Holiday Guide 2008

Welcome to Mogul Baby's Holiday Guide 2008. We're only two months old and have been lucky to have received and reviewed fantastic products. The things you'll find here will fit all kinds of budgets. Look out for some great giveaways this month so spread the word and place this button on your site for a chance to win something for you or loved ones! Enjoy! (This catalog will be regularly updated throughout December so keep checking back!)

FOR BABIES

Serena & Lily's Market Sling

There are a lot of slings on the market and this Serena and Lily’s Market Sling is my fave!

The slings are quality-made with hand-embroidery carefully stitched in for a modern look. Made of 100% organic cotton, the fabric is super soft. The pouch is very roomy and can fit your baby with no problem. It is priced at $129 and comes in a really nice oval box.

Nicole Kidman and Camila Alves each have one in Flax/Sky Blue and Ethan Hawke and moi have one in Grass/Marigold.

Buy at: Serena & Lily $129.

Everything a new mom needs for bath time in this gift bag by Mustela Bébé. It contains a complete line of daily hygiene, bath time, diaper change and skin protection products, specially formulated for the delicate skin of babies. All the products are hypoallergenic, well tolerated, tested under dermatological control and are alcohol-free.

The newborn set contains foam shampoo, the PhysiObebe cleanser, Hydre-Bebe lotion, vitamin barrier cream and a brush and comb. Makes a nice baby shower gift! Cost is $35.

This Girl Organic Sock Gift Set is sold by Kee-Ka. It comes in an eco-friendly gift box containing five pairs of socks in colors pink, chocolate, orange, red and black. Made of 82% certified organic cotton, your little one's tootsies will feel comfortable and toasty! Price: $25.

Check out Kee-Ka for other eco-chic apparel and gifts.

This modern bassinet is the Rolls Royce of bassinets. This Cariboo Classic is made of sustainable wood from the trees of New Zealand. It comes in mahogany, white and teak. Includes a mattress and a fitted white sheet.

Celebrity moms Jennifer Garner, Mariska Hargitay, Tori Spelling, and Halle Berry all have this same one too! Price: $425.

Little ones can participate in changing the world too. Tiny Revolutionary is a clothing company that has a big philosophy. They sell socially-conscious clothes for kids. Their clothes are made of organic cotton, recycled polyester and rayon mined from the cell walls of plants! Also, non-toxic dyes were used and the material is super soft! Another plus is that their clothes are not made in sweatshops.

Celebrities that have worn Tiny Revolutionary shirts are John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Matt & Valencia Damon, Jenna Elfman, Courtney Cox and David Arquette, Rikki Lake and Shanna Moekler.

"I'll Change the World Someday" onesie is $28.

Want to hear something other than Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while entertaining kids? Babies Go is a collection of CDs suitable for the whole family. The tunes are melodic interpretations of popular music artists such as Coldplay, Elton John, Madonna, Sting, Pink Floyd, Beatles, and Queen.

Newly released is the Babies Go Christmas CD! You'll be humming along to a new spin of 12 Christmas classics such as Jingle Bells, Silent Night and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Price: $17

FOR MOMS

Keep a precious photo on you by wearing this Single Image Toggle Bracelet by The Fine Art Of Family. Designed by Monica Rich Kosann, a fine art photographer, their jewelry pieces are attractive and timeless.

Katie Holmes bought two floral locket cases in 18K gold ($1,775) and sterling silver ($395) two years ago and was recently snapped by paparazzi wearing one of them in August. Madonna is a customer too having once bought an image case.

Single Image Toggle Bracelet Price:$260.

Mama Mio's products will make both expectant women and new moms feel like queens. This Mama Mio Boob Tube is favored by celebrities Kristen Bell, Lindsay Lohan, Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Alba, Milla Jovovich and Victoria Beckham.

Boob Tube price: $38. Check out Mama Mio.

For the yummy mummy, Jessica Kagan Cushman’s hand-etched resin bangles combine couture with fun. Each bracelet reads a sassy slogan that makes it a fun, high fashion piece.

