Living Every Day in Comfort

Body pillows are super supporters of side-sleeping back sufferers and expectant mothers (with special maternity body pillows, to boot). They promote muscle relaxation, reduce neck and back ache, provide comfort for injuries, improve blood circulation, foster correct breathing and diminish snoring as a blessed result. A real help for anyone who can’t get a good night’s sleep, they alleviate a whole host of maladies such as headaches, insomnia, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. For anyone lucky enough to have one, the high quality and depth of sustained sleep is unparalleled to that attained with any other type of pillow.

Full-length body pillows run (okay, lie) in assorted shapes and sizes and are stuffed with diverse fillings. The Comfort U Total Body Support Pillow is an example of a u-shaped body pillow par excellence. By molding itself to the contours of your body and cradling you from head to toe, it relieves pressure to areas of the body, resulting in a perfect sleep. Stuffed with hypoallergenic Fusion Fiberfill, its fluffy-forever silky-soft cushion comes in Full Size (64” x10.5”) and Petite Mini (56″ x 9”).

So if you feel up to your neck in everything, get ahead in life and treat yourself to a body pillow. Your dreams will never be so sweet…

There it is again – Monday morning, rearing its ugly head. But it might as well be Tuesday morning, or any other morning for that matter, because it doesn’t have to be Monday to feel blue. Did you know they call it prepartum depression? After all, it’s prior to parting for the daily depressor – whoops, we mean that very important position at the office…

But tomorrow morning could be different. Imagine, amidst the morning stupor, in wafts the heavenly aroma of real, authentic freshly ground coffee. The part that actually snaps you into a state of consciousness is knowing how easy it is to use. All you have to do is place at most, 8 scoops of your favorite coffee beans into the grinding compartment of the Cuisinart Grind-and-Brew Thermal Automatic Coffee Maker, fill it up with water, and preset the 24-hour programmable timer the night before, while you are still coherent. The next morning you will find a fabulous flavorful cup of steaming hot coffee ready and waiting to be poured through the brew- through, pour-through lid. By this time the Auto Shut-Off has already turned it off automatically.

And it’s minus chlorine and other impurities, thanks to the charcoal water filter. Its detachable parts are a breeze to keep clean and it looks great, too – sleek, European design with that gleaming brushed stainless steel.

Did you know a coffee machine could be user-sympathetic? If you’re in a rush, the Brew Pause lets you interrupt the brewing cycle for a quick grab. If you’re late, the double-wall insulated thermal carafe keeps it hot and fresh for hours. And there’s a whopping 10 or 12 cups of it for the whole household, depending on which model you get.

You might mention your Cuisinart to your friends. Of course, then you might have them lining up at your door by 7:00 a.m….very well then, bagels or croissants, anyone?

Do you ever feel yourself torn between leaving your baby at home and and the desperate desire to go on that dream vacation? If you only could, you wouldn’t hesitate to bring them along. After all, it’s an ideal time for bonding and forever-to-treasure family experiences.  But it’s just too cumbersome for you, too unsettling for them - and that spells misery for everybody, without their familiar play and sleep-time surroundings so indispensable for their emotional well-being and cheerful disposition. Thus the internal parental strife continues on this all-too-familiar guilt-ridden topic…

It is with this in mind that KidCo has brought you the parent-friendly, child-cherished solution: the PeaPod Travel Bed.  Complete with UV protection and  wind screens, it is ideal for camping, sea side trips, moonlight bonfires, and any other outdoor activity you can think of.  Short cross-town visits become a cinch when naptime is no longer a nuisance. You can choose from 2 different sizes to provide optimum sleep-time/playtime comfort for your baby, toddler, or older child. Zippered panels make it easier than ever to access your child from every angle.  The inflatable air mattress comes with a pump for your convenience.  With its lightweight, compact design, it is the epitome of portability and a dream for storage. 

Have baby, will travel.  No more leaving babies and young children behind - far from the fun and priceless family outings that memories are made of.  Now instead you can leave those guilt trips far behind, rather than your little love…

Once upon a time, the high chair was invented to fulfill the wishes of an adult. Parents everywhere were delighted with the quick, efficient solution to that battle of wills known as mealtime. Unfortunately, it was the last place into which any rambunctious, life-enthralled toddler wanted to be forced – mealtime or not. Boxed in from all sides in sweaty plastic material, relegated to solitary confinement, creative urge stifled…

Now imagine a different sort of high chair designed to make everyone happy, children and parents alike. There you have it - The Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair. Designed in Norway by Peter Opsvik and manufactured by the Stokke Furniture Company, it has sold more than any other child’s chair in the world.

The Tripp Trapp comes in durable beech wood in a choice of 10 attractive colors. It is a breeze to keep clean, assembles or adjusts with no tools necessary, and occupies a more modest amount of space than other high chairs sold. Its specially designed z-shaped configuration promotes excellent sitting posture for your child at any age. The seat height, seat depth, and footrest are all adjustable to ensure your child will sit at table level, back well supported and feet on firm footing. No kneeling, no struggling to reach, comfortable as can be. And why is the Tripp Trapp High Chair so uniquely tray-less? Opsvik’s concept in high chairs was an inclusive one, designed to foster togetherness of all children at the family table without exception.

As soon as your baby can sit up independently, you can use the Tripp Trapp High Chair with the accessory Tripp Trapp Baby Rail. The backrest, safety rail, and 5-point harness will hold your baby in. The Tripp Trapp Cushion provides additional padding for seat and backrest and is available in a range of appealing colors and designs. As your child grows older, simply remove the baby set and adjust the chair and footrest as needed. From age 11-12, the seat is no longer needed and is easily removed, with the footrest becoming the new seat. It can even become your teenager’s desk or computer chair. It is a chair that grows right along with your child.

Do you find yourself noticing a limp, rather crumpled look when you view yourself in the mirror lately?  Have you been admiring those beautiful people with their spruced-up polished look? It’s those perfectly-ironed collars and clothes that contribute so much to the impression they make!  You can have them, too, with a modest investment in a new steam iron or steam press.

A steam iron is the trusty implement we’ve come to know and…if not love, then at least appreciate.  What bailed everyone out during those pre-polyester years of unending cotton if not for that dependable household accessory?  Ironing is actually relaxing for the countless individuals who find its warm, methodical rhythm therapeutic.  There’s something comforting in the fact that you can press the right button, put the pressure on, and achieve easy and immediate success in a cast-iron arrangement that never fails.  (What we wouldn’t give for everything else in our life to be that simple!)  What happens is that the steam softens the fibers, and the weight of the iron shapes the material.  If you want, spring for a steam pressure iron, which earns its appellation from the continuous high-powered steam it emits. When used with vertical application, it is a boon to removing creases from suspended draperies or garments.

Or perhaps you’d like a steam press instead.  A steam press is a quicker, relatively effortless way to obtain crease-less clothing.  Featuring an ironing board with a large band-like device wrapped perpendicularly around the board, its surface area measures up to ten times that of a hand-held iron, and as such drastically cuts down on the length of ironing sessions.  Strong pressure at high temperatures makes for a dressmaker’s delight when setting fusing on cuffs, collars, and lapels. Did you know that a steam press can cut ironing time by as much as 70%?

In India long ago, they used burning coconut shells to do the job. Don’t you feel down-right lucky to live in the 21^stcentury?  So go strike while the iron is hot and buy the iron or press that’s right for you.  The next time you’ll look in the mirror, you’ll wonder who you’re looking at…