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Fickr Pro Account
New Moms take lots and lots of photos. If your hard drive is getting clogged, get her a Flickr Pro account with unlimited uploads and storage. Bonus: Friends can print their own photos when they see one they’d like.
$25 at Flickr
Posted: 30 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Year of Seeds
If your mom has a green thumb, this is the most economical way to get her an entire year of flowers. Comes with seed packets and twelve pretty pots in different colors.
$75 at Red Envelope
Posted: 30 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
The Lonely Puppy
The first children’s book by artist Yoshitomo Nara.
$18 at Yoya Shop
Posted: 30 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Custom Silhouette Pendant
The silhouette is a subtle way to tell the world your kids are the cutest. Perfect for the understated mom.
Send in a profile picture of your child, pet, significant other and artist Whitney Phippen will create a silhouette mounted in a pendant.
$48 at Craftsbury Kids
(For a one silhouette pendant.)
Posted: 30 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
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Zelco “itty bitty” Book Light
The rest of the house is asleep. Mom finally gets to read.
$30 at Amazon
Posted: 29 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder
If your mom can use an ATM, she can use this video recorder. When she’s ready to download, a USB key flips out of the side. No cords, no cards, no tech support calls. Especially excellent for new moms and grandmas.
$132 at Amazon
Posted: 29 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Animob Puzzle
This is a neat puzzle. Still, I hope I don’t live to see the day a whale eats an elephant. They’re both fighting extinction, but still. Disturbing.
$64 at Little Baby Company
Posted: 29 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Baby Ink Print Keepsake Box
Tiny baby footprints in ink are one of the best ways to prove just how little they once were.
This box is designed to hold all sorts of keepsakes and includes an ingenious ink pad system that allows you to make prints of your baby’s foot without actually putting ink on his foot. Magic!
$60 at Red Envelope
Posted: 29 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Doodle Top
A top that creates doodles while it spins. Great for kids who are too busy studying the pythagorean theorem to doodle.
$10 at SF MOMA
Posted: 29 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Macaroni Card
A lovely letterpress card that will remind mom of how much she misses your childhood installments of macaroni art.
$6 at Pancake and Franks
Posted: 28 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Bamboo Bathtub Caddy
She has the tub, the glass of wine, and the book she’s been dying to read. Now the best gift you could give a mom is enough time to take a long soak – this bamboo tray is just icing.
$47 at Delight.com
Posted: 28 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
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Hess-Spielzeug Baby Gym
No lights, no sounds, no plastic. Instant heirloom.
$92 at Melliemoomoo
(Price converted from Australian Dollars)
Posted: 28 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Classic 1909 Teddy Bear
Likely the only stuffed animal you’ll own that appreciates in value.
$108 at Classic Teddy Bears
Posted: 25 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Toy Chest
Times may change, but kids will always have toys that need a place to live.
$1,800 at Scott Bergman
Posted: 25 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Inglesina Classic Pram
Perfect for when you’re feeling like an english nanny.
$900 at Posh Tots
Posted: 24 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Silk Cashmere Blanket
My 30-year-old sister still has her baby blankie. This machine-washable, cashmere blanket is destined for a similar fate.
$120 at Peek Keep
Posted: 23 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Upholstered Rocking Chair
For generations,your ancestors will be sitting in this very chair thinking, “Please, please, go to sleep.”
via Sweet Juniper
$1,450 at Jason Lewis Furniture
Posted: 23 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Custom Made Cradle
In my husband’s family each child who uses the family cradle has their name carved on the bottom. Here’s a cradle meant to start a simliar tradition in your family.
$850 at Scott Bergman
Posted: 22 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Kaboost
This ingenious product lifts your chairs up to table height for kids. Less conspicuous than sitting on a phone book.
Who even has a phone book anymore?
$27 at Modern Nursery
Posted: 21 Apr, 2008 in April 2008 -
Baby Tales
Think of these cards as writing prompts for your baby book. Document all the amazing things your baby does in the first year on these notecards. Hopefully “Sleeping Through The Night” comes up early on.
Also comes in a version for pregnancy and toddlers.
$30 at Tiny Tales
Posted: 21 Apr, 2008 in April 2008
