the Wry Baby Blog

Practice makes perfect and style is forever! Here are more favorites from Wry Baby’s portable salon, the Wry Baby Hairdo Maker. Jjust $11.99 and available only through this link

The ADMIRAL MUTTON - Your little lamb chop will look smashing in these stylish mutton chops!

The MINI-MOOCHER - Mama’s saliva (and lots of it!) is the secret to this jazzy little number!

Style your own! Just $11.99 here at wrybaby.com!

Looking for a unique baby gift for that fancy baby shower? Looking to wow the other Mommies in your Mommy group with a baby accessory that’s totally off the wall? Look no further than Wry Baby’s Welcome to Motherhood Burp Cloth Set! Two super thick, double layered cotton burp cloths look like kitchy retro-dishtowels, but spout some modern mommy sentiment. One burp cloth, sporting a young miss toiling over a stove while hubby makes tracks for the golf course, states, “I Didn’t Sign Up For This!”. The other burp cloth features the party Mom who shrugs, “I Guess I’ll Never Be Mother Of The Year!”.

We know so many non-traditional Moms and thought this the perfect gift for those who don’t necessarily fit that stereotypical Mommy-mold forged in the 50’s. And who doesn’t know someone like that!? Heck, you probably ARE someone like that!

Yeah, that’s right, two generously sized, lushly thick cotton burp cloths in each set. Pictured above are sides one and two of this fun set. Brand new and available now at wrybaby.com for just $24.

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.

It may be number 10 on the Wry Baby Hit Parade, but our Drooly Bib never really got the launch it so richly deserved. When we introduced this unique baby gift, we were also in the midst of launching our Pillowcases for New Parents, our Proud Parent Pins and a slew of funny baby clothes (including the Super Snapsuits!). Our fun drool bib got sort of lost in the shuffle somehow. But I want to show you how truly awesome this fun gift actually is.

It may be shaped like the cascading drool that comes from the teething set, but this bib is a fully functional, waterproof slobber soaker-upper. It’s got a thin layer of magic vinyl between the thick, double layer of cotton that prevents “drool-through”. Keeping baby dry, happy and hilariously accessorized.

The Wry Baby Drooly Bib is available for the laughably low price of $9.99 at wrybaby.com. Find other drool-making funny baby gifts, cool baby clothes and unique baby shower gifts at wrybaby.com.

The Fourth of July is fast approaching and Wry Baby has marked all our funny baby clothes with a Fourth of July theme down by 40%. Now little Horatio or Henrietta can look smart at that 4th of July parade by sporting the finest in Wry Baby’s line of funny baby clothes. And at 40% off this limited edition of July 4th fare, you may even have some money left over for sparklers! And smoke bombs. Don’t forget the smoke bombs!

40% off these funny baby clothes sounds good, but it’s actually better than you think. Check it out…

• GIVE KIDS THE VOTE t-shirt was $34 and is NOW ONLY $20
• TINY DEMOCRAT and TEENY REPUBLICAN outfits were $40 and are NOW JUST $24
• Our TOTALLY NON-PARTISAN snapsuit was $24. NOW IT’S $14
• The wildly popular VETO VEGGIES bib was $14 but it’s NOW ONLY $8.40

And there’s even more funny baby stuff for the Fourth, so hurry over to Wry Baby to order before this awesome sale ends on 7-06-08.

Wry Baby has a treat for you seekers of cool baby gifts. Wry Baby’s new Welcome to Motherhood Burp Cloth Set, the latest cool baby shower gift from Wry Baby, is finally here and available in cool baby stores worldwide and at wrybaby.com. The Welcome to Motherhood Burp Cloths look like retro dishtowels from an era when a woman’s place was supposedly in the kitchen, but the sentiments on these funny burp cloths are true to any modern mama. Wry Baby wanted to poke fun at those stereotypes of motherhood and these two burp cloths set the tone appropriately. Writes one early report:

A new mother slaving over a hot stove holding a screaming newborn while Dad cuts out for a round of golf exclaims, “I DIDN’T SIGN UP FOR THIS!”

The party Mom with the smokes and a martini shrugs off her shortcomings with “I GUESS I’LL NEVER BE MOTHER OF THE YEAR”.

Each Wry Baby burp cloth set contains the two funny designs on a nice, congratulatory header card. Below you’ll see what I’m talking about or you can cruise to wrybaby.com for a closer look.

