With my family spread out around the country, we often spend the holidays alone, which means I don't have the greatest excuse to buy my kids fancy holiday best. So instead, I tend to look for festive clothes that still work the other 364 days
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I used to feel bad about being one of the only moms with a baby who wasn't sporting holiday themed clothing. But when your kid only has a week to wear it, it's really not the smartest budget choice anyway.
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If you watch Project Runway (and if you don't, you're dead to me) then you know that shoulders are the new black. All the fall fashions seem to be drawing attention to shoulders in some way, and now baby clothes are in on the bandwagon too.
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Personally I believe that Seth Rogan is the Woody Allen of our generation. So when he sported this Superjew Tee in the movie Funny People my immediate thought was Love it!
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When my boys were babies, I spent a lot of time looking for cool, original things for them -- clothes and bedding and accent pieces for their rooms. But in a strip mall world, that meant a lot of shopping, and no mama has time for that.
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If there's anything that can give my retired uterus a few pangs, it's a pair of adorable hand knit baby booties, like the new ones from CMP fave Tiny Sprouts.
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As we mentioned in our back to school shopping guide (you have been to our back to school shopping guide, right?) stripes are huge for this fall.
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If we just so happened to win the lottery, one of the first places we'd hit on a spending spree would probably be Psychobaby, a Chicago-based boutique that sports some of the hippest clothes, shoes, and gifts for the alternative set.
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I'm always kind of bummed when I fall in love with a line of baby blankets or clothes and realize there's nothing left for me from that label once my kids turn toddlers.
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If I were walking down the street in Chicago and came across Lollie, owned by sisters Mimi and Alyssa Fron, it would be impossible not to go in.
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