Sales, Whoo! Earth week edition

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

You want more sales and discounts? You got it. Check in with us every Friday for our favorite steals and deals of the week. And make sure you’ve signed up for our mailing list. You’ll get sneak peeks at special subscriber-only features, contests, and...

DAD IS SLEEPING AS HE ENJOYED THE WHISKEY AT THE PARTY and other hilarious emails from your mother

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults

For years, I’ve saved the emails my mom has sent me. Some are funny, some are sweet, some are nothing anyone else would appreciate besides maybe my brother. I thought I was the only person nostalgic enough to do such a thing, until I discovered Love, Mom:...

Biodegradable baby wipes that don’t suck. Really.

by Julie | Baby

While I’m greening up my act in many ways, I’m still pretty picky where it comes to baby wipes — it’s not totally unreasonable that I don’t want to cut corners with the one thing that’s keeping me from getting poop all over my...

Another way to hang your kid’s pretty face on the wall

by Carrie | Art + Decor

For as long as I can remember, my grandmother had silhouettes of her six kids hung along the fireplace. I loved the fact that just by looking at the profiles of these children I could identify the adults around me. I was happy to discover how Pretty Faces has...

And Chicken was his name-o

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

My taste in music runs more in the indie vein, but in kids’ music, you’ve gotta hand it to Trout Fishing in America who have been putting out Grammy-nominated, family-friendly folksy rock for about 30 years. But this time around, they’ve created a...

Time to go bananas

by Mir | Art + Decor

I’ll grant you that — my son’s nickname being Monkey, after all — my fondness for all things primate-related may be a bit beyond that of the average person. Still, if you don’t think this little monkey clock by Tree by Kerri Lee is...

Teething Washcloth 2.0

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Since my daughter decided to be a super overachiever and cut two teeth before her six month birthday, I’ve been scrambling to find teethers beyond the frozen bagels, carrots, and celery that I used on my other two. But thanks to Bodhi Babies organic cotton...

When you need your own personal children’s librarian

by Rita | Books for Adults

What happens when you need to find a book on heroes the night before your kid needs it for kindergarten?After you’ve exhausted our favorite children’s books, you can do what I did and check out the selections in What to Read When, by LitLife founder Pam...

Earth Day Pick – Worried about melamine in your children’s plates? Yeah, so are we.

by Cool Mom Team | Kitchen + Dining

When I first discovered Smiling Planet, I was instantly smitten by this mom and pop company’s avid commitment to teaching children respect for the environment through artful, eco-friendly housewares. Essentially Freddy and Olivia Deane have devised a way to make...

Earth Day Pick – Barley & Birch. They mean green

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I’m a sucker for cute kids’ tees. You can tell by taking one look at my kids’ drawers…er floor. And one of my new favorite eco designers, Barley & Birch, is doing amazing things with photography to create beautiful t-shirts for kids, right...