Eight Ways to Travel with your Kids to Keep Calm and “Carry On”

Happy March Break to all! Although we are not heading south this month, I absolutely love traveling with my kids and thought Id share some of my fav tips to keep calm and “carry-on.” Keep Calm and the Carry On: Kids only get a carry-on bag. Yup- that’s right! I can’t stress enough how much...

Introducing the pink flamingo sleep bag (and the story behind

In the four years we’ve been making sleep bags, we’ve only ever produced them in gender neutral designs and colours. It simply makes more ‘cents’ – because well-made, neutral ‘staples’ suit everybody and can be passed down to an unlimited number of children. You simply can’t go wrong. But I couldn’t get over my urge...

Black Friday- What’s the Dealio?

It takes a lot of work, but here at the office, Wee love Black Friday. Its like spring cleaning for businesses, or like finally getting time to unclutter that junk drawer with all your batteries, buttons and countless screws leftover from your Ikea project- lol. We love to go through our inventory, put great products...

Why ‘Made in Canada’ matters

I’ve always been proud to be Canadian – but never more so than on November 11, 2001. I was in France backpacking while teaching overseas and, on a whim, a bunch of Canadian women and I decided to take a ferry to Calais to see Vimy Ridge. We navigated through a small town and stumbled...

Summer Grubbin’ Happened So Fast

Here’s Wee Urban’s comprehensive and thoroughly researched, top 5 list of places to eat this summer in Toronto. So whether you’re travelling to the big city, or living in it, chances are… you’ll love the places we list. *2 of the 5 are outdoor patios* Harvest Kitchen Harvest Kitchen is graced with two patios, one awning-covered,...

Bee-aware and Bee-wear! Why you should know about the “Plight of the honeybee”

Honey Bees have been a staple of suburban gardens for lifetimes on lifetimes, always buzzing around and never really bothering anyone until being bothered themselves. At this point in time, the honey bee is integral to the survival of our agricultural system, and they are slowly but surely dying off. In a 2013 Time Magazine...

Summer – The Cheapest Time to Get Fit

Working out consistently is probably one of the harder things to accomplish, especially as a new parent, or a parent in general, or even just a human. The winter, in Canada in particular, makes it that much harder to get motivated and get fit. Plus the added pounds around Christmas is a pre-determined kryptonite of...

NEWS: Wee Urban Summer Sixteen Updates!

Here’s what you need to know for Wee Urban this summer! Brand new dress designs and colours! We have three brand new prints and colours and we’re bringing back a few classics as well. We can’t wait to release these to our amazing fans… We’ll be taking pre-orders at the end of May!!! One of...

Featured Retailer – Diaper-eez

Bloor West Village… more like Bloor Best Village! Diaper-eez is located in one of Toronto’s not-so-hidden gems. The neighbourhood is great. The people are great and the baby clothing stores, fantastic. Especially when the premier one of the neighbourhood has some of the best cloth diapers available on the market. If you haven’t been to...

Wee Urban’s Top 2 Organic Brands and Stores

ORGANIC EXTRAVAGANZA! This was so hard… Narrowing down so many brands that are all great, was basically impossible. So we did some research and found two brands, that other people agree with us on and decided to highlight those. For the stores, we chose from stores that Wee Urban is featured in and two of...