Posts Tagged ‘shopping for baby’

With 2008 drawing to a close we wanted to share with you York Region Parent’s Top 10 Favourite Baby & Kids Products of 2008. We see hundreds of products each year and here are the best for your baby & kid spending dollars! 

1) Birthday Invites from Grace Annoucements - Located in Newmarket, Grace Announcements creates custom, and I mean custom invites for your kids birthday parties.  I sent Lindsay a few pictures of my soon-to-be one year old and said, “purple and pink flowers”as her birthday theme and she created this birthday invite/keepsake for our now, toddlers first birthday. 

2) Ladybugs & Lullabies Hair Clips - As we posted this year,  ”I really can’t tell you how much I love everything about Ladybugs & Lullabies, makers of amazingly unique hair clips and accessories for babies & toddlers. As my little one’s hair is starting to get longer I have really gotten in this accessorizing clips with outfits. I did infact just place another order including Strawberry Fields (too cute) as well as some ladybug clips.”  This company has become one of our favourite and top of our minds when we hear a friend is expecting a little girl!    They aren’t just our favourite, they have recently been featured on People. com and received thank yous are kudos from many celebrity parents.  Way to go to another Canadian-mom run company!

3) Peanut Shell® Nursing Cover from Along Came Baby - I could not have made it through this year without our Peanut Shell Nursing Cover.  I loved that it allowed from easy and discreet breastfeeding and clothing adjustments. 

4) Ugg’ems from baby magoo - A really simple and inexpensive, yet quality hand-made toy that is ergonomically designed to fit perfectly under the arm of your toddler.  Our preschooler won’t sleep unless his “bear” as he calls it is right beside him.

5) Pliko P3 Classico - Surf - While I loved my Quinny Zapp from just one little one.  I needed something that my baby could ride in or sleep in and had a preschooler standing board on the back, for those long walks.  I absolutely love this stroller!  It’s been a great stroller for us, including a trip to Florida where after walking for miles and miles our preschooler could hop on the board on the back for a speedy way home. It even worked along the beach! 

6)  Little Twig Soap & Shampoos -Now available Wild Child Baby Boutique on Main Street in Newmarket, little twig products provide families with a safe and natural bath time alternative. Their products are free from sulfates, parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, artificial fragrances, and packaged in recyclable PET bottles.  Some of the yummy smelling stuff around!

7) Stonz Boots - BEST baby/toddler boots ever!  We are at an awkward stage in our house.  Our 12 month old can walk, but regular winter boots kept falling off.  So, we went to Baby In Gear, a fabulous baby & kids store in Aurora to buy the Canadian invented and made Stonz Wear boots. These boots are warm and cuddly and stay on! 

Pediped Shoes - I really loved the few pairs of Pediped shoes we bought for our daughter.  Their originals collection are cute and slipper like, but are soft soled leather shoes that are great for little feet and good looking.  We are excited to try their new flex styles for older feet this year

9) Name Your Tune CDs - Now that we are on to our second Name Your Tune CD, it’s still amazing to dance to music with our daughter’s name throughout the songs. She loves to dance around the playroom to her one of a kind CD.

10) Labels from Mabel’s Labels - This year we ditched the black permanment marker and went with labels from Mabel’s to label all our kids gear.  If it leaves the house we label it!  Our 3 year old’s teacher just loves how easy the labels are to read on shoes, boots, jackets and even toys.   I am in love with their labels for the kitchen and with a new years resolution of being more organized, I have a head start!