Eco-friendly lunches are in the bag

by Betsy | School Gear

I don’t even want to think about how many plastic sandwich bags I go through a month. Every day my son takes at least two or three in his lunch bag, and I’ve felt it’s either use a disposable sandwich bag or buy the much more expensive pre-packaged...

The original eco friendly lunch box gets an update with Laptop Lunches 2.0

by Cool Mom Team | School Gear

Can I mention that I’m sort of freaking out about this whole packing a lunch in an actual lunch box thing, which is completely silly because it’s just a lunch for goodness sake. So, I’m relying on my daughter’s new Laptop Lunch box and bag to...

The budget-friendly Oeuf collection. Yep, you read that correctly.

by Carrie | Uncategorized

The brilliant folks at Oeuf have listened to the pleas of cash-strapped moms like me and created a new kids’ furniture collection that is chock full of the design and eco-friendliness of their other collections– but at about half the price. The new Oeuf...

The waste-free lunch kit with something for everyone

by Mir | School Gear

The day I realized how many plastic baggies I was using in my kids’ lunches each week was the day I began trying every sort of reusable container and wrap out there. Nowadays the kids take a cobbled-together assortment of reusables in their lunch bags, but the...

World’s best pillow fight pillows (sound effects included)

by Susan | Art + Decor

For years, I dreamt about a playroom — a place (that wasn’t my living room) where my boys could make a mess with their superhero toys and have pillow fights and stand on the furniture without making me insane. Now that we have a playroom, I’m...

Dish soap that turns your kitchen sink into an aromatherapy spa. (Except for that whole doing the dishes part.)

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I have heard nothing but raves about Mrs. Meyer’s household cleaners and I have no idea why it took me so long to try them out myself. Because, now that I have, just you go ahead and count me in among the ravers. Washing dishes is literally my most despised of...

You’ve got to keep it decorated

by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas

If I had my way, birthday decorations would be limited to a couple of mylar balloons. It’s not that I don’t appreciate a good birthday celebration. It’s just that when you pile on the streamers and the birthday signs and the confetti (oh how I loathe...

Everything old is new again. And then framed.

by Betsy | Art + Decor, Baby, Kid Style

“Say, is that a 1950’s original Davy Crockett costume beautifully framed on your wall?” “Why yes, yes it is.” Petrie Point Designs has taken recycling to a whole new level with their Petrie Pint vintage collection. Susan...

Good Baby. Good mommy. Good diaper cream. Everyone wins.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

When my first daughter was born, I figured all diaper creams were pretty much created equal. I bought whatever sounded familiar, never once scanning the label for stuff like synthetic fragrances, methylparabens, or sodium borate–let alone BHA which is on the...

Something new in baby bibs? Believe it or not, yes.

by Rita | Baby, Kid Style

I know, organic cotton is cool, plastic is not.  But cotton gets … wet. With the drool. And the spit-up. And the yams.I’m grossing myself out just thinking about it.Never fear, though — Wow Baby has a new line of US made, double-lined, organic...