All Scoops by Liz Seccuro in Every City

Summer Infant has recalled nearly 2 million video monitors due to a strangulation hazard caused when the monitors are placed too close to the crib. Complete recall details are available at cpsc.gov; for information on how to properly install your camera, visit summerinfant.com.

The Emerson House modern dollhouse ($329) has non-toxic finishes, plus solar panels and recessed LED lights, naturally. There’s an apropos furniture set ($219) available, too.

In case you missed last year's Scoop, here's a brilliant way to blow your kid's mind: send a personalized (and pretty flipping convincing) video message from Santa, courtesy of Portable North Pole. Now available as an iPhone and iPad app, too.

The sleek, Japanese-designed Middle Colors Humidifier series comes in two sizes and an array of cheerful, nursery-friendly shades; $119.99-$179.99 at gizmine.com. 

We hit the traditionalist jackpot: Pixie Lily, a Southern-inspired, heirloom-quality layette line full of old-fashioned bubbles, bonnets, daygowns and rompers (think embroidered batiste and pin tucks). $52 for a batiste bubble or a jersery daygown at pixielily.com.

Monogrammed seersucker boxers (a.k.a. diaper covers) for baby boys come in red or navy, and are $9.95 at moonbeanbaby.com.

The "Towelling All-In-One" hooded romper from Mini Boden is the perfect cover-up for a wet, sandy baby at the end of a beach or pool day. $36 at bodenusa.com.

The new Lilly Pulitzer-branded boxes of Barnum's Animal Crackers are just about the cutest Easter basket filler on Earth. Your best bet for scoring a box is at Target.

Go Baby's matching mommy-and-me Muffatees (a.k.a. fingerless gloves) are just too cute for chilly spring mornings at the playground. Available in toddler ($16), child ($18) and mommy ($20) sizes at gobaby.com.

Anna Sova Food Paint is just what it sounds like: paint made with food-grade ingredients. It comes in 500 colors and, um, smells like a milkshake. $69 per gallon at annasova.com.

Restoration Hardware Baby & Child has some really cute cashmere sweaters, pants, and rompers majorly discounted—as in $16.99 for pants and $29.99 for sweaters. Just type "cashmere" in the search field at rhbabyandchild.com.

Designed to look like a giant athletic sock, Tiny Turnip's Swaddle Sock and Root Warmer Set comes in every color imaginable and costs $66 at tinyturnip.com.

If your kids already have the North Pole on the brain, they will completely flip when they watch this personalized video message from Santa. It's free and takes less than five minutes to program at the Portable North Pole.

Stork Craft has recalled more than 2 million drop-side cribs as a result of 15 incidents of child entrapment (including four deaths). Read the full report at consumerreports.org.

Any City, USA. These soy-based "crayon rocks" are perfect for chubby little hands. $5.49 at clementineart.com.

Any City, USA. Restoration Hardware's new plush stockings are $18 (plus $6 to personalize) at restorationhardware.com.

Any City, USA. After shutting down operations earlier this year, one of our favorite maternity and baby boutiques is apparently bouncing back. (Celebration dance.) Can't wait to see the reincarnation of babystyle.com.

Any City, USA. Clearly, we're in the midst of a reusable lunch bag movement: there's a new brand every day. To each, her own. As for us, we're going with the new ones from French Bull—they're insulated (no need for cold packs), PVC-free, machine washable, and, um, freaking adorable! $25 each at landofnod.com.

Any City, USA. Lucky Jade's line of cashmere-cotton blend blankets and baby clothes are super-soft, super on-trend, and super easy to wash (as in, just toss 'em in the washing machine). Love, love, love. There's a great selection at jenklairkids.com.

Any City, USA. Hunter has introduced fleece wellie socks designed to fit perfectly inside their rain boots—which, by the way, now come in metallic silver and gold (!) The socks are $35 at zappos.com.