where I stash the wriggling standing baby while I run to the freezer {review & giveaway Go-Pod!}
A few months back I posted a pic to my instagram account of BabyLoves chilling in his Go-Pod. People asked what is that? where did you get it? how do you like it?
Let me tell you: not only do I love the one I bought a few years back, but I LOVE that the president of KidCo agreed to give one to a lucky one of you. What a nice company!
But first, allow me to tell you what it is not and what it is.
It’s not an exersaucer that takes up your whole living room and has strobe lights.
It’s not a walker (THOSE ARE NOT SAFE!!!).
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>>> see those spindly legs in the background? Not the potty toilet, the black plastic legs. That’s what the bottom of it looks like. There’s even a canvas down there to catch the spit up or other bodily fluids.
It is a baby stashing device that also folds up and can be carried along anywhere or stored easily in your closet. Think: sports event chair. Canvas sack et al. Yup, same here.
It is soft and comfortable so that they can either bear weight on their legs, or just laze backwards.
It does have loops for you to latch a zillion toys to so the baby won’t go insane while you run to the freezer for some gelato. Or do laundry real quick. Or wipe your toddler.
My sister originally told me about it years back. I used it sparingly with SweetPea because she wasn’t crawling or standing early therefore if I put her some place, I usually had enough lead time to get back to her before she toppled over something onto herself.
This baby? Not so much.
He rolled over at four days old, crawled before six months, and on the eve of his seventh monthaversary is standing for long periods of time, pulling himself up, edging around furniture, and crawling like a banshee.
The Go-Pod has been my sanity. It’s better than a pack & play because he doesn’t have the real estate to get despondent if I’m dealing with Mr. Big Boy Tantrums for a few minutes. It’s a self-contained universe. He has a bunch of toys hooked up to it, can sit or stand, can’t go anywhere, and even can lean on back if he so pleases. Even if he’s insanely despondent, he is contained and safe until I can get back to him.
I’m so delighted to share about Kid Co with you. They have a number of other promising products like the PeaPod for travel sleeping (like camping! but encased!) and this whole line of gates. I need to get something along these lines because BabyLoves now bolts for the stairs in the kitchen–he wants up, all the time. And crawled up two the other day before I could get to him. {I KNOW.} I prefer him contained.
If you don’t win, go buy one through go pod
They’re giving one winner the Go-Pod in Pistachio worth $50!
You know what to do. Raffle away, Christmas-gift-hopefuls. May the force be with you. A few more giveaways before Christmas so check back this week ;)
