by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I’ve always thought that that old nursery rhyme about little boys being made of snips and snails and puppydog tails was sort of weird. First of all: Snails? Really? When’s the last time your kid played with a snail? And what the heck is a snip, anyway? A...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
My family and I are serious book lovers. Okay, we’re full-out snobs. We only have eyes for the worthwhile page-turners and even my toddler has learned to resist the call of the flashy but content-lite pages in the bargain bins and head straight for the award...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
When my daughter started potty training, I was introduced to the world of toddler underpants that come smothered in the 2-D world of licensed characters. While I can sort of see the incentive of wearing your favorite talking animal on your bum, I’d like to think...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
The consensus at Cool Mom Picks headquarters is that we don’t love licensed character products as a first choice for gifts. The only problem is, our kids generally do. So being the lovingparentsthat we are, we’ll occasionally cross the line to make our...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
The way I see it, the poor little gestating fetus has been naked for a full nine months. It’s only fair that once he or she starts breathing oxygen that you swap that hospital-issue swaddling blanket and ugly cap for something a bit more worthy.The new...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
While it’s fun dressing kids in woolly sweaters and cute snow hats, I must say that flowy, breezy summer clothes for kids really hold the key to my heart. Especially when they’re as wonderful as the ones from Eeny Meanie.California mom/designer Denise Love...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
When it seems that a lot of babywear is about who can be hipper or more irreverent than the next guy, it’s refreshing to find a shop that gets back to the basics. Especially when those basics are so cute that you want to buy a dozen of them. Jakc Designs Baby...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I’m not into the matchy-matchy look with clothes for my girls. They seem to like eclectic, creative fashion as well: The wildly patterned tights, the bright shirts, the multicolored shoes. I figure as long as we’re not blinding anyone, we’re good to...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Apologies in advance to all the mother’s of boys out there – read further and your ovaries are going to start screaming out for a baby girl, simply so you can dress her in the goooooorgeous bits of gorgeousness from Matti + Me. Every one of designer Paula...
by Julie | Baby, Kid Style
It’s never too early to start tossing those fifty-cent words around the kids–you might be surprised at how quickly they stick. Now admittedly I say this as a mother whose young daughter insists upon having her way by informing me that “it’s a...
