When your son comes home from school with pink Crocs and a Barbie lunch kit he didn't leave home with, either it's time to start labeling his clothes—or buy him a subscription to Vogue.

Purchasing your fifth PCB-Free water bottle this school year, think of all the time and money you could have saved with stick-on name labels by Vancouver's Emily Press.

Specially designed to be laundry and dishwasher-safe, the tiny labels will make sure Poppy and  pencil case will always be reunited.

Design your custom labels at www.emilypress.com

Sliced bread, sugar free gum, nannies-on-call: all great ideas for moms.

Add to the list these brightly coloured silicone baking cups that can be used over and over, and washed in the dishwasher.

And best of all, no eating paper.

$3.47/6 at Nood in B.C. and Alberta or online at www.nooddesign.ca

If your Little Miss Pretty goes straight for your cosmetics bag the minute you turn around, you’re not alone.

Save your Chanel bronzer (and your carpets) from future make-up shake-ups by appeasing her with painted nails.

Hopscotch Kids' non-toxic nail polish comes in kid-friendly shades like Ice Cream, Bubblegum and Teddy Bear pink, and if she chews it off, no problem.

Now replacing that smashed Nars lipstick, that’s a problem.

Available online ($12.99) at www.raspberrykids.com

We're definitely not a smother mother, but neither are we a slummy mummy.

Perhaps that's why we're drawn again and again to the gorgeous wares at Nonchalant Mom.

We can attest personally to the loveliness of the pillows and delicate angel wings of Atsuko et Akiko and are lusting for their new sparkly masks and dressups.

We also love the Fleamarket section for its vintage toddler spoons and forks.

Which we will so nonchalantly integrate into our carefully curated collection of original Beatrix Potter bowls and Birks silver cups… not that we care, or anything.

www.nonchalantmom.com

Girls just wanna have fun, but when their gym kit makes them look like Little Miss Sunshine, you can bet they won't be turning cartwheels.

There's no sitting on the sidelines with Lilikiks, a Vancouver-based girls activewear line that has just launched its online store.

With on-trend colours, super-soft fabrics, and high-end technical detailing, styles like these will take them from tennis to track and back again.

She shoots, she scores!

Shop by sport or by style at their new e-store.

www.lilikiks.com

Your kid's wardrobe runs the gamet from the practical (grey hoodie) to the ridiculous (remember when she would only leave the house in her Halloween costume for a month?).

Soft, a funky line of cotton clothing developed for children with sensitive skin, is as cool as it is comfortable. Tagless, zipperless and flat seamed, pieces are finished with eco-friendly enzyme washing to give them that soft, worn-in feeling. For a tongue-in-cheek dress-up session go for the unisex Tie Print tee (US$16, pictured).

And to answer your question, yes, an adult line is coming soon.

www.softclothing.net

Who wears the pants in your family?

Why baby, of course.

So they may as well be cute and organic, like the new range of baby bloomers from Vancouver’s Playpants.

There’s “Laundry Day” in organic indigo denim ($24.95) and “Sunday Brunch” in all-natural cotton and hemp, or a wide range of prints for stylish summer crawlers ($15.95).

Now that’s a bum wrap.

Shop online at www.playpants.ca

In tot land, kids are either running around the park in too-small flood pants or jostling in the sandbox with half of their behind hanging out.

Get control of unruly bottoms with cinch belts ($18) for boys and girls from Bubalugbaby.com. We love the super cool skull bursts design (pictured) and the adorable pink and teal argyle print.

And now their underwear is covered…at least until they hit their teens.

www.bugalugbaby.com

Play therapy may be the buzzword of the day, but here’s a new twist: modeling clay that soothes and calms your kids with its scents.

Available for the first time in Canada, Mama K’s Aromatic Play Clay comes in scents like Lemongrass to inspire, Lavender to sooth, and Pink Geranium to balance.

And the scent will come in handy when you find it under the couch six months from now.

$25.99 for 5 tubs at www.naturalpod.com

So you’re not quite as swift with the Singer as your mom once was.

Thank goodness there’s another mother who’ll whip up a gorgeous handmade dress for your budding fashionista. With au courant details like 1920s drop waists and Liberty of London fabrics, the modern frocks by Vancouver line Mette will have her standing apart from the crowd.

And not because she’s wearing a bright orange polyester shift—that was you at age 4.

Dresses from $40, www.mette.ca