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Easy essential baby gift ideas from a dad that knows

Whether you are an uncle or nephew, grandpa or dad there is always one lingering person on your shopping list that may haunt you. If it is that baby nephew or granddaughter that your stuck on, here are a couple ideas.

Go for essentials- onsies, bibs, socks, etc. You get the idea, don’t get the run of the mill stuff- you want to get something memorable (also not too expensive, from my experience with three babies- expensive does not necessarily mean ‘quality’). Get More »

Kids lunch bag, BUILT-right

In our quest for the perfect lunch box, we found a BUILT-NY has developed a concept that incorporates whimsical fun with practicality. They collaborated with the award-winning children’s book illustrator, Stephen Savage, to take on the project of creating zoo animals for the design of More »

Gangsta Rap coloring book

The Gangsta Rap Coloring Book is just as it sounds: a series of images in thick black lines of the most popular gangsta rappers from hip-hop. The juxtaposition of hard-core thugs portrayed through a children’s medium made this book an underground hit in Aye Jay Moreno’s first, More »

Pirate Ships Attack!

Happy Squash Toys are all entirely hand-crafted by Jim and Jenise from Hillard, Ohio, they’re a true ‘Mom & Pop’ operational. They make wonderfully original designs, never from a pattern. All toys are made of poplar wood with oak axles and all paints and finishes are More »

Kids Mood Cubes

Planning on going camping? Or maybe you just need night light where there is not plug to be found, these LED Mood Cubes with colors flowing from one to the other soothingly may be the answer.

2.75″ x 2.75″, battery powered lights

$6.50 each [+ shipping] at Glow Source

Boon baby-safe bath toys

Boon has a ton of fresh BPAa-free bath toys. Why is BPA-free toys better, you may ask? Well, to answer that clearly, one must understand what the problem is with BPA’s to begin with.

BPA’s or Bisphenol A as it is commonly known is an organic More »