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VTech Safe & Sound Digital Audio Monitor

VTech Safe & Sound Digital Audio Monitor

VTechs Safe & Sound Audio Monitor impressed testers with its sweet design and overall quality. The price stood out to just about every tester who noted that the value of the monitor is phenomenal since, in their experience, most good monitors are significantly more expensive. Among the favorite features are the vibrate mode, especially for […]

VTech Safe & Sound Full Color Monitor

VTech Safe & Sound Full Color Monitor

Baby monitors have become a must-have product for parents today and as such the market is loaded with options to choose from. Most monitors look very similar, technically cool looking but not necessarily appealing or cute. This one features a small white bear that you can mount just about anywhere because it blends into just

Baby Brezza Safe & Smart Bottle Warmer

Whether you use formula or breast milk, chances are you are going to love and find this bottle warmer from Baby Brezza indispensable. It works with many different shapes and sizes of bottles, plus it is beautifully designed, esthetically appealing, and most importantly, it performs well. Moms told us that the best part of the

Pump and Go Complete Starter Set

Nursing mom testers called this comprehensive feeding set brilliant. The concept is surely unique and innovative. By pumping directly into the pouch and storing the breast milk while not having to transfer the milk into a bottle, it not only saves on washing dishes, but it also ensures that there is no wasted milk. There

Closer to Nature

Closer to Nature

After spending some time with the Closer to Nature bottle, tester mom after mom reported back delightedly that their baby took to this nipple with no problems. And these were moms who had previously reported having all kinds of issues with bottles. Between finally finding a workable bottle solution and one that is BPA free,

Covered Goods

Covered Goods

It’s not news to anyone that having a baby requires parents to haul a crazy number of items around when they leave the house. When our testers discovered that they could consolidate one item with four uses, they were delighted. Whether it serves as a nursing cover, a car seat cover, an infinity scarf or

Portable Baby Sound Machine

An adorable sound machine and ideal great travel toy, Big Red Rooster really impressed testers. This is a small plastic monkey about five inches long with a plastic chain attached to the top. This monkey is equipped with a speaker and buttons on its belly. Two of the buttons are for volume and one is

Glam Rosie Diaper Bag

Glam Rosie Diaper Bag

For many new moms, choosing a diaper bag is one of those tasks that you don’t see coming until the last minute and then the decision can feel overwhelming. There are literally thousands of bags on the market. The options are endless. There are messenger bags, shoulder bags, backpacks, all with a broad definition of

The Vomit Varmints Burp Cloths

After spending some time with Vomit Varmints (no, seriously that’s the name), parents told us that they thought this product was a standout winner. What makes this product noteworthy is the quality of the cloth used. It is exceptionally soft, the construction is superb and it is durable, keeping its softness through multiple washes. This

Baba Slings

Baba Slings

The Baba Sling is a new kind of baby carrier that offers a nice assortment of positions that grow with your little one. The Slings come in Eco-friendly, minimalist packaging, which our parent testers appreciated. They noted that the material is exceptionally breathable and made with 100% high-quality cotton. The padding and stitching also demonstrated

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 ’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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