Baby - Cool Mom Picks

Oh Those Clever Dutch

I love poking around European kids shops because the sensibility is just a little…different than ours. Think fewer fire trucks appliqués, and more apples on stilts doing ballet while wearing French poodle masks. Or something like that. Zazou is a fabulous...

Giiiiiiirls Iiiiiiin Spaaaaaaaaaaaace…

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Old school Muppet Show fans will recognize this headline–and know why I can’t get the line out of my head when I look at this awesome Spacegirl shirt for kids. This, along with the other inspired tees and onesies come courtesy of Vancouver design shop...

Don’t You Know That Your Tie’s Too Wide?

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Want a kid’s tee with an ironic hipster slogan on it? I’ve got a few ideas if you’ve got all day. So how happy was I to find a totally fresh take on pint-size hipster fashion via Canadian Rock & Rattle boutique. The skinny tie tee is to die for,...

For Those About to Breed We Salute You

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

There are a few benefits to being a so-called younger mom, and one of them is that you can get away with the way fun maternity fashions from record store owner-turned-mom/designer, LeahBrumley, of Rock Star Moms. If you’re not yet at the "turn down that...

Solid!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Why is it that I can find the greatest quality shirts chock full offunny sayingsand funky patterns–but the solid shirts in stores are limited to the mall store’s two featured ugly colors of the season, or the discount three-pack with the too-tight crew...

5th Avenue Slings

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

If you thought slings were just for the crunchy moms–well, first, you haven’t been reading Cool Mom Picks very carefully. (We’ll have a talk about that later.) But also, you haven’t seen this Missoni fabric sling from bronwenhandcrafted....

Psst…Pass It On

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

While there’s no shortage of layettes out there for sale, I’m always on the lookout for items that are worthy of being handed down through the generations. When this year’s mass-produced designs look just like last year’s mass-produced designs,...

Cool Mom Picks Goes a Little Dr. 90210 On Y’All

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Do not adjust your screens. Yes, this is Cool Mom Picks. Only a little prettier (we hope). A little easier to read (we hope). And a little more functional – now you can add your favorite picks right to sk*rt and del.icio.us. Don’t know what the hell that...

As Close to a Martin Guitar As You’re Going to Get, Kid

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

I feel the need to put a kibosh on daddy the guitar player’s new tactic for bonding with our daughter–the hugely expensive toddler guitar purchase. Not to interfere with the the father/daughter love fest, but couldn’t we make sure she’s at...

Oh, Kaed!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I finally came to grips withhavingto carry a diaper bag for the next year, if not more. So instead of pining after the hot leather bags for Fall that you don’t want anywhere near a leaky bottle, I found one that’s actually made for carrying them. CMP fave...

It’s Good To Be the King

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

With Texas Hold-Em having taken over the world–let alone our living room one night a month–it was only a matter of time before it made its way into nurseries too. Baby Luck is a new line of tees and onesies that we found at CMP fave shop, Flying Peas that...

Congratulations! It’s a Pig!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

I always have trouble with those baby gifts you need to get when the parents want the sex to be a surprise. Don’t they know what a burden their surprise is on their generous friends? Don’t they know it’s all about me? The Chinese Zodiac is always a...