by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Who says great preschool entertainment has to be heteronormative? (There’s a new word for Scrabble for ya.) Not Dottie’s Magic Pockets, the self-proclaimed “greatest kid’s show not yet on TV” for alternative families. And lest you think...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Some of the kids eco-tees we’re seeing are a bit heavy-handed for my taste. There’s a fine line between a clever slogan and some creepy preachy statement on a preschooler. Junkfood’s ultrasoft Live Free/Live Green tee spotted at hip kidswear purveyor...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
As bathing suit season approaches, I mourn that I am not more of a gym person. I am more of a sit on my butt and play Guitar Hero then complain about how bad I look in a bathing suit person. So I decided to give the new Wii Fit a whirl. Oh my goodness, am I smitten....
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
The Way Back Home, written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, is the most randomly appealing book I’ve read. For one thing, the main character discovers an airplane in his closet on the second page. For another, he gets stuck on the moon with a Martian who looks...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
I don’t care how technologically advanced baby toys get, how many bells, whistles, batteries, voice chips or solar panels they have – a baby’s favorite toy is still going to be a jingly clutch ball. Also a spatula. Massachusetts mom Kwan...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Boy, am I liking this new flowy peasant top trend for kids this season. With any luck it will stick around, while the prematurely provocative belly shirts and tight blingy tees take a permanent hiatus. In hell. As a change-up from the Mexican-style blouses, take a...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I am beyond tired of kids clothes that don’t hold up after oh, say three washes. The bargain tees I picked up turned out to not be such a bargain when I threw them out before the season was halfway over, reminding me that often times, you really do get what you...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Sunglasses are at the top of my list of fun kids’ accessories – it’s a riot to watch my three year-old push her sunglasses on top of her head "just like Mommy." But fashion aside, sunglasses on kids are really about protection and My First...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
Self-obsessed much? Despite my best efforts, my daughter is. Thanks to our video camera, she’s been watching movies of herself for years. And oh, they are her favorites. Now, thanks to Frecklebox’s personalized Nature Namebook, she can see her own name...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
La vie really is pretty rose-y if you’re looking at it from the pov of new online shop Petit Luxe. If you’ve got a francophile in you yearning to breathe free – or just super picky taste in baby gifts and gear, you’re going to fall in love like...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
We realize that a good book, be it for your own weary eyes or your kid’s, can be pretty hard to come by these days. So, lucky for you, we’ve rounded up all our past and present book picks into one CMP Book Club and put them all our shop page. Whether...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Considering the BlaBla handknit animal rattles were my son’s ultimate favorite, I was super excited to find out about their new line of little birdie rattles. (See, I knew there was a good reason that I got pregnant again).This adorable line of six music-themed...
