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).

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.

Argh! We Wry Baby folk be lucky to be spotted in Earnshaw’s Magazine. Aye, and it be our new Pirate Hooded Towel that be gettin’ all the glory! Ye won’t be findin’ it in stores, ye scurvy dogs, until later this year. But if ye be a land lubbin’ habedashery o’ sorts, ye can set sail fer the NYIGF ‘n get a glass eye full o’ our fare.

Kelly and I loves us our iPhones. It’s no secret that we also love being parents. So it’s only fitting we should meld our favorite life-changing things together: iPhone + Parenting = ?

Wry Baby’s been working super hard with the good people at Paze Interactive to bring you a little prezzie for your pocket. It’s in Apples approval hopper now and we expect to launch in Apple’s iTunes App Store in a couple of weeks. Anyone care to guess what our first Wry Baby iPhone App might be? The first person who correctly guesses what our iPhone app is (in the comments to this post) will be sent a FREE original, analog version of our Wry Baby iPhone app’s inspiration.* Go nuts and have fun!

• CONTEST RULES: Friends and family are totally excluded becuase they should be punished for being in our inner circle and because we probably already told them all about this. Entrants must supply us with their real email addresses because if you win, we’ll have to email you to find out where you want your prize sent. Contest results will be posted after our fun new app launches (approx. two weeks from 3/9/09). By entering, you agree that Wry Baby reserves the right to make (and own outright) an iPhone app of any guesses regardless of how ridiculous, physically impossible, fiscally irresponsible, pattently imporbable or plain, flat-out genius.

I must have died and drifted off to heaven last night because when I awoke this morning, I saw that not only were our Attack of the 50ft. Baby Stacking Blocks featured on BoingBoing.net, but my illustrations were likened to those of Mad Magazine’s “marginal” genius, Sergio Aragones! OMG. Please send money in lieu of funerary flowers to the Sopp estate, Mooresville, NC.

Of course, our fun blocks are available from your presumably deceased pal, wrybabydave here for $28

The second day of the New York International Gift Fair and it’s time to meet some of the great stores from around the US who carry Wry Baby’s fun baby shower gifts, funny baby clothes, baby books and baby accessories. Did you know that most stores that stock Wry Baby are also full of great things for adults? Bosses? Girlfriends and boyfriends? Wives and lovers? You have access to literally hundreds of fun stores near you via our Wry Baby Store Finder. Check out this video of some of the great sore owners that come to the NYIGF from all over the country to find special things just for YOU!

It was so fun to see our fun friends today and we encourage you to visit them (and hundreds more around the globe) for more fun times:

Pop Deluxe
310 state street
Madison WI 53703
608.256.1966
toll free 800.399.5757
http://www.popdeluxe.net/

Rockridge Home
5418 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
510-420-1928
http://stores.rockridgehome.com/StoreFront.bok

Happy Jacks
4941 Lake Shore Drive
Bolton Landing, NY 12814
518-644-2424

The Spoon Sisters
Great Gifts Opening Everywhere
http://www.spoonsisters.com

The Wry Baby Store Finder
Find a Store that Loves You. Near You.
http://www.wrybaby.com/storefinder.aspx

Sunday is opening day at the New York International Gift Fair and we’re all ready. All our fun baby shower gifts, funny baby clothes and accessories are set for viewing and our new cool baby outfits are front and center for their big debut. It was a busy first day, but we managed to squeeze out some video of Wry Baby’s first day at the 2009 New York International Gift Fair.

Coming to the NYIGF? Stop by the JUST KIDS STUFF section, booth 1740-1742 and get in on the ACTION! Get it? See what I did there? “Action” as in “lights, camera, ACTION”? Oh, so much cleverness to behold at the always fun Wry Baby booth!