Babble

Usually mother/daughter dressing is too Mommie, Dearest for me, but Loyale's new line of dresses -- for you and your little darling -- are anything but creepy. The line launches April 14 and joins the eco clothing line's fabulous selection of mens and womens hip yet green styles. Check out their womens' sale here.    

  For those of you in NYC, tonight the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan (JCC) hosts a Lit Cafe featuring prominent writers and bloggers on autism. It's part of the JCC's exhibit, The Artistic Spectrum, on view until April 24. On April 16, they'll hold a screening of Autism: The Musical -- the director will be on hand for a ...

    I found out about Revo Baby on the streets of New York - where else? They sew and screenprint their own 100% cotton, lap-shoulder tees with catchy baby-power slogans like: Get Up, Stand Up, Stand Up for Your Rights, I Will Not Be Pacified, and Make Babies! Not War! More designs are in the works. 6/12, 12/18, and 18/24 mths. sizes ...

Maharam makes some of the best designer fabrics of the 20th and 21st centuries - from Josef Hoffman to Alexander Girard to Maira Kalman. But even if you can't afford to cover your sofa in Eames or Panton fabric, at least you can get a vicarious thrill watching the kids match up 36 different swatches with the Maharam Memory Game ($36). Or ...

Bypass the BPAs completely with Klean Kanteen's pint-size sippy cup. The 12 ounce stainless steel bottles come with a sippy adaptor and two spouts (made of non-leaching polypropylene #5) and can be converted to the grown-up version of the sippy cup with an extra sport top.    

    No BarberOsgerby Loop coffee table in your house? (See Aaron's post Is Your Baby Getting in the Way of Your Design Sense?)  Never fear. Kid O's new line of puzzles and toys are so beautiful, they'll spruce up any living room. And owner Lisa Mahar thoughtfully designed them with learning specialists for extra ...

Happy April Fool's Day. You can buy candy cancer sticks at Archie McPhee if you must, but I prefer more benign items like their yodelling pickle or squirrel underpants.

  Baby books can make a new mom feel so guilty. If you don't remember to fill in baby's first coo and smile and burp, there are all those blank pages staring up at you for a lifetime. That's why I love Ex Libris Anonymous. They recycle cool vintage books into fresh, spiral-bound journals. You can write what you like, when you ...

Before high chairs got all high and mighty, there were chairs like this iconic wooden number. You too can skip the curvy plastic with the fat price tags and get all back-to-basics. But you'll have to get out your toolkit. $10 buys you the blueprints to build this 60's Era High Chair by Woodcraft Plans. They'll even throw in a ...

  As much as I love Oeuf, I can't really recommend this necklace for kids. I want it for myself. Crocheted and felted by a group of women supporting their small village in Bolivia. 100% alpaca. $44.