This Little Piggie

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

I’m not the type of person who avoids walking under ladders or reschedules meetings because my horoscope tells me to. But I admit that when I heard that babies born this year, according to Chinese astrology, would be the very blessed and rare Golden Pigs –...

What’s under Barbie’s dress? Don’t know, but it’s not human

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

I’m all for calling a spade a spade. Or the parts of the body by their proper names. And I’m convinced that the longer you delay the naming of certain organs, the harder it gets to talk about them with your kids. If you’re like me, you’ll love...

Shopping With a Conscience

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

I simply can’t say enough about HandCrafting Justice, a partnership in which women from developing countries have an opportunity to better their lives by making and selling handmade items under decent working conditions for fair wages. The organization...

Hey, Joe

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Have I mentioned that my kitchen and its various electrical appliances intimidate me? That sometimes even the the relatively benign coffee pot has turned on me in my hour of need? One morning not long ago, it tried to brew up something completely undrinkable, thereby...

These Booties are Made for Crawling

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

With a baby born smack-dab in the middle of a hot Mississippi summer, there was nary a pair of booties to be found in my house. But when Idiscovered I was having a January baby this time around, up in the Northeast no less,you better believe the first thing I did was...

Mod Onesies, Mod-Era Prices

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

If my mother wants to buy my girls clothes from Neiman Marcus, who am I to argue? But you won’t find me in there. Yeah, I’m practical. Maybe too practical. I want the cute designs you see on designer onesies, but it’s so hard for me to shell out the...

Twinkle Toes

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I think that most every girl dreams of being a ballerina at some point. I did, even as I was rolling in mud puddles or pummeling a soccer ball. I confess in fact that I still harbor fantasies of a steamy pas de deux with Baryshnikov. Oh, Misha. If only. If your two to...

Don’t Get Mad, Get Shopping

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

If for some insane reason, the man you woke up next to this morning did not shower you with myriad expressions of his undying love, affection and willing monogamy, do not panic. Do not cry. Simply take matters into your own hands. Click over pronto to Anne Maa...

Watch Out Cartier, There’s a New Designer in Town

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I think I’ve officially exhaustedthe pawning off of my daughter’s artwork to her grandmothers as gifts. Her cute drawing on plain white paper is a hard sell as a birthday gift, when you gave the same thing a few months back at Christmas. But now I’m...

The Perfect Cards for Imperfect Kids

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

In an ideal world, every child would rush to the craft drawer immediately following his birthday and handwrite a heartfelt thank you note to acknowledge each gift. After which, he’d clean up his workspace.Then give you a foot massage. In the real world,...