July 2009
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Classic Baltic Rocking Horse
You’ll also need a cowgirl hat.
$149 at All Children's Furniture | Buy
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Play Parachute
Did you ever play with one of these as a kid? When all your friends are underneath, the world goes all rose-colored.
$25 at Cost Plus World Market | Buy
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Carriwell Organic Maternity Flexi Belt
Keep your jeans up and your gut covered with an extender that has a button hole on one side and a line of snaps on the other. A small piece of fabric fills in the V of tummy skin that your open zipper would otherwise expose.
Makes any pair of jeans into maternity pants in the early months.
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Re-cover, the Swinging Blanket
Because the corners have handles, this blanket goes from picnic to kid swinging in a wink. You know, like a regular blanket, but with stamina.
$55 at Charles and Marie | Buy
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Giddy Giddy Owl Pouch
Your grandmother’s heirloom earrings are missing? Have you checked the purse?
$30 at itty bitty ladybug | Buy
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Cuisenaire Rods
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Sailor Skittles Bowling Set
Reinforce your child’s instinct to throw things at people. Adorably.
$45 at Flora and Henri | Buy
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Scalloped Bonnet
A silk bonnet with scalloping over the nape of the baby’s neck. And here you thought baby necks couldn’t get more edible.
$44 at Flora and Henri | Buy
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Popeline Playsuit
It’s so much harder to find boys’ clothes with the aww factor. Scoop this up.
$62 at Flora and Henri | Buy
(On sale, regularly $88.)
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Make Your Own Monster Kit
A pre-built creature shape comes with little bits of monster flair. No sewing skills required.
$24 at Reform School | Buy
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Blue Elephant Cup
The most beloved snack bowl, which you can promptly steal to hold your jewelry the second the novelty wears off. Also comes in bunny, puppy, and hippo.
$24 at Craftsbury Kids | Buy
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Custom Nursery Bedding Ensemble Set
You choose the fabric on the site, and receive a handmade, custom crib set that includes a crib bumper, skirt, sheet, and quilt. All the obsessive gratification of making it yourself, without any of the work.
$495 at RoosterLegs | Buy
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Print, Mermaid Jemima takes Harry for a walk
Especially sweet for a nautically themed kid’s room. All kids love naked ladies.
$15 at Matou en Peluche | Buy
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Branches Reversible Jumper Dress
Stain one side, and flip it right around.
$40 at Mountain Aven Baby | Buy
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Rubber Horse Shoe Set
You hoped it would keep them in the backyard for another few hours. They decided to play in the dining room.
$8 at Back to Basics Toys | Buy
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Tin Spinner Toy
Push the tin circles up a braided wire, and they spin all the way back down. High fascination factor, low noise output. In other words, the perfect toy.
$5 at Corazon Fair Trade | Buy
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Hand Crank Wooden Boat Automata
The kind of toy that reminds you how sweet childhood can be.
via the ingenious Love it a Lot
$26 at Cartoon Monster | Buy
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Floating Ducks
Your rubber duckies are kinda stuck up.
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Garden Tools
Not only do you not have to pay them an allowance, they want to help in the garden. Cherish this brief window. Next week, they’ll be demanding the car keys and arguing for a later curfew.
$30 at Back to Basics Toys | Buy
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Sandmill and Dump Truck Set
Get them building a city, and you can get back to your trashy beach novel.
$20 at Sensational Beginnings | Buy
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Basic Tie Beanie
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.

