by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
I haven’t yet found the perfect handmade Halloween princess get-up for my extra particular toddler. But I have found the requisite light she’ll need so that drivers can see her as she parades through the neighborhood with her large pillowcase full of candy...
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In light of the recent recall of kids cold medicines, parents everywhere are purging medicine cabinets and looking for natural alternatives – all while secretly praying for a runny nose-free Winter ahead. Like that could happen. Right in time, we’ve come...
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I think we can all agree that we’d like our children to be skilled in the social graces, whether they’re enjoying supper with the ambassador to Switzerland on your next family ski trip to Gstaad, or at a birthday party chez Chuck E. Cheese. For those...
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Like all parents in this digital age, I’ve taken thousands of photos of my two girls. I’ve captured those "firsts" both big and small, but it’s not easy to share those precious moments with friends and family without making them suffer...
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I’m so over over-the-top birthday parties that are really all about the parents. Do you think a one year old has any idea that there’s a pony in the backyard? No, but the neighbors certainly do – and trust me, they’re not nearly as excited...
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For all the snickers I get from my friends for owning and proudly using a shopping cart cover, I am finally coming out to say shut up! I love it. There. I said it. It’s not only because I’m afraid to know what creeps and crawls on the handle of the nasty...
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Scoring a fantastic, trustworthybabysittercan be like searching for the holy grail. It’s hugely time consuming to call for references, conduct background checks and beg all your friends for personal recommendations, to say nothing of making sure you’ve...
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We’re already huge fans of Baby Loves Disco, and for good reason. Any child-friendly event that combines ABBA, hummus, and beeris on the top of my list. But add a contest and prizes to the mix and we’re talking serious business. This Fall, Baby Loves...
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Now that my daughter has mastered the fine art of bike riding (at least on the downhills), there’s no way she’s going to let the progressively earlier sunsets cramp her freewheeling style. A safe solution: These nifty Froglight bike lights from Modern...
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So here’s a trick: Put a photo of yourself on your child’s lunchbox before sending her off to school. She’ll be more likely to eat those carrot sticks you packed instead of trying to trade them for Ho-Hos, what with you standing over her like that....
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Check my daughter’s wall shelves and you will find her books stacked in impractically haphazard piles. Why? If they tilt even 5 degrees in their upright positions, they knock the bookends over. Um, can you say design flaw? Unless your child’s library...
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I love that my daughter is getting into the idea of saving the loose change she finds, but man–when I bought that beautiful silver piggy bank for her as an infant, I never could have imagined that she’d grow up to walk around the house shaking it like a...
