by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
One of the hardest wardrobe staples to let go of is definitely the concert tee. Filled with the memories (and aromas) of youthful indiscretion and unfortunate hairstyles, it’s as if tossing the battered old thing is tossing the memories. Now you can relive the...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
There’s something about a tiny little piece of jewelry with my daughter’s name on it that calls to me. The problem is, I’m just not one for the pink beaded numbers with the teddy bear charms. So I was tickled (not pink!) when I discovered this...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I have a thing for kids clothes that just look like…well, kids clothes, as opposed to mini versions of what parents are wearing. Don’t even get me started on blazers for infants and belly-baring toddler tees.So when I discovered that internationally...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Ifind myself spending way too muchtime trying to break up the monotony of pink clothes in my two-year old’s wardrobe. But I’ve finally found a reason to make an exception. At Playdate NYC, a company started by two working NYC moms (who met at a playdate in...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
If you’re like me, your little artist’s masterpieceshave taken over your walls and your refrigerator. And maybe you took our advice this past summer and made cool stationery out of their best artwork, sending the rest off to the grandparents for "safe...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
So you’ve traded in your black motorcycle jacket for a fleece pullover. And your you-know-what-kicking boots have now taken the shape of comfy black clogs. But who says your kiddo can’t still rock the house? There’s nothing wrong with living...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
While I’m not wholeheartedly welcoming back 80s trends like leggings and cinched belts over long sweaters (Earth to fashion designers, come in…) I am delighted about leg warmers. You heard me, leg warmers. But only because I’m not the one expected to...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I’ve always had this weird aversion to monogrammed items, as if they should only be owned by people named Winston or Finston or anyone the third.But I think I’m going to have to do an about-face on my pov, now that I’ve discovered the funky...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
When you ask a kid what he wants to be when he grows up, you usually get those great juxtapositions: a gymnast and a veterinarian. A firefighter and a circus clown. The way I see it, as long as I don’t hear ballerina and metal groupie, my daughter can dream...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I am amazed at how, in the two seconds that I turn my back, my daughter is able to get food inside her sleeves, down the back, under the hems of her jeans. I just never know where a wayward farfalle noodle will end up –or when I’ll actually find it. So I...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Hooray for hat season! I’ve been waiting all summer for the weather to turn cold so I can actually get my toddler to keep something other than spaghetti sauce and noodle bits on her head. So, check out my new find – monster hats! How can you pass up these...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Since we’ve had children, every year in mid-December, my husband asks me, "Shouldn’t we get a family picture taken for our holiday cards?" And every year, I reply that we should have thought of it in September. Well, guess what? It’s...