Top 8 Best Baby Stores in the Inland Empire, CA (2026)

The best baby stores in the Inland Empire are the ones where you can push the stroller across the floor, fold it one-handed, lift the car seat, and ask someone who has installed two hundred of them which one fits your car. Shopping for a baby in the Inland Empire means planning around freeways: the independents are scattered from Chino Hills to Redlands along the 60, the 10 and the 91, big box stores fill the miles in between, and the one shop with a full floor of strollers and car seats sits at the metro’s far western edge. Below are the independent shops we would send a friend to first in 2026, what each one is best for, where the big chains fit in, and how to shop secondhand without guessing.

Why Where You Buy Baby Gear in the Inland Empire Matters in 2026

Before the list, some context for why a good store is about more than price. In 2022 there were an estimated 59,500 emergency department visits among children under five linked to nursery products, and four categories, high chairs, cribs and mattresses, infant carriers, and strollers, accounted for 63 percent of them.¹ More than half of car seats are not used or installed correctly, which is why a store that fits the seat in your car is worth a detour.² Every crib sold new in the United States has had to meet the federal crib standard since June 2011, which banned traditional drop-side cribs, so anything older bought secondhand needs a careful look.³ And the biggest purchase of all, the sleep space, is the one most connected to the nights ahead, something we see clearly in our State of Baby Sleep report.

The Best Baby Stores in the Inland Empire at a Glance

• Baby Shoppe, Chino Hills (The Shoppes at Chino Hills): parents building a registry who want to test strollers and get a car seat installed.
• Kith + Kissui, Downtown Redlands (East Citrus Avenue): east valley parents who want a carrier, a first outfit and a shower gift.
• Babyland, Ontario (North Mountain Avenue): west end parents who want bottles, swaddles, Jellycat and a travel stroller close to home.
• Kid Swap ReStore, Redlands (West Colton Avenue): families who want to trade outgrown clothes for store credit toward the next size.
• Cubby Buddies, Riverside (Arlington Avenue): Riverside families hunting low prices on outgrown-in-a-season kids’ clothes.
• Little Bitty’s Boutique, Norco (Hamner Avenue): budget shoppers who also want a ceramic handprint keepsake of a new baby.
• JadaBug’s Kids Boutique, La Quinta (Highway 111, Coachella Valley, outside the core metro): desert families and visiting grandparents who need gear, a registry or a rental crib.
• Betteroo: Best for the nights after the shopping is done. Personalized baby-sleep support once the crib is built and the registry is empty.

How We Picked the Best Baby Stores in the Inland Empire

We started with a pool of more than 20 Inland Empire-area baby stores, boutiques, nursery showrooms and resale shops surfaced from local parent groups, neighborhood business districts and shopping roundups. Then we checked every one against four criteria: it is independent or locally owned (the national chains get their own section below), it is open and active in 2026 with a verified street address, it offers something you cannot get from a website (stroller test drives, car seat fitting, registry help, classes, a curated edit, or a real secondhand rack), and it has a track record of local families vouching for it. We were not paid to include anyone on this list, and there are no affiliate arrangements. Hours, stock and prices change, so call ahead before a special trip.

1. Baby Shoppe: Best overall and best for strollers and car seats

Baby Shoppe is a family-owned baby store at The Shoppes at Chino Hills that says it has served the Inland Empire since 2013, and it is the one independent we found in the metro with a full floor of strollers and car seats. Brands on its site include Nuna, UPPAbaby, Cybex, Bugaboo, Silver Cross, Stokke, Joolz, Doona, Clek and Veer, alongside Mayoral and Quincy Mae clothing, Maileg and PlanToys toys, carriers, high chairs, feeding supplies and an organics section.

Nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians are on staff, and car seat installation is by appointment. The shop runs a gift registry, wraps baby shower gifts free with a card, price matches other authorized sellers and offers free delivery within thirty miles if you call first. Prices are premium: a Nuna SWIV stroller lists at 1,000 dollars. The tradeoff: it sits at the far western edge of the metro, a long freeway drive from Redlands or Temecula, and its two newer shops are in Tustin and Kirkland, Washington.

