Hey There, Georgie World
If bowling shirts for little boys ever went out of style I'd be sad. No, scratch that - I wouldn't be sad, because I'd continue buying them for all my friends' kids regardless. And hopefully, even then, I could continue to count on Georgie World to hook me up. We...
A play mat without the ugly
When I was expecting, I dutifully put a tummy time play mat on my registry. It came complete with lights, music and hanging rattles, and to be honest, it was slightly less than beautiful and slightly more than stimulating. If I had only known about the awesome play...
Your Mama Wears Last Year’s Combat Boots
If I woke up Mother's Day morning to two smiling children bearing breakfast I would be delighted. If I woke up to two smiling children bearing breakfast and roses I would be extra-delighted. But if I woke up to two smiling children wearing the super cute screenprinted...
Mommytrack’d Helps Gets Moms Back On Track
When a product is presented as the "Ultimate Family Organizer" it's setting the bar pretty high. You nearly expect it to come with a personal assistant and three more hours in the day. But Mom's Ultimate Family Organizer from our friends at Mommytrack'd,...
Like Steven Sprouse for the Toddler Set
I have a wee bit of high-fashion envy, knowing very well that a size (mumblemumble) mom can't walk into the fancy designer stores and actually expect to find something that fits. And so I do what every style-conscious woman trapped in a postpartum body does: I project...
Classic Baby Gifts to Replace the Stuff Your Great-Grandma Never Saved
Not every mama in my life has the same taste in baby gifts that I do. Shocking, I know, but some of my friends really do prefer smocking and gingham and sweetness and light to some of the more, um, contemporary items I gravitate to. One of the really nice labels that...
Tax Day Splurge: The Summer Dress Love-Fest Continues With Room Seven
We have to be careful that Cool Mom Picks doesn't turn into Cool Dresses For Little Girls Picks. But man, it's hard to avoid when there are so many sweet offerings this season, particularly as this year's hot floral print trend suits the preschool set just perfectly....
Tax Day Splurge: Italian Tricycles the Grown-Ups Will Covet Too
Buying the kid's first tricycle was wrought with way more emotion than I had expected. It's like the first time you tell your kid Go! Be free! Off on your own! Despite the fact that she'll still need the occasional push off an uneven sidewalk square. The Triciclino...
Tax Day Splurge: Modern Kids Furniture that Should Come In Big People Sizes Too
Not all of us looking for kid-sized table and chairs are looking for our playrooms. Because, um, ain't got no playroom. Instead what we're hoping for is something we can put in the living room that doesn't look like a polycarbonate plastic rainbow puked all over the...
The Next Best Thing to Annie Liebowitz Popping By the Maternity Ward
Six hundred or so digital photos later and I couldn't find one that was just right for the announcements. (To say nothing of the pics of me for which I should have demanded professional lighting and Vaseline over the lens.) The baby: Perfect. My photography skills,...