The Body Silk Seamless Nursing Bra by Bravado Designs was designed to simply melt onto your body, and give moms comfort like they have never experienced before, nursing or not! This bra conforms right to you and comes with padded inserts that can be removed. With easy tabs for nursing discreetly, you will fall in love with this bra! Available online at www.bravadodesigns.com.

Providing convenience and comfort, Easy Stroll allows you to take control of your stroller with just one hand. Your free hand can swing naturally, carry groceries, or hold an older child’s hand.  An ergonomic hand grip that promotes proper posture, Easy Stroll alleviates arm and back discomfort that can result in severe pain over time. Available in different colors, $30 at www.EasyStroll.com.

Baby Soles™ by the makers of Little Soles™, Urban Class Footwear for Children™,  are simply the most stylish & chic shoes for newborns & infants! Their newest shoe for baby girls, Bloom, which is pictured above, is just too precious for words! Adorable details and lovely velcro tabs make this shoe easy to slip on and off teeny tiny feet.

Even more than offering trendy, hip shoe styles for little ones, all of Little Soles™ collections have undergone rigorous testing procedures to ensure that they are toxin-free. Parents can feel great that they are purchasing a safe shoe for their child that is less harmful to the Earth. Check out all of their shoes online at www.littlesolesshoestore.com.

I was lucky enough to take part in a Q-tips morning brunch with nursery designer Wendy Bellissimo. She was just as pleasant as can be and really offered up some amazing tips on how to create the perfect space for your new arrival. Here are her top ten suggestions:

1. Be Your Own Designer: Go through magazines, catalogs and visit baby & furniture stores to see the looks available. Choose a style that feels most natural to you so the nursery can become an extension of your home. Then create your own book or board of clippings, fabric samples and photos for inspiration. Start the design process well before your due date so that you have time to relax before the baby’s arrival.

2. Save the Paint for Last: Select your nursery furniture and fabric before you paint. It is easy to find a paint shade to match your furniture/fabrics and not always the other way around. Keep in mind, furniture and fabrics do not all need to match – a great mix of textures that complement each other can add a truly custom, “designer” feel.

3. Don’t Sacrifice Style for Functionality: It is easy to create a beautiful, organized space in the nursery to care for your baby (without the piles of diapers and a mess of toiletries). Place a basket or fabric covered box (from an arts & crafts or paper store) on the changing table or shelf above and fill with diapers, Vaseline® petroleum jelly, diaper cream and rubbing alcohol. One nursery essential you won’t have to hide is the new Q-tips® Baby Pack! They are available in two adorable nursery animal designs and are functional (with a new sliding drawer that keeps Q-tips® cotton swabs protected for baby) so they can always be within arm’s reach.

4. Add a Personal Touch: Give your nursery a personal touch by adding framed covers of your favorite childhood books or classic black & white or sepia photos of you and your significant other when you were babies.

5. Create A Sleepy Time Sanctuary: We all need our beauty rest, so it is important to create an environment that’s peaceful for your baby to sleep. Create a calming atmosphere with soothing colors and softer tones rather than bright or harsh colors. Then, use accents to add pops of color without being too overwhelming. Be careful not to make the room too dark or too quiet at nap time. This way your child will be able to fall asleep in any environment, which is great when you are traveling or when new siblings arrive! You can also play soft, soothing music or lullabies to help the baby fall asleep.

6. Room to Grow: Choose design options that can grow with your child – consider color palette, furniture style, storage options and a play/reading area. Look for a dresser with drawers and cabinets, rather than a standard changing table and simply secure a changing pad on top. Once your child outgrows diapers, you will have a beautiful piece of furniture with drawers for clothing and cabinets for toys that are within reach for your child.

7. X vs. Y: Not finding out the sex of your baby? No worries! Design a gender-neutral nursery with yellow, green, white or crème and simply add touches of blue or pink accessories when the baby arrives – these simple changes can be made to anything from the receiving blanket to the changing pad. These color options also give you the flexibility to use the bedding over again for a new sibling.

8. To Theme or Not to Theme: Nursery themes such as safari, princess or transportation are a great way to create a fun, lighthearted statement. A themed nursery can still be done tastefully if the items are selected in moderation. For example, if you are doing a safari-style mural, keep bedding and fabrics neutral so the room doesn’t look overdone.

9. Accessorize: A few must-have accessories for any nursery are books, books and more books! You can also add a silver piggy bank and a few irresistibly soft stuffed animals that will quickly become your child’s best friends! Even my celebrity clients still go for the traditional accessories – they bring us all back to that magical time of childhood.

10. The Essentials: When designing your nursery (large or small), you should always keep these essentials in mind – a crib, rocker, changing table/dresser, light dimmer switch and books within the little one’s reach. If you do not have enough space for a bookcase, a basket for the floor will do the trick perfectly. Your little one will be crawling around before you know it and handing you their favorite book at bedtime!

And for the perfect accessory why not try Q-tips’ new Baby Packs? The colors will go with any decor! You no longer have to hide everything in a basket because the box is as cute as anything else in the room.

Comes in 2 styles and holds 285 Q-tips.

The American Museum of Natural History has recently published its first iPhone application: DINOSAURS. It is a free application that contains over 800 images from the Museum’s archives, and really a wonderful application to scroll through. Click here to download it for FREE.

Combining scientific research with over 800 stunning images from the Museum’s vast archives, this pioneering interactive mosaic provides even the youngest paleontologists a new way to discover the Museum’s dinosaur collection—and to become experts in the process. Packed with information about six of the Museum’s most popular dinosaur fossils, including the famed Tyrannosaurus rex and the Barosaurus, DINOSAURS can be used as a learning tool, teaching children the science behind selected fossils, stories about their discoveries, and profiles of the fossil-hunters who uncovered them. The images are enhanced with social networking functionality, enabling users to share favorite images with family and friends, post comments, and view comments left by others.

I should be writing about gym equipment instead of the scrumptious cookies I found from the Sara Snacker Gourmet Cookie Company. But… my mind is in their Lemonade and Candypop treats. Whether it is the old time favorites of vanilla milkshakes and Fluffernutters — or the salty sweet mix of pretzels and chocolate from their Chipn’etzel — you will find yourself transported by their unique nostalgic flavors baked to feed your inner child and soul.

Yes, they have an online shop. Yes, it’s impossible to resist. Yes, you will thank me later.