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Review: Panasonic DMC-LX3 Digital Camera

Panasonic DMC-LX3 compact digital camera.
f/2.0 lens, tiny size, great low light capability.
Nice.

Review: Fun Pod Kitchen Helper

If you’re lazy like me and couldn’t be bothered slapping a few sheets of MDF together, or just using a stool, the Fun Pod is a great way of getting the kids involved in the kitchen. It is basically a little enclosed stand for your kids with an adjustable height platform to help them make [...]

February 3, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Dad Stuff • No Comments

Review: Ikea High Chair (‘Antilop’)

We’ve had a few high chairs, mainly rather fancy ones with all sorts of cushioning, padding, adjustable bits and the like. I’m a bit a a sucker for adjustable bits, so you’d think that I’d be all for ‘em in a kids high chair.
Nope.
It may have been mentioned before that our kids are ‘enthusiastic’ eaters; the [...]

Review: Ikea Stove / Cooktop Guard

This?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Excellent. Highly recommended.
It’s the Ikea “Patrull” Stove / Cooktop Guard, and it’s quite useful in stopping little hands from grabbing for saucepan handles and the like.
Stainless steel, adjustable width, two small screws into benchtop (one each at the extreme rear of each of the side wings).
~AU$30 a couple of years ago, quoted in 2009 USA Ikea [...]

Review: Tommee Tippee Silicone Bib

This is a Tommee Tippee silicone bib:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It has a pocket at the bottom. It is adjustable for different sized necks (although your kid would have to be built like a tighthead prop to use the largest setting) It’s made of silicone. It wipes down easily, and can be washed in a dishwasher if you so desire.
I [...]