Where: 13925 City Center Dr, Suite 2025, Chino Hills, CA 91709. Neighborhood: Chino Hills (The Shoppes at Chino Hills). Phone: 909-627-7400. Hours: Monday to Thursday 10 to 8, Friday and Saturday 10 to 9, Sunday 11 to 7 (from site, same on the Google Business listing).

Best for: parents building a registry who want to test strollers and get a car seat installed.

2. Kith + Kissui: Best for clothing, gifts and baby carriers

Kissui opened in downtown Redlands in 2005, after its founder had her first daughter and wanted to see baby products in person before buying. Five years later she added Kith, a women’s boutique, and the joined shops now fill 4,200 square feet on East Citrus Avenue. The children’s side stocks newborn outfits, sleepwear, shoes, swaddles, teethers and nursing supplies, plus carriers and wraps from Solly Baby, Moby, Wildbird, Ergobaby and Maya Wrap, and Jellycat, Mary Meyer and Copper Pearl gifts.

The shop runs a gift registry on its site, and its events page describes monthly groups for parents and styling classes in downtown Redlands, with a calendar you can subscribe to. Everything sells online with free local pickup, and a site banner promises free shipping over 99 dollars. Prices are premium boutique: a baby playsuit runs about 45 dollars and a muslin swaddle about 20. The tradeoff: no strollers, car seats or cribs, and half the floor is women’s clothing, bags and gifts.

Where: 5 E Citrus Ave, Suite 102, Redlands, CA 92373. Neighborhood: Downtown Redlands (East Citrus Avenue). Phone: 909-307-9500. Hours: Daily 10 to 6 (Google Business listing; the store site posts no hours). The Kith side answers at 909-307-2777.

Best for: east valley parents who want a carrier, a first outfit and a shower gift.

3. Babyland: Best neighborhood baby store for essentials and Jellycat

Babyland is a small independent baby store on North Mountain Avenue in Ontario, in business since 2016 by its own account, with the stated aim of being a one-stop shop for a baby’s needs. Its online catalog lists UPPAbaby Minu travel strollers, Stokke high chairs, Silver Cross, Doona and Cybex gear, baby carriers, Hegen and Comotomo bottles, Aden + Anais swaddles, Hape toys and close to 40 Jellycat plush, and the site invites shoppers to visit the Ontario store in person.

It is open seven days a week, until 7 from Thursday to Saturday, and you can order from the site. Prices are mid-range for the essentials and premium on gear: an UPPAbaby Minu V3 lists at about 500 dollars, Comotomo bottles start near 11. The tradeoff: the website is thin, most of the car seats and high chairs show as sold out online, and no registry or car seat help is mentioned, so call before driving over for a specific item.

Where: 1520 N Mountain Ave, Suite 104, Ontario, CA 91762. Neighborhood: Ontario (North Mountain Avenue). Phone: 909-774-0035. Hours: Sunday to Wednesday 10 to 6, Thursday to Saturday 10 to 7 (Google Business listing; the store site posts no hours).

Best for: west end parents who want bottles, swaddles, Jellycat and a travel stroller close to home.

4. Kid Swap ReStore: Best secondhand and swap shop

Kid Swap ReStore is a small nonprofit resale shop on West Colton Avenue in Redlands, in the shopping center with Pizza Hut. Its site says it specializes in name brands and current styles at great prices: clothing from preemie to size 14, shoes, toys, books, baby gear and children’s accessories. You do not have to swap to shop, the store takes cash and most major credit cards, and it thanks the Redlands families who keep it going by swapping, donating and shopping.

