BABY STUFF
Mod play gym
Sick of garish baby toys? This cute little wooden archway — made of 100 percent birch and available in a variety of styles and finishes — is pretty enough to leave out all day long. It adjusts to two different heights and is finished with non-toxic stains. During Minnesota Parent's annual toy test, babies were drawn to the organic-cotton, wool-stuffed toys as well as the intricately carved, keepsake-worthy wooden teethers, made of Indian hardwood and finished with vegetable seed wax. $135 • finnandemma.com
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Disorder is fun! Right now, it also makes sense for me to write about toddlers because I have them under my roof right this very minute. Yep, I’m living the toddler dream as we speak. Do I understand them? Of course not! (Does anyone?) All I know is that the levels of absurdity in our house have skyrocketed. A day doesn’t go by without at least one child scream-crying over something — say, when my husband walks upstairs to get the sunblock, and they didn’t get to "see it" (his exit and re-entry). Huh? Toddlers are perplexing, and I love it. Come join me next month as I start to explore their weird little worlds. Shannon Keough lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children. Send questions or comments to skeough@ mnparent.com. mnparent.com • June 2017
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