by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
As a certifiable word nerd, I’m not a fan of children’s books that seem to be written by marketers and not authors. While I like a good gimmick as much as the next parent, I also want a book that’s worth reading once you get beyond the “look...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Lately I’ve got a thing for brown and pink on my little girls. Pink because, well…duh. And brown because it’s less severe than black and less expected than navy. So what caught my eye at new family-run treads for tots store My Little One’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
The passing of opera great Luciano Pavarotti this week has taken a wee bit of sunshine out of the world. In his honor, we found the Barefoot Book of Stories From the Opera by Shahrukh Husain, at one of our favorite publisher’s sites. The book tells the stories...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
With Texas Hold-Em having taken over the world–let alone our living room one night a month–it was only a matter of time before it made its way into nurseries too. Baby Luck is a new line of tees and onesies that we found at CMP fave shop, Flying Peas that...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
“We’re all for girl superheroes!” responded my co-editor, Kristen, when I forwarded her the url for the new animated series, Word Girl. My response: “Totally!” This brand new superhero “with the colossal vocabulary” goes up...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I always have trouble with those baby gifts you need to get when the parents want the sex to be a surprise. Don’t they know what a burden their surprise is on their generous friends? Don’t they know it’s all about me? The Chinese Zodiac is always a...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Onlytwo minutes of searching the web forbabyshoes for my newly crawling little man of the house and I’m drowning in a sea of leather booties. Love leather booties, but isn’t there something different out there? Enter my saviors, Veja baby shoes, which we...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Now that my daughter actually has hair (kind of) my latest obsession is tracking down cool hair clips for her with the hopes that one day she might actually let me put one on her. It’s a cheaper hobby than shoe shopping, that’s for sure. My latest find?...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I get a little sad as August comes to a close. (Ack, where did summer go already!) While I love diving into the cozy cashmeres and comfy knits again, I hate saying goodbye to all the bright, promising floral prints of Spring. So when I found the little girl’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
As a musician with way too many closets full of instruments, I’ve got a soft spot for kids threads that show off our love of all things melodic. Behold the sweet instruments romper courtesy CMP super-fave designer, Sir Hayes, in a collaboration with...