Let’s face it – we want what’s best for baby and we also want to be the best parents ever – protecting our little ones yet encouraging them to reach and grow and experience the world at the same time. As surprising as it may seem, one way to encourage interaction at an early age is with the right baby travel system – simply put, when you choose your stroller, which way does baby face? With a baby reverse travel system – platinum Graco Quattro for example, the stroller has a reversible seat which allows baby to face you or the world and that makes a big difference in the demeanor of your child.

 Now think about the baby bedding – is the crib filled with soft and cuddly pastels or bright and bold colors? While we tend to migrate to baby prints in soft color, experts have determined that black and white offers bold contrast and bright colors stimulate baby to interact and learn, so that wild print or crazy zebra stripe baby bedding may not be all that crazy after all.

That probably explains the popularity of the kid’s raceway complete bed ensemble by Kas Kids – this colorful kid’s bedding set has a comforter hat reverses from a raceway to a black and white checkerboard pattern and while the colorful sheets and pillowcases may drive you to distraction, kids race to bed because its fun!