Hit the road with pint-sized travel guides

by Lexi Petronis | Books for Kids, Family Travel

My 4-year-old-any-second-now daughter is at the age where she’s learned there’s more to the world than just home, store, and school. She’s asking about the places she can visit after a plane ride or two, and while most of them involve the beach...

The Orbit Baby Travel System – life changing! Especially if your life is just a few weeks old.

by Stephanie Slate | Baby

You’re going to think I’m crazy, but believe me when I tell you that the Orbit Baby infant car seat has totally changed my life. It comes with the Orbit Baby Stroller Travel System G2–which includes the amazing stroller frame, too– and has some...

Cuter than the average pic-a-nic basket

by Stephanie Slate | Food + Recipes

I don’t care if Toronto hasn’t quite gotten the spring memo yet– I’m already dreaming about park visits and picnic lunches. And when I spotted this adorable insulated picnic lunch bag at ModCloth, I fell in love. And I knew right away that I...

The sporty convertible that won’t mess up your hair.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

It’s sleek, sporty, and goes from backpack to messenger bag in less than thirty seconds. But, unlike those $60,000 convertibles, it won’t mess up your hair, and you probably won’t swallow a bug while using it.Oh, and it’s called...

For the perfect travel toy for kids, just add water.

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

If you could see the ground-in crayon and magic marker stains all over the back seats of our minivan, you’d understand why I’m so fond of a cool portable drawing tablet that uses nothing more than water, and generates no mess at all. As with so many of the...

The Nordic Carrier – Well played, baby-snuggling Vikings.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

There’s a hot new baby carrier that just might exceed all your baby carrying dreams. Except for the one where you’re carrying a baby while riding a magical unicorn with Ashton Kutcher.It’s called the Nordic Carrier, made by our friends at Lillebaby....

Gourmet organic meals for the teething set

by Melissa | Baby

Finding a meal that satisfies all members of my families is a mission impossible these days. Add a baby just starting solids into the mix and that spells H-E-A-D-A-C-H-E. But there’s a new line of organic baby foods that just might do the trick. Sprout Organic...

Diaper bag chic, minus the diapers. Nice.

by Stephanie Slate | Baby

Over the course of a mama’s diaper bag carrying years, there will be times she may curse that heavy bag and long for the carefree and fabulous purses of her youth. But as time goes by, that longing to be rid of the diaper bag turns into–or at least it has...

Modern art for the road

by Elizabeth | Toys + Playthings

Now that my nineteen month old has officially reached the dreaded “dropsy stage,” I try to attach everything I can to her stroller and high chair, from her sippy cup to her toys. So, when I found the MoMA Shapes and Colors Stroller Cards, I was...

Kids water bottles get cuter by the second

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

We’ve been such fans of Beatrix NY over the years (you might know them as Dante Beatrix), because everything they make is pretty much awesome. Their motley little menagerie of creatures range from robots to bunnies to not-particularly-scary dinosaurs, and are...