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Banish bug bites without using any nasty chemicals
The first sign of summer for me is always my first mosquito bite. I always consider bug bites to be the price I pay for good weather and barbecues. But now that I have kids, I feel the need to douse them in something to ward off bug bites, and I've never been a fan of...
Project Runway winner Gretchen Jones and Piperlime partner up for charity
I have always loved wearing jewelry with a story behind it, and I've never really been a fan of the mass produced status pieces that everyone else and her mother is sporting too. So naturally I was thrilled to hear about Piperlime's new partnership with Project...
The latest stroller accessory is off the hook
You know what I love most about my stroller? Having something to toss all my stuff in whenever I'm out. I'm not kidding. I really do depend on a stroller to be my pack mule. And now there's the simplest little invention that helps me do it. The Jumbo Swirly Hook from...
American Eagle 77Kids NYC Style Lab just made Times Square 18% cooler
Today is the official launch of American Eagle's 77Kids Style Lab shop in Times Square, and while that's not a sentence I ever thought I'd utter with any level of excitement, after getting a sneak press preview yesterday I gotta say...I'm excited. Let's just say the...
Beach toys that are good for toddlers and the earth
I'm almost embarrassed to think about how many plastic buckets and beach toys we've gone through in my seven years of parenting. If only one of our fave brands, Zoe b organic, had come up with this amazing earth-friendly alternative back then. Their new biodegradable...
Empowering Ugandan women from the ground up
Designer Elizabeth Bohannan has an inspired mission: to help young women in Uganda achieve their higher learning goals. And she's doing it through beautiful sandals. Yes, sandals. Sseko Designs (sey-ko) was created to provide women with jobs during the 9-month gap...
The best lightweight city strollers? – Reader Q&A
I've been a huge fan of my Maclaren Techno XT. It's a 2003. Sadly, it's reaching the end of its usable years and I'm in the market for a new stroller. It must be subway friendly, lightweight and comfortable. Before I just purchase another Maclaren, I'm wondering if...
Combine Harvester fans – Your dream has come true
A couple of years ago, my son was perfectly happy with the regular old planes, trains, and automobile shirts. But these days, he's a veritable truck expert, so scarily knowledgeable of all vehicles that those simple shirts he used to wear just aren't detailed enough...
This line of organic cosmetics is the balm. (Ha.)
I'm known around my house as a bit of a lip balm junkie. Every cupboard, pocket and purse has at least one tube or pot of the stuff stashed in it somewhere. So when it came time for volunteers to test the highly lauded RMS Beauty line for CMP, you can bet I raised my...
How to travel with kids when you’ve outgrown a hotel room
Though three kids doesn't seem like such a big family anymore, whenever we travel I'm reminded that our party of five was never meant to be the norm for hotel rooms. We've had to squish cots into a standard room, spring for two adjoining rooms, or even go-for-broke...
It’s time to raise the curtain…
Last month, cool-tee-site Threadless held a Muppet design contest to jump on the excitement many of us feel about the new Muppets movie coming out this fall. (New Muppets! Whee!) Threadless invited anyone to submit a Muppets tee-shirt design and promised to make the...
The Breast Milk Baby Doll – Because not all babies take bottles
You may have already gotten wind of the world's first Breast Milk Baby Doll, now available in the US. And of course, it's stirring up all sorts of controversy.As hard as my husband and I tried, we could only get my older three breastfed kids take a bottle a handful of...
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Costa Rica’s Peninsula Papagayo – Undiscovered paradise for families
The idea of a family beach vacation usually conjures up images of crowded beaches, a muddy ocean, and food I will wish I hadn't eaten. Doesn't really sound like a vacation to me. So when Four Seasons Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo invited Cool Mom Picks to check out...
Tattly tattoos give you hipster cred without the needles
There are still a few things about me that give me a teeny bit of remaining indie cred (I've visited the Etsy offices! I own the first They Might Be Giants album on cassette!) but tattoos are definitely not one of them. I know, I know--they've considered kicking me...
We’ll miss you Nico and Zoe and Oliebollen!
We're always sad to see shops close, particularly when it's two of our all time faves like Oliebollen and Nico and Zoe, but there is one small bright side, that is if you'd like to score huge discounts on their gorgeous inventory. [Don't miss the amazing discounts...
Adorable wall decals that don’t hurt your walls, your kids, or the world
I'd always kind of held the opinion that if I'd seen one wall decal, I'd seen them all. That is, until Pop & Lolli wall decals came my way. And then I pretty much decided that I didn't need to see any others. Ever again. These gorgeous (and cute and funny and...
Stickers for boys. Or girls. Cool how that works.
Imagine a knight in his breeches. It's up to you to put the correct clothing and armor on him. Without the proper threads, he's absolutely lost. What's a lad to do? We've seen paper dolls before, which almost always cater to girls and often involve ballerinas,...
Your favorite silly old Pooh bear is now a soft, organic Pooh bear
The Winnie the Pooh movie hitting theaters today promises to be a sweet mix of old and new, combining classic Pooh animation with a few new voices-- like Craig Ferguson as Owl. The overall idea is to charm Pooh fans of all ages with a timeless (and mercifully...
The new giggleDeals flash sale site–like we needed another excuse to shop there
Okay, okay, we know you don't really need to hear about another flash sale site in this day of a hundred and one "great deal" emails coming into your inbox each morning. But how about one more? One perfectly-suited-to-cool-moms-with-cool-kids site? giggleDEALS went...
Bubble Bum: The portable booster seat that may be my favorite new thing ever
I'm heading out on our first European family vacation this summer (I know!) and, mom that I am, was already stressing out about the car seat situation. Just in time, I discovered the portable car booster seat Bubble Bum and have been doing the happy dance ever since....