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What could be uglier than an Uglydoll? An Uglypillow!
I love the new Uglypillows from Uglydoll. Perhaps it brings out the motherly instinct in me? A face that only a mother could love? Oh, no. I hope this isn't a throw back to my awkward years. Do you think the Uglypillows would be the last to be picked for kickball? And...
A swaddling blanket for the swaddle-impaired
I remember wrangling that swaddling blanket and trying to wrap our first newborn babe like a burrito over and over and over again. More often, we accomplished a tortilla, flat and floppy, with baby girl seriously unimpressed with her parents' swaddling skills.Oh, if...
13 Words to add to your child’s bookshelf
My five year-old's current vocabulary include words like despondent, haberdashery, and Mezzo-Soprano. Not because she's any sort of verbal genius, but because her grandmother introduced her to one of the most wonderful books for kids I've seen in a long time. 13 Words...
Altitude Design Summit, here we come!
I am so excited about heading to Salt Lake City in two weeks for the Altitude Design Summit, I'm already stressing about which boots to pack. (The really warm fashionable ones? Or the super waterproof Hunter boots? Or wait, what if I go skiing with Julie...does that...
An heirloom-worthy stacking toy
I'm one step closer to becoming a treehugger. My new toy crush is made with organic maple, cherry and walnut wood and tackles balance, problem solving, pattern recognition and fine motor skills. Oh, and it's for babies. The Brainbow Stacking Nesting Arches (Brainbow!...
Guilty pleasure TV shows for moms. Hold the guilt.
While we love bringing you what's new and cool and educational in media, we thought it would be fun to share with you our own staffer's favorite guilty pleasure TV shows. Admit it--or only to yourself-- we all have those shows we love to watch when the kids are asleep...
Tiny bubbles end the whine
My favorite parenting hack: If you give your kids a bubble bath and encourage them to roll around a lot, they get clean and smell great without loads of scrubbing and whining. Most of the store brands give my daughter a rash, so I'm super picky about what I'll pour...
Your baby’s first pillow
Trying to figure out the culprit behind your baby's fussiness can prove to be one of the most frustrating tasks around. There are a ton of products out there that try to remedy the crying and overall miserableness (ie the pacifier, swings, teething toys). Now there's...
The peas are touching my carrots!
My daughter used to be the kid who would try anything. She liked broccoli. She ate eggs. She even liked horseradish. My husband and I would brag about it. Well, now she's a typical, picky three-year-old and she has a few eating quirks. One of them is she won't allow...
Happy birthday, from Justin Bieber. And the American Cancer Society.
I do my best to send greeting cards for the birthdays of friends and families, but these days, I admit that my best usually ends up being a quick email, maybe an e-card, and perhaps, a little rendition of "Happy Birthday" on their voice mail. (Hey! I am a trained...
Drink in the coolness with Paul Frank
If your resolution includes cutting back on plastic water bottles, and doing it with style (what? that could be a resolution) then we have an awesome new option for you. Café Press has teamed up with Paul Frank to create a design-your-own SIGG water bottle, and not...
Frames with flair. Fun. Possibly fuchsia.
DIY is great--no doubt about it. But those of us with a passel of kids and a craft room full of unfinished projects sometimes settle for DFY for now. That's Done For You. Well these gorgeous DFY frames can help bring a pop of unique, vintage-y color to your walls, and...
Baby shower gifts with a sense of humor. (Unlike most baby showers.)
I'm proud to admit that I like a good breastfeeding boob joke. And I always say that if I wasn't laughing about parenting, I'd be crying. So too bad the awesome products from Egg2Cake weren't around when I had my baby shower, four births ago.[don't miss a fun giveaway...
The change mat that’s getting me excited about dirty diapers
The time has arrived that I have to think about changing diapers again. Diapers. I'd kind of forgotten about that part of having a new baby. Lucky for me, though, there's a nifty new change mat in town that will make it easy for me to do the anytime, anywhere diaper...
2011 calendars that are printable. And pretty. And free.
I love looking at a fresh, crisp, blank calendar. There's something about it so filled with promise--and unfilled with scribbles and scratch-outs and reminders of stressful days. I think our friends at Red Stamp Cards feel the same way, since they're offering four...
Cuteness for a cause
It's clear we love bombarding you with ideas for adorable gifts that give back--but because we're picky, we look for the kind of stuff that's not just cool because it helps someone, but it's cool in itself. Well we love the idea that shopping for worthy causes can...
Custom baby quilts for the very picky
I love making quilts. Well... quilt. I made one quilt. The job, the kids, life in general, and time in particular have since conspired against me. So Quilt Creator is a dream realized. It's the chance to be a quilter extraordinaire--without having to sew a...
Resolution in 2011: Making sure real books don’t disappear
My husband loves to joke around with my son about "those old-fashioned paper whatchamacallits." We're all avid readers, but my husband and I converted to e-readers a long time ago. We've actually discussed whether or not we should bother getting large bookshelves when...
24 Shades of pint-sized fabulous
Having both a boychild and a girlchild, I can assure you that--despite both being wonderful and having their respective proclivities and attributes--dressing girls is just more fun. I'm sorry, but it is. Especially when there are these gorgeous appliqued A-line...
Happy 2011 cool moms!
2011. Is it even possible? It just sounds so...future-y!From Kristen, Liz, and everyone at Cool Mom Picks, we wish you and your family a peaceful, beautiful, happy, healthy new year. We hope it's filled with all the joy, all the success, all the nights of pure...
Editors Best of 2010: The coolest baby clothes, kids clothes and shoes
Each year it gets harder and harder to pick our favorite clothes and accessories for kids, as we get introduced to more and more cool brands. Here are our top picks that make us wish for more closet space! Handmade baby booties always make us yearn for babies to give...