

If there were a contest for a cute way to burn through a little $20 pack of Sugru moldabe, air-curing silicon putty, the bounce-proofed digital camera Stefan Stocker made for his 3-yo would surely have won it. And if...
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August 8, 2011

Gucci Diaper Bag Check

I'm not really a doubles guy, so I don't follow Daniel Nestor's long tennis career all that closely. But I am a fan of the Bag Check. And the rain delays last week at Legg Mason gave me a...
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