The very same week I got a note from our preschool teachers begging the parents to keep the dreaded Crocs off of children's feet I've discovered that it's still okay to send them to synagogue with Crocs on their head. Well actually not r…
When I first got the email that the three Charlie Brown holiday movies were coming out in a deluxe DVD set, I nearly deleted it, because well, everyone knows about Charlie Brown, right? But then I remembered that every year I wait for th…
It is just not fair that there are items as cute as these cranberry apple baby booties in the world, considering I am absolutely done with childbearing. On the other hand, it's nice that I've got friends who are still churning out the pu…
You aren't likely to find me at a folk music festival or a bluegrass jamboree, but I'm totally taken by The Okee Dokee Brothers' new release, Kids with Beards. This two-member band from Minneapolis make twangy, toe-tapping folk music wit…
I may not get to France anytime soon, but the collection of school bags, shopping totes and bibs from French Artists at UK shop Lapin & Me will have me dreaming of crepes, baguettes and the Tuilieries in springtime. I love the cute, not …
If my daughter wasn't going through the phase where I am not allowed to put anything in her hair besides my fingers, I might be stocking up on some cute hair accessories just about now. And very likely, those hair accessories would inclu…
Oh sure, now that I'm almost done with my third pregnancy, scores of great maternity clothes are popping up everywhere. But considering how uncomfortable (and long) these last few weeks have been, I'm still shopping for anything that can…
The way I see it, with every baby I have my boobs drop a centimeter. That's not so bad when you're wearing a super duper mama bra, but not so great when you're letting them hang free for those precious 15 minutes before going horizontal …
As you probably know, we're staunch advocates for our readers at CMP - we score you exclusive discount codes , awesome giveaways, $5000 tech makeovers ... What? What's that you say? You weren't aware that our esteemed sponsor, Intel, was…
As a bona fide word nerd, I was instantly taken with the name The Regional Assembly of Text , although I had no idea what it meant. (Sort of ironic if you think about it, huh.) As it turns out, this Vancouver-based online shop curated by…
With the weather changing even down here in the South (hooray!), I can finally rationalize shopping for fall-ish clothes for my kids, like sweaters, coats, and, of course, hats. Particularly if they include the handmade Flipside Hats fou…
I am staring at the spectacular Bathtime Wrap from Beverly Hills-based Petite Miette and once again I am smacking myself on the head and thinking now why did I not think of this first? Instead of wrapping a baby up in a cumbersome bathro…
Thanks to my son's infatuation with cloth books, I'm able to enjoy a good portion of our daily car rides without having to ply him with 400 cheerios I end up cleaning from his carseat later. So I've decided to stockpile them, starting wi…
The only one more excited than my daughter for the new season of Yo Gabba Gabba! that begins today on Nick Jr., is me. I'm definitely ready to have some new lyrics stuck in my head besides It's time to wash your hair, it's time to wash y…
The instant I set foot in the Atlanta Beehive Co-op storefront, I knew it was my kind of place. Of course, it didn't hurt that that I was surrounded with some of our favorite past picks from JacQueline Sanchez jewelry, Blabla Kids, and L…
Taking my kids to a paint-your-own-pottery place is not in my job description. The drive there, the eternity spent as my children pick out the "perfect" piece to paint, my toddler--oh my toddler-- in that room of breakables... and then I…
You might assume that a company called Tees for Change isn't promoting 35-cent garments, but some kind of social progress. And indeed you'd be right. This company, run by mom Andreea Ayers aiming to get more positive messages out in the …
Do you really need an excuse to read a great book to your kid ? Probably not, but here's a fabulous one, anyway: On October 2nd, in association with Jumpstart's Read for the Record program, the children's classic favorite Corduroy will b…
Oh what my daughter wouldn't give to be able to pack up her beloved dollhouse and take it with her. So imagine what she did when she saw the set of Nested Country Cottages from Olie Bollen . These two brightly colored paper board boxes o…
BornFree is already the go-to source for plenty of moms looking for products safe enough to go into baby's mouth. They've got glass baby bottles, bottles made of BPA-free plastic, and cups free of harmful chemicals -- and yesterday they'…
Ever since coming across something called an "eco doll" that was made of pvc and served up in plastic packaging, I've been pretty skeptical of the eco label on toys. Sometimes it fits and sometimes...well, at least the intent is good. Bu…
If you find manilla, vanilla, add International Arrivals to your bookmarks and check out their modern assortment of file folders, journals, photo albums, and organizational accessories that make a walk through the aisles of Staples seem …
My kids love to admire the aisles of Halloween-themed kids' clothing almost as much as I love to admire the aisles of Halloween-themed candy. But I can't bring myself to buy any those jack-o-lantern shirts and "happy halloween" bibs beca…
I always admire parents who aren't afraid to go a little dark with their nursery decor. And by dark I don't mean Gashlycrumb Tinies prints up on the wall, but something besides the pastel pinks and blues and yellows that the entire indus…
