Slings Gone Simple

Slings Gone Simple

by | Baby

I have a confession to make: Slings scare me. While the benefits are undisputed and the styles no longer just for the granola set, they’ve always seemed like the kind of thing I’d be destined to tie wrong and whoops!–out the baby would go. My mind...
For the Birds

For the Birds

by | Art + Decor

Artwork depicting the ABC’s or 1-2-3’s usually has a fairly short shelf-life (or wall-life, more accurately). Pastels and teddy bears are often deemed "babyish" around the same time that the diapers disappear. This counting poster from the funky...
Personalized Onesies, Hold the Cheese

Personalized Onesies, Hold the Cheese

by | Kid Style

I love buying personalized tees for my friends’ babies, but it’s often hard to find something that isn’t either absurdly blinged out, or so cutesie-sweet it makes your teeth hurt. So I’m loving the personalized tees and onesies from the hip new...
Getting All Felt Up

Getting All Felt Up

by | Toys + Playthings

I love watching my daughter’s imagination in action. She sets the table for five so her imaginary friend can eat too, and there’s no end to the litany of cool animal pals that she describes as stopping by for a visit at bedtime. Not one to squash any of...
Brush With Greatness

Brush With Greatness

by | Kids

Oh, the poor, lowly, neglected baby brush. As essential as this item is to the nursery–or at least to ours, with our messy-haired daughter–the options are limited to the free crappy one that comes along with some baby bath essential gift set, or an...
Art by Actual Artists: What a Concept

Art by Actual Artists: What a Concept

by | Art + Decor

I’ve always liked the idea of turning a favorite photo of my child into a piece of artwork. But a lot of those Warhol-eque services just look like a computer novice took a Photoshop 101 class, and went nutty with the filters. What ever happened to art made by...
Gnome-in-the-Box

Gnome-in-the-Box

by | Toys + Playthings

I always loved jack-in-the-boxes as a kid, but you’ve got to admit, there was something about that original "Jack" that was pretty creepy. Clowns are generally a little questionable anyway, come to think of it, let alone one intended to scare the...
YouTube for Moms: The Boob Tube?

YouTube for Moms: The Boob Tube?

by | Entertainment + Media

One thing pregnant women and new mothers are definitely not lacking is a variety of information sources–some more desired (Cool Mom Picks) than others (the mother-in-law with some very interesting views on whiskey as a newborn sleep solution). But picking and...
Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

by | Random Coolness

Whether you’re pregnant like me, nursing, or just hanging onto a bit of baby weight for nostalgia’s sake, we all have one thing in common: Major boobage. Some of it more major than others (raising hand here). Which means that sometimes you need a little...
I See London, I See France…

I See London, I See France…

by | Baby, Kid Style

Now that Spring is here (okay, so it’s still freezing out; minor technicality.) I’m ready to get a little girlier with my daughter’s wardrobe. Is there anything cuter than little girls in sweet little dresses, with their bare, chubby knees poking out...