Review: Baby Bug Magazine

When our daughters turned one their grandmother bought them a subscription to Animal Baby magazine and it quickly became a welcomed surprise in the mail once a month. And, it still is as we continue to read it faithfully.

But then Baby Bug Magazine came along. These are easily the cutest magazines for toddlers. Each issue has a theme and each page offers not just reading material in the way of poems, rhymes, songs but also activities and movements.

Every issue makes me think that all young moms should automatically get this as a shower gift. Each magazine is wrapped in a cover that offers interesting ways to interact with your child while reading and not reading that month's issue.

I've picked up subtle hints for making daily chores a bit more fun by reading this magazine. I was always very good at child-centered activities, but still struggle with adult-centered activities made fun for toddlers. Perhaps because those often turn to chaos at our house. But, simple things like letting the toddler push the laundry basket as if it's a "laundry express" are stacked in each issue. So, it's a book, a monthly mailing and an activities guide all in one. Not bad for $34 a year for nine issues.

The same characters of the stories show up in each issue making them a consistent familiar face for my daughters.

I can't rave anymore about these little magazines. If you know a one or two year old and can't think of a present to give, a subscription would be perfect.

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