Are you searching for that really truly special gift for a very close friend who had a baby in the last year or so? Or, even better for a close family member’s toddler? This is it! A great and practical gift. What is it you ask?

A Pillow and Blanket Set by Baby Dry Goods. They are high quality well made and beautiful products. This set is a pillow and blanket that fits together neatly and can be easily carried to a friend or family member’s house. It is excellent to use in a car, for a nap and super to bring or leave at Grandma’s house.

We have them in the following two colors:

Heron Design:

Taffy Pink Design:

Now toddler boys and girls can get their much needed Rest and Relaxation in style. 35.5″ × 37.75″ blanket folds up and stores inside sewn-in pocket on back side of the child-sized 16″ × 12″ pillow. It is a nap mat and pillow all rolled up in one; perfect for car trips, day care, grandma’s house, and anything else creative little minds can think up!

NEW PRODUCTS: Pacimals:

We have another new and wonderful product now that is getting wide recognition.  They are the perfect solution for babies or toddlers who use pacifiers but are too young to put it back in their mouth if it falls out. Check out our great designs:

Ford the Frog                                    Hallie the Hippo

Janet the Giraffe                                  Zaire the Zebra

They are priced right too, only $18.95 and they come in an adorable packaging and with a pacifier attachment.

All are handmade of the softest plush available and filled with light, squeezable stuffing—perfect for baby’s hugs and little fingers.

Best of all for mom, all Pacimals are machine-washable and dryer-safe.

Each plush pacimal arrives ready to soothe and complete with one clear naturally-shaped silicone pacifier.  You and YOUR baby will be so happy you discovered this.

We will have our products at a boutique in Teaneck on September 19th, Sunday, so stay tuned for more details to follow.

Rebecca Barkai/CEO

www.startingoutsmall.com

info@startingoutsmall.com

A facebook friend posted about this site: www.ArtsCow.com and if you post on your profile about their company, you could get a free personalized mini memo pad. I love to get FREE stuff, so I added it to my profile and checked it out and hopefully I will receive my free pad of paper in the mail soon.

They also give you all these free “tokens”/products, the only catch is, you have to pay shipping which is costly, HOWEVER, since you are allowed a certain amount of each product for “free” it ends up still being worth it. Check it out! I did a whole bunch of magnets for my business, so it is great for giving out to customers at boutiques or add it to an order…etc. So, all you business people who want to get advertising out there, this is a good opportunity.

I hope I like how they came out. I used my logo of a baby in a pea pod. Come check out some new great products in our shop: www.startingoutsmall.com.

We ARE ordering more snackTAXI reusable sandwich and snack bags, but they are inundated with orders, so the ship time is between 2-4 weeks! That was kind of disappointing, but what can you do? When you have a hot items, they go quickly.

You can see the remaining few we have left, they are still very cute. More style to come….

We will also be having reversible MITTEN CLIPS available coming soon…so check back often.

Goodnight!

Rebecca Barkai/CEO

www.startingoutsmall.com

info@startingoutsmall.com

Every year in the fall, kids all over are either excited or nervous for the first day of school. Or, if you are like my kids a little of both. Well, maybe my older child is not that nervous, but my younger one is, but also excited. I have a daughter going into 5th grade (oh, the HOMEWORK!!!) and a son going into 2nd grade.  They go to private school and have the dual curriculum so they are loaded with work. Thank G-d my two bigger kids love school (as I did as a child) and I don’t know what my baby girl will be like, but I have a feeling like my older daughter, loving interacting with others, being social, etc. because she is already!

Last night, we had a TRIAL run for school. Why? Well, because it has been the summer, after the kids camp ended, we have been a bit lazier, getting up a bit later, eating breakfast a bit later, etc. so I was afraid their lazy head Mom who goes to bed way too late would make the kids miss the bus on the first day of school (which is early this year; Sept. 1st before Labor Day b/c Rosh Hashanah is so early this year, they decided to start a week before Labor Day…)  It went really well. My son was up by around 6:30AM. I shortly thereafter got up and went to make him breakfast; I let my daughter sleep a little longer since she shares her room with her baby sister and she instantly wakes up when I walk in the room. How she can hear me tip top so quietly and tap my older daughter, I have no idea…but she does and then she is up. My son made his bed (like he does every morning) and brushed his teeth; put on the clothes I prepared for him and was downstairs in less than 5 minutes. I was very proud of him. My daughter, on the other hand, takes a bit longer, but she came down by 7am, not too bad!

We ended up going to the bus stop with 7 minutes to spare. I was very proud of the kids.  Funny, my son said he had a dream about his new teacher. He said that during a play he was wearing pants that I bought him (he said they were too big) and in the dream, he kept tripping because they were too long and the teacher kept saying “Noah, what is wrong, why do you keep tripping?” and then he woke up. He thought it was funny….he said he never heard his reply.

I also noticed that the last two nights, my daughter went in to bed and less than 1/2 hour later, she walks down the stairs to me on the couch where I am watching TV and she is sort of half asleep. I asked her if she is okay and she answers yes. I say, okay, you just wanted another hug and she says yes. She hugs me and goes back up to bed. It is strange, but perhaps she is apprehensive about the new year or extremely excited. I hope the latter.

Let’s hope tomorrow, the REAL first day of school goes as well as today did. I was too tired to prepare the lunches for them, so I will have to do it in the AM. But, they have all their clothes prepared and bookbags with all their supplies labeled, so they should be all set to go and LEARN about lots of good things in school.

Good luck to everyone else out there sending their kids off to the first day in the next week or so. Hope it is a wonderful year of growth and learning for everyone!

We are selling on www.startingoutsmall.com snackTAXI reusable sandwich and snack bags. We are selling out quickly, so come and take a look. They are terrific, easy to wash, come in nice style and stay tuned for more on the way!  My neighbor just bought 4 for her two older children tonight. They are an excellent and eco friendly way to conserve plastic and the environment.

We also have some new hair accessories and PACIMALS, a great idea to keep your baby’s pacifier in place when their tiny fingers let go of it…what a concept. We have them in some great animal designs, come and take a peek.

We have extended our sale on the three most new TRUMPETTE SOCK SETS that we have now, Ballerina, Baby Buffalo and Baby Camouflage. Only $19.95! Compare it to Nordstroms and Bloomies, they are MUCH cheaper. We deliver ASAP too.

We are offering an additonal 10% off from now until Rosh Hashanah, so what are you waiting for? Come stop and shop….

Ciao for now!

Rebecca Barkai/CEO

www.startingoutsmall.com

info@startingoutsmall.com