by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
With all the love that I have professed for the pouch sling, it definitely has one downside: It’s made to fit you and only you, which isn’t so great when it’s your spouse’s turn to take the sleepy baby off your hands. So I was definitely...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Given the wide range of Presidential candidates still in the running this year, why not add one more? I love the Me for President layered tee from Wrybaby’s limited edition political collection. Depending on your perspective, the tee or bib are either a vote of...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
One of my few claims to fame is that I can sing the twelve cranial nerves to the tune of My Favorite Things. Hey, it got me an A in anatomy and physiology. Chances are, you’ve used music to try to remember things too. Um. Like the alphabet? So you can’t...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I admit that my eyes have been glued to the Presidential debates and caucuses, much to the chagrin of my Noggin-addicted three-year-old. So instead of fighting about when she gets to watch the Backyardigans next, I’m going to get her fired up about a better...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
We’re certainly not anti-Valentine’s Day here at Cool Mom Picks; I mean what crazy person is going to turn down an excuse to eat chocolates and get flowers? But we like to think that if you’re going to stock up on holiday-type stuff...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
There have been times when I’ve finished feeding my son and without thinking, licked the spoon. Blech. But since being introduced to Jack’s Harvest, I actually have to stop myself from eating more than just the remnants. Created by two Atlanta-based...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I’ve been calling my daughter Wonderbaby for, like, forever. She’s always seemed the type of child – even when she was only days old – who might just take off at any moment and leap tall buildings in a single bound. So when a dear friend sent...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
With the gaggles of educational animal shows and books out there, the cows, chickens, and puppy dogs of my childhood have been replaced with orangutans, meerkats, and my daughter’s current favorite, chinchillas. When not just any old farm animal...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
When I sent my older daughter off to day care, I scrawled her initials on masking tape and stuck these makeshift labels haphazardly on her bottles, thinking that ought to suffice. Oh, how wrong I was. Some of her things never made it home, and those that did were...