Editors Best of 2009: The kids snacks, lunchboxes, cookbooks, and grownup food
The older our kids get, the more we're focused on the what, why, when and how of feeding them. It's been exciting discovering the growing number of products and resources to help steer our kids away from the McWhatever and onto food that qualifies as healthy and...
Editors Best of 2009: The coolest baby gifts, bibs and gear for babies and kids
It's the first things you look at when you have a baby: The bedding. The bibs. The gear. If only those humongo stores with the fancy registry guns had some of these picks in their repertoire, more moms would be a lot happier. (Eh, good thing you have the web.)...
Editors Best of 2009: The coolest books, music, and DVDs for kids
If there's one thing our kids' rooms have in common, it's very packed bookshelves. Here are some of our favorite books, music and DVDs to help educate, inspire, and just keep kids cool. Kristen: Thanks to The Double Daring Book for Girls, I know how to build a raft....
Editors Best of 2009: The coolest toys, dolls and baby toys
You don't need us to tell you about the latest Elmo toy or Hannah Montana guitar, so we work hard to point you towards toys and other playthings from small companies or independent artists that you might not know about yet. After a year of so many amazing entries,...
Editors Best of 2009: The coolest jewelry and handbags
Welcome to our annual year-end roundup of our favorite picks of the year! Trying to cull down our favorites is never easy, but this year, with more than a thousand posts to go through...well, let's just say we could have picked about twenty in each category. Each day...
Merry Christmas to all…
...and to all, a day free of pouting, crying, and shouting. Also calories. We hear they don't count on national holidays anyway. [photo: felt ornaments from rikrak]
Never too little to say thank you
Santa got some help at our house this year thanks to a bunch of super generous friends and family. So after my kids enjoy a few days in a toy-filled trance, they'll be responsible for sending out thank-you cards. With the awesome color yourself holiday thank you cards...
Looking for post-holiday sales? Cool Mom Picks has you covered
Our mailboxes are currently flooded with so many announcements about post-holiday sales that are coming up, we hardly know what to do with them. Oh wait...we know. We can share them with you!Starting Saturday through New Year's Day we'll be featuring our editors' top...
Solid basics for kids? Reader Q&A
I am trying to locate solid lap tees, onesies, and pants comparable to American Apparel in lots of great colors. Any suggestions? - JasmineI'm a huge fan of plain, bright solid baby clothes myself, Jasmine, and luckily, we've featured a few companies...
New Year’s cards for the frazzled but thoughtful among us
So once again it is December 23, and once again I have not yet ordered my holiday cards. Which means--once again--it's New Year's card time!If you're in my boat, I happen to really like this Peace Love Joy holiday photo card which feels peaceful and loving and joyful...