Funky lunch – that’s a good thing

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

I do not have six million free hours in my day but if I did, I just might consider turning my kids’ sandwich into a giraffe. Or a caterpillar. Or Sponge Bob. Just because I could. And if I were to do that kind of a thing, I would have to hit the website Funky...

Green: A great color for every baby

by Rita | Uncategorized

There’s so much advice for new moms to wade through, and after being pregnant and told you can’t eat spicy tuna rolls or a good brie for ten months, it would be easy to throw up your hands by the time you get around to choosing the safest, most...

Excessively motivated parents, your owners manual has arrived

by Rita | Baby, Books for Adults

After researching my proposal for my own parenting book (Ahem, Sleep Is for the Weak, shameless plug, shameless plug) I thought I’d read every baby handbook on earth. And, I admit it, I became really jaded and snooty about them. Let’s just say...

Our Top Nursing Picks for World Breastfeeding Week – Let’s hear it for the boobs!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

It’s not like we needed any sort of excuse to tell you about all the amazing breastfeeding products out there, but since it’s World Breastfeeding Week, we figured we’d celebrate by picking our all time favorites. Go Boobs! Nursing bras and tanks...

Creative playroom design inspiration? Reader Q&A

by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks

Wondering if you could point me toward a cool, creative book about playroom design or a website/book that showcases creative kid spaces in general? Can’t find anything beyond the usual pink teddy bears… -Courtney You’re a mom after our own hearts,...

You say Maria, I say Mariah. Or, nah. Let’s stick with Maria.

by Rita | Books for Adults

Linda Rosenkranz and Pamela Redmond Satran raised baby naming to an art form with their original 1988 baby-naming book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason – names that practically seem pedestrian with today’s Talullahs and Artemises.  Now the authors are...

Childrearing advice for when you’ve misplaced your gay uncle

by Rita | Books for Adults

Fellow blogger and Vanity Fair contributor Brett Berk has unleashed on the world his parenting perspective with The Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting: Candid Counsel From the Depths of the Daycare Trenches. Berk obviously has no uterus and no children. That said,...

Let’s panic about babies! (You know you want to)

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults

The funniest thing I’ve seen in a good long time is the satirical new website, Let’s Panic About Babies! which just launched today. Think of it as a cross between What to Expect When You’re Expecting and The Onion. It might even be funnier than the...

Design for Children. And of course, their drooling parents.

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults

You know who you are, you design-crazy parents: You scour flea markets looking for vintage picture books to turn into nursery art, you spent more time picking paint colors than pediatricians, and your greatest dream is to discover some lost Eames crib prototype on a...

Momnesia – Yes, there’s actually an official word for “mommy brain”

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults

I reaped so many giggles from If These Boobs Could Talk that I couldn’t wait to read Shannon Payette Seip and Adrienne Hedger’s follow up book, Momnesia. The title alone was enough to make me nod my head in total agreement. Momnesia features nearly 100...