by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
My daughter has reached the age where she must take at least three random items with her wherever she goes. And then, leave them in the car. While I’m not about topick a battle with her every time we leave the house,I amgoing to try to find a compromise —...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
So what happens when the incentive of sporting tight little undies isn’t enough for your little guy to ditch the diaper? You gethim way cooler boxers of course. Only instead of boring plaids and stripes, Oh Baby Love has the styles little guys will be excited to...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
I thought I’d seen a stuffed everything — bears,phoenixes, horny toads…you name it, they’ve got it. You know, just in case you have a little one obsessed with flamingos. But dachsunds? Nope. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a stuffed one...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
Once in a while, I sit down to review something for CMP and have trouble with it. Not for lack of words, but because my daughter has somehow gotten her hands on the item and refuses to give it back. This was the case with Poetry Speaks to Children. In the spirit of...
by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services
Since joining the cult of motherhood in 2004, myregular trek to some loud, late night dance club where I slugged down glow-in-the-dark cocktails has been replaced with a different kind of play. One that’s decidedly strobe light free. But oh how I long for a...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Sometimes my initial response to new music is, "Wow, that’s really, um, different." And by different, I mean bad. But sometimes different is good, as in the case of Different, the debut album from Elizabeth Street. Elizabeth Street is not related to...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
One prerogative we all have as parents – forcing our kids to wear hats against their will. Without some way to secure it below the neck, I just don’t know a single kid that won’t toss the thing to the ground at the first opportunity. Perhaps the...
