by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I’m more than happy to oblige my daughter’s new dinosaur obsession, that is if I could find a cool shirt that doesn’t display a mean, scary T-Rex.I’m prefering Hildegard, my new favorite bike-riding dinosaur from parent-run label...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
The notion of a dress "that twirls" used to seem kind of foo-foo to me until I thought back to my own childhood and my many hours simply spent spinning. I was like that kid in Parenthood who just spun until I fell down for fun, while other kids were doing...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
One of our fave T-shirt discoveries last year were the bold alphabet toddler tees from BioME5 featuring alligators, bears and camels that actually look like alligators, bears and camels. And not some lame cartoon rendition. Seriously, I’m a little scared of the...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
We realize that baby booties are a frivolous purchase for a cute little lump who doesn’t do much more than poop and sleep (or if you’re my kids, not sleep). So that’s why you don’t buy them for your own baby. You get other people to...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Brooklyn parents have surely overheard other moms in the supermarket or the corner diner saying, "Oh we signed up for Kevin…he’s the best." They’re talking about Kevin Meeker, who teaches one of the more popular Music for Aardvark classes...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I am such a crazy Mo Willems stalker-fan that when I heard I missed meeting him at Toy Fair this year by about 30 seconds I nearly cried. His collection of children’s books are this generation’s Dr. Seuss or Curious George. Willems’ newest release in...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
For those of you who have searched high and low to find a finger puppet in the shape of a piece of matzoh, you are in luck, for we have found that very thing in the set of plush 4 Questions Finger Puppets. The matzoh joins reversible friends Reclining Chair, Radish,...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
One of the perks of editing Cool Mom Picks is that I get to run around trade shows with a press pass acting all important (ha) while checking out the cute designer kids clothes that won’t be out for another six months. One of the frustrating things about it: The...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I remember the time someone suggested using corn syrup to stick a bow on my then bald daughter’s head. After picking my jaw up from the ground, I vowed that I would steer clear of clips until I could find one that stayed in my daughter’s thin, soft hair...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Oh how I love kimonos on little babies. Just love them. While I’m excited that my eleven month-old is waving and clapping and saying YAH YAH YAH (seriously, does that count as a word?) I am sad that she’s moving past that age where I can just stick her in...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
My daughter informed me that she wants to "lose her bangs." I’m not sure if it’s because she has somehow gone from 3 to 14 overnight, or if she just wants another few Seabands to wear. These bright, adorable cotton headbands from designer/mom...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
The way I see it, kids are ridiculously obsessed with dinosaurs and they love a kicking beat, so it was only a matter of time before the two came together. Baby Loves Hip Hop made it happen. Adding to their smash hits Baby Loves Jazz and Baby Loves Disco, this latest...
