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Baby Jamz
***Leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win a Baby Jamz Move ‘n Groove Dance Mat. Comments will stay open for one week. At the end of the week, a random commenter will be chosen and sent a dance mat!
Holidays come and your baby or toddler is inundated with all kinds of noisy, annoying toys from well-meaning relatives. What’s a parent to do?
This year, a parent has some cool options! Baby Jamz is not your typical line of baby/toddler toys and the music that the toys play is certainly not your Mother’s nursery rhymes. From a reggae "This Old Man" to a version of "Skip to my Lou" that makes you want to jam more than skip, Baby Jamz delivers a fabulous line of toys that parents won’t mind hearing played over and over again. In fact, you might even find yourself singing the reggae version of "This Old Man" when you’re all by yourself. Shh, I won’t tell if you won’t.
This line of toys isn’t cool by luck alone. Solange Knowles and her father Mathew Knowles (Beyonce’s sister and father) created this line of toys that does not disappoint. Baby Jamz features Solange Knowles singing a multitude of children’s songs with an upbeat flair.
The Mix Master Music chair (12-36 months, $24.77) quickly became one of our favorites. Sit on the chair and all the buttons light up in wave like fashion. Children can choose one of three different songs on the one arm and then choose from four different sound effects on the right arm of the chair. If I didn’t know better, I’d think Timbaland was consulted on this chair, because the sound effects are ones used in contemporary songs you hear on the radio today. While some children may enjoy sitting in the chair to play, my daughter (two years old) enjoyed happily pushing the buttons while she made her little people dance on the seat of the chair. A little people dance club was born. The Mix Master Music chair required only minimal "construction" (screwing two leg pieces onto the chair) that took only about a minute.
Lil C also got to try out the Funky Tones Cell phone ($16.86-sold in bundle with Jingle and Jam Keychain) . Unlike a lot of baby/toddler cell phones that are super loud and annoying to the point that I have actually become concerned about my daughter’s hearing and have taken them away, the Baby Jamz cell phone is quiet. It’s loud enough to hear, but not loud enough to harm, and features the songs "Old MacDonald," "Buckle My Shoe," and Mary had a Little Lamb." The top buttons make realistic cell phone sounds and the bottom buttons feature ring tones that are way cooler than my Verizon. It also lights up and is a cool flip open design. I can’t find it right now because I believe Lil C has put it in her purse so I stop playing with it.
The Baby Jamz Move ‘n Groove Dance Mat (2 yrs and up, $19.84) is also very cool. If you’re looking for a way to tire out your little one for nap time, this toy is the way. Buttons on the main console play a variety of different songs ("Mary had a Little Lamb," "Bingo," "and "This Old Man") and when your little one "dances" on one of the seven different areas of the mat, they can make their own upgraded mix version of the song. They call it the "Move ‘n Groove dance mat" for a reason.
The Baby Jamz line also features the following items:
Jingle and Jam Keychain ($16.86-sold in bundle with Funky Tones Cell phone)
Boppin’ Tunes Boom Box (6-36 months, $14.76)
Nursery Tunes Volume 1 CD ($10.47) which you can buy or Walmart, or download onto your MP3 player at Amazon ($9.49).
This collection of toys is unique because they don’t play the tired old nursery rhymes. In addition, although the toys do not have volume control, the level of volume is perfectly set and a nice change from many baby and toddler toys that blast too loudly. The toys also come with batteries already in them, which is oh so nice for the parents of an anxious toddler when the screwdriver is no where to be found. We, at the BBM household, only have one suggestion for the Baby Jamz line. The Mix Master chair would make a fabulous little potty! With plenty of buttons to push on the arms, it might actually be possible to keep a potty-training toddler in one spot long enough for something to happen, if you catch my drift.
The toys are available for purchase only through Walmart. You can find all the information you need to know at the Baby Jamz website, including samples of all the featured songs.
For a Mom whose children have always been more acquainted with Beyonce than the Imagination Movers, this line of toys is a breath of fresh air.
BBM gives the Baby Jamz toy line:
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***Enter for your chance to win a Baby Jamz Move ‘n Groove Dance Mat by simply leaving a comment below. Comments will close in one week and a winner will be randomly chosen! Good luck!
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