More coolness from recent weeks…
A very nice way of saying, “Shut the heck up the baby’s sleeping!”
I cannot tell you how many times my husband has busted through the door after a long day of work only to singlehandedly wake up the baby who I just got to sleep. Talk about grounds for divorce. Too bad I didn't have the Awake & Asleep friends from lovemedo....
The Mini Social – An invite-only party of the very best kind
If you want to know a little secret, we covet the amazing designer kid's clothes that we often feature here at Cool Mom Picks just as much as you do. Our pockets aren't as deep as we wish they were either. So that's why we're loving these new invite-only online sales...
Eco gift baskets for new moms – Useful, cool, and did I mention useful?
Either some people believed I actually needed twenty pink sleepers, or I got a whole lot of baby gifts that reflected the taste of the giver more than my actual needs. My favorite gifts by far were the little-of-this, little-of-that kinds of things which not only...
Cake + Milk + adorable aprons. What’s not to love?
Designer Angeline Tsao's background is actually in fashion design which helps to explain her excellent taste. It also explains why, while poking around her shop cake + milk paperie and drooling over her handmade invitations and cards, I happened to stumble on some...
Little Pharo – So it shall be written, so it shall be done with Egyptian cotton
How absolutely clever to create a line of luxury baby clothes that, instead of an alligator or polo player across the breast, feature an ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyphic meaning life and symbolizing health, happiness, and magical protection. Kind of something you want...
See Kai Run – Smaller Can Be Better
Seeing as how much I (and my kids) love See Kai Run, it was only natural that we'd jump on the chance to check out Smaller, their totally new line for the 18-month and younger set. And surprise! I love them too. It's not hard to be smitten with super cute designs...
Being Dad – Way better than trying to convince him to sit through Lamaze class
There's no shortage of books and videos and instructional websites out there for moms-to-be. But when something is available specifically for dads, it's generally absurdly goofy or some very serious cue-the-after-school-special-music sort of Hey, Dad, you're a part of...
Make lunch unforgettable
Yeah, I love fancy lunchboxes, too, but my daughter's getting to that age where she's leaving splashy behind for a more subtle sense of style. She's also leaving behind her homework, her jacket, and occasionally her lunch, depending on the day.Would it be mean to get...
You Write the Thank You Cards. Not the Baby.
I realize that unless someone actually sent me a gift after my babies arrived, then technically speaking, the thank-you should come from the baby - hence all the cutesy thank you cards.But I figure that since I'm the one writing out the darn cards, I'm...
The Alterna-pack
With my daughter starting school for the first time this month (we do things early in the south), she's super excited about every little thing -- plain old #2 pencils, generic brand crayons, and her regular backpack. I can only imagine what's to come in a few years...
You can put a price on style. 52,50 Euros for a tee, to be exact.
Not all parents are fortunate enough to have style-obsessed children like I do. Already they shun those mainstream clothing outlets in favor of browsing boutiques with me, while pooh-poohing classmates we encounter in lesser, less expensive preschool duds. You know...
Ni hao, Kai-lan. Ni hao, nice long shower for mommy.
Kai-lan just told my daughter to stand up and do the dragon dance and she happily obeys, particularly since the cute tiger ("My favorite one!") is doing it too. Oh to be three again.If your own preschooler hasn't discovered the happy, accessible bicultural world of...
Don’t Let Hannah Montana’s Singing Hurt Your Kids. More.
I used to worry that my daughter was damaging her fragile ear drums with a volume set to "too loud." Thankfully, we now have LoudEnough Volume-Limiting Earphones so when I yell DO YOU HEAR ME? I know that if I don't get an answer it's only because she's ignoring me....
We get to give away a $5000 tech makeover. Whoo!
Are you reading this post right now on the other side of a Comodore 64? Reluctant to give up that original Walkman? Wondering why you just can't find any good Betamax tapes these days? Well have we got news for you.One of the cooler promotions we're excited to be a...
NieNie Day: Bidding on Cool Stuff to Help a Cool Mom
If you click over to Design Mom today, you'll see the most outstanding collection of items ever put together for a blogger silent auction, all to help the family of blogger, mom of four, and indie artisan supporter Stephanie Nielson of NieNie who was seriously injured...
Babywearing twins. Yes indeedy.
My hat's off to all moms of twins--double the gear, double the diapers, double the feedings. And not being able to wear both babies at once? That seems the most daunting prospect of all to me, since babywearing has saved my sanity with all three kids. So when I saw...
I love you, you’re perfect, now finish your carrots
Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom, replete with her trademark curly-haired happy face sign-off. That's...
Baby videos actually entertaining for mamas too.
Now that I've got three children, I've given up trying to protect the youngest from his older sisters' tastes in TV shows. Is it cliché to mention that I saw Road Runner get clobbered at least a thousand times as a kid, and I'm still an upstanding member of...
Yo Homes, to Bel Air!
Now if I told you that Sir Hayes, the kids' label emblematic of urban Brooklyn chic, was making a onesie inspired by "Carlton," what would you think that means? Because when I got wind of it, right away a single image popped into my head: Alphonso Ribeiro in his...
A is for Atticus, aka How to Sound Smarter Than You Actually Are
If you're shopping baby names (or just browsing), you have to check out Lorilee Craker's A is for Atticus: Baby Names from Great Books which give you far more erudite options than naming your child for the latest celeb du jour. Or worse, the latest celeb du jour's...
One banana, two banana, three banana, four…
It's not that there aren't great television and music options for the kids that are new, it's that the resurgence of our old favorites brings a nostalgic tear to our eyes. I can clearly remember dancing around to the groovy tunes of The Banana Splits back in my youth,...