Updating you on the latest from Agana Baby
Taking a break from the usual product buzz, I would like to update everyone on our store revamp! Construction started last week and thanks to the extremely industrious Grace Builders crew, the project is nearly complete.
To see the newly remodeled Agana Baby in all its glory, please join us for our 1 Year Anniversary and Thanksgiving Sale Event on November 27 & 28. There will be festivities for the whole family and great savings on many of our name brand items. Hope to see you there!
Jennifer Garner goes for an afternoon stroll with daughters Violet and Seraphina.
Maclaren’s 1989 innovation, the Super Dreamer set the standard for all modern travel systems. Nearly twenty years later, Maclaren perfects their invention with the Maclaren Grand Tour: The most recent expression of a breakthrough idea in mobility for parent and child. The Grand Tour combines singular capability and luxurious style.
The Grand Tour LX Full-Featured System ($900) comes with everything to pamper your infant into toddlerhood, including a few perks that really do define luxury. The GT LX is ready to go, right out of the box and includes a laundry list of quality features: convertible seat (with shoulder pads, head hugger, and bumper bar), hood, rain cover, mosquito net, chassis, soft carry cot, dash bag organizer, wheel bag, cup holder, and storage cover. Those perks I mentioned include a stroller handlebar console with strollometer, clock, and thermometer, and safety lights with remote control.
For those parents who are not in need of every indulgence for the GT LX, there is the customized model option. Starting with the chassis, you are able to choose the type of seat, hood color, and accessories. This option broadens the appeal for the GT LX, making it accessible to a wider customer base with different needs. Being able to customize the GT also brings down the cost to a base price of around $480.
A Stefani-Rossdale Halloween outing.
Gwen and Gavin take their sons Kingston and Zuma out for a trick-or-treat spree.
Another Halloween has come and gone. It seems like a pointless holiday unless you are a kid or have kids.
Now it’s time to stock up on on-sale Halloween candy!
Adieu.
Sarah Jessica Parker multitasks with Baby Bjorn and the Cybex Callisto
CYBEX develops and distributes safe, innovative and lifestyle oriented products in the baby and children’s sector. We strive to create new ideas not yet thought possible, through our product philosophy, the CYBEX S.D.F. Innovation Concept. The S.D.F. Innovation Concept is the foundation of the Solution X and guarantees an optimum combination of above average Safety and Quality as well as sophisticated Design and intelligent Functionality.
CYBEX unites European engineering know-how, modern product design and creative functionality. The CYBEX vision is being shaped by the thought to unite the best human, intercultural talents and abilities worldwide and to concentrate on the own core values and competences, product development and global marketing.
As the first CYBEX product the Solution child safety seat achieved numerous awards and outstanding results in the most important European tests shortly after its launch in 2005. With the following products CYBEX was able to continue this success story, winning amongst others the prestigious „Kind & Jugend Innovation Award“, the result “very good” in a test by German AutoBild.de as well as the title „Empfehlenswert“ (German for „recommendable“) with the highest ranking in the crash test of the “Autozeitung” (German car magazine).
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I am a huge fan of Cybex’s sleek and consistent design. It goes a little further within the market which sets it aside from other umbrella-fold strollers. Small details such as the sturdy elliptical framing, the simplified hinge mechanisms, or the effortless fold add up to a huge contender within the stroller market. Not only dealing with looks, but safety-wise Cybex has got it down with innovations such as the easily-adjustable child harness which functions like a car seat harness. The Callisto certainly goes all out with the base Cybex features, but with such perks as the real-aluminum single spoke wheels, substantial all wheel suspension, and comfortable handle bar. The Callisto is of course an umbrella stroller at heart, but the ease of folding is unique in its own right. With 4 models ranging from $140 – $350, there is a type for everyone.
Making the switch to or starting out with cloth diapers requires a well informed decision. The internet has a wealth of information right at your fingertips, but that information may become overwhelming. As a retailer of fine baby products including a selection of cloth diapers, I thought it be useful that I provide some resources on cloth diapering. The brands that tend to sell more bring up a certain question: why are these more popular? In order to answer this and many other questions, I began searching through various resources looking for the most reliable information. I can now see why for parents the concept of cloth diapering may be hard to swallow at first with oodles of facts, figures, types, sizes, brand names, fabrics, instructions…it can get a little complicated!
With the knowledge I have gained from working with this type of product and using the internet as a resource, I have compiled some of the most informative sources that have substantial support for their findings. Not only is the brand and type of diaper you choose important, but somethings to also consider are fabric and accessories.
Click below for the links and videos. If you have your own resources or information you would like to share, please share!
Agana Baby carries these fine brands:
With an unforeseen recent boom in the arrival of twins, I’ve been getting many inquiries about double strollers. What seems to be at the top of everyone’s list is the EasyWalker DUO. A comparable alternative is the Summit 360 Double by Baby Jogger (every Baby Jogger model comes in a twin style, however I will be comparing with the Summit 360). Based on recent customer contact, the Baby Jogger series seems to be more popular on the east coast, whereas the DUO has been seen more on the west. The accuracy of this claim and what exact demographics come into play here, I am honestly unsure. However, for all practical purposes, I would like to compare these two double strollers as they both serve the same basic function but with some slight differences in design.
