Ponytail Moms, Be Not Ashamed

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion

As an avid ponytail wearer, I’m always left with a conundrum when it comes to winter hats. Do I just suck it up and deal with hat head? Not according to Girl32, a company founded by two women with a love of fashion and a knack for clever design. Their beanie cap...

Giving New Definition to The Soft Shape Sorter

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

You don’t have to be a parent too long before you realize that kids instinctively like sticking things in other things. Without delving into the old electrical outlet chestnut, let’s just say there’s truth in the stereotypes. So I’m totally...

From the Cradle to The Cradle ™

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

There are more "mom" websites and social networking sites popping up than we can shake a BPA-free baby bottle at. And who can blame them? We are collectively awesome, thus everyone wants us to grace them with our virtual presence. One of the more promising...

32 Degrees Out? How Did That Happen?

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

I am definitely not the together mom that has the warm stroller blanket out and ready to go for the first cold-weather day. And so here it is, December, and I’m still looking for a great sleeping bag kind of a thing to work with all the different strollers that...

Giveaway: $250 Gift Certificate from the Silly Wagon

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Boy, did you pick a great month to start subscribing to the free, and yet oh so valuable CMP monthly newsletter.(Since, you know, you were totally about to do just that.) At the end of December, we’re going to draw one new subscriber to win a $250 gift...

Clean up those toys, young lady

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

If you live in a little-ish place like I do, toy space is a commodity. Of course that doesn’t stop the trucks and books and dolls and crayons from accumulating (God bless the grandparents) so we always look for furniture that serves more than one purpose. My...

Moving On From Macaroni Necklaces

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

My older daughter and I have finally reached the point where we can do crafts together that involve more than just dry pasta and pipe cleaners. There’s only two problems: 1) I’m lacking the creative-mom gene. 2) I’m not enthused about projects that...

Art You Can Walk On

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I have been in love with Lisa Masterson’s artwork for so long I could hang it on my walls, my ceiling, lean it against my furniture, and rub it all over my body. But walking on it? Something I hadn’t considered.But Lisa considered it. Because now her great...

Ordering french fries isn’t actually speaking French

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Bilingual educational tools are all the rage in the US these days and The Cool Mom Picks editors have certainly come across our share of DVDs, CDs, books and other tools to get kids speaking everything from Spanish to…well, not Sanskrit. Yet. One of the cooler...

A Very Merry Binky To You

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

Neither of my kids took a binky, which was frustrating until now that I see friends trying to coax their toddlers’ pacifiers out of their mouths to give to Santa or The Binky Elf. (Who knew?)  I also might have been the last to learn that binky clips are...