Baptism Dresses – Reader Q&A
My husband and I are going to be finalizing the adoptions of our two daughters at the end of August. I would love to get them some beautiful dresses or outfits for this special day but I want them to be equally appropriate for when we have our daughters baptised and...
A cooler, safer sports bottle
When my daughter turned five last month, we decided to be completely done with any cups with a top. That’s all fine and dandy when we’re home, but it does make life a little difficult when we’re on the road. So instead of buying stock in juice boxes...
I can bring home the bacon, I can wipe your butt with one hand
My childless co-workers are intrigued by my ability to open almost anything with one hand. I did not possess these mad skillz when I was a new mom. So while the diaper clutches from Kristi G Diaper Bags touted the “EZ-Wipe System,” I was apprehensive. (And...
Excessively motivated parents, your owners manual has arrived
After researching my proposal for my own parenting book (Ahem, Sleep Is for the Weak, shameless plug, shameless plug) I thought I’d read every baby handbook on earth. And, I admit it, I became really jaded and snooty about them. Let’s just say...
Flipping for BrainFlips
Kids these days have it so easy: Cell phones, computers, and cartoons on TV twenty-four hours a day. Technology has even made studying a cinch. No more Encyclopedia Britannica — now it’s all about search engines. But flashcards are one classic study method...
Welcome CBS Early Show Viewers!
If you’ve stumbled here, to our humble online abode after seeing our Editor-in-Chief Liz Gumbinner’s appearance on the CBS Early Show this morning, we wanted to point you towards the wonderful customized gifts she was talking about. The First Adventures of...
My head isn’t banging, but I’m still loving Charlie Hope
When you hear my kids identifying a song from System of a Down, you get a pretty good idea of the the type of music I lean toward: Loud, fast and hard. But, that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the polar opposite of hand-banging, and I offer up my love of...
Prepacked hospital bags? Reader Q&A
Can you recommend a service that offers hospital bags with wonderful goodies for a new mom? I loved the goodies inside the one I received last year and now my daughter uses the bag as her ‘overnight’ bag for all our trips. -Christina We’ve searched...
Cool Mom Picks on The Early Show – Set your alarms, mamas!
Even though most of us have little alarm clocks that tend to get us up waaaaay earlier than we’d like, you might want to set a real one tomorrow so you can catch Cool Mom Picks co-founder and editor-in-chief Liz Gumbinner on CBS’s The Early Show. At around...Answer Our Question of the Day: It’s Fun!
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