August 2010 Archives

When it comes to furnishing baby's room, there's one common question, where's it all going to fit in the baby's room? Dave Keune, dutch interior products designer, created Nina's House incorporating a simple, functional and friendly design for the baby's room.

This one piece serves as a crib, changing table, playpen and easily accessible dresser. This one piece was designed for so many functions.

Keune thought of everything, including playful cut-out windows so that mom and dad can still keep an eye on the little one while playing in the playpen or sleeping.

What's also cool is that the entire roof can also be opened up by rolling back the roof tiles which are connected flexibly with bright yellow ropes.

The house can be adapted as the baby grows older.

Underneath, the house rests on two wheels allowing the house to be moved around easily. Otherwise it can be disassembled back into a flat pack for easy transport or storage.

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Talk about a simple, yet beautiful design. This Ninna Nanna Bassinet is open and plush with a solid birch rocker base, easy for keeping baby comfortable and sleeping close to your side.

I love the minimalist nature of this design and the portable, re-usable function of it.

Extraordinique!

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Crankypants has now taken their popular Classic Crankypants and Monster Booty and Monkey Booty designs to a whole new level. To keep up with demand, Monsterbooty forged a partnership with a Fair Trade Federation certified knitting cooperative in Peru to produce these classics. This lets Crankypants produce these hot little numbers while keeping them hand knit and ethically produced.

The cooperative is made up of head of household women who use knitting to support their families. These Crankypants longies are hand knit using 100% wool from the Peruvian Highlands that has been locally small batch died especially for Crankypants.

Every size and style features extra rows knit into the bum to make room for a cloth diaper and a drawstring waist for growing room.

I wish these came in my size because you know I would wear them too!

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For the little ride 'em cowboy in your belly or out on the trail, these Chickpea Kid cowhide cowboy boots are so darling for the little cowboy (or cowgirl) in your life.

Giddy-up!

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So, now that I have your attention with that headline - how cute is bath time in Hoppop's Baby Bath Bato. This baby bathtub makes bathing easy and fun - not to mention, oh so stylish. Hoppop makes amazing baby products marrying style with function.

Hoppop Bato
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During bath time, keep your baby entertained with these darling phthalate free Seaside Chums Bath Squirts. Adorable!

Seaside Chums Bath Squirts
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It seems like pregnancy is in the air this month. We've got lots of new announcements and baby showers to attend and I can't stop marveling at how cute all of the latest gifts are for mom's and baby-to-be.

Let's start with Bellybuds®.
Bellybuds® are a safe and convenient option for prenatal bonding with your baby.

The bellyphones® gently adhere to the birth mother's belly and play directly into the womb, so baby can hear prenatal music, voices, soothing sounds, or whatever you like.

What we thought was so great here is that this is a great product for adopting couples and surrogacy couples. This gives these families the opportunity to send their voices to baby-to-be through the birth mom's belly.

Extraordinique!

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