by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
We’ve done our best here at Cool Mom Picks to highlight fantastic alternatives to typical baby hair clips. But what we’ve discovered is that when your kid actually gets enough hair for real accessories, it’s as though the designers just take all the...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I am all for spending a little more on an article of kid’s clothing if it’s gorgeous, well made, good for multiple uses, and particularly if it’s supporting a small business. And now that I have a second daughter, I’ve got a new trick: Just...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
As our nation’s kids head back to school–and soccer practice–with visions of bending it like the newly green carded David Beckham, I say get them a little gear to go with the aspirations. We love the Wes & Willy soccer tee at Trendy Togs for...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I used to chuckle when all my friends with little boys would complain about the clothes offerings. Little did I know, I’d be chiming in with my own disgruntlement with the lack of anything other than crossed hockey sticks and little toy trains. Well hold onto...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Who doesn’t love those high-quality, family heirloom baby clothes that were skillfully hand-made by Great-Great-Grandmama after which they were preserved and passed down through the generations? Wait, what’s that? You don’t have any of those? Well then, good thing...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
At only 22 months, my son may not have the coordination to throw a strike, but he can sure look the part in the smart bowling shirts from Kid Brother. They’re available at the most excellent Your Momma, a Canadian consignment shop of cool featuring a variety of...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I’ve got a nagging fear that today’s generation of girls, growing up in Swarovski-studded shirts that say future model, are in for quite a shock when they get older and do not, in fact, turn out to be models. Some of them might become icky things like...
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...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I see the racks of kid’s sunglasses at the superstores and while the hot pink princess shades might seem terribly cute to my daughter, they do nothing to protect her from the sun–or make me keen on buying them. If you’ve got beach weekends or pool...
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,...
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...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
If the kids’ clothing motifs are any indication, rock n roll fantasies are strictly for boys. They get shirts featuring drums, guitars, the upright bass–while girls are stuck with glittery pink groupie shirts that say stuff like rock n roll princess. Now...
