 
							
					
															
					
					 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...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
As a kid, I always wanted a cool pair of rainboots. I had one of those mothers who never got around to buying them and when a rainy day came, she instead sent me outside in a pair of plastic sandwich bags wrapped around my shoes. You only think I’m joking. So...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I can’t possibly have been the only new mom who experienced layette anxiety: Will it irritate her belly button? Do I cut out the tag? Do I have to wash it first? And do I really have to get that stupid overpriced detergent? Two mothers have taken the worry out...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I like to wear the truth on my sleeve and on days I cannot, I like to wear the truth on my child’s t-shirt.My truth this week? I’m tired. Which, conveniently, fits nicely with the Be Nice to My Mom, She’s Tired tee from the ever stylish online...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
We all know who’s really in charge. Here’s a hint: it’s not the adult with the accusatory finger and the timeout chair. It’s the kid with the pouty lip, sweet smile, and incredibly cute face that can make us crumble in an instant. I figure, if...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I would like to call myself a football widow. No–I would love it. Because it would an improvement over what I am now, which is a football/golf/ baseball/world soccer widow.If this sound familiar, or you’re grappling with a team obsession yourself, then I...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I stillrememberthatsweet 18K gold ID bracelet I was given as little girl. I wore that thing every single day, turning my mom into a nervous hovering wreck for fear I’d lose it.For my own daughter, I want something similar, only a little more 2006 anda little...