Mamanista’s Review of the Wii Fit

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Mamanista is dedicated to bringing you the fabulously chic and irresistibly practical. They have so much information on the best finds for the chic mom…its amazing. I wanted to share with you an article that I came across … their take on the Nintendo Wii Gaming System:

It’s a Wii-underful World: Mom-Approved Wii Games

Video Games aren’t for everyone. Candace makes a big effort to engage in only “unplugged” play. Her little girl watches almost no tv, and I highly doubt she’ll be playing video games anytime soon. While I embrace the unplugged play philosophy in theory, I see a lot of value in video games as well.

I have many happy memories of playing games on the original Atari system with my brother, and I’ve made my living in the dot com world. So Candace was amused- but probably not shocked since she’s known me so long- to discover that my infant son has his own Mii (or avatar) on the Nintendo Wii and that I’d found a way to combine babywearing with video gaming.

The Nintendo Wiiis the ideal game system because it inspires activity and interaction with other people rather than sedentary individual play. My husband and I play Wii tennis and Wii boxing together on rainy afternoons, and I’ve found the Wii Fit to be a great way to lose the baby weight.

The Wii Fit guides you through aerobic activities, yoga poses, strength training and balance games. And it even weighs you and tracks your BMI. My son enjoys the balance games. Strapped into his front carrier, he giggles while mommy and daddy “snowboard” or “ski” while holding his little hands. Wearing baby makes the balance games much more challenging, and it gives mom a chance to relax a little bit… read more