Baby Gear - Cool Mom Picks

The other baby shower gifts just got some competition

It’s still a little depressing to put a really ugly bib over a really cute outfit, if not as depressing as staining the really cute outfit with carrots. Problem solved: b amici’s beautiful cotton bibs are like wee accessories themselves. Made of soft...

What’s a Noonie? A swaddle blanket. Or, utter sweetness.

by Carrie | Baby

I’m pretty sure that I’m done having kids, but every once in a while I see something that makes my arms ache to be holding a newborn again. Such is my reaction to the irresistible Noonie swaddle blanket from Lala’s Pequenos. It’s made from 100%...

bTrendie – Discount shopping never looked better

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I was initially introduced to the members-only sale site bTrendie as a beta tester and later as an advisory board member offering my opinions about the site itself as well as what products moms would want to buy. One of them is easily a Quinny stroller, which I fell...

Smart art makes a smart baby gift

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor, Baby

When products claim to make your newborn baby smarter, I can’t help to be skeptical. Sure, I want the best for my kids but part of me wonders whether I really need a bunch of special educational toys and other gear to give them the upper edge. But the Smarts...

Portrait of the Wonder Woman as a young girl

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Parents who love Baby Legs looooove Baby Legs, and they’ll be excited to see that the new fall styles are now out on the new and vastly improved website. My favorite has to be the Hero legwarmers and by hero, we all pretty much recognize the strong nod to Wonder...

Eco-friendly baby proofing – Reader Q&A

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Q: So its time to baby proof, and we need stair gates, a play yard, soft surfaces and all the rest – have you found any eco and/or attractive choices for this? – Alysia RWell, Alysia, we thought we’d turn this one over to friend of Cool Mom Picks and...

The Official Much-Needed Children’s Brand Pronunciation Guide

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Team Cool Mom Picks spent last week walking around the huge ABC Kids trade show in Las Vegas, finding incredible new products to share with you – and realizing that yeah, we pretty much have been mispronouncing every juvenile products brand name known to man....

Bumbo Potty Seat

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Random Coolness

Potties aren’t exactly the kind of item that gets me all excited, but I when I saw the new Bumbo Potty Seat at the recent ABC Kids trade show I actually did a double take, then backtracked to check it out. I loved our Bumbo baby seat when the girls were little,...

Fabric scraps never had it so good

by Mir | Uncategorized

Designer Cath Young says her label Chunky Chooky is dedicated to “cool things for small people,” but I’d argue you don’t have to be particularly small to relish her adorable softies–creatures, rattles, and so-called wabbits fashioned from...

Baby Burrito – Changing my mind about changing pads

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

With three kids and only one bag, I’ve taken to paring down to what I consider to be an essential? to make room for stuff I really need when I head out the door. And lately, that’s meant tossing the usually hefty diaper changing pad and making do with my...