Yummy Mummy Club

We want to share with you a great Canadian online club for mommies. So, what’s this club thing all about? It’s a place where you can celebrate and commiserate the rollercoaster ride of modern mummydom, win great prizes, find books to stimulate your brain and read eclectic and cheeky articles written for and by other yummy mummies…

Helping Autistic Children with their Associations

As our company grow we learn even more about use of our products from our customers and bloggers who review our products. Recently DreamGYM was mention in “Doing It The Phys Ed Way” blog in the article “Battling Autism”. According to the author DreamGYM Therapy Gym is a great tool in helping autistic children with their associations. It keeps children with autism physically active enabling them to burn off excess energy, thus in return allowing them to concentrate on particular tasks. Below you can find a re-print of the article for your information:

Doorway Swing

We have added a new product to our online store – Doorway Swing – every child’s dream. This indoor swing is a great solution for a home where there is either not enough space for a full jungle gym, or our solutions for small spaces do not work due to installation difficulties. Most places have a doorway that can be turned into Doorway Swing or Mini Jungle Gym.

DreamGYM Doorway Swing kit includes a chrome plated support bar with padded grips. The weight capacity for the bar is 210 lbs, therefore parents can exercise too. It adjusts to fit most standard width door frames from 28″ to 36″. The Doorway Swing kit also includes mounting hardware, two hanging straps and two spring clips to make switching different accessories easier. We also included a trapeze bar with rings, because it is one of the favorite swing set accessories. Children can somersault, swing, twist.

A day at Harbourfront Centre

Today we spent the whole day at a The Toronto International Circus Festival at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON.
It was great to see so many talented people.

Our boys were lucky to get a special treatment from “Balloon Master”. She have created in few minutes costume of “Dragon” for older son and “Knight” for his little brother. Thank you very much whoever you are.

The real “mind twister” for adults was a “The Rice Show”. They present “The Americas” show. On a show you see a piles of rice grains. Each grain represents one person that belongs to this group. For me most notable were following groups:
- The Population of Canada (30+ million grains);
- The Population of USA (300+ million grains);
- McDonald’s customers in the world each day in 2008;
- Canadian People Registered as Clinically Obese, 2007;

Cuddle Swing

The Cuddle Swing Arsalooly has arrived this week.  My children and their friends were happy to test it and they loved it. It is made of high quality stretching fabric (92% cotton and 8% lycra) and has soft, natural feel. The cuddle swing gives children experience of being in a cocoon providing womb-like safety and comfort. The Cuddle Swing is also recommended by occupational therapists for children with autism to help stimulate child’s vestibular system, and to give deep touch pressure. Arsalooly cuddle swing has a four-way stretch and you will not get bagging in highly stressed areas.

Arsalooly swing provides many opportunities for children, they can swing, spin, bounce or just relax. You can hang it outside on a thick tree brunch or inside from the ceiling or in a doorway (Note: if you are going to use this cuddle swing in a doorway, attach it in two places to minimize bumping into a door frame).

After a day of playing outside and kids popping into the cuddle swing without taking shoes off it needed to be washed. So we washed it in a machine and it again looked like brand new. Arsasooly swing is machine washable.  Machine drying is acceptable, but as with all cotton fabrics, it is recommended to hang for drying.

Therapy Cuddle Swing

We are so happy to announce a new addition to our product line – Therapy Cuddle Swing. The product hasn’t arrived yet, but we want to post a preview of these fabulous cuddle hammock swings.

It is made of stretching soft fabric (92% cotton, 8% lycra). It is machine washable and can be used indoors and outdoors. I can’t wait for my kids to try it. The therapy swing will be available in different colors: navy blue, red, green, lavender.

The cuddle swing will give children experience of being in a cocoon, it will provide a feeling of womb-like safety and comfort. Children will really enjoy bouncing and spinning or relaxing in this cuddle hammock swing.

Hammock Therapy Swing

This weekend we filmed our son playing in a Hammock Swing. He was playing “Peek-A-Boo” game crawling inside the hammock and popping up at different places. As you can see in the video it was so easy for him to move up and down, he even bent over the edge to say “Peek-A-Boo” under the hammock and he didn’t tipped over. This hammock swing is very safe and comfortable. It is adult size, so parents can use too.

How to Hang a Hammock

We have a new product coming this month, just in time for summer: Hammock hanging kit. It is manufactured in Nova Scotia, Canada by The Bay Hammock Company.

This hammock hanging kit is very tree-friendly and will not damage your trees. It consists of two nylon webbings with “o” rings and two quick links. It will help you to hang your hammock to any size tree, post or rail (make sure it is sturdy enough to support the hammock’s weight capacity). This hammock hanging kit will allow you to set your hammock in minutes, so you will have more time to relax.

We tried this product ourselves this weekend and even videotaped it for you.

Safety board for home jungle gym or therapy gym

Our customers asked us if there is a way to stop kids sneaking to play on our jungle gyms without adult supervision. Especially climbing on monkey bars, since it is the highest point from where kids can fall.

First of all, all jungle gym accessories attach by simple-to-use quick links, therefore when no adult supervision available, simply remove all accessories until new use.

For vertical ladder you can use a board that can be made by yourself or ordered from DreamGYM Inc. along with your jungle gym or therapy gym. We have created a safety board and tested it on our kids (almost 3 and 6 years old).