by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
We go the whole nine yards on Halloween, which this year has me running around town for a child-sized red wig and face paint. But considering my daughter’s extremely sensitive skin, I’m reluctant to just grab cheapo store brand face paints for fear of the...
by Mir | Books for Adults
If How to Traumatize Your Children had been available when I remarried, I totally would’ve bought it as a wedding present for my husband. I think it would’ve been a fitting welcome to (step)parenthood for him, and I also plan to give it as a shower gift to...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Eco-friendly shoes may conjure up images of Birkenstocks or novelty moccasins from a gift stop in Maine, but more and more, the big brands are embracing small steps towards general environmental do-gooding. Now it’s Stride-Rite, that children’s shoe...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Yes, I’m biased as a (718) resident myself, but truly, who wouldn’t want one of the adorable Je T’aime Brooklyn kids tees from Atsuyo + Akiko? People who hate Coney Island? People who hate They Might Be Giants? People who hate sitting in Brooklyn...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults
You can’t imagine the debates that went on in our household when it came to naming the grandparents for the first time. If you start factoring in inlaws and the inlaws’ inlaws, and everyone’s different traditions and expectations, it’s amazing...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
You know what comes with a week’s worth of Halloween parties, right? Candy. Way too darn much candy. So instead of doing goody bags for my daughter and her preschool classmates, I’m snagging some of these awesome paper shadow puppets from Orange Moon...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Okay so stop it with the cute baby socks already. Seriously. I mean it. How many times can we be like, no–these are the cutest ever. Oh no wait…these are. Well, at least one more time since we discovered the 80’s inspired, dad-designed Sneaker Socks...
