by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
I tend to avoid buying friends and family plush animals as new baby gifts. I figure that like me, the last thing they need is another stuffed bear to collect dust on an already full shelf. But then, browsing online shop Petit Baby, I saw the new organic bears...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
It’s rare that my toddler will instantly take to music that she hasn’t already seen on TV, but that’s just what happened when I pressed play on A World of Happiness. No Wheels on the Bus here, this is an album entirely filled with original messages...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Imagine if the B-52’s, Abba, REM and Devo moved into a house with four keyboards and a giant dress-up closet. And then imagine that they sang Beatles and Queen and Carpenters songs and sometimes rapped. Dream Jam Band is like that. One of them is related to...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
I’m always on the look out for something to do with my favorite pictures, other than frame them. Custom bags, jewelry – you name it, I’ve got it. But puzzles? Not until now.While it’s easy to be mesmerized by Liberty’s unique vintage...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
We’ve seen a whole lot of handmade felt hair clips, but none that made us grin quite like The Little Lady Clip at Lily-Pie designs. Let’s just say Kristen and I had a grand old time coming up with other names for it – although granted The Bathroom...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
If there’s one huge difference between my son and my daughter, other than the obvious, of course, it’s that my son has a penchant for total destruction unlike anything I’ve ever seen. And so what’s more perfect than this Robot...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Given the wide range of Presidential candidates still in the running this year, why not add one more? I love the Me for President layered tee from Wrybaby’s limited edition political collection. Depending on your perspective, the tee or bib are either a vote of...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
One of my few claims to fame is that I can sing the twelve cranial nerves to the tune of My Favorite Things. Hey, it got me an A in anatomy and physiology. Chances are, you’ve used music to try to remember things too. Um. Like the alphabet? So you can’t...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I admit that my eyes have been glued to the Presidential debates and caucuses, much to the chagrin of my Noggin-addicted three-year-old. So instead of fighting about when she gets to watch the Backyardigans next, I’m going to get her fired up about a better...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
We’re certainly not anti-Valentine’s Day here at Cool Mom Picks; I mean what crazy person is going to turn down an excuse to eat chocolates and get flowers? But we like to think that if you’re going to stock up on holiday-type stuff...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I’ve been calling my daughter Wonderbaby for, like, forever. She’s always seemed the type of child – even when she was only days old – who might just take off at any moment and leap tall buildings in a single bound. So when a dear friend sent...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
With the gaggles of educational animal shows and books out there, the cows, chickens, and puppy dogs of my childhood have been replaced with orangutans, meerkats, and my daughter’s current favorite, chinchillas. When not just any old farm animal...
