Went on a shopping expedition a few days ago with Mary & her mother. Our kid, not yet born, already has an extensive wardrobe including items that should take him from 0 to 6 months - all of it cute.
On Saturday we walked the length of Newbury street, hitting four or five baby/maternity specialty shops offering everything from books to clothing to stuffed animals and much more - all of it high-end.
But you know what there isn't? Diaper pails, table-top bassinet thingies, burping towels. Anything utilitarian, cost-competitive, mundane. Obviously, this isn't stuff suitable for fashionable Newbury Street, but we've looked and there aren't really any baby/child-related retailers convenient to downtown Boston - all of it's in the suburbs.
I suppose if we had moved to the suburbs as soon as we started contemplating having a kid, like we were supposed to, we wouldn't be facing this problem - we'd have easy access to a Babies R Us, or whatever, and our kid's cute wardrobe wouldn't have been so costly.
I really don't get it, though. We see so many babies and strollers around our neighborhood, I can't believe there's no market for baby-staples in Boston proper (note: I hereby informally trademark "BabyStaples", a great name for big-box retail franchise). Granted, all strollers are Stokke and Bugaboo and Mutsy, but those babies still need basics... even if the basics have to match the strollers - all of it Scandinavian.
Come on Boston, I know you have babies. Where are your retailers??
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