Rockabye by Rebecca Woolf: A Shining (Yet Tatooed) Beacon in a Sea of Mom-oir Sameness
When former CMP contributor Rebecca Woolf left us to pursue other writing opportunities, we were terribly disappointed but hugely anxious to see what brilliance she was brewing up. The result: The must-read Rockabye: From Wild to Child. CMP is an Amazon affiliate. We...
Breastfeeding Just Got More Beautiful
It's taken me three children in six years to reach this point, but I'm finally comfortable nursing in public - with a nursing cover. And in my search for the ideal one, I've found that most of them are the same. The JOIA Mommy Cover however blows the others out of the...
Hey, Someone Forgot to Make the Online Invitations Look Ugly
In an increasingly paperless world, online correspondence is rapidly replacing snail mail even for major events. Does evite ring a bell? But I haven't lost my love for beautifully designed correspondence, whether offline or online, and the folks at pingg feel the same...
Tea For The Twos. And Threes.
While I'm not a member of the matchy-outfit fan club, I'm definitely partial to mix and match clothes from Daily Tea, the everyday knitwear from CMP fave tea collection. Frankly with the amount of sleep I get these days, I hardly remember to put shirts on my girls,...
Art, Charity and Shoes. Three of Our Favorite Things.
Raise your hand if you owned a white pair of Keds in Junior High and drew all over them and then your mom yelled at you but you didn't care because they were your Keds and you could do what you want with them, so there. Seriously, I can't be the only one. Well...
I See Some Cute Socks In Your Baby’s Future
In my mind, "lucky socks" means that I don't lose one every time I do the wash. But in the case of Fortune Tootsies, I think it means your baby will have extra luck when he wears them.Each pair is emblazoned with fortune cookie wisdom for those too little to...
Putting Stuffed Animals to Shame
If you are like me and think you don't need yet another stuffed animal, then you have not met Bla Bla Kids' newest addition to their cuddly family, The Boogaloos. Similar to all of Bla Bla Kids' amazing pieces, the 15 various Boogaloos are handcrafted by fairly-paid...
Paging Doctor Mom
My kids have an uncanny sense of medical timing. Exactly two minutes after the pediatrician's office closes, one (or both) will develop a high fever, raging earache, or troublesome cough. Two minutes after that I'll be consulting my friend Mr. Google to determine if...
What Mama Couldn’t Use More Zen in Her Life?
I'm fascinated by tales from other parts of the world, and being from Iowa, equally fascinated by all deer not on the grill of my car.Tenzin's Deer by Barbara Soros is lyrically written and illustrations from Danuta Mayer keep little squirmers glued to the page. The...
Gate Checking Your Car Seat Just Got a Tad Less Nasty
Why why why why why oh why did no one tell me about the Car Seat Gate Check Bag until now? Oh, it would have been so handy on those flights where we were promised the airline would block the middle seat for us...and then didn't. And then we gate checked the car seat....