by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
If you had a cranky, gassy baby like my daughter, then you know how terribly frustrating it can be. And while there’s no shortage of products to help relieve bloated bellies, not all of them work for every baby. I offer an alternative to meds: The Happi Tummi....
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Straws just make everything taste better. You could probably blend up a shake for your kids, the ingredients of which are straight out of an episode of Fear Factor, and they’d drink it if it had a straw in it. So I knew right away that when I stumbled upon the...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
It’s an understatement to say that my daughter is thrilled about her first day of kindergarten. She’s already selected her outfit and has been mulling over backpacks. But she also has a gazillion questions. The award-winning Kindergarten Countdown video...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
As a bi-racial woman raising a multi-racial child in a homogenous suburban neighborhood, it’s challenging to provide my daughter with a wide range of cultural experiences. In plain speak: All the kids are white!Whilebooks and magazines aren’t a replacement...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I used to chuckle when all my friends with little boys would complain about the clothes offerings. Little did I know, I’d be chiming in with my own disgruntlement with the lack of anything other than crossed hockey sticks and little toy trains. Well hold onto...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Who doesn’t love those high-quality, family heirloom baby clothes that were skillfully hand-made by Great-Great-Grandmama after which they were preserved and passed down through the generations? Wait, what’s that? You don’t have any of those? Well then, good thing...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
With my daughter, I invested in a handy dandy changing table that I used all of four times. I strongly suggest you just plunk a changing pad on a dresser top…or like I did, maybe just use your bed. Then all you need is a cute little diaper caddy to hold the...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
I was a bit cynical when I first cracked the cover of The Newly Non-Drinking Girl’s Guide to Pregnancy: Advice and Support for Surviving 40 Weeks without a Cosmopolitan. "Surviving" without a Cosmopolitan? Isn’t that overstating the case a wee...
