A Sneak Peak at ABC Expo Coolness…Origami Electronic Stroller!

I’m about to leave on a week vacation so it will be a little while before I get up all my posts about all the great new stuff coming out in the baby world, but I wanted to share a sneak peak of a CRAZY new idea in strollers…an electronic folding stroller!

This stroller, The Origami, is made by 4Moms, the same group of women that designed the now popular Mamaroo -- the coolest baby bouncer/swing on the market.  I have to say that at first I thought “are we really too lazy to fold a stroller ourselves??  I mean I know it can be a pain, especially with multiple children, and sometimes those strollers are back breaking, but do we really need to waste batteries to fold our own strollers?  But THEN I learned the facts about this stroller.  It is powered by motion!  No batteries, no charging, just push your stroller around and while the stroller is in motion it CHARGES ITSELF!  Pretty cool.  Okay, maybe it’s alright to be lazy every now and then.

The Origami also comes with this cool tiny computer at the handle bars that shows you the temperature outside, and among other things you can also plug your ipod into it.  This is definitely the stroller for the 21st century!

Some of my favorite people from ABC Kids Expo

A brilliant nationally known pediatrician, author, and all-around hero of mine, Dr. Alan Greene!



Another great nationally recognized pediatrician and author, Dr. Harvey Karp!



Dr. Karp spoke of his five step process to soothe a crying baby and he not only showed us a video of him in action, he did his magic on a crying baby in the crowd and it was very impressive!  Here’s a short video clip:

Actress Tiffany Thiessen (Saved By the Bell, 90210, etc) and Lonni Paul (winner of Design Star on HGTV) who started their own line of gorgeous baby furniture and bedding, PetitNest.  Tiffany threw an awesome red carpet party to celebrate the launch of her line!