If you want to know a little secret, we covet the amazing designer kid's clothes that we often feature here at Cool Mom Picks just as much as you do. Our pockets aren't as deep as we wish they were either. So that's why we're loving thes…
Designer Angeline Tsao's background is actually in fashion design which helps to explain her excellent taste. It also explains why, while poking around her shop cake + milk paperie and drooling over her handmade invitations and cards, I …
Either some people believed I actually needed twenty pink sleepers, or I got a whole lot of baby gifts that reflected the taste of the giver more than my actual needs. My favorite gifts by far were the little-of-this, little-of-that kind…
Seeing as how much I (and my kids) love See Kai Run , it was only natural that we'd jump on the chance to check out Smaller , their totally new line for the 18-month and younger set. And surprise! I love them too. It's not hard to be smi…
How absolutely clever to create a line of luxury baby clothes that, instead of an alligator or polo player across the breast, feature an ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyphic meaning life and symbolizing health, happiness, and magical protecti…
I realize that unless someone actually sent me a gift after my babies arrived, then technically speaking, the thank-you should come from the baby - hence all the cutesy thank you cards. But I figure that since I'm the one writing out the…
There's no shortage of books and videos and instructional websites out there for moms - to-be. But when something is available specifically for dads , it's generally absurdly goofy or some very serious cue-the-after-school-special-music …
Kai-lan just told my daughter to stand up and do the dragon dance and she happily obeys, particularly since the cute tiger ("My favorite one!") is doing it too. Oh to be three again. If your own preschooler hasn't discovered the happy, a…
With my daughter starting school for the first time this month (we do things early in the south), she's super excited about every little thing -- plain old #2 pencils, generic brand crayons, and her regular backpack. I can only imagine w…
If you click over to Design Mom today, you'll see the most outstanding collection of items ever put together for a blogger silent auction, all to help the family of blogger, mom of four, and indie artisan supporter Stephanie Nielson of N…
Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom, replete with her trademark curly-haired…
Are you reading this post right now on the other side of a Comodore 64? Reluctant to give up that original Walkman? Wondering why you just can't find any good Betamax tapes these days? Well have we got news for you. One of the cooler pro…
If you're shopping baby names (or just browsing), you have to check out Lorilee Craker's A is for Atticus: Baby Names from Great Books which give you far more erudite options than naming your child for the latest celeb du jour. Or worse,…
Now if I told you that Sir Hayes , the kids' label emblematic of urban Brooklyn chic, was making a onesie inspired by "Carlton," what would you think that means? Because when I got wind of it, right away a single image popped into my hea…
Now at the tail end of my third pregnancy, I admit that I feel the total opposite of sexy. The gigunda belly coupled with the larger than life butt tucked into some pretty scary maternity underpants do not help the situation. But with a …
Considering I have yet to figure out the formula that will make my son eat even one vegetable consistently without tossing it at my head, I'm willing to try anything, like this Gimme Veggie bowl from London trained clay artist May Luk. P…
My husband is totally willing to wear the baby, so long as it doesn't require a mei tai (too many straps) or a sling (too uncomfy on his bad shoulder). That basically leaves him with our Belle Baby Carrier , which is both easy to use and…
I will say I think the anti-germ stuff has gotten a leeeeettle out of control for moms. Germs aren't all bad, you know! But then I think, hm, you know where I might want a germ-resistant fabric? A changing pad cover . And it seems that B…
I'm always on the lookout for ways to teach my four-year-old about conservation other than asking her to turn off the lights 400 times a day (followed by my long boring speech about saving the earth). Thankfully, Eeboo has created these …
There is no shame in cooking with baking mixes or prepared foods, although I have a pretty stringent list of criteria for them to make it into my shopping cart. I am delighted to discover that the Monkey Bread mixes from Lollipop Tree pa…
Exercise, eat right, and that baby weight will come off...eventually. That's the common wisdom anyway. But I'm impatient, so in addition to bike rides and bowls of broccoli, I went looking for a little extra help and found two interestin…
Maybe it's because I'm surrounded by way too many pretty princess shirts (thanks, in-laws) or that my daughter has threatened to start liking "Hantana." But when I see a shirt like the Kickin' Girl from Appaman, it's hard for me not to t…
I have been standing by observing the current "big ring" craze and wishing to be someone I'm not. The fact of the matter is that I'm a dreadful klutz, and I have long eschewed wearing even a normal-sized ring with a raised stone because …
As my big girl heads off to first grade (sob), I'm at home with a little girl who wants to do everything her big sister does, including learning the very same things. The mom-run company, Write Way to Learn , is going to be a huge help t…
