Baby Gear - Cool Mom Picks

What’s Cool About Britax Car Seats? For One, the Names.

A few readers have recently written to ask us our favorite car seat reco, and right up there at the top is definitely Britax. These are like the Volvo of car seats – safe, well-built, thoughtfully designed, and worth every penny. I’ve been very happy with...

A Reusable Swim Diaper. For Real.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

We’re year-round pool goers in this family, and the water-worshipping indoctrination starts early. Out of the womb and into the pool, I say. That is, once I’ve gotten you out of your diaper, out of your clothes, into your swim diaper, and into your suit....

Wanting to Put Your Baby In a Bubble Never Made More Sense

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

My first email to my editor after reviewing the UPPAbaby Bubble was This contraption rocks! Let me backtrack a bit here.If you crane your neck to peek at my baby in his carrier, I’ll gladly angle him to give you a better view because I’m a sucker for...

Summer gear questions? Join Cool Mom Picks on the radio

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

Hope you’re free from 9:00 to 9:45 EST tonight because that’s when Cool Mom Picks co-founders Kristen and Liz will be dishing about summer gear live on Kristen’s weekly parenting podcast. Get the kids to bed, grab a glass of wine (or coffee if...

Play Mats Fit For Trust Fund Babies

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Well it’s about time that someone created the high-end, fancy pants, gorgeous version of all those ubiquitous fugly play mats. Here the honor goes to Plain Mary, creator of the Kensington Baby Play Mat. And it is indeed very fancy. Did I mention it’s...

The Medela Freestyle: Holy Heck, It Actually Works

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

You’ll never guess what I was doing while I typed this post. Even if you guess, you’ll never believe it. I didn’t believe it either.I was pumping. Given my dubious relationship with my old breast pump, which caused total work stoppage (and parental...

A play mat without the ugly

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

When I was expecting, I dutifully put a tummy time play mat on my registry. It came complete with lights, music and hanging rattles, and to be honest, it was slightly less than beautiful and slightly more than stimulating. If I had only known about the awesome play...

Car Seat Covers That Even Your Kid (Who Just Peed On It) Could Put On

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’m all for car seat covers, but my measure of their usefulness has to do with whether they are actually easier to install than the car seat. Thank you, Traffic Glam, both for getting into my head and making a cover that does not require a master’s degree...

A High Chair That Grows With Your Kid: Magic? No, Mutsy.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’ve definitely had several registry regrets, like my high chair for example – that ugly, cumbersome, "good for only 2 years maybe" high chair. Not one of my finer decisions. But at least I have an excuse for that choice because back then, there...

Shopping Cart Covers You Don’t Want to Cover

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

We are considering starting a category in the CMP archives called "If You’re Freaked Out By Germs…" There are seemingly more high chair and shopping cart covers out there than people actually using them. Perhaps because most of them are so ugly,...