Piper Computer Kit
An educational microcomputer that a kid can assemble, which then teaches them STEM and coding concepts via a custom Minecraft adventure.
Parenting Gear
Essential Gear for New or Expecting Parents
Don't waste your money on baby stuff you don't need.
‘Parent Hacks: 134 Genius Shortcuts for Life with Kids’ by Asha Dornfest
A collection of great advice, tips, and hacks for both new parents and parents-to-be.
Burley Bee Child Bike Trailer
An excellent bike trailer with the kinds of safety/comfort features and attention to detail parents will appreciate.
Diaper Bag Review
The Tom Bihn Parental Unit
By the end of our trial weekend with the Parental Unit, we simply couldn’t live without it. Our poor Stevie bag has sat untouched ever since.
Tom Bihn Parental Unit Diaper Bag
Tom Bihn's new Parental Unit diaper bag is perfect for parents who are also organization nerds.
Baby Jogger 2014 City Select Double Stroller
The Baby Jogger City Select double stroller is one of the best options on the market, with its overall comfort and wide variety of configuration options.
‘Maker Dad’ by Mark Frauenfelder
Mark Frauenfelder—editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools—recently published an awesome book for geeky dads called Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects. As the name suggests, the book contains a bunch of projects intended for fathers and their daughters to have fun building together. These projects teach your kid some important skills (like programming…
Whaleywasher
This one is for those of us with little kids running around the house. Watching them learn how to wash their own hands is fun in a way, but cleaning up the mess sure isn't. They have a hard time reaching anything, they're putting their hands all over faucet handles and knocking over soap dispensers and getting water everywhere, and you're standing…
Safety 1st Finger Pinch Preventer
This is one of those things I wish I'd known about sooner. My 2yo son has a habit of closing house doors a little too roughly, and this whole time we could've been using the Safety 1st Finger Pinch Preventer as a precautionary measure. It can be fitted on the hinge or knob side of a door, preventing those horrible finger pinches…
OXO Tot Perfect-Pull Wipes Dispenser
After Shawn's big announcement yesterday, I thought it'd be fitting to post about this wipe dispenser. With two kids doing diaper damage around the house, he's going to need it. There are three factors that set the Perfect-Pull apart from those cheaply-made dispensers at the grocery store: It's weighted. It has non-slip feet. It somehow (i.e. magically) keeps wipes from getting stuck.…