the Wry Baby Blog

The charming image below, from an old knitting magazine, got us thinkers at Wry Baby thinking, “Why aren’t these made commercially?”. Who wouldn’t buy this as a fun baby shower gift?! Let’s look at some pros and cons to adding this potentially fun baby shower gift to Wry Baby’s line-up of unique baby clothes and baby accessories.

• PROS – This simple ski mask from the past could make an excellent disciplinary tool. Make your child wear it to school instead of enacting that tired, old “time out” strategy. Or maybe knit yourself an adult version and, as a fun joke, wear it when you tuck your tyke in for the night. Good times!

• CONS – Eternal terrifying nightmares

While the Pros obviously outweigh the Cons, our gut says we should think about it a bit more. It’s all about timing in the funny baby clothing biz and maybe the world still isn’t ready for this unquestionably unique baby gift.

For far less traumatizing funny baby clothes, visit wrybaby.com. Wry Baby’s line of snapsuits, baby outfits and baby shower gifts have proven to be not only non-terrifying, but quite unique baby gifts.

When Kelly and I (Wry Baby Founders) are asked what we do for a living, somehow saying, “We make funny baby clothes.“, doesn’t quite say enough. Because what are funny baby clothes, anyway? Little clown suits? While that’s not really a bad idea, that’s not what we mean by funny baby clothing.

Some Wry Baby styles are pretty chuckle-worthy (see, I Might Barf. A classic Wry Baby sanpsuit), but what we try to do is come up with a funny baby tee that’s not just a funny baby tee. Something that has a little extra bit of cleverness that makes it special. And it’s hard, believe me. You can make funny baby clothes about dirty diapers 24/7, but what we set out to do is tweak every baby shower gift, or new mom or new dad present, to make it something different than what you’re seeing everywhere else. A truly unique baby gift.

In the next month you’ll hopefully see what we’re so pathetically trying to explain here as we launch some fun new baby gifts and breathe some life into some stale shower gift categories. You’re getting a taste of what’s coming with our sneak peeks of Wry Baby’s upcoming New Parents’ Fun Book and below is a peek at the art for our next fun shower gift. Can you guess what it will be? Keep checking back!

Above: A small detail from the next fun baby gift from Wry Baby. Available later this month at www.wrybaby.com

When Wry Baby set out to give the classic baby book a face lift, we realized there were some things that couldn’t be thrown out with the bath water. This is a peek at The Wry Baby New Parents’ Fun Book’s version of the classic baby book list of firsts. You know, first baby smile, first baby words, first dirty diaper. All the important baby facts you must record for future generations. Well, first off, Wry Baby makes the list fun to fill by making it a fun sticker project! For each first baby tooth or first visitor, there’s a corresponding, colorfully witty sticker to mark the occasion along with some room to record the special date and specifics. In the end you have a colorful spread of your baby’s remarkable achievements. Take a look at Wry Baby’s “Book of Firsts” below. Just a taste of the fun activities that await lucky new parents in Wry Baby’s New Parents’ Fun Book!

The Wry Baby New Parents’ Fun Book is available June 2 from Wry Baby (www.wrybaby.com) A fantastic, wholly unique shower gift and perfect as a fun baby gift.

You can pre-order The New Parents’ Fun Book from Amazon by clicking here.

Wry Baby got a little ink from the Charlotte Observer’s Style section this morning. Our cute baby clothes are still relatively new to the Charlotte area and we were tickled to be included in an article about local baby businesses who make cool baby gifts. Featured on the front page of the Style section was a photo of our super cute “Super Cute” Super Snapsuit and the article mentioned our “Someday I’ll Have A Hairy Chest” outfit and our “I (heart) My Dads” snapsuit. Even our Pillowcases for New Parents got mentioned along with some of our other fun shower gifts. If your looking for more info on Wry Baby or on more of our cute baby clothes, you can check out the article on the Observer site here. Or go to wrybaby.com for bigger views of our fun baby clothes.

