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fin + roe: For parents who still get to pick out the Christmas cards
Since I've got a house full of kids, it's a safe bet that my holiday cards are going to feature photos of those kids. But I still want those cards to reflect my taste--which means no cards with ice-skating penguins or dancing candy canes.The holiday cards from...
Because a screaming baby in velvet doesn’t say “holiday cheer”
Even though my mother-in-law insisted on photos of my then 6-month old daughter in this ridiculous lace and velvet number, when it came down to holiday parties and Christmas day, we stuck her in a comfy, festive one piece. You can bet we'll be doing the same with our...
Expressing our thanks through acts of do-gooding
Happy Thanksgiving cool moms. In the spirit of giving thanks, we thought we'd share with you each of our favorite charitable orgs, some of whom are really getting whomped by the economy this year. Not from individual donors per se (you guys are always so great!), but...
Yes Eye Can
I am never going to be the mom who walks around Michael's picking all the supplies for origami finger puppet ornaments or hot glue gun 3-D stuffed animal baskets or whatever the heck other moms are making with their kids these days. I am the mom who instead grabs one...
Hanging out on the Loquat Rooftop
I've never thought of the Blues as particularly cheerful until I heard Brooklyn's Randy Kaplan sing Good Morning Blues, the first song on Loquat Rooftop. Amidst the amazingly nimble-fingered guitar work, I heard him ask, Good morning blues....blues How do you do? to...
Big brands doing cool things – Skip Hop’s new baby toys at Toys R Us
We love finding cool gifts and gear from small, up and coming designers, so we especially love when the humongo chains get smart and help turn them into big, up and coming designers. That's why we were excited to discover mom and pop founded Skip*hop has created a...
The sweetest announcements. Literally.
Out of consideration for my post-baby figure, I rarely bake any more. It's just one of the sacrifices I make in the name of vanity. But at holiday time, my no-bake resolution goes out the window (and takes my willpower right along with it). Send me a recipe for...
The It Sling: This Year’s It Bag.
According to all the magazines and certain recent ad campaigns of over-the-counter pain remedies, babies are the new hot accessory. Carry yours everywhere and you're sure to be in the in crowd this year. Or so we hear. So if you're slinging your tot along to some...
Pinnington Bags – A celeb fave that we can get behind
A few years ago, this handbag fanatic would have fallen over had someone told me I'd be hoarding diaper bags, but considering how amazing they've all gotten, you might understand my obsession. And since finding the Bohemian inspired Pinnington Bags, I'm thinking...
Peace on earth. I mean it. Now.
I totally dare you to buy this New Year's Card by Robyn Miller Design, customize it with your own message, sign it with a beautiful heartfelt note -- and upload a photo of your crying, screaming, tantrum-throwing baby. Or maybe your kids hitting each other?I'm...
The immaculate confection
Recently I wanted to make cookies for my girls but I was too tired to start from scratch. I grabbed a thing of that refrigerated cookie dough that I remember eating raw in my college days and figured it would be fine in a pinch. Oh man, was it horrible. Beyond...
Merino Kids Baby Sleep Sack – Hold the Blankets
My husband used to go into my wriggly toddler son's room every night at least twice to cover him up. But thanks to the Merino Kids baby sleep sack, we're all getting way more sleep now.This super comfy striped sack is made using a 100% merino inner layer and then soft...
Cool Mom Picks loves Brazil!
We just wanted to give a huge thanks to Época, Brazil's popular weekly magazine, for naming Cool Mom Picks among their top 20 international blogs! We are beyond honored to be in such esteemed company as the Huffington Post, Boing Boing, Post Secret, Perez Hilton,...
Baby Safe Cap – Save your brain cells for more important things
Considering I can barely keep track of my cell phone, let alone a baby bottle cap, just guess how many bottle caps I've lost.Okay don't hurt yourself with all that math. Thank goodness for Baby Safe Caps, which simply fit onto your...
A Fairy for all Seasons
It's always nice cracking open some children's books to get your kids into the spirit of the holidays, but not every parent is looking to do it through biblical tales or the Santa story. A cool alternative: Positive Spin Press offers three fairy tales--literally--from...
The coolest ABC magnets in the preschool
I still remember seeing a colorful print called Lea's Alphabets on this site even back before I was writing here. What made that alphabet artwork pop for me was Gregoire Ganter's amazing photographs of street signs and images from cities all around the world. I...
Yellow Pages, now more green than yellow
I think it's been at least five years since I used an actual telephone book. With a wi-fi broadband connection to the all-knowing Internet, those old books are now only useful to me as makeshift booster seats and yet they continue to show up on my doorstep, year after...
Rock-a-bye birdies, made of bamboo
I can't stop staring at this bamboo mobile by Petit Collage, available at Branch Home, and I'm just looking at a picture. In real life, those laser-cut bamboo birds each have a different pattern cut into their middles, so as they twirl around on the hanging thread I'm...
Get your felt on
The more I realize how totally impractical it is to wear anything remotely nice around my sticky-fingered kids, the more I'm started to appreciate the value of accessories that aren't all that valuable.UK shop Lupin Handmade, whose amazing felt mobiles we found...
Dipping a toe into the scarf craze of 2008
Since scarves are The Thing these days, I've been keeping a more focused eye on the NYC street vendors to see if any of their knockoffs are jumping out at me. Nope, not yet. Mostly, the same old fake Burberry and pashminas from 2000. So I was happy to stumble onto the...
Holiday baby gifts for baby that are actually more appealing than the wrapping paper
Oh I just can't wait for all those obligatory stuffed animals that my baby will get over the holidays because really, what else do you give a newborn for Christmas? So here's a suggestion: An adorable duck rattle baby toy from Estella NYC.Hand crocheted by...