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We Love It: Editor Picks for Families

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Elena Epstein

As parents ourselves, the L.A. Parent editorial team is always on the lookout for must-see products for families. Here are our pick’s this month. We hope you find a just-right toy or tool for your family.

Tula Hemp Explore Baby Carrier

Super soft, yet strong and supportive. Featuring multiple carrying positions — front facing in, front facing out and back carry — this carrier is great for sightseeing adventures. $199, ages birth-4 years, babytula.com

12little Luxe Clutch in Toffee

Luxe 100% vegan leather with beautiful and compact design perfect for on-the-go moms. Can be carried as a clutch or crossbody bag with room for everything baby needs. $85, twelvelittle.com

Aerobie Sonic Bounce Ball

Redefine gravity and have a blast with this high-density foam tactile grip ball. Perfect for slipping into your bag for a road trip. $8.99, ages 8+, spinmaster.com

CoComelon HugMees

Lovable and squeezable friends are made with high-quality and ultrasoft materials. Perfect size for a travel buddy on the road or the plane. $9.99, ages 3+, jazwares.com

Caravan Coupe Compact Stroller/Wagon

Perfect for a family adventure with a nimble and compact design and impressively small fold. Seats up to two kids in individually reclining seats and a shared foot well area for stroller-style seating. If you need space to haul cargo or let your littles stretch their legs, you can securely invert the foot well to provide a flat base interior. $499.99, ages 6+ months up to 147-pound weight capacity, larktale.com

LeapFrog Fruit Colors Learning Smoothie

Take a smoothie break on your next road trip. Swivel the straw to choose from five fruit flavors, and the cup will change color to match. The straw is also a teething toy for kids to nibble as they listen to fruit-themed sing-along songs and music. $10.99, ages 6+ months, leapfrog.com

VTech Kiddie Cat Cassette Player

Bop to the music with this retro-designed, head-bobbin’ kitty — from jazz, country and rock ‘n’ roll style melodies to the Alphabet Song. $10.99, ages 9-36 months, vtechkids.com

Game On Podcast

Amp up the fun on your next road trip with comedy, sports history, fun facts, celebrity impersonations, interviews and more. Great for kids and adults. Free, ages 4+, storypirates.com

Naturepedic PLA Pillow

Feel like you’re on vacation every day with this luxurious fiber-based pillow that provides comfort in its simplest form. Derived entirely from sugarcane. Outer cover is 100% certified-organic cotton. $79 (standard size), naturepedic.com

We Love It

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Elena Epstein

The Play Kits

A subscription, stage-based learning program designed to promote healthy brain development during the early years of childhood. The kits are delivered every two to three months and feature age-specific toys made with sustainably harvested wood, organic cotton, nontoxic paint and baby-safe plastics. $80-$120; ages birth-4 years, lovevery.com

I Am a Force of Nature

A beautifully illustrated board book that encourages kids to explore their feelings and the world around them. Offers a great message that we can find the same brave, playful, colorful and crabby qualities found in animals and nature within ourselves. $8.95, ages 1-3 years, Shambhala.com

Rascal + Friends Premium Training Pants

Designed for the little humans starting to potty train or who won’t lay still during change time. Features resealable tab, easy tear sides, an extra-stretchy waistband and an absorbent 3D core. Made with “no nasties” to be safe and ultra-gentle on sensitive skin. $7.97-$39.97, ages 12-36 months, rascalandfriends.com

Crawl About Ladybug

This early learning companion wobbles as it moves. A simple push on the back starts its motion. Features bright lights and fun melodies to entice your child to crawl after it as it moves across the floor. $19.99, ages 6 months+, tlji.com

Preschool Genius

A set of dry-erase activities and games with a genius twist. Includes beautifully illustrated activities that cover core learning outcomes and offer challenges such as code breaking and mapmaking that stimulate open-ended problem solving and creativity. $27.95, ages 3-6, amazon.com

PJ Library Presents Podcasts: “Afternoons with Mimi” and “Beyond the Bookcase”

Two new podcasts from the beloved organization that has been sharing free children’s books with Jewish values throughout the world. Well-known tales come to life in a fun new way that connects kids to Jewish traditions, culture, holidays and values. “Afternoons with Mimi” is designed for younger kids; “Beyond the Bookcase” is for kids ages 6 to 12. FREE, PJLibrary.org/podcast

We Love It: Music, Puzzles & Shadow Books

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By Elena Epstein

Kindie Rock Stars Podcast
Showcases the amazing talents of children’s musicians and family entertainers. Each episode features an artist story, song story and a song. Free, patrickadamsbooks.com

Shadow Play Books
Unfold the book, turn down the lights and switch on a flashlight to be transported into a world of imagination. These magic books will inspire parents and kids to share nightly stories.
$39.90, ages birth+, shadowplay.store
Sharon, Lois & Bram Best of the Best Live
Features live tracks taken from tours in Canada and the U.S. during the band’s touring heyday in the 1990s. Compiled by super fans, this release is the ultimate throwback experience from one of the top enduring children’s music artists.
$14.99, sharonloisandbram.com
Train Your Mind Like a Ninja
A card deck with 30 “secret skills for fun, focus and resilience.” Using ninja training and martial arts as a fun framework, these cards help kids increase their focus, compassion, emotional balance and awareness. $18.95, ages 5-9, shambhala.com
Name and Tame Your Anxiety: A Kid’s Guide
Describes what anxiety is, how it works and how to manage it. This guide also explains self-advocacy and “translates” the common (and strange) things adults say about anxiety. $14.99, ages 9-13, freespirit.com

OuiSi Games (“We-See”)
A set of 210 photo cards with games and activities that foster creativity and ignite curiosity. Each photo card connects visually with other photo cards in the deck, based on similar patterns, shapes, colors – really, anything you can imagine. $35, ages 4+, shop.ouisi.co

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