They say that the mind is like an umbrella – it only works when it’s open. I bared witness to that while writing this review of the Munchkin swing. As I was planning and gathering the data, my skepticism grew…and that’s putting it mildly. I … Read more
Comparing the Nuna Leaf and the Mamaroo should be easy. The two are different and suit a particular set of needs. Still, you can easily choose wrong if you don’t know what you’re looking at. Today, I’ll be your industry insider and make sure that … Read more
Choosing a good baby swing for colic and reflux is an unnecessarily complicated topic. I rarely say that. It’s usually the opposite – people tend to give advice on baby products willy-nilly. Everything I read in my research for this piece seems convoluted and messy. … Read more
Most advice you can get online on choosing the best baby swing for small spaces is incomplete at best and downright wrong at worst. In preparation for this piece, I read everything and anything on the topic. I left no stone unturned and looked at … Read more
Comparing Nuna Leaf Grow to Babybjorn bouncer shouldn’t be as enigmatic as people make it out to be. Any comparison I looked at while preparing to write this lacked one critical aspect – clarity. So if I had to define my mission for this piece, … Read more
Comparing the Mamaroo swing and the Babybjorn bouncer is a tall task…for more reasons than one: The two have a lot in common and yet are very different Most of the comparisons out there are superficial and don’t answer the big questions This much I … Read more
Most of the advice you can get on finding a good swing for big babies comes down to one thing – the weight capacity. I’ll be blunt – anyone can just give you a list of swings with a 30-pound weight capacity, instead of 20 … Read more
It’s not often that you stumble upon a product that makes you want to have another kid just so that you can use it. And the Bloom Coco bouncer does that for me. Solid birch paired with metal and organic cotton looks stunning. The stylish … Read more
There are three possible ways to answer the question – the short, the medium, and the long. The short answer is, “Yes, a baby can swing too fast.” It’s theoretically possible for a swing speed to cause a baby harm in combination with other factors. The ‘medium’ answer … Read more
This is not a simple question with a clear-cut answer. For three reasons: Because the effects of swings on the activation of spine muscles (Cervical paraspinal and erector spinae) are under-researched. Because a swing can affect the spinal development even if the baby doesn’t sleep in it. Because swing safety … Read more