by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
Despite all the water play of the season, summertime means extra bathtime for my kids to wash off the grimy residue of the day’s sunscreen, sweat, and sand. To keep the kids company, long-time favorite Corolle offers plenty of dolls for the bath, and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel
Even though it’s not quite summer feeling everywhere just yet, it’s the official start of summer, which means picnics. Yay! We recently featured this post with our top picnic tips for parents with new babies, and number one: Use a waterproof blanket....
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips + Tricks
Each year we eagerly await the Environmental Working Group’s list of the safest sunscreens for kids (and grownups too) and we’re so glad to see the 2013 list is ready, just in time for the unofficial start of summer. Click over to the list of the safest...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
This sunblock is so good, so easy, and so waterproof that my kids call it only “the good one.”Well, not my three-year-old. He calls it “dat good can dat you spray.”Translation: winning product. The brand is MD Solar Sciences, which bills itself...
by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics
We all know how important it is to protect our skin from the sun. But the confusing thing is that some sunscreens contain scary ingredients that may actually cancel out their sun protection benefits. I’m always on the lookout for a more natural, toxin-free SPF,...
by Kristen Chase | Kid Fashion
Now that our neighborhood pool is open, my kids and I practically live there, Which that means I’m willing to spend more on good quality towels and swimsuits–a lesson I learned after going through far too many per kid last summer. So when I discovered...
by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel
It’s not too often that I get excited about a beach towel for kids. Yes, I get it – some have cuter patterns or whatever. But in the case of Towelmate, they really did reinvent the beach towel for both kids and adults–and it’s awesome. Hit the...
by Cool Mom Staff | Toys + Playthings
I’m almost embarrassed to think about how many plastic buckets and beach toys we’ve gone through in my seven years of parenting. If only one of our fave brands, Zoe b organic, had come up with this amazing earth-friendly alternative back then. Their new...
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