
Every little one needs a good step stool, and the Kabooster ($50 at Spunky Sprout) is a sleek take on the old standard in birch hardwood. Most notably, in addition to not being festooned with cartoon characters or otherwise exuding "I belong to a toddler," Kabooster's handles make it easy for your darling to move it around the house at will.
The child development experts call this "autonomy." I call it "a nightmare." Time to hide the cookies.