New for Baby gets color happy

by Danielle | Baby, Kid Style

Last weekend I had to buy baby gifts for two kids who are now toddlers, because the pressure I put on myself to buy something so useful and practical and cool and life-changing is so great that I end up procrastinating. For more than a year.Too bad I didn’t know...

C’mon, cooler weather! Mama needs a new pair of children’s dresses.

by Mir | Kid Style

When I lived in the frozen north, my favorite part of warmer weather was definitely the bright colors and flounces of my daughter’s spring wardrobe. But that was before I discovered Kit + Lili and realized that all that vibrancy can be a winter staple too.These...

Shop Nest, improve women’s lives

by Mir | Kid Style

If only there was a way to get fabulous clothing, accessories, and other merchandise while helping others in need. Oh, wait–there is.Shopping at Nest is truly the best of both worlds — the money from your purchases of various artisan goodies are given out...

Besitos Designs: DIY multicutural kidswear

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

We’re always looking out for multicultural dolls, toys and gifts for kids, but so many of them sort of run out of inspiration after the whole “let’s do a multiculural doll, toy and gift” part. Besitos Designs, however nails it. The concept is...

Halloween hair clips that do all the talking, if not the candy collecting

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I love Halloween, but prefer it when all the decor falls into to the realm of tasteful instead of “ohmigosh, did you see that crazy thing?” That’s one reason I want Details soft felt Halloween hair clips at The Silly Wagon which are full of Halloween...

Time to start thinking holiday photo outfits, mamas

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

Does a baby girl need a faux fur vest like the one from France’s Jean Bourget? Of course not. But would it totally make your day every time you dressed her in it? Absolutely. Especially when holiday card photo time rolls around and you want  her in...

Mookimoo keeps babies in their pjs better than…well, ones that don’t

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

I love the story behind Mookimoo: A seasoned US Coast Guard couple has a baby and six weeks later, she has to go back to work so he turns stay-at-home-dad. He slowly grows into the role managing diaper explosions and feeding routines like a pro. And then he hits one...

Super cute barrettes for some lucky little girl besides mine

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

It is just so very O Henry that I’ve got a job giving me access to the cutest barrettes on the planet, and a little girl who refuses to wear them. Even so, when we opened up the package from Little Chirpy Bird and examined designer Cindy Hsu’s utterly...

Big Brands Doing Cool Things: Stride-Rite prewalkers go greener

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

Eco-friendly shoes may conjure up images of Birkenstocks or novelty moccasins from a gift stop in Maine, but more and more, the big brands are embracing small steps towards general environmental do-gooding. Now it’s Stride-Rite, that children’s shoe...

Hellooooooooo Brooklyn!

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

Yes, I’m biased as a (718) resident myself, but truly, who wouldn’t want one of the adorable Je T’aime Brooklyn kids tees from Atsuyo + Akiko? People who hate Coney Island? People who hate They Might Be Giants? People who hate sitting in Brooklyn...

Like ohmigod, these are like, the cutest baby socks like, EVer.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Okay so stop it with the cute baby socks already. Seriously. I mean it. How many times can we be like, no–these are the cutest ever. Oh no wait…these are. Well, at least one more time since we discovered the 80’s inspired, dad-designed Sneaker Socks...

With Ses Petites Mains, I’m not mourning the end of summer quite so much

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

If you’re in love with the truly inspired handmade clothes from Ses Petites Mains like I am, you’ll be happy to know you can now find the entire collection in one place: Their very own online shop. San Francisco designer Beth Miles scores again with her...