Uptown Layette With Not-Quite-Uptown Prices

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Unwrapping the big box that had arrived in the mail last week, I was excited that one of my parents’ fancy uptown friends had sent me a spectacularly expensive looking layette for my new baby. I was mildly disappointed however when it struck me that it was not...

Dribble Me This, Dribble Me That

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

We’ve officially landed in drool central at my house, and while necessity has forced me past my bib aversion, it has not yet led me to one that makes drool look fabulous. Until now. Meet my new obsession — the Dribbler from Cool Mom Picks favorite site...

Che What?

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

You know a trend has peaked when the parodies start making the rounds. And the best one we’ve seen yet: This new take on the already ooooold Che Guevara tee at DryGoods.com that says I have no idea who this is. While it’s absolutely hilarious on a toddler,...

Carriers That Don’t Break Your Back or Your Budget

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Unless you do a good amount of research or read Cool Mom Picks on a daily basis (as well you should), chances are you will only encounter the mainstream brands of baby carriers. But as you probably know, you pay a fairly hefty price with many of them — not only...

Look Ma, No Tractors

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

I’ve got girls around the house. So admittedly I’m not as impacted by the shortage of cool boys’ duds out there as my friends who continually beg me to track down "clothes with no tractors." Who knew there was such a backlash against heavy...

From The Fabulous Folks Who Bring You Gouda

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

I have nothing against pink, especially now that my daughter has proclaimed it her favorite color. But pink plus frills, plus lace, plus spaghetti straps on an active three-year-old just doesn’t cut it around here.Thankfully, I stumbled upon kinchi’s etsy...

Made In the Shade

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I can’t be the only one who, in a fit of desperation, draped a receiving blanket over the top of my stroller to shield my sleeping baby from the sun. And I certainly can’t be the only one who couldn’t enjoy the silence of a napping child because I...

Pocketbook On Wheels

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Since we all know that women only buy cars based on the cupholders (is my scarcasm coming across?) the same might go for strollers. Then again, the top strollers don’t necessarily have the best Diet Coke storage, to say nothing of easy access to all your other...

Blankets By Martha. The Other Martha.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I have a friend whose son sleeps with a plastic fish every night. To each toddler his own and all, but if I were a babe picking a bedmate, I’d look at something a bit more un-plastic fishlike. Like, say, the blankets from Martha’s Baby Bundles. As a...

Fleeced!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

While I’m grateful for all the lightweight summer blankets I’ve received for my new baby, I still wanted something warm and cuddly for those overly frigid stores, restaurants, and my grandmother’s condo in Florida, a.k.a. The Air Conditioning Capital...

Ooooooooh La La!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Wee see a whoooole lotta onesies trying to track down cool products to review here. You have no idea how many onesies. Easily a million. So when we tell you we’ve come across ones that are fabulously unique and that you must click over immediately, heed our...

Knitting 101 That Looks Like Knitting 504

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

It’s easy to appreciate beautifully hand-knitted garments, but creating them isn’t necessarily a piece of cake. The mere presence of two X chromosomes does not endow a woman with a talent for needlework (as much of the CMP staff will assure you)....