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Portrait of the Wonder Woman as a young girl
Parents who love Baby Legs looooove Baby Legs, and they'll be excited to see that the new fall styles are now out on the new and vastly improved website. My favorite has to be the Hero legwarmers and by hero, we all pretty much recognize the strong nod to Wonder...
Sharing baby photos without driving everyone crazy – Who knew that was even possible.
If only lil'grams had existed back when my oldest was born, we would've been able to channel our new-parent enthusiasm in a far more stylish, manageable and less-annoying manner than the hundreds of photos we emailed, webcasts we scheduled, and blog we created to...
Cool Mom Picks and Vogue Bambini – Magnifico!
Pageants? Not really our thing. But fashion shows - ooh la la! So we we're excited to be a sponsor of Vogue Bambini's kids' fashion show at the ENK Children's Club trade show in NYC this coming weekend, along with fellow sponsors Weleda and the New York Botanical...
Cool felt play food – CMP does etsy
When I was young, I loved playing house. Tea parties and market shopping were two of my favorite things. I had no idea I was practicing chores I would have to do the rest of my life. Aaaaanyway, felt food is always such a fantastic children's toy, and the handmade...
Dust the cobwebs off your Halloween decor. Or wait…don’t.
I've got a friend who goes all out for Halloween starting in mid-September. Her six year-old son has already drawn countless zombies and skeletons for their front entry, and she's now planning what sort of cupcakes she should decorate this year -- Evil robots? Crazed...
To improve your ice cream, just add Garbage
I recently treated my kids to a scoop at the local gourmet ice cream shop and was shocked to find that to add a topping (i.e. four M-n-Ms) was about half the price of the ice cream itself. Holy moly. New recession tip: Staying in for ice cream and doing our own fun...
Saving moms and babies. Because too many of them need saving.
I recently learned that one woman dies every minute from childbirth on this planet. One every minute. And that just about knocked me out of my seat. Because most of it is avoidable.There were all kinds of stats and figures and info about maternal mortality that I...
“Status symbols for the uber geek.” That’s our kind of status symbol.
I shrieked with joy last night when friend of CMP and Jimmies lead singer Ashley Albert turned us onto her new collaborative project with Phoebe Jonas, Survival of the Hippest. And by hippest we mean techiest, geekiest, and 2.0-iest, of course.The shop is going to...
Get out the lipstick, mamas
My makeup lives permanently in my makeup bag, which seems to live permanently on my bathroom counter. Having a pretty bag for my lip gloss is important to me, since I'm looking at it all the time. So when I saw chic Aussie designer (and carbon neutral company!) Apple...
Baby’s first crayons
A box of crayons and a coloring book are a staple toddler gift around these parts, but now with the sweet Crayon Rompers from The Baby Bunch, even their newborn siblings can get in on the budding artistry.This set of three bright, soft, beefy onesies is neatly packed...
Pat the reclaimed wool bunny
Okay, reclaimed wool bunny with your little fair aisle ears, you are super cute. You and your little frog friend, and that's all I have to say about that. I wish you weren't quite so expensive, but (sigh) I do understand that you're fairly big and very soft and...
Eco-friendly baby proofing – Reader Q&A
Q: So its time to baby proof, and we need stair gates, a play yard, soft surfaces and all the rest - have you found any eco and/or attractive choices for this? - Alysia RWell, Alysia, we thought we'd turn this one over to friend of Cool Mom Picks and guru of all...
Frye gives sneakers the boot
Together in NYC this week, Kristen and I browsed a few boutiques and noticed that Frye Boots are making a crazy comeback. I still remember my first pair back in the early 80s, and how sad I was when I outgrew them. And could no longer wear them with prairie skirts and...
Peter Himmelman’s trampoline has room for many
It's not easy to get into the mind of a kid -- just watch me trying to pry "how was your day" from my eight-year-old---but LA singer-songwriter and father of four Peter Himmelman seems to have this knack on his new kids' music CD, My Trampoline. Whether he's singing...
Keeping her pants up while getting down
My daughter's going through a growth spurt, and any jeans without those little adjustable waist button-and-elastic dojobbies tend to sag to her rear's danger zone without an actual belt. I've spent the past several weeks plying her with all the pleather monstrosities...
The Official Much-Needed Children’s Brand Pronunciation Guide
Team Cool Mom Picks spent last week walking around the huge ABC Kids trade show in Las Vegas, finding incredible new products to share with you - and realizing that yeah, we pretty much have been mispronouncing every juvenile products brand name known to man. Since we...
The Britax Blink will keep strolling and strolling…
The first thing each of my kids were strapped into was a Britax car seat. I liked Britax's quality and reputation, and now that both kids have outgrown the seat, it still looks like new (except for a bit of cracker smudge on the straps). So it makes sense that the...
Noesis – Perfect for the know-it-alls of the world
When people ask for my two cents about something it's like catnip. I love giving my opinion on things. Well, whatever is considered a step above catnip, for opinion-givers like myself, Noesis is it. The business was started by mom of three Lynn Casey, and the idea is...
Artwork you’ll love inside and out
What happens when you cross an artist and a doctor? Radiology Art, it seems. Artist Satre Stuelke took his fascination with everyday objects, and his fascination with radiology, and created one of the most avant-garde, unique, and downright awesome collection of art...
LEGO moderne
I always thought that LEGOs were cute for making walls and towers, maybe the occasional weird angular horses or something. I honestly had no idea that now you could make, oh, say...the Guggenheim Museum. Right in time for the NY landmark's 50th anniversary. The...
Help us pick Minted’s next cool baby shower invitation. (Please! We really need the help!)
It's starting to feel like contest judging week at Cool Mom Picks. Which is fantastic, considering how much we like giving things away to deserving people. But this time, we need your help. And you can win stuff too.One of our favorite sponsors, Minted (and a card...