Above, Wry Baby’s brand new cool baby gift, the Welcome To Motherhood Burp Cloth Set. Two thick, double layered 100% cotton burp cloths that are so soft, and so nice, you’ll want to sew them together as a nice summer blankie for yourself. Because you’re totally selfish like that. Be the first on your block to sport Wry Baby’s new Burp Cloth set. Only $24 at wrybaby.com

Wry Baby loves Babygadget.com. The team at babygadget seem to consistently find the best baby gifts, baby clothes, baby toys and baby everything from around the world. Honestly, you must check. Everyday, too, because they post constantly. How can there be so much cool baby stuff out there!? Go now!

Not that we at Wry Baby aren’t trying to do our part. Featured yesterday was Wry Baby’s cool shower gift, New Parent Pillowcases. You may have seen them on the Today Show last Feb (at the end of the Valentines Day gift segment). The Wry Baby New Parent Pillowcases feature embroidery at the top corner that says ON DUTY or OFF DUTY and both pillowcases can be flipped to either side to show who’s getting up in the middle of the night for that 3am feeding. Perfect with Wry Baby’s Wheel of Responsibility, this cool shower gift can be found at wrybaby.com.

Above, Wry Baby New Parent Pillowcases as seen on babygadget.com. Avoid late-night misunderstandings with our reversible pillowcase set. Embroidered on each side to denote duty. 100% cotton (250 thread count) Standard size. Just $34 at wrybaby.com

Wry Baby co-founder and head writer, Kelly, is, right now, as I type, attending a cool baby shower. And what cool baby shower gifts does a Wry Baby-type person bring to the party? Not to be garish, we stocked up on some registered goodies and then padded the assortment with Wry Baby’s cool baby clothes and some other cool shower gifts from Wry Baby, of course. Kelly packed a great little basket of our popular baby toy Attack of the 50 ft. Baby Stacking Blocks (the only stacking blocks made to knock down), a “Super Cute” Super Snapsuit and, my favorite cool shower gift, Wry Baby’s Extra Nipples.

Why Extra Nipples? Wry Baby believes everyone can use some extra nipples and with a new baby in the house, the need for extra nipples is never more urgent. Nursing moms from all over the country have praised Wry Baby’s extra nipples. Cool Mom Picks (coolmompicks.com) and Babygadget.com have both recognized the obvious genius of Wry Baby’s Extra Nipples. One size fits all and they’re so easy to apply that even Dad can use them. There are drawbacks and they’re listed boldly on each package. Do not get them wet or your extra nipples could rust. They are not to be used for love making and you should always consult your doctor before using extra nipples. So go to wrybaby.com and pick up some extra nipples as a cool shower gift foryour next baby shower, whydon’tcha?

Above, Wry Baby’s cool baby shower gift, Extra Nipples for the nursing Moms. Available at wrybaby.com in an pack of 4 nipples for just $9.

Wry Baby’s Wheel of Responsibility (Wry Baby’s popular baby shower gift) got a little love from the April 15 issue of Time Out New York Kids. The article is called SEPARATE BUT EQUAL; How to Find Parity on the Parenting Front (by Patty Onderko). Here’s what Patty had to say:

Have you ever seen that gag gift for new parents called the Wheel of Responsibility? Whenever you’re faced with an unpleasant parenting task—cleaning poop off crib railings, say, or playing peekaboo for the 753rd time—you just spin the arrow on the wheel and it lands on either Mom or Dad, instantly solving your “You’re not doing enough!” squabbles. Maybe we should take this novelty item more seriously, because real life is not so simple—or so fair. More often than not, the arrow ends up on Mom. And for women who grew up swearing they’d be the anti–June Cleaver, that’s a bitter pill to swallow.

Patty goes on to give some great pointers on how to get the baby duty divided equally without turning it into an all-out battle. A super great article and a great description of Wry Baby’s Wheel of Responsibility! The Wheel of Responsibility really is a great, fun parenting tool. And you’ll find that once your child has become more self-sufficient, he/she will even find a use for the Wheel of Responsibility. Our son used to bring The Wheel to restaurants with us and spin it himself to see who would win the honor of taking him to the restroom.

Above, Wry Baby’s Wheel of Responsibility. Mentioned in the April 15th Issue of Time Out New York Kids. The Wheel of Responsibility is available at www.wrybaby.com for just $11.95.

Wry Baby’s Wheel of Responsibility makes a great, fun baby shower gift for new parents whether they need it or not.

Oh, and if your looking for another fun way to stay un-divorced? Wry Baby’s Pillowcases for New Parents make a great companion to the Wheel of Responsibility. Both Wry Baby pillowcases are richly embroidered with ON DUTY on one side and OFF DUTY on the other. There are two pillowcases in each pack so new parents can determine who’s pulling the night shift BEFORE they go go to bed. Wry Baby’s Pillowcases for Parent’s are available at wrybaby.com for just $34.