Disposable diapers: Now with more bling

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

We’re not surprised that prettier disposable diapers are the hot new trend, with the growing popularity of designer diapers like the Huggies jeans diapers and Cynthia Rowley Pampers we featured here on Cool Mom Picks. So we couldn’t help but laugh when we...

Making the baby shower even sweeter

by Barbara | DIY

I always need another reason to eat cupcakes (well, I don’t need a reason) and now I have one. All I need is a baby shower invitation and I’m all set. The edible icing cupcake topper folks at Ticings.com (a big fave around here) have...

The new Petunia Pickle Bottom layette is here. Just in time for spring!

by Roxanna | Baby, Kid Style

Our youngest will be in preschool this fall, and I don’t miss the diapering–but I will admit to a moment (or two) of weakness when I saw the brand new spring layette for babies 0-9 months by mom-favorite brand Petunia Picklebottom. First amazing bags, then...

A drumstick fit for a baby. (Hear that, theme park fans?)

by Eva Glettner | Toys + Playthings

When Liz got back from her Disney World trip, she laughed about the ubiquitous turkey leg that seemed to be everywhere. Which is probably why I can’t get over the sheer awesomeness of this handmade rattle.Yes, it’s a rattle in the shape of a turkey leg....

Lion Love

by Eva Glettner | Art + Decor

I just found the absolute perfect baby gift if you’re looking for something sweet, personalized, and indie. In fact we love it so much, it’s one of the first items we knew we wanted in our baby shower gift guide this year. This personalized lion...

A special book for a mama’s special thoughts

by Lexi Petronis | Baby

When our daughter was born, I did what so many mamas do: I started a baby book. I wanted to capture everything about her, along with the wonderment of being a new mom; I’d lost my own mother to cancer a year earlier, to the date, and I thought writing about...

Is there anything new in the world of baby bibs? Shockingly, yes.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

As much as I love how far bibs have come since my oldest was born 7 years ago, my biggest complaint has always been that they rarely stop food from getting on a kid’s collar–which also happens to be the hardest part of their clothes to wash. So I’m...

It’s Cool Mom Picks on The Martha Stewart Show!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

In case you missed our Editor-in-Chief Liz’s recent Martha Stewart baby shower show appearance, here’s the online clip so you can watch the whole thing right from your computer! [Updated to add: The clip no longer is on the Martha Stewart site. Sad face.)...

In the year you were born… your parents were actually cool.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Cards + Stationery

Let’s face it, by the time our kids are old enough to ask what the world was like when they were born, they are going to consider us tragically unhip.Luckily, this charming (and affordable!) baby gift will help recall fond memories of hipster TV hits or the...

5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

We totally <3 you, and that’s why we’ve rounded up some of our favorite tech picks from this past week, in case you missed them while sending Lovestagrams and eating candy hearts that read “Email Me”, of course. 1. If you’re sick...