Sprout San Francisco

I traveled to this location in search for a specific organic wool blanket that I’d researched online. I walked in and was greeted by the nicest person I’ve met in the bay area. The store is super clean and they carry high quality products. Clearly, some of the best, the smartest, non-​toxic products of any child store I’ve been to. Did I mention, non-​toxic. Do you know how hard it is to find an organic wool comforter?! Sadly, we learned that the size I was after wasn’t carried in the store. I was so disappointed as this product is nearly impossible to find in any other store and I’d travelled over an hour to obtain it. Whitney then offered to order the blanket AND helped on the shipping cost because she knew I’d travelled over an hour to visit the store. I recieved the blanket PLUS Whitney emailed and called following up on it. It was the best customer service I’ve experienced in a long time. Because of this, and the amazing (and ADORABLE) selection of products, I’ll continue to shop at Sprout (Mill Valley) and will make a point to shop at their sister store when we relocate back to Brooklyn.

So I was in this store on Saturday. I have been in before and have purchased before. It has always felt soulless and maybe on the verge of closing however that has not prevented me from shopping there. My last visit though has sealed the deal. I will never go back… why? I was struck by the callousness of the decision to put felt animals’ heads on the walls of a childrens store that are direct depictions of hunting trophies. I turned to my friend and mentioned my surprise and she said she felt very uncomfortable that they were that unconscious. I decided to engage the woman behind the counter about it, non defensively, and she responded to me in the most abrasive way. I was so surprised and realized that not only could she not wake up to the fact that this décor could be offensive but then she went on the attack.
Im sure she will flag this and it will be removed because it technically is not about a point of sale however I do hope that we start to get, as a society, that such things are not good for our children, animals, the need we have to raise kids that will steward the earth and not hunt it… and if you like hunting of animals that come we can breed in farms, ok, but she has elephant heads on her wall.
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Cute store, with cute items! Helpful employee and a play area for kids! A lil pricey for the products, but still a cute place to shop and hang out for a good 10 minutes in the play area. Really clean changing area for the baby. I came here last weekend to sight see, because Mill Valley was having their Winterfest (free food, crafts and cocoa). We just walked around and stumbled upon this store. Super cute and clean. :)

I have been to so many incarnations here and was really thinking I would not find anything as from the outside it seems so DOWN SIZED.
Well, it is but there were still so many cute clever things for kids and babies! I was pleasantly surprised and glad that we have such a place to still pop into for baby gifts and the like.

Stopped by after lunch at Sol Food to get a gift for a friend. This is a really cute store.
I ended up buying a really cute onesie but I won’t post a picture until I give it to my friend. They have adorable clothes for babies and toddlers and it wasn’t hard for me to find a gift. I had to stop myself from buying a bunch of stuff even though I don’t have a baby!
They also have cute art that you can buy. I bought a cute SF inspired wood print for my house. They also have cute animal or plane themed framed art that I would love to buy one day when I have a room to decorate.
They even have classes for babies! When I walked in, there was a music class and they babies were having fun listening to the songs. It was a larger store than it looks from the outside.