by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
So we swore we weren’t covering any cutesie Christmas onesies this year. No Baby’s First Christmas shirts, no Jingle Bells jingly caps, no Bwing Me Pwesents Santa bib. (Eek.)And then we found this clever little holiday design snapsuit from My Rock Star...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Handknit baby stuff, as we’ve seen, runs on a remarkably broad continuum from scratchy grandma styles to painfully amateur designs that seems sized for dolls. With three legs. And then there are the few amazing rock star knitters who totally dominate with the...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Spurred on by one of our favorite readers seeking a not made-in-China Jack in the Box for her daughter this holiday, we went on a mad internet quest to help a mama out. Especially considering that the category leader has had its share of recalls this year. Oh joy! Oh...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
As my toddler grows old enough to express clothing preferences, I’m a little less averse to frilly tutu kind of stuff and a little more into making her happy. (Don’t make me admit it in public.) Still, it’s nice to come across a compromise that...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
In our house, stocking stuffers weren’t the cheap crappy things you didn’t feel like wrapping, but rather the really nice (and sometimes expensive) loot that just so happened to fit in our stockings.Thus is the case with the sweet appliquéd and...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
So maybe you need a little Christmas, right this very minute – or maybe you’re doing your best Bah, Humbug every time you hear another round of Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer in the supermarket. If you’re in the former camp, you’re going to...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
With all toy recalls, everyone has been joking about making their own toys. But considering I can barely make a complete dinner, I don’t know that I can be trusted to handcraft a cool toy worthy of my picky 3-year-old.But we can most certainly paint...
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by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I am now calling my son "The kid with the largest head on this planet" — said with love, of course. The search has been on to find a hat for him that’s cute, warm, and won’t cut off all blood flow to his brain.Well thanks to Faith’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
In light of this year’s recall of the Ubiquitous Licensed Cartoon Character Train Set Which Shall Remain Nameless, we’ve gotten an insane number of inquiries from cautious parents looking for other options. Oh, if only there were something made from wood,...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Like all parents, I’ve learned that indeed it’s true, kids are often happier playing with the package a gift comes in than the gift itself. Of course it doesn’t stop us from giving them more than cardboard boxes. Until now.The cardboard playhouse is...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
I am a little melancholy as I embark upon my first holiday season in close to two decades without my beloved, nasty, shedding, crazy, man-eating cat. But if the trade-off means that I can justify bringing home these Little Dear Fatkitties from artist Aimee Ray,...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
If you rummaged through my son’s drawers you’d find absolutely no sports themed wear. I’m just not a fan of overpriced licensed jerseys that help fund overpaid athletes.But I am loving Milkshaxs, a Vancouver clothing company that caters to the sports...
