The perfect way to shake things up this Valentine’s Day.

by Betsy | Toys + Playthings, Valentine's Day

Growing up, no Valentine’s Day was complete without a bagful of Be Mine and Hug Me heart candies. Sure they were cute, but let’s be honest: they tasted like chewable antacids. Conversation Heart Rattles from Yellow Label Kids are a much more tasteful way...

A baby changing pad that stays clean? Well, pretty much. Yeah.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

While I don’t have a lot of patience for unnecessary baby “essentials” if there’s one little doodad I’m a big fan of it’s the changing pad. I stash one in the car, one at grandma’s, one in a diaper bag, one under the stroller,...

Hooded baby towels that actually do what a hooded baby towel is supposed to do. Shocking.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Hooded towels are pretty much a requisite baby registry purchase, but most of the big shops that moms register with offer the thinnest, scratchiest, least absorbent towels in the world. I know. I’ve been there, as have my poor shivering kids. So you’d...

Toby + Rei spin bamboo and cotton into a whole lot of cute

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

I don’t think I could ever send my kids off to school with a flimsy paper lunch bag after getting one of Toby + Rei’s sturdy and very cool reusable Robot Lunch Sacks. These heavyweight, 100% organic cotton sacks are so much bigger than the typical lunch...

The baby book for parents who live in abject fear of the baby book

by Julie | Baby

The brand new Keepaboo has created the perfect solution for disorganized mothers of three like me– you know, the ones who can’t get it together enough to fill out a whole baby book by hand, but who don’t want to forget the milestones. Or worse, hand...

Editors Best of 2008 – The coolest blankets, bibs and baby gear

by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year

It’s the quintessential new baby gift: A blanket, a bib, a must-have bit of gear, a fifth of Jack for the mom. (We kid! We kid!) Kristen: Baby quilts meet 2008 in the most beautiful modern way with the myQuilt from MilkLush (at top). Liz: I’m a huge fan of...

You’re the onesie that I want

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Since my sweet third child will most likely be relegated to a life of shared toys and hand-me-down clothes, it’s always nice when someone sends her a personalized gift that makes it 100% clear that it was meant for her and her alone. So if you’re looking...

Say goodbye to terry cloth

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I realize that drooling over a baby towel might seem a bit ridiculous, but when your closet is stuffed to the gills with old, rough towels, then you’d be just as excited as I was to wrap your baby up in a Bamboosa Bath Wrap found at Peekagreen.The combination of...

The Ultimate Keepsake Baby Book – Before You’ve Even Filled In a Line

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Books for Adults

If you’ve been pining for the kind of baby book you might still pull off your mom or grandmother’s shelves when you go for a visit, why I think we’ve actually found it. Mother Stork’s Baby Book: 100th Anniversary Edition is a beautiful volume,...

Baby Book, Minus the Book Part

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Random Coolness

  I failed Baby Book 101. I started with good intentions: She rolled over! Must write this down in the baby book! Then something would distract me, and I’d forget until the next milestone occurred. Which I’d forget to record as well. I wish I had...