by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Every week at my daughter’s violin lesson, my kids would head straight for the cardboard brick building blocks and play quietly for a solid 30 minutes. That was enough for me to send them as a Christmas gift idea to my mother-in-law, who thankfully heeded my...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
I hardly know a mom who doesn’t have a soft spot for the Madeline books of her childhood. Me included. It just seemed so romantic to live in Paris and walk to school every day wearing a yellow hat that looked like a boat. Well save yourself the airfare to...
by Stephanie Slate | Uncategorized
My son just got his first booster seat for the car. Long after many of his friends. Not because he’s small. Just because I haven’t been rushing to get him out of the old car seat. It’s safe, it’s functional and we like it. But there comes a...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby, Food + Recipes
Sure, dining involves more crayons than caviar for my family these days. But it seems like every restaurant’s high chairs are missing straps, are wobbly, are sized for a preschool linebacker, and/or spackled with nasty goo. Besides, my boy can wriggle out of...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
There’s nothing like watching an actual safety demonstration to convince you of a car seat’s actual safety, and that was just the case with the new Air Protect car seat from Safety 1st after I saw it in action at the ABC Kids Show in Las...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Now that Wize has announced the winners of their best car seats for children, we’re glad to see two of our own favorites made the list: The Britax Roundabout and the Graco Nautilus 3-in-1. Both of which we love because they’re safe, they’re easy to...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
One place we will never ever tell our readers to skimp, not even in this economy, is your child’s car seat. You want the best possible car seat that you can afford, and you can quote me on that. The Britax Advocate CS is a brand new entry into the car seat...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Car seat covers serve three excellent purposes: They make older seats look new, they cover the ugly fabrics, and they wash up more easily than the existing covers which don’t actually wash at all. Only problem is, some of the fabrics are so wild, they’re...
