by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Neither of my kids took a binky, which was frustrating until now that I see friends trying to coax their toddlers’ pacifiers out of their mouths to give to Santa or The Binky Elf. (Who knew?) I also might have been the last to learn that binky clips are...
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The latest hilarious, totally unnecessary, but absolutely fun item out for the parent who has everything: BabiePlates, customized European-style license plate for your carriage or stroller. Give them a name or message up to 11 letters (sorry, How’s my driving...
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If you haven’t yet bookmarked Mommy Track’d, The working mother’s guide to managed chaos, you haaaave to do it. Besides fantastic columns from great writers and a slew of resources for working moms, I always like poking around their shop to see...
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One of CMP’s all time favorite artists, Michelle Caplan is now wowing us with her brand new tooth fairy pillows. The coolest part? They don’t look like tooth fairy pillows. (Or at least that’s cool to me.)She’s essentially taken some of her...
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I cannot be the only mom dreading the walk up from the mailbox these days. It would be fine if it was filled with all sorts of cards and gifts and, you know, envelopes of free money. But nope. Just bills and about sixty million pounds of catalogs that I totally...
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I remember as a kid getting the choice of one big awesome present for Hanukkah, or eight smaller ones. Of course, eight being more than one, the decision was a no-brainer. If your kids use the same logic, and you’re still out there scrounging around for that...
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I used to say that I’d never lie to my child. But the older he got, and the more obsessed he became with watching registered trademark cartoon characters, the more often I’ve found myself saying, "Sorry honey, the television is broken...
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There’s been quite a bit of buzz among parents lately about whether hiding healthy foods in other foods is the right thing to do. For those who prefer to keep nutrients in plain view of the family, I’ve found a great resource in the Smart Foods Healthy...
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I’m not a fan of princess-y stuff per se, but I’m not above using small doses of it here and there when it’s really needed. So when we came across the EpiPen Princess, a pink pouch for holding potentially life-saving injectors for kids with...
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So what do you do when you and your sweet little fairy princess or cute pea pod or happy clown run to answer the door tonight only to find…17 year-old trick-or-treaters wielding machetes with bloody eyeballs hanging off the blades? 1) Hope it doesn’t...
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I can barely find time to take pictures of my kids, let alone actually get them off my computer and into a photo album or scrapbook. Or even a shoebox. If like me you’re not a contender for Organized Mom of the Year then Baby Memory Frame is worth a look....
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Ever since we started poking around the web for alternatives to paper lunch bags for our back to school shopping guide, we can’t stop ourselves! There are so many great options to help us reduce that carbon footprint you keep hearing so much about. Our latest...