Counting down your pregnancy month by month.

Now you can count down through the months of your pregnancy with a button (or badge) announcing how long to go. To save on shipping, buy them all at once from Materni-tee.com. You can also find the same designs on dozens of other products, including maternity shirts, in this section.

Personalised maternity shirts now available in PINK

First the 1000s of pregnancy announcement maternity shirts at PregnantByDesign.com were only available in white. Then they launched black. And now, you can also choose pink! Just click on any white maternity shirt with a design you like and then click on the little pink box below the product photo to load the pink image.

Go on, you've always looked great in the pink.

You don't have to a woman to wear a maternity shirt.

Can a man know what it's like to be pregnant? One man tried to find out by wearing a special 'maternity suit' under this ‘question mark’ maternity top. The photo comes courtesy of the Working Stiff blog which is written by Darren Garnick for the Boston Herald. You can also see Darren's heroic wife Stacy modelling the shirt .

Follow the blog to read an account of Darren's experience as a pregnant woman!

Like the other unique maternity shirts at PregnantByDesign.com this question mark design can also be bought on pregnancy announcement t-shirts from Materni-Tee.com.

Christmas is just around the corner

Christmas is just around the corner! December is already upon us, and before you know it it will be the 25th.

If you are celebrating your baby's first Christmas then why not let everyone know about it by dressing your baby in one of these cute "Baby's First Christmas" onesies from Christmas-Tees:


Baby's 1st Christmas Infant Bodysuit



More in store

giglets

first of all, thanks to andy for inviting me to this blog.
i'm an illustrator, and i do a lot of greeting cards for recycled paper greetings.
mostly kid-cards.
the cards just begged to be made into t-shirts.
("hey, make us into t-shirts!")
so i did.
.......and that's how the cafepress giglets store was born.

National Breastfeeding Month

August is National Breastfeeding Month

Breastfeeding is not only beneficial for your new baby, but also for you. Listed below are some benefits:

Benefits for the baby:
Encourages optimal development
Increases bonding time with mom
Increases immune function which leads to less sick time
Decreases risk for obesity and hypertension in later life
Decreases risk for the development of allergies

Benefits of breastfeeding for mom:
Breastfeeding requires no preparation so no bottle cleaning, heating, etc.
It's FREE!
Stimulates the uterus to return to its normal size
Increases weight loss
Increases bonding time with baby
Decreases cost of pediatric care due to less sick time for baby
Decreases risk of developing cancer in later life


Support Breastfeeding & Preve Jr. Baby Doll T-Shirt

First IVF baby is now pregnant

Andy, in case you haven't heard I'm sure you'd be interested to hear that I read in a newspaper that the world's first IVF baby (Louise Brown) is now three months pregnant herself. The baby was conceived naturally and Louise described it as 'a dream come true'. It's said to be a relief as she reportedly feared that the fertility problems her parents faced may have been passed on to her. She is 27.

Malcolm
http://www.Materni-Tee.com

Look what I did!

Since there are a few proud daddies on this blog, and Father's Day has just been, I thought I'd point you all to this Look what I did design. It's a fun and cute way for a dad to be to boast about his exciting news while bringing a smile to everyone's face.

If you have any fun stories about how you announced that *you* were about to become a father, Send them to pregnancyannouncement@yahoo.com and it could be published at this pregnancy announcement website.


Technorati Tags: Look what I did, Pregnancy announcement, pregnancy, pregnant, shirts

Playdough Recipe

Today my kids have been at a loose end so we decided to make some playdough. A quick trip to the grocery store for a bag of flour and some cream of tartar and we were off. My son asked for two colours - green and gold - which is kind of sad given that Australia were knocked out of the World Cup in the wee hours of this morning. Never mind - we've still got playdough:

PLAYDOUGH RECIPE

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup salt
* 1 cup flour
* 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
* 1 tablespoon oil
* 1 cup water
* food coloring

What to do:

1. Combine ingredients in a saucepan. Heat gently and keep stiring until the dough is no longer sticky. Take it off the heat and allow to cool. Store in a ziplock bag or airtight container. Non-toxic (just doesn't taste all that good!)

Baby Pirate Gear

Yo ho ho! Looking for a cute baby pirate t-shirt or onesie? Or a pirate tee for an older child? Then look no further! At Zavvy Zoo Kids we have a whole lot of pirates to choose from. Our pirates were designed originally for our two kids, Loll (7) and Zavvy (19 mths) who love dressing up and play acting. Zavvy looks cute is his pirate captain t-shirt (see below) and Loll loves his red pirate baseball jersey (see our store homepage)


Baby Pirate Infant/Toddler T-Shirt

Introducing our 6 year old baby.

Firstly, thanks Andy for inviting me to this blog.

Like the father from ‘3 girls and us’ I’m a dad with 3 girls. However we have 2 boys too so the gender balance is a little more even.


Our CafePress Store was started in 2000 because my partner wanted some shirts for a Natural Birth Support Group she founded. Once I started, I kept having ideas for things I’d like to see on a shirt and the store grew quickly. The first designs were all about natural birth , home birth and gifts for midwives (my partner chose to give birth at home with all our kids).


