Caroline Siegrist, Author at Cool Mom Picks

If you love the Pigeon and the Piggie, you’ll love Mo Willems’ squirrels!

For all of us Mo Willems fans with a big Elephant and Piggie shaped hole in our hearts, there’s good news! And it comes in the form of…unlimited squirrels. Well, technically there are 16 squirrels in total, but with the zany, over-the-top energy these new...

6 natural remedies to help keep families healthy during the germy school year

by Caroline Siegrist | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks

Now that we’ve found new school clothes and back-to-school gear for all our kids (well, mostly), parents are now moving onto worry #2 — how to avoid back-to-school sickness. My family has already been through hand-foot-and-mouth disease and a wicked...

Trend alert: 7 favorite mini crossbody handbags that prove less is more

by Caroline Siegrist | Fashion

Let’s talk about mini crossbody handbags, my friends. If you haven’t yet gotten your hands on one these little numbers, they’re lining up to be one of fall’s biggest (and uh, smallest) trends. I’ve been coveting one for practical reasons...

The most magical pieces of the new Harry Potter collection from Pottery Barn

by Caroline Siegrist | Art + Decor

If you regularly have to drag your kid (or yourself) out from behind a Harry Potter book, or you’ve ever been asked to personally sew a Gryffindor scarf for a Halloween costume, we’ve got great news. Because there’s an expanded new Harry Potter...

This jazzy new album celebrates Nobel Laureates and inspires everyday kindness in kids

by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment + Media

Now that my son’s absorbing language at a rapid pace, I totally get the appeal of kid-appropriate music. (At least the kind I don’t mind listening to, too.) So I’ve been stepping away from the profanity-laden hip-hop that used to dominate my...

Love Every Baby: the beautifully curated toy box subscription by developmental stage

by Caroline Siegrist | Baby, Toys + Playthings

Pretend for a moment you have a personal shopper for your baby — who also happens to have amazing taste and a degree in developmental psychology. Well that’s basically what you get with Love Every Baby, a new subscription service that curates and ships...

The strong athletic girls t-shirts that honor her passion for sports.

by Caroline Siegrist | Kid Fashion

The moment I saw this strong athletic girls tee collection at This Girls Tees, I wished they’d been around when I was a kid. Sports were a big source of confidence for me as a shy kid, and so I’m all about encouraging young girls to get on the field...

12 creative ways to display kids’ artwork, from DIYs to clutter-saving services

by Caroline Siegrist | Art + Decor, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks

One parenting conundrum that seems timeless: the search for creative ways to display kids’ artwork. From the preschool doodles and finger paint portraits to the kindergarten collages, to the papier maché sculptures that would look just perfect…where,...

Can you go swimming during your period? You can with PantyProp.

by Caroline Siegrist | Fashion, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

Having grown up in a time that lots of girls couldn’t go swimming during our periods, it’s so nice to see brands taking on that issue. Even if you’re wearing a tampon, lots of girls and women have a heavy enough flow that the thought of an accident...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.

Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)

We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).