Retiring the Ponytail

Retiring the Ponytail

I have to laugh when I hit my local mom group and almost every one is sporting some form ofa ponytail. Let’s face it, chasing around kids forces most of us to saveactual hair styling forextra special occasions. But Lisa Sheppard, owner of Sheppard Girls, has...
Confess!

Confess!

If you haven’t yet heard about True Mom Confessions, you haven’t been neglecting your kids nearly enough while surfing the web.The entire CMP staff has been spending way too much time on the TMC website in recent days, breezing through anonymous admissions...
Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers

When we receive an inquiry at CMP declaring, "no mom can live without it!" We can’t help but look more closely. After all, we’d hate to think of countless mothers needlessly passing due to the lack of a particular product. Well in the case of the...
Eat Your Heart Out, Betty Crocker

Eat Your Heart Out, Betty Crocker

I try to be a homemaker, really I do. If only because I don’t want my son to grow up thinking cooking merely involves pushing the buttons on the microwave–currently my main culinary skill. Fortunately, in this post-Betty Crocker age I found an easy option...
Baby Gifts of a Different Stripe

Baby Gifts of a Different Stripe

I’m always stuck on what to get the newborn who has everything; particularly when that newborn isn’t the first to hit the household. All I know is, another package of onesies or flannel receiving blankets do not top my list. So check out the zebra-themed...
Tattoos Aren’t Just For Sailors

Tattoos Aren’t Just For Sailors

If you’ve got a family that’s planning to take you out out to brunch on the 14th, make sure they’re coiffed and clad in mom-worshipping style. Something like the Tattoo Heart Mom shirts from Inky Dink Tees. The company is the brain child of mom and...
Showing Off the Kiddos, Old School

Showing Off the Kiddos, Old School

With the digital age upon us, there’s no shortage of pictures of my kids.But unlessI want to myfriends huddling aroundmy laptop,there’s no actual enjoyment of my handiwork (the kids and the photos) to be had. I think it’s high time I develop a few of...
The Mercedes of Child Carriers

The Mercedes of Child Carriers

Sometimes when we hear about a latest/greatest/hottest new kids product we try it out and it really isn’t all that. (Snap, snap.) I know this is hard to believe–brace yourselves–but just because Courtney Cox-Arquette was given something for free...
Oh, Bull

Oh, Bull

There’s something about kids shirts and bad puns that seem to go hand in hand. Not sure what it is, but we’ve come across enough "chick magnet" tees featuring little baby chickens (Get it? Get it?) to lasts a lifetime. How refreshing to stumble...
God Save the Mommy

God Save the Mommy

While Mother’s Day is a great opportunity to demand plenty of respect, adulation and pampering from the family, you shouldn’t be averse to being treated like royalty the other 364 days of the year. If you’re with me, then drop your own brood a major...