by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I’m all for hats on the wee ones. Warm heads are terribly important in cool weather and in the summer, no one wants a baby with a sunburned face. But why, oh why do baby hats have to be so terribly…well, babyish? Enter these fabulousand uber popular...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Babies do not need shoes; that’s an undisputed fact. And that’s exactly why I love baby booties so much. I mean, since when did fabulous accessories have anything to do with need?So check out the hand-crocheted elephant booties at mom-run online boutique...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Golf clubs, BBQ grills, ties and tickets to see his favorite team – eh. Let’s face facts, what dads really want is just a wee bit of quiet around the house now and then. Not so different from what moms want, come to think of it.The personalized binkies...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids
I have not been a mom all that long and already I’m tired of the same old images in counting and alphabet books. 10 apples, 9 bananas, 8 ducks…how about 1 snoring mommy? So I love the fresh take on counting in photographer Joanne Dugan’s 123 NYC: A...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
If I had to do my baby shower all over, I wouldn’t change a thing. Okay, one thing: Instead of not so subtly pointing my best friend towards the invites that, um, you know, I wouldn’t mind her using if, you know, she happened to like them...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
The toys are accumulating–if not actually reproducing–just as everyone told us they would. And now I think the toys are disproportionately high to the square footage allotted to keep said toys out of eyesight. Part of the issue isn’t the size of our...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
As anyone who’s ever thrown a party knows, you need about six times as many cups as guests. Mainly because half of them get wasted when the guests get…well, wasted…and forget which half-full cup was theirs after they put it down. Or worse, instead of...