Enviro+Chic

Enviro+Chic

These days, you can’t throw a virtual stone without hitting a new environmentally conscious boutique. As we can attest, not all are created equal. Note to boutique owners: Just because it’s got hemp in it doesn’t mean I want my kid wearing it. On the...
Mommy = 1, Wiggly Baby = 0

Mommy = 1, Wiggly Baby = 0

I used to think baby clothes with snaps were the best solution for a wiry, wiggly baby. And then my brute of a son came along, and it was like wrestling a greased squealing pig into pajamas.So take my advice ye mothers-to-be, and invest in a few kimono tops, like the...
New, and In No Need of Improvements

New, and In No Need of Improvements

It’s been said that babies are a marketer’s dream – if only they could make purchases themselves. Which is why I’m quietly chuckling over the new New! onesies from new mom/pop run shop, Huddy Buddy. It’s the newness trifecta. Of course...
Genius Baby Clothes. Really.

Genius Baby Clothes. Really.

We parents often have no problem sticking our kids in clothes that proclaim cutie or sweetie-pie or (gak) future model. But when it comes to proclaiming their obvious genetically-determined intellectual superiority, for some reason we stop short.No longer. The...
Mommy’s Little Headbanger

Mommy’s Little Headbanger

If there’s one lesson that I’ve learned about being a mom in 2007 it’s that I have layette options. Lots of them. Just ask baby bearers from the good old nineties about trying to find a Vivenne Westwood-style onesie or socks that didn’t have...
The Best Wrapped Package of All

The Best Wrapped Package of All

So we swore we weren’t covering any cutesie Christmas onesies this year. No Baby’s First Christmas shirts, no Jingle Bells jingly caps, no Bwing Me Pwesents Santa bib. (Eek.)And then we found this clever little holiday design snapsuit from My Rock Star...
Crankypants Makes Us Not So Cranky

Crankypants Makes Us Not So Cranky

Handknit baby stuff, as we’ve seen, runs on a remarkably broad continuum from scratchy grandma styles to painfully amateur designs that seems sized for dolls. With three legs. And then there are the few amazing rock star knitters who totally dominate with the...