Get them building a city, and you can get back to your trashy beach novel.

When my little guy was tiny, we always needed basic hats and could never find them. Or when we did, we’d lose them a few days later. Basic beanies, here’s your source.

Funky shoes are a family tradition.

You can almost taste the taffy.

You know summer. All that lawn bowling.

How pretty would the tray be if you used on from each pattern? As opposed to all those ugly trays of cupcakes you see these days.

Via Design is Mine.

Yet another alternative to the mullet hat.

She wants to be a pink princess, but tiaras don’t offer much sun protection.

You made the dollhouse, let your kid make the dolls.

These hollow blocks offer something for multiple stages. Tiny ones can shake the blocks with bells in them, and then learn to stack as motor coordination improves. Toddlers can use them as tunnels for matchbox cars.

A journal for new parents that helps them keep track of feedings, changes, and their sanity.

via Babble

You’re so over digging Play-Doh out of the shag rug.

The Pluto debate rages on.

It’s so pleasant to watch your nest egg grow.

The bell provides a much easier grip, plus a more compelling reason to shake the spoon until it flings sweet potatoes against the wall.

They’re probably still not going to eat the vegetables, but you’ve done what you can.

Doesn’t this look like something Gwyneth Paltrow owns? It does.

Everything Nikki McClure does is worth having.

A gentle reminder to be on time for the sitter.

A lockable box to secure jumper cables and other emergency equipment in the bed of a pickup, or the back of an SUV or minivan. Also keeps projectiles from flying around in an accident.

Give the new dad a break from his steady diet of reheated casseroles. This combo includes smoked whole beef brisket and a slab of smoked baby back ribs.

via Esquire

The traditional celebratory accoutrement for new dads.

Quintessential.

A graph paper journal, excellent for recording the baby’s last feeding and most recent bowel movements, or plotting the nursery layout.

In addition to all the blank pages, the journal also includes twenty bonus pages of reference material, like electronics symbols, resistor codes, weights and measures, basic conversions, the amount of caffeine in different caffeinated beverages, and how to say “Hello, World!” in various computer languages