More coolness from recent weeks…
Welcome to the Jungle House Pillow
My kids (probably like yours) aren't lacking for stuffed animals. But when I saw the amazingly adorable Jungle House Pillow from Toronto's So Chic Gifts I knew I could totally justify getting them this handmade pillow-and-stuffed-animal combo. Made from...
Charity and the JAMband know that sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don’t
My kids are at the age where watching Mommy boogie across the kitchen floor is met with groans. And I'm hearing groans from them a lot now that I've got Charity and the JAMband's danceworthy double kids' music CD, Party Like a Twinkle Star. Sure, it's a CD for kids,...
Cool Mom Picks readers have a heart
Valentine's Day has come and gone and now, a week later, we just want to say thank you thank you thank you for your absolutely overwhelming support for our artist-created color-your-own Valentine's Day cards we put together with Etsy.The numbers are in and more than...
Wallpaper is back, baby
When I hear the word wallpaper, it conjures up really bad images of this odd looking flower pattern that completely covered my bathroom wall growing up. It a nutshell - it scares me. But thanks to advances in technology and design, wallpaper is again becoming a pretty...
Mondo murals for your mini Matisse
My daughter is a normal three-year-old: obsessed with being big, doing grown-up things, and wearing leotards for 90% of her life. Okay, so maybe the leotard thing isn't normal, but it's no wonder she gets bored with the same old princess coloring books and tired box...
Like the milk man of the super hip. But peas.
If you live in Los Angeles, you've got some mad cash, and you want someone else to deliver organic, healthy, super-fresh baby food to your doorstep... well, I'm a little jealous, actually. And Baby's Belly is here to serve you.The brainchild of two Hollywood actors...
A natural way to keep the lice away. (Ew. I know.)
I first discovered Fairy Tales Hair Care when our one awesome local kids hair cutter - the one who didn't cut my girls' bangs on a 45-degree angle with what I imagine to be a rusty butter knife - insisted that it was the greatest stuff on earth. Since then, we've been...
Brooklyn in da Playhouse
I'm not sure when exactly my humble borough of Brooklyn, New York became cool, but there seems to be evidence of it, from the occasional celebrity sightings in my local diner, to people saying, "oh you live in Brooklyn? Cool." So while a line of Brooklyn baby tees...
Turn your kid’s object of affection into an object d’art
My son had a stuffed elephant named Tussle that went with him everywhere. In fact, he never knew it, but there were actually two Tussles in constant rotation, just in case one went missing. Tussle has long since moved to the "big happy farm where stuffed animals roam...
Boots that don’t make you say Ugh
The chic streets of Manhattan on foul weather days belong to Hunter Boots this year. These all-weather, all-natural rubber wellies in colors from pine green to flashy silver are keeping the annoyingly toned calves of stylish New Yorkers warm and dry everywhere I look....
Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any reclaimed wool for upcycled art projects?
One of the stand-outs to me at this year's overwhelming Toy Fair show weren't actually toys at all, but the lovely handmade wall art from CMP fave Cate and Levi. Like their original, one-of-a-kind stuffed animals, the critters are pieced together beautifully from...
Smitten with mittens
I know what you're thinking-- Why is the Georgia girl recommending mittens? Because I'm the biggest sissy about cold, that's why. But I'm proud to say that we have three whole inches of snow right now, and I sent my kids straight outside to investigate the mysterious,...
Organic crib bedding to grow with
Here's what I've learned: Your daughter may be all Thomas, Thomas! now but in no time at all, that train love will become Abby Cadabby, which becomes Uniqua which becomes I only like things that are purple and turquoise but mostly purple. Which is why I can't say I...
Headbands are the new baseball caps. Thank God.
I've been following the headband trend, waiting for something that I could possibly get away with, you know, as I glamorously work from home and chase three kids around. Sorry if I just can't do the whole feather and lace thing these days.But a couple of weeks ago...
We need to move it, move it.
Michelle Obama may be known for her sculpted arms, but her commitment to health and exercise goes a lot deeper. Last week, the First Lady introduced a new initiative, Let's Move!, which is supported by the newly created Partnership for a Healthier America. Their...
We don’t have to get pregnant to wear Liz Lange. Or some of us don’t.
And as a Canadian mama, it was with much excitement that I used to take trips south of the border and bring home some lovely Liz Lange maternity clothes. Well now I'm going to have to get myself an American address since it looks like there are some brand new Liz...
Oh, The Pictures You’ll Take!
My daughter loves Dr. Seuss. She also loves the camera on my iPhone. Put these together and you have a four year old in Seussian snap happy heaven, and a mother who can't check her e-mail or play Words With Friends when her kid is around.The Dr. Seuss Camera, Cat In...
Organic baby clothes that do that old ovary-awakening thing. Darnit.
For some time now I've had my eye on the beautiful organic baby clothes from L.A.'s PAIGELAUREN baby. These suuuuper soft, really lovely designs are just the kind of thing that make the perfect gift for your picky mama friend who likes her baby clothes simple,...
Want Your Enfant To Passez La Baguette? There’s An App For That
I have this fantasy of one day living in Paris, in some old, sunwashed apartment on one of the old arrondissements. Trouble is, although I read French - a hangover from graduate studies - I don't speak much of it, and what little of it I do speak is sloppily Canadian....
Where Preppy meets Crunchy
Biff? Yes, Buffy? Look at these darling shoes, wouldn't they be super for Skip? Okay, that's probably not a conversation that will go on in your house, but it's hard to suppress your inner prep when you see the madras uppers of the new Morgan and Milo Plaid sneakers...
A headband that’s even sweeter than it looks
I'm eagerly awaiting the day that we can trade our winter hats for springy headbands, but one look outside my Brooklyn window and uh, yeah. Not gonna happen so soon. But when it does, I'll be prepared with the new Ellie headband from CMP fave Bella Tunno. The design...