Baby Chaleco builds a better bib

Parents of drool machines and spit-up queens, take note: Bellevue-based Baby Chaleco's solution to Chronically Soaked Child Syndrome is a collection of supersoft bibs that look like cute smocks.

Designed to keep kids' outfits dry, the bibs have an absorbent, woven velour terry layer outside and a water-resistant layer inside. They're also cleverly disguised as clothing (and suitable for all-day wear), so kids don't perpetually look like they just finished lunch. Smocklike styles range from "Minky Pink," a rose-hued number, to "Over Easy," a navy getup embellished with a lime-green alligator.

The bibs were born of founder Carol Schiller's frustration with keeping her third child's drool under control. She designed them to stay put: Their construction prevents them from slipping off, turning around or otherwise falling down on the job.

Baby Chaleco bibs are $38.50, available at Hush Baby in Redmond, Tottini in South Lake Union, Once Upon a Time in Queen Anne and at all Whole Foods markets by mid-November.

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