6 of the best funny parenting books. Because what new moms really need is a new laugh.

by Christina Refford | Books for Adults

Along with a housecleaner and a personal chef, what I really could’ve used when I was a new mom was a good laugh and a lot more funny parenting books. Because while I sat and rocked my newborn as she screamed, it was sometimes hard to not take it all so...

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

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

We’ve got tech in the bag–get it?–with a few of our favorite picks from the last week, just in case you missed them. And of course, we’re serving up the big iPhone 5 news! 1. These stylish bags are utterly amazing. Wait till you read how...

The Sh*tty Mom book: you don’t even have to be sh*tty to love it

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults

I admit, I’m a little over the “Yay, let’s celebrate moms who suck!” thing that seems to have grown in popularity over the last few years. However, the hilarious new book Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us may be one of the very...

Decorating takes (wicker) balls, but owning the book about it is easy

by Eva Glettner | Uncategorized

I love paging through home-furnishings catalogs and feeling that combination of envy and absolute astonishment. Have you ever looked through a spread and thought: “who the heck lives like that?” Of course you have. Well get ready to laugh. The new book,...

A Ryan Gosling coloring book just for Mommy

by Kristen Chase | DIY

I’ve made it pretty clear that I’m a huge Ryan Gosling fan. I own the Ryan Gosling dish towel we recently found. (Enough said?) So if you love Ryan as much as I do, here’s an excuse to stare at him a little more. The Ryan Gosling coloring book might...

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

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

Here are a few of our favorite tech picks from the last week, just in case you missed them. And no, that’s not a giant, delicious donut. Sorry.1. If you’ve got kids and own a camera, you need this book!2. Sending paper thank-you cards through the mail...

Circus Smirkus – the must see kids tour of the summer

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Last year for the first time, I discovered the genius that is Circus Smirkus, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that my kids have been counting the days for an entire year until we could return. Well, we did. And you can too, now that they’re on tour...

Wondering how to get your baby to sleep? Dr. Harvey Karp has a few things to say about that.

by Eva Glettner | Books for Adults

Raise your hand if you’ve ever struggled with a baby and sleep. Okay, so 99% of you. (The rest of you…don’t rub it in.) Then, just when we think we have mastered techniques to help our babies sleep longer and more peacefully, new issues arise. In...

Cool Mom Fit – Train Like a Mother + expert tips just for cool moms

by Cool Mom Team | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

We’re always amazed at how many of you are able to make time for running and working out all while chasing after your kids. So with our own Julie Marsh completing her first marathon (go Julie!) and aiming to finish a slew of triathlons this year, and our Editor...

If toddlers could write poetry, it would go something like this

by Lexi Petronis | Books for Adults

Poems about children and parenting can be kind of, um, hit or miss. Whether it’s too saccharin or just too earnest, I’m not sure–all I know is that it often leaves me vaguely uncomfortable. (And I was a creative writing major!) Not the case with To...