There are few processes as personal as picking out a baby gift. Not only are you picking out a gift for a newborn baby, but also for their parents for which you have a close relationship. You want the gift to be something comforting for the newborn and memorable for the parents. Monogrammed baby gifts like blankets, pillows, gowns and towels are exactly the kind of present to give at a baby shower or birthday. Namely Newborns offers quality baby safe products that are monogrammed with expert stitching and embroidery; with so many quality products it can be difficult to pick a single item – we’ll help with this list of some of our more popular products.

Bearington Bear Personalized Crib Blankets – This posh blue dot blanket has beautiful designs and is made with soft baby safe material. The fabric is chenille which is cozy, thick and ultra-soft. The blanket is 36’’ by 29’’ which is great for babies from newborns to toddlers. The blanket also comes with a fantastic large area for a quality stitched or monogrammed baby blanket. According to the website, “Choose plush blue trimmed in satin with chocolate and blue dots which reverses to soft chocolate or blue velour plush which reverses to brown. Up to two names embroidered in blue on the brown blanket or brown on the blue blanket FREE”.

Custom Personalized Baby Pillow – With a wonderful dotted design and pleasant background colors – this pillow is one of the most sought-after baby gifts available at Namely Newborns. The personalized baby pillow is 15’’ by 15’’ which is a perfect size for children from newborns to toddlers. According to their website, “Our monogrammed precious dot baby pillow is 15 by15 inches and matches custom Butterscotch blanket”. This pillow has a large area for custom monogram with any letter or letter combination.

Infant Gown – Designed by Margery Ellen, this blue dot design gown is a great gift to give any newborn. Along with soft baby safe fabric, these beautifully designed gowns come with custom area for monogramming. The items are incredibly affordable and most customers get multiple gowns. According to the website, “An essential item for the newborn baby’s layette since it can be used as a gown up to three .Build your layette by adding a matching blanket, hat or footie”.

Dots have always been popular in baby blankets, towels and toys, but now they are the rage on Fifth Avenue. Dots are covering the facade of Louis Vuitons Fifth Avenue store.  The new interest in dots is inspired by the 83 year old artist Yayoi Kusama who created the windows and merchandise.

This July the Whitney Museum of American Art opened its retrospective of this famous  Japanese Artist. We saw the original exhibition in London at the Tate , March 2012.  Kusama is crazy about dots and sprinkles them liberally on a series of oversized Seurat like paintings that are breathtaking. The colors are bright and  amazing. The color combinations of oranges and pinks, plums and cerises are unforgettable.  Unfortunately, Kusama is also certifiable crazy and is institutionalized in Japan where she works out of a studio at the facility producing an amazing amount of art.

We  are also crazy about dots and have loved dots forever for baby towels and blankets. Luckily, our workshops at www.namelynewborns.com are in Miami and Massachussetts, we we offer incredible personalized baby giftsat affordable prices  featuring a lot of dots.  Caden Lane , one of our premier manufacturers has used the dots in combinations wth circles and lines to create many beautiful patterns. 3 Marthas, another fab manufacturer of baby towels has always used polka dots on her beautiful towels.  Butterscotch Blankee offers a custom dot stroller or baby blanket in 19 color combinations. There can never be too many dots and we add personalization to all of our great dotted gifts.

Caden Lane dots & lines create a plush baby towel for beach or bath

Caden Lane dot line towel is great for bath or beachtime.

Custom Boogie Baby Blanket

Flowered baby gifts are the new rage. Spring is early this year and the fashion industry is abloom with flowered pants and dresses for Moms and little girls alike.

Everyone loves flowers and nothing welcomes a new baby girl more than a bouquet of flowers. Real flowers fade, but our new floral handcrafted baby blankets will last forever and may even become an heirloom. Boogie Baby customs crib size blankets in every possible color combination and with either a ruffle or flanged edge starting at $129.00. The name is appliqued in your choice colors.

Butterscotch Blankees blankets are custom for your baby and available in 19 colors with 19 different accents for the flower and name. They are made of beautiful knitted acrylic &  can be ordered  to fit a stroller at $56.00 or a crib for $120.00

Our handcrafted floral baby blanket is  made exclusively for Namely Newborns . This beautiful organic blanket is  $75.00 and two names are embroidered on the blanket in your choice of pink. The soft organic pink jersey is backed with organic cotton. This personalized baby blanket fits easily into your diaper bag to use as a changing pad , but it is large enough at 28 by 36″ to cover baby warmly in the stroller or crib.

Even our custom diaper wipe cases can be covered in flowers. The travel size diaper wipe case starts at $29.99 and the nursery size wipe case starts at $49.95. One name can be embroidered in a variety of fonts or you can choose baby’s three letter monogram.

Cover baby from head to toe in our supersoft terry hooded flower tubby. This towel is perfect for beach or bath and will keep baby warm and cozy until she is four years old. Whether you choose a baby blanket,baby wipe case of baby towel, remember flowers are always perfect for baby girls.

Custom Daisy Blanket by Butterscotch Blankee

A floral baby blanket that is even organic

Yesterday, was our second bazaar and it was terrific. We put all of our reduced items including Margery Ellen Layette in the front room in baskets. Our back room showed displays of gift sets from Little Giraffe, Bearington Bear and our custom line of organic blankets.Everyone received a free shopping tote when they entered and then it was a mad rush to fill it with adorable baby gifts before we ran out of popular sizes.