Celebrity moms Reese Witherspoon, Brooke Shields, and Julianne Moore wear them. Brooke Shields' bangle reads “Truly Fabulous People Never Get Dressed Before Lunchtime" and Julianne Moore has one that says “Luck is believing you’re lucky that’s all.”

The bracelets retail for $130 and are sold at Neiman Marcus, Zappos.com, Ravinstyle.com, and a number of other fine stores. Get the cool gift bag ($2) too!

FOR DADS

(The following reviews for this category were written by a dad!)

When Seagate asked me if I wanted to review the Seagate Freeagent Desk For Mac I was kind of luke warm. Sure I said, send it over. The next day it arrived. I unpacked this strange but polite looking device and placed it on the desk. Being a few years out of the technology loop, I was kind of wondering what I should do with it now.

I followed the "baby could do" instructions, powered it up and connected it to my computer with one of the three included firewire cables. The device immediately started to glow silently like a delightful aluminum chunk of Kryptonite. An icon popped up on my desktop and it was ready to go. So what can I do with it I asked. Well on the side of the box is states that its 1TB capacity is good for 320,000 pictures, 240,000 songs or 1000 movies. Now that's a lot.

If you're into movies then that's an awful lot of movies inside something no bigger than a box of pop tarts! Then I realized that this device could open up a whole new hobby for me with it's abundant storage capability. In comparison, my macbook hard drive was using only 24GB of its capacity. Now that isn't much. I also started to play around with the Time Machine function on my new Mac book which auto updates and saves the files you have altered so your data is always backed up every day.

So if you're looking for a nice sleek gift for someone who isn't even maybe so technology minded, then this could be a winner for you. It comes with a fantastic 5 year warranty but looks like it's carved from solid metal anyway, so I don't expect it to go wrong. I'll sleep tonight knowing my precious data be safe for evermore !

Seagate FreeAgent Desk-Drive for Mac
Capacticities: 500 GB; 1 TB; 1.5 TB
Price: $169.99 for 500GB; $269 for 1TB and $349.99 for 1.5TB

One of the smartest things I did when I bought our new minivan was to fit WeatherTech Digitalfit FloorLiners to the driver and front passenger foot wells. Fitting is as easy as opening the box, removing your old floor mats and sliding the new ones in. What's real nice about these floor protectors is that they cover the whole area where your muddy, snowy or oily feet are likely to be at. My original pristine carpets are sitting underneath like a lost Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb under the desert sand!

WeatherTech produce front row, back row and cargo area FloorLiners for most vehicles. They are made from tough plastic resin and come in three colors to best complement your trim. When I go to the car wash, cleaning is as easy as hanging them up and giving them a quick scrub with the soapy brush and then a blast with the spray gun. They are then as good as new. Now that winter is here, I really appreciate these FloorLiners. The snow from my boots stays contained within the confines of the mat as they have an edge wall, keeping all the slush from getting onto your carpets. The only downside is the price. A front set will set you back around $99. The upside is that they are good quality and made here in the U.S.A. The question is, are they worth it? I think so as I have just received my new Weathertech FloorLiners for our pick up truck. I'm off to go slide them in! Buy them straight from Weathertech.com. Shipping takes about a week.

TOYS

Green Toys is my top toy pick! It's made from 100% recycled milk jugs! The plastic material they use is called high-density polyethylene (or HDPE). It's considered one of the safest, cleanest plastics around so safe to play with.

Green Toys is environmentally friendly, non-toxic and made in the USA. Awarded one of Dr. Toy's Top 100 and was named Parenting Magazine Top Toys of 2008.

Price: $24.99

This perforated toy bucket has an inner section which the wet bath toys are placed into after bath time. Once the bath has drained, simply place the inner bucket into the sealed outer bucket and all the toys can be stored neatly under the sink. The buckets are colorful, very well made and hold a good number of small toys. For more info, you can also visit www.kuster-usa.com.