Today’s review is of a new wave baby product, that on paper, and on digital media seems pretty damn cool, but sometimes we over think things in this world.  At its most basic level the 4Moms Classic MamaRoo is a baby swing.  It’s smaller than your traditional swing, more like the size of a large bouncer.  It does have a built in generic lullaby and nature player, it instead has a little area to place your ipod and audio input, as well as fairly decent built in speakers.  It has a little display that allows you to pick between all the different speed and direction options.

The mamaRoo is attempting not to just rock your child, but mimic the motion of a mother (or a father in our case).  In theory it works great, the different options such as “Kangaroo” “Car Ride” are good and move in different motions.  But I can tell you first hand, my daughter had no interest what-so-ever in the thing.  I would mimic the motion of the mamaRoo…loved it.  Set her in it and turn on…scream!  The construction of the product is very well done and easily is not cheap.  The fabric is nice and machine washable, though I’ve never washed it because my daughter has no interest.  The mobile that is built in to the top falls down a little too easy, and the website makes a big deal about the fabric toy balls, they are really nothing special.  I bought the plush version for my wife – $239.99, yikes.  I thought it was going to be the best baby item by far, but instead it’s a major bust.  It has been so ineffective that I had to call up friends of ours and borrow their 3 yr old swing – we didn’t register for one since I had already purchased the mamaRoo.  So if you are looking for a slightly used mamaRoo, I have one available for you!

RD (ReviewDaddy!)

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Canon Selphy CP800 Personal Photo Printer

We all know that Mother’s Day can be a tough time of year, year after year. Coming up with something that she can use and enjoy is not the easiest thing on Earth.

This year I was wanting to do electronics, but she already had an IPhone and an Ipad, and that’s about the threshold of her electronic existence. One thing I had gotten her for Christmas was a gift certificate to a local photographer (thanks Living Social).

As I was browsing around Best Buy I stumbled upon the printer section, which I would normally gloss over, but my options were running thin and I was open to anything. I found the Canon Selphy CP800 Personal Photo Printer.

Its small, simple, and the perfect gift for any mom. I have zero ties to Canon, and frankly have always preferred HP printers traditionally. But this little nugget gives mom the ability to print 4×6 prints directly from the card to the glossy paper.

It has card input slots for CompactFlash, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, SD Card, and XD-Picture Card on the front of the unit. Stick the card in and the shots are automatically on the screen to choose from. It prints fast, clear gorgeous 4×6 pictures. Buying replacements is simple too, they sell combo packs that have the color ink and paper set together. Granted this could end up being a rather costly endeavor if you are going to solely print your pictures on this printer. I wouldn’t recommend that. But say for instance your son need a picture of him and his dad for a school project that he tells you about right before school (not that this happened to me) then you have a way to pull this off.

I will give you that it would be nice to do other sizes like 8×10 or 5×7, but frankly in the digital age we live in, it’s still nice to just have a quick print to hand out to someone. Grandparents clearly love this idea, my mom took an entire stack of pictures home the other day.

The printer also doesn’t print at lightning speed, but again you get what you pay for. I think you can find this online for $75-100, not a bad pick up for mom.

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