The model is a swap. Bring in outgrown clothing by appointment, one large kitchen trash bag per visit, and the shop calls with a store credit total, usually within two business days; credit never expires. Toys, baby gear and other non-clothing items can be dropped off any time, and donors can take a tax receipt instead. Prices are budget. The tradeoff: there is no online inventory, all sales are final, and the shop is closed on Sundays.

Where: 1399 W Colton Ave, Suite 3, Redlands, CA 92374. Neighborhood: Redlands (West Colton Avenue). Phone: 909-335-3686. Hours: Monday to Friday 10 to 5, Saturday 10 to 3, closed Sunday (from site; the Google Business listing shows weekdays to 5:30).

Best for: families who want to trade outgrown clothes for store credit toward the next size.

5. Cubby Buddies: Best kids’ thrift store in Riverside

Cubby Buddies calls itself an all things kids’ thrift store, a small family-owned shop on Arlington Avenue in Riverside. Its site is clear that it is not a nonprofit, but that it has a purpose: bringing affordable, clean, reusable items to local families and keeping children’s things, outgrown after a few months, out of landfills. It also rents booths to consignors, so the floor mixes the shop’s own racks with sellers’ booths. Google lists it as a children’s clothing store.

The shop does not buy items outright. Families can drop off pieces in great condition by appointment under an incentive program that earns the lowest prices and even free items, with a guide to the sizes being accepted. Prices are budget. The tradeoffs: the website shows no inventory, address or phone, so hours come from the Google listing, and the shop’s own FAQ warns that weekends depend on the owners’ kids’ soccer games, with updates posted on Instagram.

Where: 6160 Arlington Ave, Suite C14, Riverside, CA 92504. Neighborhood: Riverside (Arlington Avenue). Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 to 6, Saturday and Sunday 10 to 2, closed Monday (Google Business listing; the shop’s own FAQ says weekend opening depends on the owners’ kids’ soccer schedule and is announced on Instagram, so check before a weekend trip).

Best for: Riverside families hunting low prices on outgrown-in-a-season kids’ clothes.

6. Little Bitty’s Boutique: Best budget boutique, with handprint keepsakes

Little Bitty’s Boutique shares a storefront on Hamner Avenue in Norco with Little Bitty Prints, a studio that makes ceramic hand and footprint keepsakes. The boutique sells gently loved and new children’s clothing from newborn up, restocked daily, with names such as Baby Bling Bows, Copper Pearl, PatPat and WubbaNub. The site says it usually also has new or gently loved bouncers, strollers, high chairs, shoes, books, bath tubs and breast pumps on the floor.

Prices are budget, starting at 25 cents by the shop’s own account. Stock comes in as donations only: children’s clothing in all sizes, books and toys, plus approved large items such as swings, strollers, bouncers, walkers and high chairs, but usually not cribs or dressers. Handprint sessions need an appointment, and gift certificates are sold as baby shower gifts. The tradeoff: it is a small shop, posted hours carry an ‘earlier or later by chance’ warning, and it is closed on Sundays.

Where: 1680 Hamner Ave, Suite 21, Norco, CA 92860. Neighborhood: Norco (Hamner Avenue). Phone: 951-751-4946. Hours: Boutique: Monday to Friday 10 to 5, Saturday 10 to 4, closed Sunday, ‘earlier or later by chance’ (from site; the site footer and the Google Business listing both show a midday start on Mondays, so call ahead on a Monday morning).

Best for: budget shoppers who also want a ceramic handprint keepsake of a new baby.

7. JadaBug’s Kids Boutique: Outlying pick: best in the Coachella Valley, with gear, a registry and rentals

This is the outlying pick: JadaBug’s Kids Boutique is on Highway 111 in La Quinta, in the Coachella Valley, about 70 miles east of Riverside. For desert families it is the full-range independent, with clothing from newborn to size 14, infant and convertible car seats, strollers, gliders, carriers, high chairs, swim and sun gear, toys and books. Brands on its site include UPPAbaby, Nuna, Doona, Bugaboo, Clek, Angel Dear, Mayoral and Jellycat.

