the Wry Baby Blog

Still looking for the perfect, perfectly inexpensive gift for that new family on your list? Here’s a treasure trove of unique gifts that’ll fit the bill (and the stocking) quite nicely!

1. Perfect for preggers, Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips, $9.95 2. Artsy canvas dolls for baby, Developmental Stuf, $12.99 3. What will your baby grow up to be? Why wait? Know NOW!, Mysterio Predicts, $14.99 4. Our sexy new pregnancy journal, The Nine, $16.99 5. Doodle your baby beautiful with this sketch pad, Hairdo-Maker, $11.99 6. Leave parenting in the hands of FATE, Wheel of Responsibility, $11.95 7. Sporty neoprene pacifier pouches, Zippits, $9.99 8. Spruce up your nest with these canvas art dolls, Bird Stuf, $12.99 9. We made baby journals fun to fill out!, The New Parents’ Fun Book, $12.95 10. This is one crazy canvas crew, Pirate Stuf, $12.99 11. Our gift wrapping is as handy as it is unique, Gift Tote, $9.99 12. Diaper bag flair for Mom, Proud Parent Pins, $9 13. Waterproof bib is always wet, Drooly Bib, $9.99 14. I.O.Me checks for Mom & Dad, New Baby Sanity Checks, $9.99 15. Our best-selling parenting guide book, Safe Baby Handling Tips, $9.95

Everything we offer at wrybaby.com is unique, fun and special. And we mean everything. Even our gift wrapping!

Let us introduce you to the Wry Baby Gift Tote. Made of sturdy white canvas, this 17″ x 17″ tote bag smartly delivers your thoughtful gift before becoming a thoughtful gift in itself. Perfectly reusable for quick trips out with baby!

And if you’re just ordering one or two small things (Zippits, Proud Parent Pins, etc) we have a smaller version (10″x10″) of our Gift Tote so your little prezzies aren’t floating around in a big ole canvas bag. It’s a great way to wrap up all the fun stuff you got from Wry Baby. Just $9.99 at wrybaby.com (available at checkout).

Wry Baby teamed up with long-time-fun-friend, UncommonGoods, to make them some special, exclusive treats. Introducing Have-a-Ball Babysuits™! The perfect gift for the ultimate Sports Dad, both Baseball and Football babysuits also come with a 5″x 6″ instructional card illustrating how to best “get maximum enjoyment out of your new plaything”. Take one to your next sport-o baby shower and watch the crowd go wild! Now available only at uncommongoods.com for $28 ea.

Our sporty pacifier cases are here and they are SO fun! Made of super colorful neoprene, each case stores up to two pacifiers and comes with a sturdy swivel hook so Moms-on-the-go can zip it, clip it and GO! There are 10 different designs so there’s something for everyone.

Cute, colorful and handy, but we haven’t even told you the best part. Each case comes with our special Gromm-o-vent™ that lets good air in and bad air out. Meaning that any slobbery pacifiers you store away on the run will have a chance to dry out before you need them again! Smart, right?

Looking for a unique accessory that’s as fun as it is smart? Looking for something that’s priced “FOR THIS ECONOMY?” Then head over to our new Zippit section at wrybaby.com or hit our handy Store Finder to see them in person! Zippit Pacifier Cases ~ only $10.50 ea.!

This is YOUR day (no matter what all those dang graduates say). Let it all hang out and have a great day!

This message brought to you by EXTRA NIPPLES by Wry Baby. Consult your doctor before using extra nipples.

Looking to get Dad a unique Father’s Day gift this year? Something he can use everyday? Something that doesn’t require sizing information? Something all the fellas at the office will surely envy? Have we got the Father’s Day gift for YOU! EXTRA NIPPLES!

Comfortable, easy to wear. Both attractive AND durable. Wry Baby’s Extra Nipples were made with Dad in mind. These four handsome pin back nipple buttons come with instructions and, if you use the COUPON CODE: NIPPLEBLOG, you can pick these beauties up for 25% OFF*. That’s right, for JUST $6.75 at wrybaby.com.

