by Kate Etue | Baby, Kid Style
We’re always so excited to find a new designer making stylish, modern clothes for babies and kids, because as we’ve preached for years now, there is more to baby style than appliquéd sequin puppy dogs playing baseball. (Sorry, puppies.) That’s why...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids
I was instantly captivated by Hervé Tullet’s 2011 best-selling Press Here, with it’s “interactive” pages that remind us you don’t need a screen to engage a child. Now he’s back with a wonderful follow-up in Mix It Up! which is...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Toys + Playthings
We’ve seen just about everything in the dollhouse world, but we’ve never seen an elephant you could live in. The natural wooden dollhouse called the Ele Villa (“elephant house”), from natural, sustainable toy company Rock and Pebble definitely...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Family Travel
Having lived through hundreds of road trips with dozens of children between us all, we’re no strangers to the joys (ahem) of keeping your child’s car seat clean. Or at least, attempting to. So on behalf or our newest sponsor, Evenflo, makers of some of our...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Random Coolness
“Let life be merry” with gorgeous literary temporary tattoos that let you flaunt your favorite books without needles or accidental misspellings. We’re big fans of Litograph, since we first discovered their awesome literary tees. And now they’ve...
by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech
In case you missed them, here are 5 of our most popular tech picks from Cool Mom Tech this past week. Enjoy! 1. Impressed at what this designer does to old luggage. 2. If you take lots of photos with your smartphones (isn’t that all of us?), this gadget...
by Stephanie Slate | Baby
None of my kids had any interest in baby pacifiers, which was not for lack of trying on my part, let me tell you. If they had, I know that my germaphobic tendencies mean that I would have carried around lots of extra clean binkies and pacifier wipes, and tried to...
by Stephanie Slate | Art + Decor
I don’t have much space on my kitchen walls these days (I blame it on that folder that comes home on the last day of school filled with more art than my kids could have possibly created in only one year). But if I did, I know exactly what would be going up...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kid Style
My youngest daughter isn’t a strong swimmer yet, and feels much more comfortable when she goes “under the mushroom” and its cascade of water at her Grandma’s community pool while wearing a swim vest of some sort. So when I saw the sleek,...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping
While you’re all still lounging by the pool, making the most of your linen, or squeezing in a last minute vacation with the family, we’re already thinking about helping parents out for back to school season. (Oh, the sacrifices we make for you.) So...