Joe Fresh

Just sayin.....Joe Fresh has some pretty nifty inexpensive baby clothes.  You do have to check frequently as the stock changes, but it can be worth it.  Especially if you luck into clearance day.

Not that my little man needs any more clothes at the moment.  But ti is cool to keep an eye out for anything super nifty.

Carters Baby Clothes

I must say, I really like the Carters baby clothing.  It's generally very well priced, super cute and fits well.  I've had several people give me some and it's been some of my favorites for dressing my little Munchkin.  That's pretty much all I have to say about them.  Cute, good price, fits well!

Gagou Swimsuit

The bathing suit I'm currently using for Munchkin is one by Gagou Tagou.  Sadly I'm not all that impressed with it.  It's cute and it fits well but it hasn't held up so well.  I've taken him swimming all of 6 times and the fabric is disintegrating.  You know how that happens after awhile with your bathing suits being used in chlorine for a long time.  I just think the suit should last more than 6 swims before that happens.

It's a bit disappointing, but I guess it happens.  The funny thing is that I usually love the Gagou Tagou stuff.  It's generally very cute and has held up well.  But I guess every company has a lemon product once in awhile.

Lillies of the Valley Coat

I loved using my M Coat so much for carrying Robbie around in his carrier in the winter.  It was so easy.  Insert baby and go.  No need for winter stuff for him.  I wanted something for fall and spring that would work as well.  The down M Coat is really for winter.  So I did some research for something that would work for spring and fall.

I found this a lovely coat from Lillies of the Valley.  She is a local artisan and I really really like the babywearing coat i got from her.  The only thing that would have added to the coat is a pocket.  But I like pockets.  The coat is super comfy, looks good without the baby and kept us snuggly.  And I found the zip up bit to keep your chest warm great.  That was a bit of something missing from the M Coat.  

Now this coat won't block out the wind being polarfleece, but I didn't find that to be too much of a problem, but some people might.  

The M Coat

It can be tough being pregnant in the winter.  You don't really want to buy a new coat just for a few months and quite frankly, the selection of coats in general for pregnant women sucks.  Unless you want to spend big bucks, you tend to look like an unfashionable blob.  

That being said, the M Coat was one of the best pieces of clothing I bought while I was pregnant.  It was most practical for me as I was very pregnant in the winter since I was due at the end of January.  

It's a fantastic winter coat that you can wear when pregnant, not pregnant and for baby wearing.

The M Coat

It's a bit expensive when you are on a budget, but you can wear it for years.

Nursing Tops

Since i've gone and had and offspring i've obviously become more interested in clothing that facilitates breastfeeding.  For the most part I've been very disappointed.

I bought a couple of nursing tops from Thyme Maternity.  They were on the expensive side for glorified T-Shirts and after about 2 washings they looked like I had washed them about 50 and they looked a little on the worn side.

Then I tried a Gap nursing top I got from ebay.  I was much happier with this, however I did have to get my mom to modify it a little bit so it wouldn't gape.  Also, the V-neck is a bit low for people wearing nursing bras.  Their sizing is on the larger side so I should have bought a medium.  Mind you I did get a medium about a week ago and it still needs a bit of modification.  The up side though is that is is super comfortable.  The Gap does have comfy T-Shirt material.  The other downside is that you can't buy them in Canada as they stopped selling them in Canada reasonably recently.

I did find a really good shirt.  And it's a Canadian company too which makes me happy.  This company Momzelle makes fantastic t-shirts.  I ordered 1 and  a couple of tank tops.  They are super comfortable, the openings are easy to use and they just make me happy.  Also in the grand scheme of things they aren't that expensive.  They are more than I would ever want to pay for a t-shirt or tank top, but at the same time they are less expensive than many of the other nursing tops out there that can go for about $70.  I would recommend these shirts to anyone.  I bought the V-Neck Nursing T and the V-Neck Nursing Tank.