PeePee TeePees & BooBoo Bunnies

I kid you not...these are real products. As one who has made the rounds to every baby superstore and boutique in the metro DC area, trust me there are things out there that you never imagined for kids.

The PeePee TeePee is obviously my favorite. I was trying to figure out why I had never heard of this marvelous little invention until now but I guess it is because most of my friends around here have been girl makers. I am a boy maker.....so you have to learn about PeePee TeePees and things of that nature. Apparently this is an essential element when changing the diaper of a boy. Christine's friend Diana was the first to tell us about them as I guess she had some interesting experiences. We just sent these in a care package to our friends Charlie and Jen and he could not wait to call and rave about how nice they are. Who knew that spraying pee was such a hazard to new parents.

I am sure that throwing a washcloth over baby Delo's package will do the same trick, especially since we received 800 baby washcloths already, but you have to appreciate the creativity. It's like a little dunce cap for his wee-wee.

Another apparently necessary item for the young these days is the BooBoo Bunny. Now this one I was against but Christine had to have it. If you know anything about my wife and her obsession with bunnies then I guess it makes sense. I did finally break her of the habit of screaming "BUNNY!" while we are driving back to West Virginia since she almost made me wreck a couple of times.

But back to these new age little devices that even have there own jingle:

If a boo boo has you feeling crummy,
Stick an ice cube in my tummy.
Hold it to your boo boo tight.
Soon everything will be all right!

And that is how they sell you. Who wants to stick just an ice cube in a rag an put it on your kids cuts and scrapes when you can take the time to freeze a little plastic ice pack and then try to find this miniature stuffed bunny when your child needs first aid. I am quite certain that BooBoo Bunny will be programmed into my child by my wife and I will be looking everywhere for this one little bunny all the time. I can't wait for that.

There are so many fun items when you really start to go shopping and you just know that half of them don't work, the other half are only practical for a month or two of your kids life but what are baby showers for other than getting items that you would never buy yourself. One of my other favorites is the spillproof bowl. I am hoping that one comes at the shower.

I wonder how many of these things are created by parents just like us that got tired of improvising with other things and remembered the old Schoolhouse Rock song:

"Mother Necessity where would we be.....Without the inventions of your progeny?"

Which reminds me, I have been putting together a list of all of the DVD collections from my childhood that are must owns:

H.R. Pufnstuf
Lidsville
Land of the Lost
Speed Racer
Johnny Quest
Scooby Doo
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Schoolhouse Rock

I can't wait to sit around and watch all of these old time classics with my boy. Mix in a little of the new stuff and he will be a renaissance man by age 5.

We are fast approaching and the final touches are being put in the nursery. I really wanted to do a Calvin and Hobbes picture but they are impossible to find anywhere. I loved Watterson committment to not commercialize the brilliance of Calvin and Hobbes......until now!