We invited several guests to spice up the event. Danny Elfenbein from the Zoo Miami  is helping us connect with the zoo. He bought a 3 Marthas baby towel featuring  what else – elephants. 10% of all items purchased with the code zoobaby are donated to the new zoo babies. There is an upcoming preganancy at the zoo and judging from the size of the mother, this will not be a secret long.

Our second guest was artist Carolyn Heiss. She is able to create a beautiful portrait of a child or any group of children and family members from a portrait. She brought beautiful samples of her work as well as pieces of estate jewelry and fine baby earings in 14 k gold with diamonds. Wow! what a great gift for a newborn.

Organic nurseries provide the perfect safe nesting environment for newborns.  But the commitment to an organic nursery is not an easy one. Many organic bedding sets are white or natural.  You may have limitations in color and products, but that doesn’t meant you have limitiations in quality and style. Once you have decided that you must have an organic nursery, here are our tips to jazz up your nursery.

Pure White Organic Bedding by Dwell Studio

Most  organic bedding is white or natural like this Dwell Bedding set . So in order to make your room a jewel here are our tips.

l. Paint the room a deep jewel tone color like emerald green, hot pink,or cobalt blue.

2. Divide the walls in half with a molding and paint the upper portion a lighter tone of the same color as the lower portion. If you want to be really dramatic, choose two colors like pink and green , or aqua and brown, lavender and sage, or navy and red.

3. Accent with bright white baseboards and molding.

4. Include an organic blanket in bright colors to accent your crib.  Custom the blanket in colors that repeat the wall colors.

5.Personalize everything with bright colored embroidery. Keep repeating the same accent colors on everything you can find.

6. Look for organic towels and clothing. These can be hung on dowels on your wall to punch out color in your room. 

Organic Baby Blanket Handcrafted for Namely Newborns

8. Add a bright wall organizer from 3 Sprouts. They come in hippo, monkey and alligator designs. These wonderfully characters will  decorate your walls, and organize your clutter and will still be safe and organic.

Organic 3 Sprout organizer

What’s the Best Present to Give Big Brother or Sister?
Nothing is more traumatic for a toddler than to be replaced by a new baby. This little stranger gets all of the attention and tons of presents. Big brother and sister are going to be very jealous. They may even resort to hitting or biting the new baby, taking his toys away or stealing his bottle.

Be considerate of this sensitive older sibling. He is going to need a lot of love and you can help.  When you select a present for his baby brother or sister; the most thoughtful thing you can do is bring or send him a present too.
That being said; what do you get the older sibling.?Here are 4 great ideas.

l.The easiest gift to bring is a  book. This gives immediate gratification. If you are visiting, you can always spend a bit of time and read the book to the older child. We recommend big brother books like Meet Jack Truck or any of the Olivia books for the little girls. The LLama, Mamma series and Curious George  is great for kids of both sexes 2-5. If the sibling is over five, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,No Good , Very Bad Day is always a pleaser.

2. It’s hard to guess which toys kids have or like once they are over two. You can never go wrong, however,  with a soft stuffed animal for kids of both sexes. This is the time that the older sibling needs a little tender love and a soft plush bunny or teddy bear will do the trick.

3.Another popular idea is a character beach towel. No one can have too many hooded towels. Finding a towel with a sports or animal theme is always a welcome addition.

4. If the older child is in pre-school or camp, a nap mat or back pack makes a useful gift that will show him that it’s more fun to be older.

Unless you know that the child likes clothes,  we find that most clothing is unappreciated by a child. Please avoid getting a big brother or sister shirt- this is the last thing the older child wants to be reminded of ; he knows his role has changed and doesn’t need it to be rubbed in with a trite logo shirt.

Nothing says summer at the beach better than bright beach towels.

Baby is covered in his bright Bumblebee Towel

Before you hit the beach or hang poolside with your baby , make  you’ve got all the essentials.That means sunscreen, plenty of towels, snacks and a stylish bag to carry it all.

The most important accessory for your baby is a great towel. A baby towel should cover the child from head to toe to protect against harmful sun rays and to provide warmth from cool summer breezes after a dip in the pool or an adventure in the surf.   Baby’s sensitive skin needs to be protected at all times. After swimming we recommend wrapping baby in a warm 100 % cotton terry towel. A towel with a generous hood not only protects him from dangerous uv rays, but dries him off quickly especially the hair. It is easy for a child to get chilled after swimming and most kids get fussy when you towel them off. But if they have their favorite towel with them; they will look forward to being wrapped up.

Baseball hooded tubby towel is great for the sports fan!

Tips for finding the right beach towel:

1. Look for a towel with a hood.

2. Make sure it 100% cotton.

3. Make sure it is long enough to cover baby from head to toe.

4. Find a character or theme that is fun so everyone wants to be wrapped in a towel.

5. Personalize with a name or initial to avoid mixing up towels.

Want to change  your baby at the beach without finding a public restroom. ? It’s easy to cover baby with a giant towel and slip off that wet swim diaper and damp swim suit. Undercover you can put on his fresh suit or summer clothes. No one can have too many hooded towels; they make the perfect baby gift.