Baby gifts to support the boobies

by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is upon us, and with it, an influx of pitches, press releases and pleas to feature any number of pink ribbon-adorned cr…um, stuff. We’re all for supporting one of the most fantastic causes out there, but if you’re not...

Tattoos that even your conservative MIL can get behind

by Mir | Random Coolness

My kids are old enough now that I no longer have to drill them on our phone number and what to do if they get lost. But oh what I wouldn’t have given back then for the brilliant SafetyTats, especially when my son was both pre-verbal and afflicted with a...

Cool Mom Picks sponsors: Good for us but especially good for you

by Cool Mom Team | Meta

As you probably know, we’re staunch advocates for our readers at CMP – we score you exclusive discount codes, awesome giveaways, $5000 tech makeovers…What? What’s that you say? You weren’t aware that our esteemed sponsor, Intel, was...

When labeling kids is a good thing

by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services

We’ve certainly seen our fair share of personalized gifts here at Cool Mom Picks, but we’ve yet to run across a service such as the one offered by Sweetwater Street. Design savvy owner Lisa Burnett will transform one of her modern designs (or one of your...

Candles Worthy of that Special Birthday Cake

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

I tend to spend so much time worrying about the gory details of my kids’ parties that the birthday candles are the last thing that I think about. In fact, one year, I almost forgot them. Bad bad mommy.So, if you’ve got a kiddo with a birthday on the...

Adorn your keys, you classy thing you

by Rita | Random Coolness

I haven’t had a keychain since college, when we attached our keys to ID holders and waved them around at football games. Since I’ve (hopefully) evolved since then, I’ve decided to add a little personality and style to my keys. At least until they,...

Sleep is For the Weak book signing, Brooklyn edition

by Cool Mom Team | Meta

Okay all you tri-state mamas, we’re counting on you to come out to the fine borough of Brooklyn tomorrow, September 12, for a star-studded (well, in our own minds) book party for Sleep is for the Weak sponsored by the very good folks of Graco.Participating...

Not your average birthday party decor

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

Today is my birthday and it’s a big one. 29.Yep. That’s right. 29.Oh how I wish I had the guts to make use of one of the bad party buntings, aka “festoons of gloom” from UK shop Twisted Twee. The banners eschew some trite happy birthday message...

Come See Us at the Disco. Well. Sort of.

by Cool Mom Team | Meta

We’re huge fans of any activity that we’ll enjoy just as much as our kids, and Baby Loves Disco is clearly at the top of our list. So when mom Heather and dad Andy, the master minds behind these family friendly disco parties asked us to team up with them...

Cleatskins – Clean car, unmarked floors, happy Soccer Mom

by Mir | Random Coolness

While I’d rather you not call me a Soccer Mom, the fact remains that… well… I am, by definition, a Soccer Mom who spends a lot of Saturday mornings on the field.I also spend a lot of time vacuuming dirt and grass out of my car, and hollering,...

Don’t Let Hannah Montana’s Singing Hurt Your Kids. More.

by Christina Refford | Random Coolness

I used to worry that my daughter was damaging her fragile ear drums with a volume set to “too loud.” Thankfully, we now have LoudEnough Volume-Limiting Earphones so when I yell DO YOU HEAR ME? I know that if I don’t get an answer it’s only...

Learning the Write Way (*Rim Shot*)

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

As my big girl heads off to first grade (sob), I’m at home with a little girl who wants to do everything her big sister does, including learning the very same things. The mom-run company, Write Way to Learn, is going to be a huge help to me this fall with their...