The Doona, now available on our website and all six Magic Beans stores, makes it easier than you ever imagined to navigate through airports, cabs, and other tricky terrain with a baby.  And since it takes some major steps out of the process of transitioning your baby from car to stroller and back again, it’s definitely a step up from your ... Read More »

Shop all BOB and Baby Jogger at Magic Beans A double stroller can feel like a necessary evil: just a little too long or a little too wide for perfect maneuverability. Some of the double strollers out there can feel like you’re driving a tank down the sidewalks of the greater Boston area. But when you’ve got two little guys ... Read More »

We’re coming up on Magic Beans’ eleventh birthday, and that adds up to a lot of strollers! I never imagined, back when I began, that I would become a stroller expert, but experience adds up, and now selling strollers is one of my favorite things about this job. Today I’d like to share my cornerstone piece of advice for city ... Read More »

SPRING STROLLER CLEANING – WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 MAGIC BEANS BROOKLINE 312 HARVARD STREET, BROOKLINE, MA MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT HERE $25 / 20-minute session   It’s that time again: Magic Beans Brookline is hosting our annual Spring Stroller Cleaning! Bring in all those hardworking baby strollers that need a little love after our record-setting winter, and we’ll pamper ’em with all-natural, ... Read More »

Update 6/7/2017: The Best Baby Carriers of 2017 When I say I’m a baby carrier/ baby wearing geek I am not kidding… total nerd! I’m that lady chasing other parents down in the mall to discuss the carrier that they’re wearing. My husband really loves when I do that (← total sarcasm). I love soft structured carriers, wraps, slings, all ... Read More »

Learn about Superfoods with Dana Angelo White Magic Beans Fairfield, 1530 Post Road May 9, 10am-12pm   Dana Angelo White, MS RD ATC, author of First Bites: Superfoods for Babies and Toddlers, knows a whole lot about feeding kids! Not only is she a nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com, a Nutrition Consultant, a Certified Athletic Trainer, and a Sports Dietitian and ... Read More »

Shop all Bugaboo Strollers at Magic Beans When I started shopping for strollers over 13 years ago (in 2001-2002 – ack!) I remember the top of the line stroller was a Peg Perego, and it was just north of $300.  A year later, Miranda on Sex & the City got a Bugaboo Frog Stroller that cost $700, and suddenly the ... Read More »

Teaching kids about disabilities, and how to treat people with disabilities respectfully, can be a tough issue: since kids are naturally curious and have no filter, they sometimes ask questions that can be hurtful (and embarrassing). Since most kids today have at least one child with a disability in their class at school, a bit of education at home is ... Read More »

  As technological advances zoom forward over the course of our lifetime, every familiar product is transformed into something sleeker, more efficient, and more effective: for instance, could we have imagined in 1990 what the humble telephone would turn into? I’m still kind of amazed. Ironically, I almost never actually use my phone to call anyone (I prefer texting), but ... Read More »

Because we like to toot our own horn, we always want to make sure that parents know how much more value you can get for your dollar by shopping at specialty baby stores. Smaller stores offer personalized, one-on-one customer service you can trust, and since our reputation is staked on the quality of our merchandise, we won’t try to sell ... Read More »