High tech baby gifts: 4 of the best splurges for your very favorite parents-to-be
If you’re shopping for a baby gift and want to go in on The Big Gift with a group — or maybe all on your own, generous soul, maybe consider high-tech baby gifts. Talking to you, best friends from college, generous boss, first-time aunt-to-be, and amazing...
Baby gamers gonna game
Calling all you expecting video game geeks! We spotted this fun Bumkins Nintendo print baby gear that we just had to share. Seriously, how fun is this? Related: 5 of the coolest geeky baby onesies We’ve been longtime fans of Bumkins’ practical baby...
Can these board books tech babies rocket science?
Most baby board books aren’t, you know, rocket science. The ones I read to my four month old pretty much stick with friendly talking animals and geometric shapes, so I was a little surprised to discover the Baby University board books collection, which was...
Because it’s a new baby. Get it?
What can we say? We’re suckers for geeky baby onesies, especially when they involve keyboard commands, which is why we had to share this new baby onesie from the folks at TwelveSouth. Command N. Get it? Of course you did. Related: 5 of the cutest geeky baby...
This high-tech baby cot from Ford makes it feel like you’re driving your baby around at night.
Looks like Ford took a cue from all parents everywhere who have been stuck driving their baby around in their car to get them to fall asleep, and built a baby cot that actually mimics that exact experience. (Well, for the baby that is. Thankfully). The Max Motor...
STEM swaddlers help future scientists know their barium from their boron
For a while, geek has been the new chic, and so I hardly know a new mom or dad who wouldn’t totally love this periodic table baby swaddler for their future genius. Designed by toddler mom Lynne Burton to keep herself from going crazy (we feel ya, Kim), the...
Baby’s first video game remote that’s perfectly safe for chewing and drooling
Every parent knows that babies just love to chew on all the things that probably shouldn’t be chewing on. And always the expensive, important stuff. The keys. The phone. The video game remote. And so, over the years, clever handmade artisans have created some of...
Baby’s first retro gaming remote
Since we first featured the wooden iPhone baby teethers at 3Princesses Store on Etsy a few years ago (has it really been that long?), they’ve added a whole slew of cool geeky baby gifts that just so happen to be super affordable too. As in $12. For a handmade...
Geeky baby onesies that spell future genius
This week at the Maker Faire, which is kind of one of the best thing ever, it was so fun discovering not just the amazing tech activities and gadgets and inventions, but what some of the more craft-based makers were doing. One discovery: The fabulously geeky baby...
Can baby tech make parenting easier or does it go too far?
I was so happy to sit down with Arielle Duhaime-Ross and Ben Popper of The Verge recently (oh, how we love The Verge) to talk what’s new in baby tech for their excellent Verge video series, Top Shelf. You get to see a bunch of cool new innovations we’ve...
7 of the cutest Star Wars baby gifts for May the 4th
It’s never too early to introduce your baby to the wonders of Star Wars, even if they are way too young to sit through the movies with you. (Maybe.) So on today’s Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you while you check out these fantastic Star Wars baby...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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