JadaBug’s runs an online gift registry and a rental program for visiting families: cribs, car seats, strollers and high chairs with at least 24 hours notice, a three day minimum, a 50 dollar refundable deposit and a flat 35 dollar fee for delivery and pickup across the valley. A sister consignment shop, JadaBug’s Elite Repeat, is nearby on Highway 111. Prices are premium. The tradeoff: it is a destination drive from most of the metro, and posted closing times differ between the site and Google.

Where: 78377 Highway 111, La Quinta, CA 92253. Neighborhood: La Quinta (Highway 111, Coachella Valley, outside the core metro). Phone: 760-347-7406. Hours: Monday to Saturday 9 to 6, Sunday 10 to 4 on the site’s contact page; the Google Business listing and the site’s rental FAQ show Monday to Saturday 9 to 4, so call before a late afternoon visit.

Best for: desert families and visiting grandparents who need gear, a registry or a rental crib.

8. Betteroo: Best for the Nights After the Shopping Is Done

A quick note of transparency: Betteroo is us. We are including ourselves last and clearly labeled, because a baby store and a sleep plan solve two different halves of the same problem. The stores above get you the crib, the stroller, the car seat and the tiny socks. What no store can sell you is the part that starts once the boxes are unpacked: the 2am wakings, the naps that will not stretch past 30 minutes, the schedule that changes every few weeks. That is the part we built Betteroo for.

Betteroo gives you a personalized, gentle baby-sleep plan that adapts to your child and your situation, with age-matched schedules and step-by-step guidance for every regression along the way. For Inland Empire parents juggling the 91, the 10 and triple digit summers, it factors in the realities of your week, not a one-size-fits-all routine. Many families pair the two: register at Baby Shoppe or Kith + Kissui for the gear, and use Betteroo to get everyone sleeping once the nursery is set up. You can learn more in our guide to the best sleep training apps.

What to know: Betteroo is an app, not a store. It does not sell gear and does not replace a car seat technician or a safe sleep conversation with your pediatrician.

Best for: Parents whose registry is complete but whose nights are not.

National Chains and Big-Box Baby Stores in the Inland Empire

The independents above are where you go for advice and hands-on testing. The chains are where Inland Empire families fill in the basics, chase a price match, and lean on easy returns. Here is who has a physical presence in the metro in 2026.

• Target: The default diaper run and registry backup across the metro, with full baby departments in the suburban stores. (Riverside (Arlington Avenue and Tyler Street), Chino (Grand Avenue), Ontario (East Fourth Street), Rancho Cucamonga (Foothill Boulevard), Eastvale, Corona, Redlands and Temecula)
• Carter’s: Budget bodysuits, sleepers and multipacks in quantity. (Riverside Plaza, Ontario Mills, Chino Spectrum Towne Center, The Crossings at Corona, Inland Center in San Bernardino and Palm Plaza in Temecula)
• Janie and Jack Outlet: Dressier baby and children’s clothing at outlet prices. (Ontario Mills)
• Nordstrom Rack: Off-price baby and kids’ clothing and shoes. (Ontario Mills and Winchester Road in Temecula)
• Once Upon A Child: Franchise resale shop that buys and sells outgrown clothing, toys and small baby gear. (Foothill Boulevard in Rancho Cucamonga)

Baby Stores in the Inland Empire by Neighborhood

Here is roughly how the picks above cluster across the Inland Empire, so you can plan one trip instead of four. Tap a pin for the address and website.

Chino Hills, Ontario and the west end

The metro’s gear stop is at its western edge: Baby Shoppe at The Shoppes at Chino Hills has the strollers, car seats and registry. Babyland on North Mountain Avenue in Ontario covers bottles, swaddles and Jellycat. Chains cluster nearby, with Carter’s, Janie and Jack Outlet and Nordstrom Rack at Ontario Mills, Target in Chino and Ontario, and Once Upon A Child near a Target on Foothill Boulevard in Rancho Cucamonga.

