More coolness from recent weeks…
Hello Earthlust, helloooooo beautiful stainless steel bottles
Since the recent revelation that SIGG bottle liners contain BPA, we've been on the look out for more alternatives made of stainless steel and not aluminum, which requires a liner in the first place. There's the Safe Sporter which we've featured on site, and several...
Because sometimes you’ve just gotta go
When I think back to my pregnancies, my first thought isn't of the miracle of life or even the swollen feet and the heartburn. No, when I remember those days, my mind immediately goes to one place: The bathroom. With each child, I remember nine months of constant...
Chalk it up to the animals
I'd argue there's little more useful than a chalkboard, especially the two beautiful new chalkboard stickers at Zoe b Organic in the shape of either the endangered Isabelle butterfly or a koala bear. They're made from potato starch, which results in a 100%...
Easy, green, and now chic
So maybe the first time we told you about the Flip & Tumble reusable shopping bags that you can just fold up into a teeny little ball and toss in your purse, you liked it...but you just weren't wowed by the solid prints. Well now Flip & Tumble's new line of...
Cool Mom Picks Loves Psychobaby – Back to School Edition
We just had so much fun picking our favorite summer clothes and accessories at Psychobaby last month that we decided to switch things up just in time for back to school shopping. Which is now. Cue the "holy crap it's September already?" shrieks. If...
Shinzi Katoh bento boxes get me more excited to pack my kids’ lunches. And that’s saying something.
I know every week lately, one of us shows up here saying OMG I found the cutest lunchbox EVER, but I think I may have just topped them all with the Shinzi Katoh Japanese bento boxes for kids.Spotted at the adorable e-boutique My Sweet Muffin, each bento box features...
Cool Mom Picks + The Soft Landing bring you The BIGG Bottle Swap (a.k.a. Don’t get mad at SIGG…get discounts)
Like so many of you, we were super bummed to discover last week that SIGG bottles are not BPA-free. But after a few minutes of being bummed, we had this idea: What if, instead of everyone just tossing out their bottles, we ask one of our favorite sites to create...
Never lose a hair clip again
My daughter has an adorable hair clip holder that does a pretty great job of organizing her hair accessories, as long as they actually make it up the stairs and into her room. Most of the time they're shoved in the bathroom drawers, or...
The end to “reply all?” It’s a miracle!
My kids have been back to school for a few weeks already, and my inbox runneth over. I need more volunteers for the coupon drive, says the coordinator. This is quickly followed by a bevy of reply-alls which are making me crazy, so I can only imagine the poor...
Baby Burrito – Changing my mind about changing pads
With three kids and only one bag, I've taken to paring down to what I consider to be an essential? to make room for stuff I really need when I head out the door. And lately, that's meant tossing the usually hefty diaper changing pad and making do with my baby carrier...
Hot red fashion for fall – CMP does Etsy
If you're looking for a little sumpin' sumpin' that will brighten your day and class up your look for fall, take a look at the hot color this season - red. Think of it as a little reward for surviving summer (and all those pastels) intact. The Sweet Red Rose ring...
A mini-me for your mini-she
Rarely do I bemoan the fact that my daughter won't tolerate anything in her hair, but when I first saw these mini me custom felt portraits from Emandsprout, I couldn't stop thinking of how utterly adorable a portrait barrette would look in her blond hair. Send in a...
Back to school clothes that don’t wear out by October. Promise.
My kids wear uniforms to school. In general, I'm a big fan because it makes getting out the door that much easier (white polo! navy shorts! let's go!). But I get a little wistful when I'm shopping for school clothes -- after all, how excited can you get about white...
The cutest rattle of all time? We may have found a winner.
Just when I'm convinced that I have indeed found the cutest rattles ever, I take a spin through etsy and find stiff competition in the handmade birdie baby rattles from Mamachee.These rattles feature sweet little birds on a brown handle, all of which are...
The low-commitment baby book
I think that mothers fall into two camps: Those who filled out their baby books and those who didn't. Now Rag & Bone Bindery (who I love love loooove) has a fantastic solution for the latter camp who wants to be in the former camp, with their handmade 12 Wishes...
Go ahead, kids, draw on the art
Even though I realize that the amazing Charley Harper Coloring Book is intended for younger audiences, it's so sophisticated that I can't help but want to save a couple of pages for me.American illustrator Charley Harper's "minimal realism" style, which I gushed about...
It’s hip to be rectangular
With all the building toys in my three-kid household, I find it amusing that their new favorite is a box of same-sized, non-painted, rectangular pieces of wood from CitiBlocs. You can almost hear all the other blocks protesting, "But I'm colorful!", "I snap...
Trifle brings all the prettiest things together in one place (I wish that place were my house, though)
When my boys were babies, I spent a lot of time looking for cool, original things for them -- clothes and bedding and accent pieces for their rooms. But in a strip mall world, that meant a lot of shopping, and no mama has time for that. I wish Trifle had been around...
The hottest preschool backpacks for back to school
Still looking for the perfect backpack for your preschooler? You're in luck. Because recently, CMP editor Liz Gumbinner taped a segment for BetterTV on some of the cutest backpacks for younger kids headed to preschool and kindergarten. Our picks, and all of them PVC...
Ja, Little Mon
On a recent drive to the beach, my kids and I glumly watched the black clouds rolling in as we all collectively whined, "Rain again?" Fortunately the CD I chose to turn on at that moment was Asheba's totally fun calypso and world beat release, In The Kid Zone. The...
Sometimes things just Klick
Small space furniture is just getting smarter and smarter and I'm so glad to see that one of our fave U.S. kids' furniture makers, P'kolino, is getting in on it with their Klick table and chair set for kids. Kids up to about 7 can sit on the cushioned birch plywood...