Posted on 09 29, 2007 under Doodads by
Noodad |
I am a Pampers snob. I admit it. When my first kid was born, my wife and I tried most every brand at least once. And we kept on going back to Pampers. We tried to save a few pennies and go Huggies or Luvs but the Pampers leaked less, felt softer, and had better cartoon characters. We then tried to save a few bucks and go warehouse brands like Kirkland, Target, or Berkely and Jensen. Even if we felt a little better in the wallet, we felt worse when we were cleaning up poodad streaks in the crib and in the car seat.
So that's why when Noodad.com was approached to review the new Bear Hug Stretch diapers from Luvs , I was skeptical. Luvs is saying all the right things: "New Bear Hug Stretch premium elastic sides stretch to fit. Luvs® helps stop leaks as well as the pricey brands. For great leak protection, all you need is Luvs"
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Posted on 09 23, 2007 under Predad by
wahoodad |
In recent years we’ve been beaten over the head about how
fat we are as nation. It seems like you
can’t watch a newscast without some story (complete with from-the-neck-down
shots of anonymous fatties walking down the street with a 32-ounce soda in hand)
airing about how yet another food contributes to packing on the pounds. Of course, nobody wants to hear it. “I’m a grown man!” you shout at the news
anchor, wildly waving a sub sandwich as you recline in your La-Z-Boy. “You’ll have to pry this cheesesteak out of
my cold, dead hands!” Some guys even
treat their beer bellies like some gelatinous badge of honor by wearing
t-shirts that say “Body by Bud” in stretched funhouse mirror letters across
their expansive midsections. It seems
like nothing can get us to pay attention to our expanding waistlines, but a
recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine might just do the
trick: How’d you like a nice set of jugs
to go with your gut?
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Posted on 09 20, 2007 under Press by
wahoodad |
Once again, we did it. The valiant members of Team Noodad completed and defeated the fabled Boston Marathon course in a team record 9 hours on Sunday, September 16, shaving off a full 30 minutes from last year’s time. The 26.2 mile course put up a good fight, throwing all it had at Team Noodad in an effort to make us submit. This year we encountered fewer angry drivers and handled the steep thigh-burning inclines more easily. By starting earlier we found the Port-A-Johns a little cleaner and, after encountering a horrendous putrid cloud emanating from the rotted corpse of a flat, slow-footed squirrel within the first mile of the walk, there wasn’t an odor we couldn’t handle.
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Posted on 09 13, 2007 under Doodads by
Noodad |
In March I had the pleasure of reviewing the Stan Shoe from Vincent Shoes. In my review I called them, "…the most badass pair of shoes you will ever come across. The most stylish, trendy and amazing pair of shoes you can ever imagine."
If you were to get a review like this, you may be tempted to just hang up your tools and just pimp out your designs until the cows come home. After all, why bother redesigning when you already have "the most badass pair".
Well, it is my great pleasure to tell you that Vincent Shoes have outdone themselves. Their fall collection has done the impossible: made a more badasser pair of shoes.
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Posted on 09 12, 2007 under Press by
reviewdad |
You read that right…in Russia, families that have more than one child are eligible to receive cash vouchers of $10,000 and subsidies for education and home improvements. Seems the Ruskies are battling population decline as a result of lower birth rates since
the USSR collapsed back in '91, low life expectancies, and immigration.
The program, around since 2005, seems to be working…there was a 46% increase in births that year over 2004.
As further evidence of just how committed to incentivizing conception the Russians are, they have a contest in Ulyanovsk (a town about 500 miles east of Moscow) that challenges couples to conceive and give birth on June 12th which is Russia's National Day. Babies born on National Day earn their parents cash, cars, appliances and other prizes.
Wait - there's more! The leaders of Ulyanovsk created a holiday (Sept. 12) for couples to take time off from work to have sex…ok, to conceive…but quite a concept regardless!
You can read more about this here. You can petition your representatives in Washington for similar treatment by finding them here.
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Posted on 09 07, 2007 under Doodads by
reviewdad |
Part of an ongoing series aimed at helping Noodads discern fact from fiction when it comes to the promises and claims made by various baby products…
How cold is your freakin’ house? Maybe if you live in an igloo, this is a useful product because who wouldn’t be concerned about a wet wipe freezing to their kid’s ass?
Ok, open mockery aside, this seems to be one of the product ploys that new parents most often fall for.
In theory, a warm wipe seems like it would be much better received at 2 am but in all reality, if your infant is screaming during a diaper change, it’s not because the wipe is cold but rather because a) he’s getting his diaper changed, b) you likely have his feet held together in one hand up in the air, c) you’re wiping his ass and d) he’s a baby.
That issue addressed and with a dose of reality injected, wipes warmers have some serious practical flaws…space, waste and sanitation being chief among them.
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