Come on over to my pad

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kids

The cult favorite Patemm pad was one of the first products we ever featured on Cool Mom Picks, back when we all had one kid a piece and were astonishingly better rested. Since then, we’ve added to our own broods while Pattem has extended their line of super...

Tastier than a Chia Pet

by Mir | Uncategorized

Remember Chia Pets? I remember blowing my allowance on one of those back in the day. Alas, they seem to have gone the way of Sea Monkeys and X-Ray glasses; momentarily entertaining, but ultimately kind of disappointing.Well it turns out that chia seeds are actually...

Organic baby food that’s so good you may want to get some for yourself

by Betsy | Food + Recipes

Recently Liz and I attended the Fancy Food Show in New York where we found Tasty Baby, a line of frozen organic baby foods that may just cause me to exceed my superlatives usage quotient for the day. How do I know that this baby food tastes amazing? Because I inhaled...

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...

Korres natural skin care – I love it. I want to marry it. Or at least go steady for a really long time.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’ve been hearing great things about the natural beauty brand Korres for a while, so when they opened a shop in my Brooklyn neighborhood I was excited to get a chance to check it out. And by check it out I mean beg the sales girl for as many trial size samples...

Teethe for peace

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’m always on the lookout for unique eco-friendly baby gifts that don’t break the budget, in addition to my regular arsenal of organic onesies and blankets. I know, boring. So when I saw the truly original heirloom baby teethers from Rock Love Peace Baby I...

Y water? Because we like it.

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Since bringing home a few bottles of Y Water to try out, my kids have been asking for it pretty much hourly. And that is saying something, because getting them to drink water lately is like getting them to eat foods that aren’t white. Basically the stuff is like...

The joy of bins

by Cool Mom Team | Kids, Storage + Organization

With three kids running circles around me, I’ve made some concessions when it comes to cleaning up. And one of them is that I’m not going to be doing all of it. My philosophy has always been that if my kids can make a mess, then they can most certainly...

Good karma’s in the bag

by Mir | Uncategorized

Say that you need a giant-sized tote bag for the beach next weekend — or if you’re a family of geeks like mine, your library books — and you’re just not the preppy major-label canvas tote type. And say that you not only want something...

A baby wrap so pretty you might steal it for yourself

by Susan | Kids

My younger son has always been a big blanket kid; even now, at six, he sleeps with at least one baby blanket every night. I love this, both because a kid with a blanket melts my heart and because we got some great blankies when he was a baby, and we’re still...