* Cut and Paste code into section labeled SALES AND DISCOUNTS, located on your shopping cart page. Sale ends June 30, 2009 (EXTENDED!). Rock out with your Nips out.

More fun baby shower book press! This time it’s the good folks at babyzone.com reviewing our newest of best-selling baby shower gift books, The New Parents’ Fun Book! From babyzone.com:

SWEET NEW-MOM GIFTS (Under $40!) – by Lexi Walters – Part baby journal, part activity pack, The New Parents’ Fun Book is a wicked funny gift for the friend you considered Least Likely to Conceive, or just the one most in need of a serious laugh.

Find the best-selling baby journal, The New Parents’ Fun Book at wrybaby.com for about $12.

What’s so funny? Grab yourself a sneak peek of our New Parents’ Fun Book here.

Wry Baby’s best-selling baby book, Safe Baby Handling Tips, got a little digital ink from urbanbaby.com last week and what’s better, we were paired with the Dad’s Survival Kit from our friends at Diaper Dude! Safe Baby Handling Tips is no stranger to fun Rookie-Dad gift ideas, but this is a really good baby shower gift idea! From urbanbaby.com:

GIFTS: For Dad – by Joyce Slaton - …Another thing you should put in the survival kit: Wry Baby’s Safe Baby Handling Tips. As much as you’d like your baby-daddy to be reading Dr. Sears or Elizabeth Pantley, it’s not likely. This satiric, graphics-based guide to keeping baby alive will at least amuse Daddy as he learns that peekaboo is a better game for infants than chess, and testing bottles is better done by shaking a drop of milk on the inner wrist rather than taking a swig.

Diaper Dude’s Dad Survival Kit, $110 at diaperdude.com; Safe Baby Handling Tips, $10 at wrybaby.com

I’ve so got pirates on the brain. It all started when Cost Plus World Market asked us to design some fun hooded towels. We did a Princess towel for the little ladies and the funnest ever pirate hooded towel for little buccaneers. Now my world is all piratey!!!

I recently found that coolest Pirates of the Caribbean vinyl figure, the worlds worst pirate accessory and now, the world’s best pirate haberdashery! Captain Jack’s Pirate Hats are the best pirate hat replicas you’ll find this side of Port Royal. For how crazily well-crafted these hats are, they come in a huge number of styles. Most of his pirate hats are handcrafted from wool felt and treated with either acrylic (a dull matte finish) or an oil/wax treatment (for maximum weatherproofing), but there are also cashmere, straw and sea grass styles to choose from. Ahh, but that’s not the only reason we’re obsessed with Captain Jack’s Pirate hats.

These exquisite hat stands are also available to display your awesome pirate prize! Ranging from $175 to $325, they are every bit worth the booty in their attention to concept and detail. Guess what’s going on wrybabydave’s Christmas list this year?

And while Captain Jack’s flippin’ awesome pirate hats will make an excellent gift for Dave and Dad, why not let all adventurers in your family play pirates with our Pirate hooded towel? Captain Jacks hats can be found at captjackspiratehats.com and they range from the insanely acheivable $80 to the super fancy $225 (with lots of choices in between). Our pirate baby hooded towels at Cost Plus World Market for just $19.99.

Wry Baby may not make diaper bags (YET), but we do make the best darn flair for diaper bags you’ve ever seen. Those pins up in our masthead? Yeah, they’re just the tip of an enormous iceberg of wit and irony that can only come from the funny baby clothes making minds at Wry Baby. We’ve gotten a few emails asking why there are pins seemingly in existence that don’t appear in our packaged sets for Mom and Dad.

We actually make a whole lot more pins that are only available in the bevy of fun boutiques that carry Wry Baby. Next time you’re in your favorite shoppe, look for our big bucket of 300 (YES!) Proud Parent Pins and dig in! Here’s a handy chart showing all that’s available (click it to make it bigger):

Wry Baby’s most plentiful of unique of baby gifts, the Proud Parent Pins, have been featured on the Dallas Morning News, the Mom Salon, the NJ Star Ledger and Parenting Magazine.

Proud Parent Pins make a great baby shower gift and are available en masse in your favorite local gift store or packaged in sets for Mom or Dad online at wrybaby.com for just $9.