Style-Conscientious

Style-Conscientious

Onlytwo minutes of searching the web forbabyshoes for my newly crawling little man of the house and I’m drowning in a sea of leather booties. Love leather booties, but isn’t there something different out there? Enter my saviors, Veja baby shoes, which we...
Berry Cool Artwork

Berry Cool Artwork

If it’s not clear from our past artwork picks, we often lean towards designs with a sense of humor. Not like a big pair of Groucho glasses – just a subtle wink. (Although if someone does do Groucho glasses art, I wouldn’t be averse to taking a look.)...
Kaboost Makes My Heart Go Kaboom

Kaboost Makes My Heart Go Kaboom

Okay so maybe we’re the last shopping blog to cover the new KABOOST chair booster. What can I say – we’re picky and it looked a little too good to be true. I had to try it out for myself. Holy heck is this thing brilliant. I’m torn between...
A Good Reason Not To Take A Holiday Off

A Good Reason Not To Take A Holiday Off

So you’re enjoying your Labor Day weekend, perhaps planning a little backyard barbecue or a day at the local pool…and now here comes Cool Mom Picks to burst your bubble. Maybe if you just worked a teeeeeny bit more or stopped taking those damn weekends off...
Taming Food Allergies

Taming Food Allergies

Ever since I learned about my niece’s egg allergy, I’ve been on the lookout for helpful products and services to help her mama out. It’s hard enough to track down a decent egg-free birthday cake, let alone worrying about what’s in every...
So Soho

So Soho

I’ve come to find that a lot of smaller designers like the ones we cover use many of of the same fabrics in their bibs and blankets. Evidently there’s been a run on "black cow hide" at some fabric wholesaler somewhere. So when we find items in...
The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

Please tell me that my child isn’t the only toddler in the world who sleeps with like 800 stuffed creatures in her crib. What can I say, the girl loves animals. What we don’t need is another stuffed animal. But I could justify a purchase if, say, it...
Speed Dating for Sitters

Speed Dating for Sitters

Scoring a fantastic, trustworthybabysittercan be like searching for the holy grail. It’s hugely time consuming to call for references, conduct background checks and beg all your friends for personal recommendations, to say nothing of making sure you’ve...