Baby e

I would be understating things if I said that I was a bit maternally inclined. I have wanted a baby since I was about 13 (for obvious reasons of parental disappointment I have postponed) and have turned in to one of those awful people that finds it physically impossible not to coo at another persons baby no matter how inappropriate the setting might be. Waking a baby up on a long haul flight to Buenos Aires just so that I could play with it is probably the worst example I can think of. While I’m not proud of this, damn that baby was cute and personally I think everyone had been sleeping too much anyway by that point.
Fortunately for me, a few friends have recently become pregnant and this has given me a great excuse to visit baby shops and play with booties and the like. From the outside I had high hopes for Babye but once I stepped in everything changed. What I hadn’t realised was that this was a designer baby shop featuring names like Ralph Lauren and Armani.
Frankly I find the whole idea of designer baby clothes pointless and a bit disturbing. Why would anyone want to spend £70 on a Dior baby grow just to have the kid throw up on it within twenty seconds of putting it on. Who is the designer gear really for anyway? Surely the baby doesn’t care what it’s wearing so long as it’s warm and soft so is the point that the mother needs to have her kid ready for the cat walk at any time. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s quite sweet to spend a bit of money on a one off piece for a baby especially if there is a special event coming up but the day to day extravagance of this place made me feel quite uncomfortable. If you are willing to spend £150 on designer bed sheets your baby will no doubt crap on then Babye is your kind of place. The rest of us will have to thank god that BHS still exists.

Mums and babies can enjoy beautiful and contemporary products at this exquisite boutique. From top designer labels to carefully selected small independent brands, there’s a host of maternity and nursing wear, baby products, gift sets and unique baby gifts to choose from at Babye. The store also offers a free gift-​wrapping service and gift vouchers if you are struggling to decide what to buy.

Babe E is a great little baby shop in Ealing. It’s fulfilled all of my baby buying needs in the last few years. They do great little mittens on strings in the winter with little matching bobble hats and scarves. For Christenings they do a great little range of keepsakes for a small shop I think they have a great amount and cover all price ranges. The assistants are very attentive and happy to help, but do leave you alone to browse and think. They seem to gift wrap everything (very well) and for free. Their maternity section looks lovely and they have a great little range of Dior bottles and dummies on ribbon which are cute gifts.