Shop for a cause at Happy Chickadee

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

As if I needed another reason to scour the virtual shelves of Happy Chickadee, one of our fave mom-owned boutiques, I just got another really awesome one. And it’s not even because of my new baby (that has yet to arrive, argh). It’s because every penny...

Last minute Halloween costume for six-month-old baby? Reader Q&A

by Christina Refford | Baby, Kid Style

Help! I need last-minute ideas for a six-month-old baby’s Halloween costume and I don’t have the time to do anything crazy.The truth is, most little babies aren’t ready to wear full costumes, masks and complicated accessories, or even makeup which...

Drooling over DwellStudio for Target

by Stephanie Slate | Baby, Kid Style

Looks like it’s the time of year for another cool line at Target to make me –a Canadian– feel a little jealous. This time, it’s the DwellStudio for Target Fall 2010 collection – a whole bunch of gorgeous baby layette items that I’m...

T is for tushie

by Melissa | Baby, Kid Style

If you ask me, babies’ butts might be the cutest things in the whole wide world: Squeezable, kissable and downright delish. (Am I revealing too much here?)So when I saw this new collection of custom baby bloomers and boxers with initials sewn onto the tush area,...

Versatile doesn’t even begin to describe this diaper bag

by Stephanie Slate | Baby

Some days, I tend to be a bit of an over-packer. What if the kids get really thirsty and they finish their water bottles? Better pack an extra. What if they have a run-in with a mud puddle? Better pack clean outfits for each of them. What if they get hungry while we...

“Cool stroller liner!” “I know.”

by Elizabeth | Baby

Last summer, my three-year-old’s black car seat was always too hot and she told me so in no uncertain terms (“Hot! Too hot!”). Fast forward to next summer and I will be using a Cool Mee seat liner by Meeno Babies. The Meeno Babies car seat,...

A minimalist Halloween

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

While my oldest would just as soon cover herself in a head to toe costume for Halloween, my other little one would is more in the “naked baby” camp. Amazing how kids are so different. So if you’ve got a kiddo who’s not so into the whole...

Steel yourself for stainless baby bottles

by Stephanie Slate | Baby

We’ve been toting our drinks around in stainless steel bottles and containers for years now. But what about the babies? Well, obviously when they’re drinking their milk straight from the source, they’ve got the best drink container out there. But if...

Breaking News: Fisher-Price recalls 10 million toys

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Doing Good

Check your tricycles, high chairs, play mats, and more, mamas – Fisher-Price has just this morning issued a recall of nearly 10 million toys and baby gear for all sorts of safety issues.According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission website, the...

The baby soft book pretty enough for mom’s dresser

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby, Books for Kids

Plastic. Polyester. Licensed characters. Slobbered-on ribbon. The sound of a toilet flushing with one press of a button, that becomes four million presses of a button–those soft baby books that pile up after the baby shower have always been strictly utilitarian....

Rockin’ deals on Rockin’ Baby Slings

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I more than happily paid full price for my Rockin’ Baby Sling, and considering I wore it almost every day for six months with two out of my three kids, it was well worth it. But they’re currently selling all their stock for an exciting relaunch early...

A shout-out to the liger of the babywearing world

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

Fun fact: when you combine a male lion and a tigress, you get a liger. It’s weird, it’s cute, it likes to swim, some people believe it has magical powers. It’s also the biggest cat alive, often growing to the size of both parents combined....