What I remember most about the early days was that the money I spent on batteries for the swing could have easily funded a semester in private college . Because my baby didn't sleep unless he was in motion. For months. Know what I needed…
February 10 is here - the day the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act goes into effect. Sort of. The rules are here to stay but the penalties have been delayed for a year provided manufacturers are not selling any bad stuff with k…
You know that woman who's always at school functions, the one who walks up while you're manning the ticket table or dishing the chili, and says, "Oh, I should've signed up to help! I must have missed the flier!" Hopefully her flier is cr…
I keep looking for cute Valentines Day cards for my daughter to give out to her beloved friends and family, but the truth is, I haven't found anything that makes you go "awwwww...." as much as the handmade Valentines Day cards she could …
I have to say that the keepsake gifts for new baby boys are pretty slim pickin's. I mean, nothing says "Welcome Boy" like a big plush monogrammed baby blanket, right? So, when I spotted the Baby's First Spoon at Lisa Leonard Designs , I …
Sometimes you just see something and there's absolutely no reason for you to buy it except for the fact that it's so freaking cute you just can't pass it up. (Good thing I don't find Coach bags so freaking cute, right?) The handmade leat…
That old wives' tale about heartburn being a sign that your baby will be born with a head full of hair didn't work out so well for me. I had twenty-seven months of fiery heartburn and three bald babies. But for luckier mamas who've got s…
I think of Yojo Mama as that clued-in friend who knows all the hot spots in town. Except instead of tipping you off to a new shoe store, she knows fun places to take an active toddler, which restaurants are kid-friendly and even the near…
Today is the last day to vote at Change.org for "Save Small Businesses for CPSIA ", a proposal from the Handmade Toy Alliance that help to save handmade. If you have a minute (or a few seconds if you're a fast clicker), hop over and vote…
I'm not even kidding when I tell you that someone has just come out with "trendy" morning sickness bags for pregnant women. And the best part may be the name: Morning Chicness Bags . The truth is, they're cute. (If you don't look at the …
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With my kids becoming more territorial about their things, I can only imagine the fights that I'm going to have to mediate courtesy of Santa this year. So I'm thinking about preparing in advance for once, and snatching up a personalized …
I'm not generally a bling evangelist, but if there is a time for all things sparkly and retinal-damaging I suppose it would be the holidays. I'm happy to have come across the Swarovski pencils at Red Stamp Cards--blingy on one side, arty…
When a little organic cotton onesie or a mere wooden rattle doesn't cut it for the new baby in your life, you'll want to order up the Eco Baby gift basket from Treadlight Gifts which is probably the first gift basket I've seen where I'd …
Up until very recently, I would have told you that no pregnant woman should even own a scale. I can remember very little of the first year after each of my children were born, but I remember the dread with which I'd tiptoe onto that scal…
There's a reason the new online marketplace, Ponoko , is taking the design world by storm. It's sort of like etsy meets Flick'r meets the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, all with an underlying current of eco goodness. Browse the showroom if…
In television and film, the miscellaneous humans hanging around in the frame are called extras. In scenes that call for additional bodies of the Muppet variety, those are called Whatnots. And while FAO Schwarz's Muppet Whatnot Workshop i…
We just wanted to give a huge thanks to Época , Brazil's popular weekly magazine, for naming Cool Mom Picks among their top 20 international blogs ! We are beyond honored to be in such esteemed company as the Huffington Post, Boing Boing…
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…
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 w…
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! I…
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 …
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 t…
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 m…