EasyWalker DUO - Red
Baby Jogger Summit 360 Double
A quick comparison of the two with the most asked about options:
| Specifications | Easy Walker DUO | Baby Jogger Summit 360 Double |
| Weight | 37lbs | 26lbs |
| Weight Capacity | 98lbs | 100lbs |
| Dimensions | 43” x 29.8” x 45.7” | 42” x 32” x 42” |
| Dimensions (folded) | 35” x 29.8” x 19.5” | 34” x 32” x 15” |
| Width | 29.8” (able to fit through standard door) | 30” (able to fit through standard door) |
| Carrycot option | Available for both seats | Not available |
| Car Seat Adapter | Available for both seats | Available for one side |
With the carry cot option available, the DUO is appropriate from birth. The car seat (Maxi Cosi Mico compatible) adapters can be used on both seats, however a combination of one car seat and one carry cot is not recommended. This leaves one carrycot/one buggy seat, one car seat/one buggy seat, two carry cots, two car seats, or two buggy seats. For the two car seats option, they are positioned one higher than the other in order to preserve the balance of the stroller.
The bassinet option for the Baby Jogger line is only available for the City Series single strollers. In addition, the car seat adapter (although compatible with a long list of car seats) is only available for one side of the stroller. These being the main things asked about, each company has an array of accessories including bumper bars, diaper bags, weather covers, umbrellas, and more.
Brooke Shields and company seem to enjoy their Baby Jogger
Summit 360 Car Seat Adapter
Over all, for a couple awaiting the arrival of their twins, the DUO seems like the way to go with the carrycot and car seat adapter options readily available. The Summit 360 seems like it would be more suitable for a family with two young children or expecting their second child. Then again, the DUO can cover that demographic as well.
Lastly, and probably most importantly, here is a quick price comparison:
EasyWalker DUO: $699.99
Baby Jogger Summit 360 Double: $649.99
Kimora Lee Simmons is seen here sporting a City Mini by Baby Jogger(retail $229.99) for new son Kenzo. The City Mini received a Nappa (National Parenting Publications Awards) Gold award for its lightweight mobility and style. However, don’t let the company name fool you, the City Mini is an urban-terrain stroller not intended for jogging purposes (Baby Jogger’s Summit 360 & Performance models are). The City Mini weighs in at less than 17 pounds and boasts their own patented Quick-Fold Technology, the easiest one-handed fold out there! A simple pull on the handle situated in the seat collapses the stroller with ease.
But these are only a few of the convenient features from the City Series by Baby Jogger. In addition to the three City Series models, Baby Jogger has two jogger models and a capsule type push-type trailer. Click here for more on the City Mini.
The annual ABC show in Las Vegas gave us an opportunity for a sneak peek at the new styles and models of countless baby gear slated for release in 2010. Among the most anticipated products was the new line of ErgoBaby Carriers.
Already at the forefront of the baby carrier industry, Ergo adds 2 standard styles, and 5 to their organic line. The new styles are overall a more unisex style, which gives dads more reason to consider using a baby carrier. Actor Ethan Hawke is picture below sporting the ErgoBaby carrier in cranberry.
Below is a complete listing of the new and continuing ErgoBaby carriers. Click on the photo to be directed to our website.
In addition to the main line of carriers, Ergo has also released a new organic edition of their sucking pads, and the highly anticipated Heart 2 Heart infant insert, which is an updated version of their existing infant insert.
Brothers All Natural Fruit Crisps contain nothing artificial, are 100% natural, 100% fat free, with no added sweeteners, colors, or flavors. Most importantly they are delicious. It’s the perfect snack to have on hand not only for your toddler, but yourself as well! Each package contains approximately one whole fruit, which is sliced and gently freeze dried.
These fruit crisps are so great to have on the go or in the office when you’re rushing about. They are so light and flavorful that I want to try the entire line of Brothers All Natural, including the potato crisps!
There is also a Disney line of packaged snacks featuring the classic characters as well as such favorites as Hannah Montana. Disney partnered with Brothers in order to promote a healthy diet and was voted Best New Disney Product of 2008.
Quite so, a yummy snack.
…the mainstay in the creative process of the four dads who developed bloom, a fresh and contemporary company taking on functional and stylistic approach to children’s furniture.
Every bloom product exceeds all relevant safety standards and regulations. They proactively minimize the use of harmful chemicals and processes in their products and manufacturing. All bloom products are independently tested & certified to be free of lead, phthalates, PVC, heavy metals & AZO dyes. They do not use polycarbonate in food access areas of products and use higher quality FDA-approved food-contact grade plastics on food contact services.
bloom wooden products are free of wood PCP and other toxic wood preservatives, fiberboard (MDF) free, use formaldehyde-free adhesive, low voc finishes and originate from certified sustainable beech and birch wood forests. bloom prohibits the use of wood from intact natural forests, high conservation value forests, protected areas, and high value tropical wood species.
In addition to their outstanding line (which includes the fresco, nano, coco, and otto), we were very happy to receive the alma, an urban cot/crib suitable form newborn up to 2 years of age. It is currently available in the coconut white and gala green (pictured), but with new colors to follow in 2010. Here is a quick run through of the alma’s features and accessories:
Mattress
Fitted Sheet
Mattress Protector
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The alma certainly is everything expected of the creative excellence of bloom. Displayed here at our store, we are able to see both the expanded and compact fold. Personally, I prefer the look of the crib without the casters, but they do serve a convenient purpose. For the most part, the tools-free set up is true unless you want to adjust the height of the mattress or tighten the casters. Even so, you only require an Alan wrench and the process is simple.
The organic sheets and mattress protector are a very nice quality and hug the mattress completely for maximum protection and comfort.
The mattress itself (we currently have the coco mat) seems quite comfortable and came packaged in a corn starch bio-degradable plastic bag. Bloom really is committed to their motto of style, safety, and sustainability through every aspect of their business.
Please visit our site to view more bloom products.
Click here to go straight to the alma.
