by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
While I rarely take the time to accessorize myself, I love finding just the right adornments to complete my daughters’ outfits. No matter how cute the clothes themselves may be, it’s often the hair clip or the cardigan or the belt that perfects the look....
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
If anyone ever comments that our daughter looks like her father, her father’s answer is always some form of, "really? The milkman?" Yes, it’s a chestnut. But for some reason, he’s that rare guy who can totally pull it off. So I fell...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
I naively thought breastfeeding would be a piece of cake — you know, stick the baby on and go. But then I had the leaking, the nipple pain, the engorgement. Needless to say, it was hard not to get discouraged. Too bad I didn’t have one of these smart...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
No matter how cute the current trends in baby threads may be, there are some children’s classics that never go out of style. Or at least they shouldn’t, in my opinion. The reversible pinafores from the elegant Bella Sera Baby transported me back to my...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
When I first was contacted about Flower Child, a dvd of children’s poetry on video, I admit I had visions of dirty-nosed hippie children reciting spoken word pieces by the light of lava lamps. I was wayyyy off. The dvd is wonderful. Classic poems from the likes...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
I think back to how panicked I was choosing birth announcements for my first child and realize now I was being silly. Especially when there are so many services who make it easy for you. One of them is Sassy Baby Designs, a small design shop creating original, modern...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Not to brag, but my girls have quite lovely hair; think spun silk. However, it’s a bear to style since elastics tangle easily, and barrettes slide right out. If my preschooler was more open to me fussing with her hair for 36 bazillion hours at a sitting it might...
by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services
It’s the phrase all mothers dread: "Mom, I’m booooorrrred!" After the kids have made their way through every puzzle ("I’ve done that"), book ("read it already"), and game ("we played that this morning") in the...
