by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Tips + Tricks
There’s nothing quite like seeing your child pick up a book and read it to himself for the first time. And even though we’ve been known to tell our kids to putdownthatbookrightnow! when we’re trying to get them out the door for school, we secretly love...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks
A baby’s first holiday has to be one of the best parts of parenting. It might even make up for all those sleepless nights and dirty diaper changes. Maybe. But we also know the holidays can be overwhelming on their own, and adding baby into the mix, especially...
by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics
This is a sponsored message from Aquaphor Healing Ointment. Busy parents can always appreciate products that do double duty, but when it’s got more uses than you have fingers to count on — especially if it’s something you might already have in your...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kid Style
With my daughter finally (finally!) deciding on going trick-or-treating as Iris, the Goddess of the Rainbow, we’ve been trying out different temporary hair color options to figure out what makes sense for her. Especially on her dark brown hair. So far...
by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
My kids came home this week excitedly telling me they could hand out something in school to their classmates for Halloween, provided it was gluten-free. So I started perusing the candy aisle before I thought…wait a minute! I’m supposed to give out...
by Cool Mom Team | Family Travel
Neither of us ever went on a babymoon or even looked at all the gorgeous, luxury babymoon destinations out there. It seemed silly at the time. It seemed indulgent. And yo, we were too busy on message boards asking about lamaze breathing to actually plan one. But if we...
by Kristen Chase | Cards + Stationery
As much as we’d like to say we always remember to send holiday cards to everyone we know and love, well, that’s a bit of a stretch. Mostly because we’re all swamped with holiday shopping and to-do lists and teacher gifts, and and and… so, we...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks
As moms ourselves, we completely understand the importance of tummy time–we’ve been through it oh, a half-dozen times between all of our kids. We also remember how stressful it was at first, because you’re always hearing how important it is to give...
by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics
I basically consider myself a liquid eyeliner beginner. I dabbled with it years ago then walked away as I exited my twenties. But after years of fearing look like a toddler with a shaky hand took a black Sharpie to my eyelids, I’ve finally tracked down some of...
by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics
One of the biggest questions we see around the web is when to replace makeup. And I totally get it. I have a drawer full of makeup–like that cool auburn eyeliner that I might wear some day, or a pale pink lip gloss that was awesome over the summer and not so...