In Brattleboro, yesterday, I bought my first gift for my granddaughter Robin.  I sent some things early from the baby registry Emma set up for gifts, but this was the first personal gift I bought as a grandfather. It seem impossible not to send, a yellow Duck hooded towel for new born babies. I also bought two onesies with magnetic buttons which are incredibly easy to take on and off without fiddling with buttons, something I remember from changing Emma.

Small miracles, I think.

it was neat to walk into this hip baby store and have some reasons to look around, I think I will get her odd and unusual and colorful things that will stoke her imagination and make her smile and laugh. Robin lives in Brooklyn, and there are plenty of places to buy odd and funky gifts, but I see this as a creative challenge and a way of communicating with her, and I love the idea of her taking a bath and drying out in a duck towel with a hood.

As for the magnetic onesies, I got one for 3 mos, one for six months. At that age, they do not last long.