Toddler Product Review - Nourish

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by the friendly folks representing the Nourish company about doing a product review here on Three Times the Giggles. When I heard one of their products was a BPA free, disposable, fun sippy cup/bottle for toddlers I said "send 'em my way!"

 

If you squint really hard you can read that last line on the green card... cracks me up! "No more floating surprises for Mom when sharing drinks with your toddler" Mmmm.... floaties.

Sunday evening I decided it was time to hand these out. The boys were restless and we were getting ready to head out anyway. They were pretty excited about their new "cups"!

 

Seeing as I knew the boys wouldn't give me an accurate review of these, I decided I should probably try to drink from one. I have to say, it was hard getting anything out! The boys were struggling early on too, but within a few minutes the water must have been flowing faster because it was disappearing from the bottles pretty quickly.

Speaking of water disappearing... while Chase was chewing on the top of his (because they chew on everything right now thanks to those darn molars), he somehow squeezed the very top of the spout enough to cause a gap in the ring and the spout and water was pouring out (see his wet shirt?). I fixed it and that was the only time we had an issue, so I think it was a fluke.

We headed off to the church for Family Advent Night (hooray for pancakes!) and I took the Nourish bottles with us. I figured that was safer than orange drink (which made a lovely mess last year).

While there we heard several "what cool bottles" as well as several "I thought they were sucking on a hand sanitizer bottle!". That last one cracked us up quite a bit.

So here's the deal with these Nourish bottles.

• They're BPA free
• Made in the USA
• Bottled with spring water
• Come in this sippy cup style as well as a bottle style (perfect for adding formula to)
• The bottles and tops are completely recyclable
• We've been washing ours out by hand and reusing them all week and they still look great.
• These bottles are popping up in airports across the country, which I think is incredibly smart! If I was traveling with the boys I would seriously consider snagging these.

Bottom line? Even though my boys drink primarily from "big boy cups" and occassionally a straw cup, these sippy bottles of water are fantastic for traveling in the car (or plane!). There are zero spills, the kids are happy and therefore this mom is happy. For more about Nourish, go HERE!

The Music We Love

I've fielded lots of questions lately about what music the boys like listening to and doesn't make Nick or me want to pull our hair out. The boys' musical journey has not always been an enjoyable one for me. Early on they loved a Baby Einstein Sing and Play CD. While a decent CD over all, it drove me nuts hearing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" 15 times in a row (no joke).

The boys' current favorite music is much more enjoyable for adults to listen to! One of the boys' very favorite CDs even touts itself as "Great Music For Kids That Won't Drive Parents Bonkers" and I totally agree! I have no problem listening to most of these songs over and over again. So here are the boys' favorites.... run right out and pick these CDs up or head to I-Tunes and load a couple onto your i-pod!

Go Fish - Fun musical group that has a nice mix of original music and remakes of "classics". The boys' favorite CD of theirs is "Superstar" and when the boys were younger they used to fall asleep to the "Snooze" CD. I suspect they'll thoroughly enjoy the new "Party Like a Pre-Schooler" CD when we finally get around to picking that one up. Go Fish is the band most often heard in the back ground of all the dancing videos we've put up here. On their website you can listen to samples of their songs and they have music videos on their You Tube Channel too! If you're ready to buy, head to their site and when you buy one CD for $15 you can buy as many as you want for only $5 more each! Go Fish also travels around the country doing concerts and if they're in your area go see them. They were at our church last August for our fall kick off, but the boys were a little on the young side for it so I missed it. Nick says it was a great show and tons of fun watching hundreds of kids "rush the stage" when Go Fish came out.

Phil Joel - Phil Joel (formerly of the Christian band The Newsboys) offers music that's fun for the boys to listen to but at the same time is fun for older kids to listen to! Phil Joel's music was actually the music used during our church's VBC this summer and the kids all loved it. The music is all original and has fun, yet meaningful lyrics. You can check out song samples on Phil Joel's Deliberate Kids website and order the CD there.







Rob Biagi - Rob Biagi also writes original kids music and depending on the CD you buy you may find your younger kids like it more than your older kids or vice versa. I had the privilege of seeing Rob live several years ago when he was booked for the fall kick off at our church. The kids loved him and his music is catchy yet not annoying. You can listen to his music clips on his site and buy CDs there as well. Also while you're there you can see how he and his 4 year old daughter are doing with their Leukemia battles. Yep, both of them have been diagnosed with it. Talk about a family being hit hard...