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 »

Many thanks to Diana Toma in our Brookline store for all the great info! Did you know that most pools have to shut down for up to 24 hours after fecal matter has been discovered in the pool in order to disinfect and re-sanitize the water? Not only is that super-gross, but it ruins the day of everyone who was hoping ... Read More »

Remember scratch n’ sniff stickers? These prizes were the centerpiece of any ‘80s kid’s sticker collection, because they were ultimately so much more short-lived than their companions in a well-populated sticker book: those sweet scents were produced through a process called “micro-encapsulation,” which captured teeny, tiny whiffs of scent in little air-bubbles that would be broken when you scratched the ... Read More »

When Russian documentary photographer Jana Romanova was about 25, suddenly she found that all of her friends were getting pregnant (a familiar feeling for a lot of us!). It felt as though everyone around her was suddenly growing up, and she was at risk of being left behind, as the people around her were consumed with the challenges of preparing ... Read More »