But then I also started to have ideas for mothers to be to announce a pregnancy , ideas for gifts for dads to be , brothers and sisters to be , ideas for telling first time grandparents the exciting news etc. Now there are hundreds of designs about pregnancy in many different sections at Materni-Tee.com


Now that we offer an affiliate program for baby and pregnancy sites, sales are increasing faster than ever. I’m very happy to share 20% of the sale price with the people who post links to our designs because it means people who wouldn’t otherwise know about them are getting to see the cute knocked up tanks , I’m going to be a big brother kids tees and dad-to-be sweatshirts as well as all the pregnancy announcement shirts for mums (or moms).


I love receiving feedback so please send any comments to Materni-Tee@myway.com And if you haven’t seen them before have a browse through the pregnancy designs atwww.Materni-Tee.com


Malcolm

Baby's First Fourth of July

My First Fourth of July Infant Creeper



Independence Day is fast approaching - not long now until the parades and fireworks begin. Celebrate your baby's first July 4th with a cute "my first fourth of July" onesie. The design features a cute smiling baby face superimposed on the top of a stylised American flag. Perfect for a summer's day picnic!

This design is also featured in the latest Cafepress Wire newletter.

Available from Zavvy Zoo Kids' Clothing

Valentine's Day

The end of January is coming closer and it will soon be time to be thinking about Valentine's Day. If it's your baby's first valentine's day then step into our store and check out our cute Valentine for baby designs:
http://www.cafepress.com/ivfbaby/1091777

A little insight into 3 Girls and Us

Thanks for the intro Andy. I thought I'd post a little bit about 3 Girls and Us and how it all started. Might bring a little smile to your face ;o)

So...make no mistake...I'm a dad. I've got 3 girls. Hey, in my household, I'm over-run with female hormones. At the last count it's 14:1 on the girls:guys ratio. (You really want the full run-down? Oh, ok then...3 kids, my wife, the two cats and eight fish).

I work full time. And to make an extra crust (hey, you'd have to with that many women to support!!!) I started a T-shirt store. Well, 'we' started a T-shirt store my wife would say. We're both creative (I'm most proud of my recent 1st Prize in the Pencil Drawing category at our local village fair!!) and thought it would both be a good outlet for our creative juices and might help pay for a few things...the ballet lessons, the jazz lessons, the piano lessons, the shoes...

And now I can't sleep at night. I'm hooked on T-shirts. Everywhere I go I see them...and every time I spot someone with a groovy one I just HAVE to get a close-up look (I'm gonna get arrested one of these days!). We brainstorm ideas on a regular basis. Usually when we're driving in the car, kids in the back seat. That's when "Super Pooper" was born - we were talking about Super Heros after watching the Incredibles at the cinema. Other designs come from the wonderful experience that is being a parent...like our "can you smell something" baby T-shirt.

How would I sum up our clothes? Cute, cheeky, cool, groovy clothes for babies, kids, mums and dads. (We try not to leave the parents out...but have to admit, the kids get most of the attention - just like real life - so you'll find stacks of designs in our store for young ones).

And then there's the store's name. Well, that was simple - it had to be about us as a family since our clothes are all about that. so it had to be "3 Girls and Us". Brilliant. Simple. Unique.

But...

...now my wife might be pregnant. Oh boy! Hey, if only it really is a boy!! Some male company for me! Someone to kick a ball round with. Someone to fly kites with. (Hey, that gives me a great idea for a T-shirt...)

And as for the store name? Well, maybe we'll have to change it. "3 Girls and Us...and our Boy!"

New team members

The Baby Cafe team welcomes two new members from 3 girls and us and My Mommy Says - two great stores at Cafepress.

Andy's intro - IVF Babies

It all began with an idea for a website for parents of IVF Babies. This is a subject dear to my heart as I have suffered from both primary and secondary infertility and our second son was conceived via IVF. Infertility can be isolating and I found a lot of support through online support groups whilst dealing with infertility and going through the IVF program. However, once I fell pregnant and had my son there didn't seem to be anywhere that addressed issues that came up and it seemed inappropriate to go back to the infertility boards (for obvious reasons). And so IVF Babies was born (it's a work in progress). As part of the website I launched my first Cafepress basic store with the logo design. One store quickly became two and three and before too long I had my very own premium store called the IVF Babies Online Store.

Since opening the store I have diversified and added designs for all babies and kids. This is the My Pretty Little One collection (which also has its own website . Some of these designs are inspired by my kids (I have 2 boys - one is 6.5 and the other is just about to turn one) - in fact my 6 year old "designed" one himself (the "blast off design"). Other designs are inspired by things that I've seen or heard or by seeing a cool font and thinking "what can I do with this?".

Finally, I also have another website called Two Bubs for twin themed clothing. Many IVF babies are in fact twins or even triplets and quads. My best friend has identical twins conceived via IVF. She was the inspiration for starting this website and she was always complaining about not being able to find reasonably priced twin wear - but now she has no reason to complain LOL. The Good Cop/Bad Cop designs are from her.

My store started off as a little hobby but has soon grown to be a passion. I'm always adding new designs and tweaking with the layout. I'm just about to return to work part-time after a year's maternity leave. My littlest has just started daycare twice a week and is thriving with all the new people and toys. He is a little dynamo and can almost walk. My oldest is in the final term of Kindergarten (we live in Australia where the school year runs from Feb-Dec). So this year has been a big one for us!

Welcome to Baby Cafe

Welcome to the Baby Cafe!

Here you'll be able to find out about what's hot for tots from the eyes of some baby store owners - many of whom are also parents so we have the perfect road-testers!

Find out about new designs, read about the inspiration behind them, learn a little from our storeowners and maybe be inspired to be a designer yourself.