Picking the right feeding essentials to help nourish your hungry baby is at the forefront of every parent’s mind. And, the time between infancy and the toddler years means transitioning from bottles to baby foods to solids at the speed of light. But don’t stress, TTPM has got you covered. We’ve picked a few of our […]
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TTPM is in Vegas, baby, for the big baby product show ABC Kids Expo. The annual showcase houses every possible baby product on the market from pregnancy through the toddler years, and allows companies to showcase small updates to already existing items as well as new goods coming out later this year and into 2016.
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Most parents experience nights when a baby can’t sleep. It’s upsetting, and can leave everyone in the family feeling frustrated and powerless. To solve this problem, many contemporary parents are turning to an age-old technique—swaddling. To the uninitiated, a swaddle might look like just a simply a piece of fabric, but for baby it recreates
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Getting little ones to bed often proves very challenging, particularly for new parents. But lack of sleep isn’t good for babies—or parents. Setting up a proper bedtime routine is essential for setting the stage for regular sleep for a child—and preserving the health and sanity of parents. Whether you are sleep training an infant or
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TTPM received a sneak peek at the new Disney/Pixar movie Inside Out last week. We laughed. We cried. We wanted to come back to the office and play with our top five Inside Out movie toys! We sometimes agree with Sadness that Joy’s super-happy vibe is a little exhausting. (Inside Out Joy Talking Stuffed Doll
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Peter Cotton Tail is hopping ’round the bunny trail. So, to get in the Easter spirit, TTPM has put together a guide of our top five Easter-related activities and crafts to do with your family. 1. Egg dyeing is a classic Easter pastime, but the Tie Dye Egg Decorating Kit from PAAS puts a groovy,
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With the weather warming up, kids are eager to get outside and play. These outdoor toys, which you might have seen Laurie show on PIX 11, will keep kids active and creative all spring and summer. Click on any picture for our review and info on how much it costs & where to buy!
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TTPM has gone to the dogs! We are the No. 1 source for all things play and that playtime now includes your pets. TTPM just launched reviews of dog toys and in the coming weeks we will add cat toys. Stay tuned as we develop this new section for the furry members of your family.
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LEGO has unveiled its Simpsons LEGO sets. The sets will be available in LEGO stores and via the LEGO Shop at Home catalog and website on February 1. The Simpsons family home in LEGO form will have an MSRP of $199.99. Also included in this construction set is the entire Simpsons family: Homer, Marge, Bart,
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Are your kids begging you for a smartphone but you want to hold off until they are a bit older? Techno Source may have the perfect phone for your family. It is introducing The Kurio Phone, which is packed with safety features. The MSRP has not yet been announced but the phone should be in
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By Chase Kassel I have been collecting Nerf Blasters since I was 8 years old. At the time, I couldn’t imagine the N-Strike line getting larger or better. By the time I was twelve, however, I had built a four-foot by eight-foot wooden board to put half of my collection on. The whole collection consisted
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As the world waits for the first glimpse of William & Kate’s Royal Baby, at TimeToPlayMag.com we’d like to remind to Uncle Harry, Grandpa Charles, and, of course, Great Grandma Queen Elizabeth, that we have the all the latest reviews of top baby products in case they are interested in buying a gift for the
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Are you ready for summer? At Time to Play we can’t wait for the warm weather to arrive. And, when it does we’ll be ready with the hottest new toys for this summer season. During a press conference in New York City this morning, we announced the Time to Play 2013 Summer Playlist. The products
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Get ready as Time to Play reveals the hottest movies and coolest summer toys as we host our annual Media Spring Showcase in New York City. This Tuesday, April 30, in The Altman Building, Time to Play will feature the latest and greatest new toys from all the top companies such as Mattel, Hasbro, LeapFrog,
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Even though it’s mid-April there are still parts of the country that are buried in snow. Have faith because summer will actually arrive and families everywhere will be enjoying their backyards. As it turns out, whether your yard is a small patch of grass or acres of rolling hills, we all seem to enjoy it
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Here in New York, we’re into our fourth heat wave of the summer, and nothing could seem more distant than going back to school. Not so for retailers and shoppers, however. The back-to-school sales period is getting earlier every year, but that’s because schools are opening earlier than previously. Some states begin the school year
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My good friend Lenore Skenazy over at Free Range Kids tipped me off to a story in the New York Times about an alarming new product—food pouches for kids. The basic idea seems to be that when the young ‘uns are hungry, you just strap on the feedbag. Or in this case, hand them an expensive pouch with some processed foodstuff that lets the little tikes suck out a meal, rather than eating. The inventor says this helps busy parents keep their kids fed without the fuss of having to prepare a meal. He also confuses Lenore’s concept of being “free range”—learning to be responsible for one’s life without a parent hovering over every second—with being so over-schedued that there’s never time to eat.
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of talking to a lot of moms about a wide variety of products from child development to education to politics. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to have this level of face-to-face dialogue in an often exclusively virtual world.
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My son is non-verbal autistic, so we are working on letters and words many times a day in the hopes that one day it will just “click.” He’s made great strides, and we have a few toys to thank for that. Here are some favorites that have been useful in Brady’s various therapies as we
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So much is written about how kids are consuming electronic media, lulled into a stupor by electronic games and generally disengaged. That may play well in the media, but is it reality? I’m starting to think not so much. I’ve been talking to a ton of parents lately about their plans for the summer and
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They’re gorgeous; they’re funny and just a bit gruesome. They’ve developed a fan base that would impress any star—and they’re dolls. Mattel’s Monster High dolls to be exact. They’re the teenage children of the classic monsters of literature and movies, and they are going to high school. Moreover, since they’re from the House of Barbie,
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For years, girls have projected their fantasies on that beautifully designed lump of plastic called Barbie—just as neurotic adults have projected their unresolved issues and fears on her. Barbie is a cultural icon, and it’s easy to attack her, and media eats that up. But in the latest attack on the 51-year-old star, clarity of thought has been chucked, insanity rules, and the only response is a wide-eyed OMFG, as they say in text-speak.
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Toy Fair is over. I saw over 1000 companies, and 10,000 new toys and my head is spinning! What were my favorites? Too many to mention in one short article. However, Kung Zhu looks awesome. Never heard of Kung Zhu? It’s the boys version of Zhu Zhu Pets.
Adidas has teamed up with Star Wars on a line of shoes and clothing inspired by iconic Star Wars characters and vehicles. Recently Snoop Dogg dropped by the Adidas shop in NYC to help launch the new line. Adidas Star Wars apparel, such as the Death Star sneakers below, should be in stores now.
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