by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services
There’s nothing like paying $50 for a designer (muumuu) maternity shirt that you’re only going to wear for a few months at best. And while I’d like to save my pregnancy attire for a possible second pregnancy, at the rate I’m going, everything...
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There is pretty much no point in having a St. Patty’s Day bash if you’re not going to do it up. I’m talking glittery shamrock centerpieces on the tartan table cloth, shamrock guest soaps in the bathroom, baskets of shamrock mints to mask the Irish...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
I figured it might be time to reorganize my purse when my curious toddler pulled out two tampons and started using them as rhythm sticks. The only problem is that amidst the diapers, wipes, wallet, and 4 bags of stale Cheerios, I’m not sure I have any room for...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
If you were anything like me, you made a mildly concerted effort to keep track of your newborn’s daily habits. However, the 10,000 yellow post-its and leftover composition book from English 101 just didn’t cut it. Between your aching nether regions and...
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a nervous mom-to-be ask, "so what did you do after the baby got home? Just…look at her?" Well, kind of. Yeah. I also watched more mindless TV than I ever thought possible. If only I had discovered...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Nothing is cuter than a tiny pair of newborn socks. We all oooh and aaah over the little delicacies at baby showers in all their teeny glory, but the reality of socks is that they suck. It’s a neverending battle line drawn in the sandbox between Moms and their...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Being the extremely mistrusting first-time mother that I am, you might imagine the lengthy pre-evening out monologue that my poor babysitter must endure every time I leave the house. I’m sure I lose her after the first 15 seconds and God only knows how much...
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Isn’t there a saying that goes something like The Road to Hell is Paved in Good Intentions? Well, that seems to be where I’m headed when it comes to putting together my daughter’s baby scrapbook. I haven’t been lax in saving items; her memory...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
If you haven’t heard, cloth diapering is all the rage. So, that means I was popular for the first six months of my daughter’s life. While I don’t do the cloth diaper thing anymore, I still love Kathleen’s stuff. At Happy Tushies, you will find...
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When my 3 year old was a newborn we planned a trip to Europe and before I could say auf viedersehn, my brain pictured all the filthy traveling potties we would encounter while changing her diaper. A friend of mine suggested using puppy training pads from our pet store...
