It’s the most wonderful time of the year: The time our holiday shopping guide launches.
The winter sweaters are out, the tinsel is already in the store windows, and the annual Cool Mom Picks Holiday Gift Guide is live and, if we do say so, kicking. We’ve scoured the web to help you solve your every gift giving dilemma, from your adorable...
Look mom, no hands
I know I’m very lucky to only have to pump as an extra curricular activity. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the benefits of owning a PumpEase, a cool mom-created product that allows you to use your regular old electric breast pump with no...More words of CMP wisdom at The Momspeak
Want to know CMP editor Kristen’s down and dirty tips on which green products actually get your house clean? Click over to The Momspeak where for the next couple of months, we’re keeping the mom speaky-ness going. You can comment too! In fact, we’d...
It’s okay to stick that in your mouth – you know where it’s been.
Is there any better time to reintroduce the joys of tooth-brushing to your kids than Halloween? I’m going to say no. Which gives me the perfect segueway to introduce all of you to the joys of Recycline’s Preserve toothbrush.The handle is made...
Big Tent helps parents hook up online. (Not hook up hook up…you know.)
I’m online all day long: On the computer in my office, on my handheld on the go. If you want me, text or email is the way to reach me, which is why I sometimes simply blink at you with incomprehension when you suggest we do things via this paper mail thing or...
The next best thing to bringing your kids to the polls – leaving them with a sitter
I’m all for taking my daughters with me to the poll on election day and introducing them to the cornerstone of our democracy. Besides, in New York, we’ve still got the old skool voting booths, and there’s no way my three-year old would miss out on...And the tech makeover winners are…
Holy cow people, do you have some amazing stories. It was tough trying to pick just three winners of the $5000 tech makeover from Intel, but pick we did. Without further ado (because we know you’re dying to know)…the winners. Congrats to all three of the...
Forget the $2000 stroller. Register for homemade meals instead.
About three days after I gave birth to my daughter, my friend Lisa brought over some dinner. I can still remember the exact menu: Bulgarian Stuffed Peppers, salad and a loaf of crusty bread. In my post-birthing daze, it was the single best gift I...
Another Libra is born.
We’re so pleased to announce the birth of CMP editor Kristen Chase’s daughter, a.k.a. Baby #3, a.k.a. the beautiful Margot Laine. (Loving the name!)She weighs in at 7 lbs, 15 oz, and an even 20″.And she shares a birthday with both John Lennon and...
Last chance to win a $5,000 tech makeover. This is it. Door’s closing. Say goodbye to 5k…
You know you’ll be entirely bummed if you wake up Tuesday morning and spring out of bed thinking, “Oh SHOOT. I forgot to enter the $5000 tech makeover contest from Intel.”But you know? It could happen if you don’t enter stat. Monday is the...![How to talk to your daughter about [her period]](https://coolmompicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/my-first-period-kit-dvd.jpg)
How to talk to your daughter about [her period]
My daughter chuckled nervously as the DVD from the My First Period Kit began with the image of Dr. Chrystal de Freitas facing a group of tweens and their moms. But within minutes we were both riveted. Where else were we going to see a tampon inserted into a balloon?...
