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Products for Babies

Bright Starts Sun Chimes

When you hang a mobile over your baby’s crib you want it to be bright, upbeat and charming. These Sun Chimes from the Bright Starts line are all that and more. They feature a nice set of sounds that chime when swatted at by your curious little one. The hanging, fluttering butterflies are full of […]

Bright Starts Cruise n Drool Car Teether & Play Keys

Teething is no fun for anyone, your baby or you. Everyone is going to need some reliable soothing relief during those especially painful moments. These small toys, with the admittedly funny name, are great for pulling out just about anywhere. Testers liked the designs and felt that they were a great value. There are some

Bright Starts Chase n Play Turtle

This adorable activity toy for babies absolutely tickled our young testers who were thrilled with the excitement of the chase. Giggling while crawling and creeping as fast as they could after this colorful, motorized turtle with the light up shell, there was no end to the fun. Parents loved how involved their little ones were

Carters Cradle & Soothe Bouncer

Bouncy seats have become staples in homes with newborn babies and with good reason. Life is just so much more interesting for swaddled infants when they are sitting up, able to watch life moving around them. This bouncer features a snug headrest and super-padded seat complete with an overhead bar that holds a variety of

Baby Einstein Discovering Water Activity Gym

There is a dazzling environment just waiting for your baby when you place them inside this Activity Gym. Loaded with touch points that respond to there curious fingers, toes and mouths, our testers reported that their little ones could play endlessly with delighted gurgles and cooing. Whether lying on their backs, looking up and swatting

Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks

These adorable blocks are an ideal first playset. Sturdy yet soft with a variety of textures and stuffings our baby testers gravitated to it almost immediately. Just the right size for grabbing and holding with both hands. The vibrating pull action of the green frog block was a real favorite. Whether reaching for, pushing or

My Baby Can Talk - First Signs

My Baby Can Talk – First Signs

Communicating with babies before they can form words can be a frustrating experience for both your baby and you. It’s not unlike a trip to a foreign country. What do you do when you try to communicate with a local, you sign. This video extends that and introduces that idea to babies. The DVD is

Baby Counting Pal Plush

Baby Counting Pal Plush

Over the years we have seen more than our share of crib toys, we’ve been through the black, white and red era and emerged unscathed on the other side. This very colorful plush crib attaching toy is bright, appealing and perfect for your next baby gift purchase. Since it’s from Leapfrog you can be sure

Wiggle Waggle

Wiggle Waggle

This new packaged story set has all the elements you would want in a baby’s first book. There is the sturdy board book with bright colors full of appealing pictures to catch a baby’s attention. There is also a CD that accompanies the book full of musical tunes from the award winning composers at Kindermusik.

Balli-Belly Jacky

Balli-Belly Jacky

When Balli-Belly Jacky is propped up in the corner of a nursery or playpen you can’t help but be drawn to him as your face lights up in a smile. The big and bright design of this colorful clown is just part of the appeal. Inside Jacky are a variety of balls and rattles that

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A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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