The Muse of Children’s Fashion

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

Some people you just want to hate. For example, a former model-turned-mom who still looks like a model. But when you get to know her a bit and find out she’s also nice and cool and smart and has a great kid, AND designs unbelievably awesome childrens clothes,...

Pour Some Sugar on Me

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

While we love the monogrammed and personalized everything for kids these days, we’re always on the prowl for something that says "my mom thinks out of the box." We may have stumbled upon just that over at Sugar Roux. A stay-at-home-mom to two under...

Have Your Cake and Rock To It Too

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

"Cake,” a new music video from Charity and the JAMband previewed May 24 on the Indie Food Channel. What a great way to check out one of our favorite new discoveries in children’s music. Charity, the founder of the San Francisco-based JAMband, has been...

Build Your Own Blocks

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

We come across quite a few personalized products at CMP. Apparently if you put someone’s kid’s name on something no matter how useless or inane (monogrammed bottle sterilizer, anyone?) it’s a surefire hit. By far the coolest customization we’ve...

Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll?

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

Remember when you were both younger and would go see bands play at the local club? If you’re like me, your kids came along and put an end to that. Is it really worth forking over seventy bucks for a sitter to see your nephew’s garage band fumble its way...

Traveling with More Leg Room

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

Looking for a fun and cheap way to show your kids the sights of Europe without leaving your living room? Check out these reprinted vintage books by children’s author and amazing illustrator Miroslav Sasek..Have afternoon tea and scones while browsing colorful...

Say it With Your Necklace

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I like to think that the jewelry I wear says a lot about who I am – stylish, funky, and a little bit crazy. However, there’s something to be said about jewelry that sends a message. Literally. Rustic Relic Designs, the studio of artist Sarah...

No More Fighting Over Old Tees

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

I found the perfect solution fighting over the old way-too-small-yet- still-kind-of-cute-and-comfy Air Force Academy shirt that my husband refuses to get rid of. Instead of allowing it collect dust in the huge box labeled "Old tees that I’m forced to save...

Gemini: There is Twice the Drool in Your Future

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Today the sun enters Gemini. Oh admit it, you love that stuff. Who among us doesn’t feverishly turn to her local paper’s horoscope page on her children’s birthdays and look up "For those born on this date…" In any case, it’s...

Go Ahead and Cuff Me

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I’m one of those mothers who always forgets to put a picture of myamazingly adorabledaughter in my wallet. Maybe it’s because I feel like she’s always with me (not so far off, really), or because all our pictures are still stored on our digital...

Folk for the Little Folks

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

If you’re curious about children’s music artists like Trout Fishing in America or Justin Roberts, but are too indecisive to actually purchase an entire CD, here’s an easy solution. Folk Playground, the new release from Putumayo Kids, is due out this...

Fill it with Yen

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Lately I’ve been on the lookout for a cute little change purse that I can toss into my diaper bag when I head out to the playground; something lighter than the eight-ton monstrosity known as my busting-at-the-seams wallet, and slightly more impervious to leaky...