Kids - Cool Mom Picks

See a Pinny, Pick it Up…

No matter how cute the current trends in baby threads may be, there are some children’s classics that never go out of style. Or at least they shouldn’t, in my opinion. The reversible pinafores from the elegant Bella Sera Baby transported me back to my...

21st Century Flower Child

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

When I first was contacted about Flower Child, a dvd of children’s poetry on video, I admit I had visions of dirty-nosed hippie children reciting spoken word pieces by the light of lava lamps. I was wayyyy off. The dvd is wonderful. Classic poems from the likes...

Golden Girl

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I’m feeling like I need a little more delicate in my life these days. Perhaps it’s the fact that I’m nearing that 40 week of pregnancy mark…or maybe it’s just Spring. The Chloe Waterfall Necklace from the new Spring collection at Urban...

Clips That Stay In? Be Still My Heart.

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

Not to brag, but my girls have quite lovely hair; think spun silk. However, it’s a bear to style since elastics tangle easily, and barrettes slide right out. If my preschooler was more open to me fussing with her hair for 36 bazillion hours at a sitting it might...

What’s That Saying About Denial?

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I’ve entirely accepted that fact that I must carry a diaper bag when I’m out with my kids. I know plenty of women however, who don’t care how much the thing looks like a regular handbag, it still screams "mommy" too much for their liking....

The Joys of Boys

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I never truly realized the value of baby powder until I had a boy — need I say more? But with a baby with sensitive skin, I wasn’t going to settle for just any powder. So it was perfect timing when Jacki from WoodSprite Organic Body sent me her new line of...

Personalized Onesies, Hold the Cheese

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I love buying personalized tees for my friends’ babies, but it’s often hard to find something that isn’t either absurdly blinged out, or so cutesie-sweet it makes your teeth hurt. So I’m loving the personalized tees and onesies from the hip new...

Getting All Felt Up

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

I love watching my daughter’s imagination in action. She sets the table for five so her imaginary friend can eat too, and there’s no end to the litany of cool animal pals that she describes as stopping by for a visit at bedtime. Not one to squash any of...

Brush With Greatness

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Oh, the poor, lowly, neglected baby brush. As essential as this item is to the nursery–or at least to ours, with our messy-haired daughter–the options are limited to the free crappy one that comes along with some baby bath essential gift set, or an...

Gnome-in-the-Box

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

I always loved jack-in-the-boxes as a kid, but you’ve got to admit, there was something about that original "Jack" that was pretty creepy. Clowns are generally a little questionable anyway, come to think of it, let alone one intended to scare the...

YouTube for Moms: The Boob Tube?

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

One thing pregnant women and new mothers are definitely not lacking is a variety of information sources–some more desired (Cool Mom Picks) than others (the mother-in-law with some very interesting views on whiskey as a newborn sleep solution). But picking and...

I See London, I See France…

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Now that Spring is here (okay, so it’s still freezing out; minor technicality.) I’m ready to get a little girlier with my daughter’s wardrobe. Is there anything cuter than little girls in sweet little dresses, with their bare, chubby knees poking out...