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Tattoos that even your conservative MIL can get behind
My kids are old enough now that I no longer have to drill them on our phone number and what to do if they get lost. But oh what I wouldn't have given back then for the brilliant SafetyTats, especially when my son was both pre-verbal and afflicted with a...
Real art kits for real kids
I get the appeal of the no-mess paints and markers out there that let your kids create and be creative without completely ruining your kitchen table. But there is something about the experience of allowing them to delve into the real stuff, and Clementine Art Kits do...
DIY toys, hold the hammer and nails
In concept, I'm all for kids making and decorating their own toys. But the fact that they generally involve sharp, pointy tools along with paint that does not come off with a simple bar of soap sort of puts a damper on my plans. But color-your-own cardboard toys?...
Holding out for a hero
It seems that turning four has brought us into the world of dramatics, particularly when we fall down and even just barely bump our knee on the carpet. And by we I mean not me. Instead of appeasing my daughter with our stash of bandaids, I've been using the Hero Stick...
Distress signals
I know I am not alone in saying that boys belts tend to fall into two camps: Ridiculously dorky or super ridiculously dorky. The selection out there is enough to make mamas wish for a return to suspenders. And then I saw the distressed leather belt for kids from...
Peace is the word
We've always liked what Slick Sugar offered as far as basic, rock-inspired kids apparel but we really like how they've shaken it up lately, adding fabric accents, fun trim and cute cuff detailing to their comfy little play clothes.There a lot of things I think would...
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown – Now at an hour when kids can actually watch
When I first got the email that the three Charlie Brown holiday movies were coming out in a deluxe DVD set, I nearly deleted it, because well, everyone knows about Charlie Brown, right? But then I remembered that every year I wait for the movies to come on so I can...
To all those parents for whom Crocs are sacred
The very same week I got a note from our preschool teachers begging the parents to keep the dreaded Crocs off of children's feet I've discovered that it's still okay to send them to synagogue with Crocs on their head.Well actually not really Crocs, but a Kroc Kippah,...
The (Really Great) Okee Dokee Brothers
You aren't likely to find me at a folk music festival or a bluegrass jamboree, but I'm totally taken by The Okee Dokee Brothers' new release, Kids with Beards. This two-member band from Minneapolis make twangy, toe-tapping folk music with smart, funny lyrics that are...
An apple a day keeps the cobbler away
It is just not fair that there are items as cute as these cranberry apple baby booties in the world, considering I am absolutely done with childbearing. On the other hand, it's nice that I've got friends who are still churning out the puppies (ahem, Kristen) so that I...
A little bit of Paris in your life
I may not get to France anytime soon, but the collection of school bags, shopping totes and bibs from French Artists at UK shop Lapin & Me will have me dreaming of crepes, baguettes and the Tuilieries in springtime. I love the cute, not cutesy, designs and I can...
Mama Mio’s Bootcamp for Boobs – A boob job in a box
The way I see it, with every baby I have my boobs drop a centimeter. That's not so bad when you're wearing a super duper mama bra, but not so great when you're letting them hang free for those precious 15 minutes before going horizontal at night. So when desperation...
Zobha Maternity – Pants for moms who say “Ohm.” Also, “Oh man, I am so pregnant.”
Oh sure, now that I'm almost done with my third pregnancy, scores of great maternity clothes are popping up everywhere. But considering how uncomfortable (and long) these last few weeks have been, I'm still shopping for anything that can get me through the home...
About a girl
If my daughter wasn't going through the phase where I am not allowed to put anything in her hair besides my fingers, I might be stocking up on some cute hair accessories just about now. And very likely, those hair accessories would include this super cute little...
Cool Mom Picks sponsors: Good for us but especially good for you
As you probably know, we're staunch advocates for our readers at CMP - we score you exclusive discount codes, awesome giveaways, $5000 tech makeovers...What? What's that you say? You weren't aware that our esteemed sponsor, Intel, was giving away a $5000 tech makeover...
Tis the Season for Very Cute Hats
With the weather changing even down here in the South (hooray!), I can finally rationalize shopping for fall-ish clothes for my kids, like sweaters, coats, and, of course, hats. Particularly if they include the handmade Flipside Hats found at the wonderful boutique...
The Regional Assembly of Text – a store as cool as its name
As a bona fide word nerd, I was instantly taken with the name The Regional Assembly of Text, although I had no idea what it meant. (Sort of ironic if you think about it, huh.) As it turns out, this Vancouver-based online shop curated by design grads Brandy Fedoruk and...
How do you improve on a child’s bathrobe? Make it a kimono.
I am staring at the spectacular Bathtime Wrap from Beverly Hills-based Petite Miette and once again I am smacking myself on the head and thinking now why did I not think of this first? Instead of wrapping a baby up in a cumbersome bathrobe over his pajamas--a bathrobe...
Cloth books without the mass production
Thanks to my son's infatuation with cloth books, I'm able to enjoy a good portion of our daily car rides without having to ply him with 400 cheerios I end up cleaning from his carseat later. So I've decided to stockpile them, starting with the ridiculously cute...
Thomas Claire: Taking the Pain out of Painting Pottery
Taking my kids to a paint-your-own-pottery place is not in my job description. The drive there, the eternity spent as my children pick out the "perfect" piece to paint, my toddler--oh my toddler-- in that room of breakables... and then I pay a ton for the privilege to...
The Beehive Co-op – If Cool Mom Picks had a shop, this might be it.
The instant I set foot in the Atlanta Beehive Co-op storefront, I knew it was my kind of place. Of course, it didn't hurt that that I was surrounded with some of our favorite past picks from JacQueline Sanchez jewelry, Blabla Kids, and Lark and Loon, to name a few....