Buying guides and product reviews for parents.
Lucy Bamboo · July 13, 2026
Training chopsticks are two sticks connected at the top by a guide ring that holds them parallel, so your toddler can focus on the actual motor skill: the pinch-and-pivot motion. A few things worth checking before you buy: connector firmness (too loose and they’re fighting the tool), length (most toddler sets run 6–7 inches, good … Read more
Lucy Bamboo · July 9, 2026
These are the four things in our sleep setup. An organic cotton sleep sack, a Graco pack-and-play, blackout curtains, and Goodnight Moon. A dark room, a contained space, a sack that keeps small legs warm, a book I could recite in the dark (and have). The longer argument is in the essay — I Put … Read more
Lucy Bamboo · July 7, 2026
A few times a year, I get asked: what do you actually keep in your house? Not the aspirational answer — the real objects that are still being used, still being fought over, still gathering the small marks of actual play. These four things have survived that test. Here’s what we reach for when the … Read more
