The Many Colors of Babies

The Many Colors of Babies

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...
Craning Your Wrists

Craning Your Wrists

As we all know by now, birds are the new black. Also, navy is the new black. Therefore navy birds? A fashion triumph! So allow us to turn you on to the Blue Crane resin bracelets from Australian label Madz Has Runway. They’re available at Georgie-Love, an Ozzie...
Love Bug

Love Bug

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...
An Heirloom Minus the Mothball Smell

An Heirloom Minus the Mothball Smell

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...
Those Who Skipped the Changing Table, Raise Your Hand

Those Who Skipped the Changing Table, Raise Your Hand

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...
Could I See Your ID?

Could I See Your ID?

My parents started a lovely tradition of buying each of us an engravedgold ID bracelet when we were born.While I love the sentiment, I just can’t see myself buying my kids a filigree yellow gold bracelet considering they’ll probably never wear it. So,...
We’ll Always Have Paris

We’ll Always Have Paris

Being a mom of two little ones means the only Paris I’m likely to see anytime soon will be on a movie screen. Oh, who am I kidding. It’ll be my television if I can pry my eyes open past 9pm. If you too are pining for a taste of the City of Lights, then...
Going to the BlogHer Conference?

Going to the BlogHer Conference?

The Cool Mom Picks staff can’t wait for next week’s BlogHer Con ’07. Well, almost all of us. Tina will be home being a glowing if tired new mom, but Julie, Nancy, and Laura will be there along with editors Liz and Kristen, babies in tow. If you do...
The Smarter Animal Alphabet

The Smarter Animal Alphabet

I will be honest, when I got wind of another line of alphabet tees for tots, I wasn’t expecting much. But whoa! Where are the silly illustrations? Where’s that old chestnut, C is for Cat?Clearly these are no ordinary alphabet tees–they’re the...