Redlands, Riverside and Norco

Redlands has two picks about a mile and a half apart: Kith + Kissui downtown on East Citrus Avenue for carriers, clothing and gifts, and Kid Swap ReStore on West Colton Avenue for swaps and resale. Cubby Buddies on Arlington Avenue is Riverside’s kids’ thrift store, and Little Bitty’s Boutique is on Hamner Avenue in Norco. Target has stores in Redlands and Riverside, with Carter’s at Riverside Plaza.

Everywhere else: online ordering, delivery and the suburbs

We could not verify an independent baby store with a working website in Temecula, Murrieta, Corona, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland or Moreno Valley, so those suburbs lean on Target and Carter’s. Baby Shoppe, Kith + Kissui and Babyland all sell online, and Baby Shoppe offers free delivery within thirty miles. In the Coachella Valley, JadaBug’s Kids Boutique in La Quinta is the outlying pick, with rentals delivered across the desert.

What Baby Gear Costs at Baby Stores in the Inland Empire

Prices vary by brand far more than by store, and the independents usually match the manufacturer minimum on the big items, so the boutique markup is smaller than most parents expect. Rough 2026 bands for the four purchases that dominate a registry:

The takeaway: buy the car seat and the crib mattress new, spend real time on the stroller, and let the secondhand shops and the chains cover everything a baby outgrows in eight weeks.

the Inland Empire Baby Shopping Tips Locals Know

• California has no sales tax holiday, so there is no tax-free weekend to wait for; watch the independents’ own sales and newsletters instead.
• Baby Shoppe in Chino Hills price matches other authorized sellers’ displayed online prices and offers free delivery within thirty miles, but ask by phone first; car seat installation there is by appointment.
• Clothing swaps at Kid Swap ReStore in Redlands are by appointment only, one large kitchen trash bag per visit; toys, baby gear and other non-clothing items can be dropped off any time, and store credit never expires.
• Plan around closed days: Kid Swap ReStore and Little Bitty’s Boutique are closed on Sundays, Cubby Buddies is closed on Mondays and keeps short, changeable weekend hours, while Baby Shoppe, Babyland and Kith + Kissui are open seven days.
• Visiting family in the desert can rent instead of buy: JadaBug’s in La Quinta rents cribs, car seats and strollers with at least 24 hours notice, a three day minimum, a 50 dollar refundable deposit and a flat 35 dollar delivery and pickup fee.

How to Choose the Right Baby Store in the Inland Empire

Start with what you need to touch

Strollers, car seats, carriers and gliders are the purchases that go wrong online. Weight, fold, trunk fit and comfort are impossible to judge from a photo. Use an independent with floor models for those, then fill the rest of the registry wherever the price is best.

Ask about services before price

A store that installs the car seat, hosts a registry evening, offers a free nursery consult or runs a newborn class is saving you money in ways a discount cannot. Most of the picks above offer at least one of these; ask before you book a trip.

Build one registry, not three

Most independents run a universal registry that can include items from anywhere, and the chains let you add items from other retailers too. Pick the store whose staff you trust, register there, and let friends buy from wherever suits them.

What You Actually Need Before Baby Comes Home

It is easy to walk out of a great baby store with a trunk full of things you will never use. The short list that matters in the first weeks: a safe, flat sleep space with a firm mattress and nothing else in it, a correctly installed car seat, a way to carry the baby, and more swaddles and burp cloths than seems reasonable. Our baby registry checklist sorts the must-haves from the nice-to-haves, and our baby must-haves guide covers the gear that earns its place. And if the nursery is set up but nobody is sleeping in it, that is a different problem: start with our guides to newborn sleep week by week and baby sleep schedules by age before you buy another gadget.

This guide is for general information only. Store hours, prices and stock change without notice; confirm with the store before a special trip. For car seat installation and safe sleep questions, talk to a certified technician or your pediatrician.

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