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Celebrity Baby Gift Made for Hoda Kotb

It’s always a source of excitement whenever Silly Phillie® is asked to make a celebrity baby gift. Hoda Kotb is the latest celebrity to receive a Silly Phillie baby gift.  As many of you know, Hoda Kotb is a noted newscaster and co-hosts NBC’S Today Show.

Ms. Kotb recently revealed that she adopted a baby girl and named her Haley Joy. It was an emotional event to say the least. Ms. Kotb battled cancer more than 10 years ago, leaving her unable to conceive a child.  She is experiencing the joy of motherhood for the first time at the age of 52.

But there ‘s more good news for Hoda Kotb.  Soon after adopting Haley Joy she announced plans to marry her boy friend, Joel Schiffman. Mr. Schiffman, 58 years of age, is Vice President & Director, Financial Institutions at Janus Capital Group. The two have been dating for 5 years and living together for over a year.

Celebrity Baby Gift – nothing new for Silly Phillie®

Celebrity Baby Gift for Haley Joy

Personalized Rocking Horse for Haley Joy

Few manufacturers make more baby gifts for celebrities than Silly Phillie®. Sometimes orders are placed directly on www.sillyphillie.com and sometimes we receive a call from the gift giver. Hoda Kotb’s gift was actually sold by All About Gifts & Baskets, one of our valued re-sellers.

In either case, the gift is designed and made to order by Silly Phillie®.  Our most popular celebrity baby gift is either a Personalized Rocking Horse-like the one we did for Haley Joy- or a Deluxe Welcome Wagon. Both are fabulous high quality gifts that will impress even a celebrity!

About Silly Phillie® 

Unique Baby Gift Baskets designed by Silly Phillie

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Silly Phillie® has been designing and manufacturing unique baby gifts, layette accessories and kids bathrobes since 1985. The company’s premium products are made with love in the USA. They can be purchased in select retail stores and from online gift boutiques, including www.sillyphillie.com.

Silly Phillie® Creations, Inc. is a woman owned family business. Please call 855.885.3900 to inquire about our unique baby gift baskets and other sensational gifts. Or send an email to: phyllis@sillyphillie.com. 

I’d love to hear from you!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner/Designer

 

 

 

 

Celebrity baby Gifts-Leonardo Baldwin

Celebrity Baby Gifts Trending at Silly Phillie

Celebrity Baby Gifts are nothing new for Silly Phillie®.  In fact, the latest celebrity to receive a Silly Phillie® baby gift is Alec Baldwin. He and wife Hilaria welcomed their third child on September 13th, 2016. It was a healthy baby boy they named Leonardo Angel Charles Baldwin.

As many of you know, Alec Baldwin has been rockin! on SNL this season. His impersonation of Donald Trump, the Republican Presidential candidate, alongside that of Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton, has been the high point of the show recently.  Those of you who haven’t seen their classic debate skits should check this out.

While Alec Baldwin has been rockin on SNL, his son Leonardo will be rocking on his own soon enough. That’s because someone sent the Baldwins a Personalized Rocking Horse Baby Gift made to order by Silly Phillie®. This classic gift includes beautiful layette items for the newborn baby, and a keepsake wood rocking horse toy.  Here’s a photo of the gift we made for the Baldwins. (photo was taken before gift was gift wrapped in tulle).

Celebrity Baby Gifts From Silly Phillie

Silly Phillie baby gift for Leonardo Baldwin

Celebrity Baby Gifts from Silly Phillie®

Silly Phillie® baby gifts are unique, upscale and made to order in the USA.  That’s why they’re given so often to celebrities. Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Mia Hamm, Sarah Jessica Parker, & Henrik Lundqvist are just a few of the celebrities that have received one of our gifts.

Coincidentally, Donald Trump and wife Melania also received a Silly Phillie® baby gift. This was just about ten years ago when their son Barron was born. The gift we made for the Trumps was a Deluxe Welcome Wagon™ ,  personalized of course for the new “Barron” in the Trump family.

Stork Baby Gift Baskets

The gift for the Baldwins may have been made and shipped by Silly Phillie®, it was actually sold by another e-commerce baby boutique.  That’s not surprising since Stork Baby Gift Baskets is one of the premier associate websites participating in Silly Phillie’s successful drop ship program. Moreover, Stork Baby Gift offers a wide collection of unique baby gifts and baskets that will satisfy anyone’s taste. The site is owned and professionally operated by Victoria Jimenez.

In conclusion, Alec Baldwin & Donald Trump are connected in more ways than one. In addition to the SNL skits, both are on the long list of Celebrity Baby Gifts made by Silly Phillie®!

Congratulations to to the Baldwins! Best of Luck to the Trumps.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner & Designer

Silly Phillie® Creations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

Safe to Sleep-recommendations on reducing the risk of SIDS

 

Bringing a newborn home from the hospital is one of life’s greatest joys.  But along with the joy comes the responsibility of keeping baby safe, especially while sleeping.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) was a factor in over 2000 infant deaths last year according to The American SIDS Institute. Sadly, SIDS remains the leading cause of unexplained death among infants 1 month to 1 year of age according to Kids Health. So what is SIDS? Officially, it is an “unexplained infant death resulting from an unknown medical abnormality or vulnerability”. There is much information about SIDS to be found on the internet, including the latest thinking on best practices on how to keep an infant safe while sleeping. Encouragingly, the rate of deaths from SIDS is trending down but there is still far too many cases of deaths attributed to SIDS.

Safe to Sleep®-recommendations on how to reduce the risk of SIDS

Safe to Sleep® (formerly known as Back to Sleep) is a 20 year old public service campaign sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in collaboration with other organizations.  The goal of the campaign is to educate parents on the risks of SIDS, and to provide specific recommendations on how to create a safe sleeping environment for infants. I strongly encourage all new parents to visit their website. Here’s a brief summary of Safe to Sleep® recommendations:

  • Always place baby ‘back to sleep” while sleeping
  • Do not use pillows, lose blankets, bumpers anywhere in sleep area
  • Make sure nothing covers baby’s head
  • Always place baby on a firm sleep surface or mattress
  • Never place soft toys or other objects in baby’s crib or bassinet
  • Never put baby in bed with you
  • Never smoke in baby’s room
  • Use a monitor in baby’s room

Silly Phillie® has decided to join the fight against SIDS!   A newborn baby with all of it’s beauty and potential is simply too precious to lose to something that may be prevented through education and good practices. We will announce more about our plans to help fight SIDS in the weeks ahead. Phyllis (Silly Phillie®)