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When it comes to Toys R Us' Learn & Groove Musical Table by LeapFrog (shown at top left, $39.99), the typical table etiquette can happily go out the window, since its meant to engage, entertain and otherwise amuse tots and tikes ages 6 months and up with tons of interactive features. There's no need to worry about grabby hands and wayward ...

When it comes to wrangling the wee ones into bed, I think that most parents have a similar evening routine in common: bath, books, bed. That's how ours goes, but in recent months as my hub has been taking over for me as the sun goes down and my belly grows out, I can tell that being the sole storyteller night after night, while gingerly leafing ...

Turn every day into a kid-sized celebration with My Princess Closet's yummy-looking 33-piece Birthday Party! Play Cake set (shown at top left, $20) by Melissa & Doug. With enough slices and toppings - strawberries, jellybeans and gumdrops (dew drops according to Wills) -  for every party guest, kids ages 3-5 can enjoy all the pretend ...

And local yokel One Step Ahead (a Cosmotot fave) has all the costumes, clothing and accessories to make your little ghoul or goblin the cutest character on the block. Little ones who still do their trick-or-treating from the sidelines can still get in on the ghostly fun with the company's whimsical dragonfly costume (shown at top left, $34.95), ...

Who says welcoming a brand new wee one into the family fold has to be a drag for the former one and only? Munchkin Designs certainly doesn't and packs a super cool Big Sister Suitcase (shown a top left, $95 - also available in Big Brother or Train designs or a Custom design, $110) full of goodies sure to stop any blooming baby envy in its ...

You'd have to be living under a rock not to know how important it is to give babies an adequate opportunity for tummy time play. Take it from someone who knows - Wills was born with a severe case of torticollis and plagiocephaly, making time spent exploring the world on his tummy even more critical in terms of proper development. But, as I'm sure ...

No doubt the kiddies will be putting the pedal to the metal to get to the table when they get a load of the red-hot, super-soft Car Lunch bag (shown at top left, $15) from baby- and kid-centered gift company Bestever, Inc. Equally ideal for carrying a yummy tuna on rye as it is for toting a mini-car collection to a friend's house, this cherry red ...

School might not be in session just yet for a few families out there, so while you're out and about making the most of the last day's of summer, make sure to keep the kiddies cool and comfy in a Sun Smarties Terry Romper (shown at top left, now on sale for $19.95) from Cosmotot fave and local yokel, One Step Ahead. The oversized romper packs a ...

There comes a time when that sweet little diaper-clad darling turns into an underoo-wearing, free-roving, independent toddler, ready to take on the world, namely potty-training, a full morning of preschool and overnight trips at Grandma's house. At that point, babyish diaper bags have pretty much become a thing of the past, so what can a parent ...

Although wobbly toddlers aren't exactly all that steady yet, they're all too eager to get things a movin' and a shakin' be it by crawling at warp speed, using the nearest piece of furniture and people's legs to get from one end of the room to another, or just by winging it and stumbling as far as their little legs will carry them. The ...