The Super Snapsuit from Wry Baby (above) is only for baby girls who promise to use their powers for good. Sized 0-6 and 6-12 months, it features a satin cape attached at the shoulder seams and printed with puffy ink on super soft cotton. Each Super Snapsuit comes with a box explaining tips on being a “super kid”. Available at Wry Baby for just $30. Click here to get to Super Cute at wrybaby.com

(Oh, and yes, there’s a boy version at Wry Baby! Get I’m Super at wrybaby.com here)

Wry Baby came out with these “posterpads” a little while back and there was one that was a perfect shower gift for pregnant Moms. Appropriately called “Write It Down Before Estrogen Makes You Forget”, it was a hit and we sold out fairly quickly. While it’s still out of stock for the moment, we thought we’d offer you a Mother’s Day treat and post an excerpt from the back of the pad explaining how to handle your hormone ravaged brain during pregnancy. While not part of our best-selling Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips board book, this is a more serious, in-depth look at pregnancy and how truly weird it is. Of course, there are way more Mother’s Day goodies waiting for you at wrybaby.com. And don’t miss our Mother’s Day special: Free, fun cotton tote for new Mom and Dad with orders over $40.

Above, more pregnancy tips for the expectant Mom from the fun parenting experts at Wry Baby.

Wry Baby Bundles (new baby Gift Sets with a cuter name) are back in stock! A while ago we reconfigured our gift sets (a boring name for Wry Baby Bundles) and they were a huge hit. For those who don’t know, the Wry Baby gift sets are specially discounted collections of our most popular Wry Baby baby shower gifts. We went out of stock in just a few days and we’re happy to announce that we’ve restocked the shelves and the Bundles are available now. And at really great prices.

The best part of the Wry Baby baby gift sets is that they come with our special tote gift wrapping. Each thick, cotton tote is printed on each side with “Cool Mom” and “Fun Dad” and is perfect for those quick trips to the park with Junior. And who wouldn’t want to be a “Cool Mom”!?

Check out our gifts sets and if you have any Wry Baby Bundle ideas of your own, let us know what Wry Baby gift sets you’d like to see. We’re always looking for new ways to bring you bundles of joy!

Above is our popular SUPER BABY FUN PAK that includes a SUPER SNAPSUIT
of your choice and our famous ATTACK of the 50FT. BABY STACKING BLOCKS all wrapped up
in our thick cotton, reversible WRY BABY GIFT TOTE.

The SUPER BABY FUN PAK is available now at wrybaby.com for just $56.
Buy this Wry Baby Bundle and SAVE $11.99 off the regular price!

Kelly and I were in Target last week and we discovered that Target totally stole our Someday I’ll Demand A Pony outfit design AND our Photo With Baby Sanpsuit! And what’s worse, they look terrible! Wait. Maybe I should feel good about that. What’s with the camera illustration? Cheap! They’ve released our designs under their private label called “Look Who’s Talking”. Wry Baby’s been selling the Someday I’ll Demand A Pony outfit and the Photo With Baby Sanpsuit for a couple of years and Someday I’ll Demand A Pony’s been a perennial best-seller at www.wrybaby.com. We always wondered when we’d get lifted by Target and now we have. I guess we’ve arrived?

Everyone knows that places like Target can rip off little guys like us at Wry Baby because there’s nothing we can do about it. But you can. Please support us little guys by buying your fun baby gifts at Wry Baby instead of the knock-offs at Target. Kelly and I thank you!

The infinitely nicer Wry Baby outfit, Someday I’ll Demand A Pony is $35 at www.wrybaby.com
Photo with Baby 25¢ comes in a cute vinyl bag for $24 at www.wrybaby.com

Oh, and in case anyone from Target (or Look Who’s Talkin’) reads this, maybe you should rip off our popular Wry Baby twin set next:

The Wry Baby twin set is a great baby gift for, you know, twins.
Stop Copying Me double snapsuit pack is just $39 at www.wrybaby.com