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What Mama Couldn’t Use More Zen in Her Life?
I'm fascinated by tales from other parts of the world, and being from Iowa, equally fascinated by all deer not on the grill of my car.Tenzin's Deer by Barbara Soros is lyrically written and illustrations from Danuta Mayer keep little squirmers glued to the page. The...
Gate Checking Your Car Seat Just Got a Tad Less Nasty
Why why why why why oh why did no one tell me about the Car Seat Gate Check Bag until now? Oh, it would have been so handy on those flights where we were promised the airline would block the middle seat for us...and then didn't. And then we gate checked the car seat....
I’m This Many Years Old
With my kids' birthdays now close enough on the horizon that I can smell the beer bill (what can I say, we have fun parties) I've definitely got their birthday attire on the brain. I'm partial to the cute photo-ready outfits that may or may not make it through the...
Hey There, Georgie World
If bowling shirts for little boys ever went out of style I'd be sad. No, scratch that - I wouldn't be sad, because I'd continue buying them for all my friends' kids regardless. And hopefully, even then, I could continue to count on Georgie World to hook me up. We...
A play mat without the ugly
When I was expecting, I dutifully put a tummy time play mat on my registry. It came complete with lights, music and hanging rattles, and to be honest, it was slightly less than beautiful and slightly more than stimulating. If I had only known about the awesome play...
Your Mama Wears Last Year’s Combat Boots
If I woke up Mother's Day morning to two smiling children bearing breakfast I would be delighted. If I woke up to two smiling children bearing breakfast and roses I would be extra-delighted. But if I woke up to two smiling children wearing the super cute screenprinted...
Mommytrack’d Helps Gets Moms Back On Track
When a product is presented as the "Ultimate Family Organizer" it's setting the bar pretty high. You nearly expect it to come with a personal assistant and three more hours in the day. But Mom's Ultimate Family Organizer from our friends at Mommytrack'd,...
Like Steven Sprouse for the Toddler Set
I have a wee bit of high-fashion envy, knowing very well that a size (mumblemumble) mom can't walk into the fancy designer stores and actually expect to find something that fits. And so I do what every style-conscious woman trapped in a postpartum body does: I project...
Classic Baby Gifts to Replace the Stuff Your Great-Grandma Never Saved
Not every mama in my life has the same taste in baby gifts that I do. Shocking, I know, but some of my friends really do prefer smocking and gingham and sweetness and light to some of the more, um, contemporary items I gravitate to. One of the really nice labels that...
Tax Day Splurge: The Summer Dress Love-Fest Continues With Room Seven
We have to be careful that Cool Mom Picks doesn't turn into Cool Dresses For Little Girls Picks. But man, it's hard to avoid when there are so many sweet offerings this season, particularly as this year's hot floral print trend suits the preschool set just perfectly....
Tax Day Splurge: Italian Tricycles the Grown-Ups Will Covet Too
Buying the kid's first tricycle was wrought with way more emotion than I had expected. It's like the first time you tell your kid Go! Be free! Off on your own! Despite the fact that she'll still need the occasional push off an uneven sidewalk square. The Triciclino...
Tax Day Splurge: Modern Kids Furniture that Should Come In Big People Sizes Too
Not all of us looking for kid-sized table and chairs are looking for our playrooms. Because, um, ain't got no playroom. Instead what we're hoping for is something we can put in the living room that doesn't look like a polycarbonate plastic rainbow puked all over the...
The Next Best Thing to Annie Liebowitz Popping By the Maternity Ward
Six hundred or so digital photos later and I couldn't find one that was just right for the announcements. (To say nothing of the pics of me for which I should have demanded professional lighting and Vaseline over the lens.) The baby: Perfect. My photography skills,...
So Maybe Sparkles Aren’t The Best Ever Ingredient For Baby Lotions
Being the quintessential product snob can be hard work (trust me, I know), especially when you have a wee one with dry skin and chapped lips. It's difficult having to choose between Big Name Baby Products that are loaded with artificial ingredients and Natural...
The Least Raggy Rag Dolls Ever
It's been a while since we found some handmade dolls that we're really crushing on. After all, December isn't the only time we need great gifts for the special girls in our lives. A new find comes courtesy the etsy shop Little Big Pants, and its visionary,...
More Boo-Boos, Please
Sometimes I am scared to use boo-boo panaceas for fear that my children will think them the only thing that can heal. The last thing you want is to be caught at the playground without a "magic Band Aid" to calm your hysterical child. Even so, my daughter has...
Paper Shouts: Not So Much Shouting. Which Is Nice.
I'm one of those few new mothers who actually enjoys writing thank you notes. Even if I thank you in person for your lovely and thoughtful gift, be assured that I will break out a box of fabulous cards to thank you in writing as well. My latest find in the custom card...
Junking Junk Mail
Recently we reviewed Catalog Choice which I continue to love (love! love!) but recently I've been turned onto a similar service to help cut down on junk mail: Green Dimes. Any service that guarantees to get rid of 90% of all your unwanted solicitations--not just...
Dinosaurs Are Our Friends
I'm more than happy to oblige my daughter's new dinosaur obsession, that is if I could find a cool shirt that doesn't display a mean, scary T-Rex.I'm prefering Hildegard, my new favorite bike-riding dinosaur from parent-run label Playground Partisans, and quite...
So the Girls, They Like to Twirl
The notion of a dress "that twirls" used to seem kind of foo-foo to me until I thought back to my own childhood and my many hours simply spent spinning. I was like that kid in Parenthood who just spun until I fell down for fun, while other kids were doing...
Presenting the Ultimate Mother’s Day Shopping Guide. (If We Do Say So Ourselves.)
Today is April 11. Which in most parts of the country doesn't mean a whole lot. (Except for you, Joss Stone - happy birthday!) But around CMP it means it's exactly one month until Mother's Day, a perfect time to launch our second annual Mother's Day Gift Guide. This...