On Tuesday, February 5, we celebrate Chinese New Year and ring in the Year of the Pig. We've always loved Chinese New Year animal gifts as thoughtful baby gifts -- and I'm kind of amazed realizing we've now come full Chinese Zodiac circl…
When we first started this site, at the dawn of Etsy, I feel like we were sharing cute handmade baby blankets every other day. Well it's been a while since I found a new one that caught my attention, until I discovered Elegant Infant Co …
Welcome to our annual editors top 10 of the year ! Through the rest of the year, we'll be sharing 10 of our favorite things (no offense, Oprah) of this past year and we hope you love them too. Of course we love everything we've shared, b…
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Leave it to Free to Be Kids to create a collection of positive multi-denominational holiday tees for kids and babies that I couldn't wait to run here to share with you all. We've joked before about the dearth of cool, clever Hanukkah tee…
Kids recently outgrow an infant seat ? Ready for a booster? Just need a new car seat that doesn't smell like...well, old car seat? (And lordy, I feel your pain.) You'll be happy to know that Target's popular car seat trade-in program is …
For those of us who had 16 Jennifers and Michaels in every class, it's no surprise our kids' classe are now filled with names like Atticus, Harper, Caleb, and Arun. Even if there's more than one Mikayla, it's likely that one is a McKayla…
If you regularly have to drag your kid (or yourself) out from behind a Harry Potter book , or you've ever been asked to personally sew a Gryffindor scarf for a Halloween costume , we've got great news. Because there's an expanded new Har…
So, you've gotten the mind-blowing news that you're having twins. Congrats! And, OMG! Now you have to start figuring out a zillion things including the best baby gear for twins. Because trust us, you're going to want to start prepping th…
Both Kristen and I have girls who literally grew up in Courtney Courtney dresses . Courtney Chu's hugely popular designs (as in, people avidly refreshing her web shop to pounce on new releases the second they're announced) are all specta…
Our readers went pretty crazy over the original Blankie Tails mermaid and shark tail blankets for kids (and uh, adult kids), making it the #1 post on our site that entire year. (Hey, you all have good taste!) Since then, this indie, mom-…
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Now that my son's vertical, I've been on the hunt for cool, modern growth charts to track his changing height. Because while pencil markings on the doorframe are cool and all, I'm trying use a growth chart and to put off drawing on the w…
As a fan of the original Feminist Baby board book, I was pretty stoked to see the title character rocking the pink-and-blue-gender-binary boat again with Lauryn Brantz's sequel, Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice . While the first hilarious v…
With the announcement of Prince William and Kate Middleton's new royal baby -- an 8lb 7oz baby brother to Prince George and Princess Charlotte -- we had to honor them with a baby gift fit for a prince . And so today, we bequeath the happ…
Since my own one-year-old son is just old enough to start appreciating the magic of Easter for the first time,I had the best time looking for cute first Easter gifts for babies like mine. I landed on the idea of bunny gifts and accessori…
Make no mistake, your baby will always be your baby, no matter how old they are. But if you've kind of missed your window to put together a baby book (hey, we're busy and sleep-deprived in those early days!) or you want to keep tracking …
As much as we love kids' clothing with cutie-pie prints and patterns (seriously, rainbows and unicorns — love ), we're blown away when prints and patterns get a little deeper. Glorious case in point: the Artists in History print in Kira …
Recently I've been coveting the clean, cool aesthetic of black and white baby gifts -- nursery decor, clothes, toys, you name it. Which probably has something to do with the fact that as my young son has accumulated more and more present…
If you happen to be anticipating a new baby this year -- whether your own or a friend's -- you're in luck. Because February 16 marks the of Chinese New Year and the official start of the Year of the Dog, which means you can celebrate bab…
We love giving Valentine's Day gifts to our babies at every age, of course, but that first year of Valentine's gifts is something we can't resist. No, the baby won't remember it, but oh, those photos! (Plus, babies are not yet old enough…
A new pair of Christmas pajamas for babies (and kids!) is an annual tradition for so many families. Since I was a little girl, our own family gave a new pair of Christmas pjs every Christmas eve as the one gift we could open early. It al…
We've found the perfect keepsake to encapsulate the frothy, dizzying wonder of that first Christmas with baby: in our holiday gift list of special gift ideas for baby's first Christmas , we shared this baby memories keepsake ornament fro…
Calling all moms supporting nursing moms! My favorite baby shower gift of the year is here! You have to check out this wonderful Boobs baby blanket created by Lot 801 in partnership with Gravel & Gold, which is a perfect way to honor the…