7 two-piece bathing suits that don’t make little girls look like teenage girls

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I’ll say it: the bathing suit choices for little girls are abhorrent these days–teeny string bikinis, plunging v-necks, high cut briefs, ruching at the “cleavage” presumably to create more of it. It’s making me crazy. To say nothing of a...

SPF Moisturizer that’s green and clean? Sold!

by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics

Relying on an SPF moisturizer alone has always worried me just a little bit. With hours of playground and beach time ahead of me this summer, I need my skin to be well protected (and to look pretty, too). But I’m a tough customer when it comes to my sun...

Swim trunks for even skinny boys

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I fell in love with the sturdy, stylish boys clothes from Red 21 Boys last fall, so when I heard they had launched a cruise wear line, it was perfect timing for our annual winter vacation, that this year, just so happens to be a cruise. The challenge for purchasing...

Need a travel crib? Just pump it up.

by Christina Refford | Baby

Words I never thought I’d hear come out of my husband’s mouth as he strolled by our living room: Whoa, that’s some cool-looking pack-and-play.While I’ve never thought of a portable crib as particularly cool, I do admit this is one that would...

Protecting little heads from UV rays, chlorine, and parabens too

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I’m not one for fussing with my girls’ hair too much – if we remember to brush it in the morning that’s a good day. But I do know that the poor kids have inherited my frizzies, coupled with their dad’s thin hair, which is a great combo,...

Haba beach toys: Not your ordinary shovel and pail

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

Well, July is here. And if you are anything like me, you don’t even start looking for the beach toys until beach season is well underway, and the kids are sitting in their car seats, eager and ready to go. And that’s when you discover that you’ve...

Easy Summer Travel Week pick: SuperGoop Swipes

by Christina Refford | Beauty + Cosmetics

Unless your family summer plans involve hibernating in the local million-plex theater and surviving on popcorn and Twizzlers, you can be assured of one thing: There will be sun. Which means we mamas can’t leave home without packing plenty of sunscreen. But since...

Baby sunscreen lotion grows up a little bit

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I had a May baby and a July baby and as such, I still remember those panicky early days of taking the baby out into the (gasp) sun. I don’t think I could have had enough muslin swaddling blankets and floppy brimmed sunhats to put me at ease. So I love that there...

The long of board shorts

by Betsy | Kid Style

With summer officially underway, I am busy getting my beach bag stocked so I can run off to the pool at a moment’s notice. Along with towels, my unfashionable floppy hat and tons of sunscreen, I’m going to be including the new UV Board Shorts from Baby...

Baby Banz Swim Goggles: Essential eye protection goes underwater

by Mir | Random Coolness

If you’re a longtime Cool Mom Picks reader, then you already know Baby Banz as the quintessential purveyor of eye protection for little ones in the sun–plus we were excited when they started making Baby Banz sun protection beachwear. But now, right in time...