Attention All Internet Shoppers

So it looks like one of the keys to being an Urban Mommy is the all-critical reliance on internet shopping.

I myself have a whole spate of sites that happily take my money and send me constant streams of boxes with books, toys, clothing, and other essentials for the Metropolitoddler. And the daily emails from UrbanBaby and Daily Candy Kids provide constant inspiration as to other places to drop the Metropolitans' hard-earned cash. (Sign up for their email list if you aren't already on it!)

Clothing: Obviously, there's the old standby: BabyGap. (BabyGap online always seems to have a better selection than any of the individual stores, but that may just be because I live in Manhattan, home of teeny-tiny storefronts.) I also like Babystyle and Janie and Jack, particularly for really special outfits, with a soupcon of Old Navy thrown in. For baby sports attire, try Best Sports Apparel, which has all manner of sweet little baby sports jerseys, hats, socks, and dinnerware.

Toys: My new discovery is Baby Scholars, which has all sorts of great toys -- particularly of the more creative and less-battery-operated variety -- that I haven't seen on Babies R Us. Leapfrog and Fisher Price are good websites to get the lay of the land as to product offerings before zipping over to Babies R Us to make the purchase.

Miscellaneous: Personal Creations is a nice place to get those little personalized doodads that grandparents seem to love getting for birthdays and festive winter holidays from their new little angels. Poshtots is good for when you need a $19,000 Victorian playhouse for the backyard or a $15,000 lighthouse bedroom set. They actually do have some really cute reasonably priced artwork for kids' rooms. Little Folks is great for an array of baby accoutrements (but obviously compare prices with Babies R Us and the like if it's a fairly standard item). For a cute baby gift, Lilypad Baby does monogrammed blanket/bib/burp cloth sets in a variety of adorable and fun fabrics, and Kate's Paperie has gorgeous fabric-covered baby books and photo albums.

And it goes without saying that without my patronage, both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would go under tomorrow. I'm not as frequent a patron of Target and Walmart, but each has its place in my Toddler shopping milieu.

Where do you go to shop for your beloved offspring?