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Shopping Cart Covers You Don’t Want to Cover
We are considering starting a category in the CMP archives called "If You're Freaked Out By Germs..." There are seemingly more high chair and shopping cart covers out there than people actually using them. Perhaps because most of them are so ugly, you'd...
Not Like Any Grandmother Sweater We’ve Ever Seen
When I think of grandma sweaters I think of scratchy, wooly, dated things that you pull out for holidays - if you really really have to. But Fairybread for Kids, is putting a new spin on the term. Brooklyn mom (and Parents magazine art director) Amanda Kirk designs...
Europe on $40 a Day
When I was little, I was lucky enough to go to this super cool place in Holland called Madurodam, an entire city done in miniature. You could even drop a coin into certain displays and watch a teeny wedding party enter a teeny cathedral or have a teeny boat cruise...
The earth minus plastic bags? My kind of math.
In my efforts to make my household a little greener, I've attempted to give up plastic grocery bags. (And yes, paper ones too, smartypants.) So I'm always on the lookout for something that holds more than a gallon of organic milk, and I've found a great contender in...
Pieces of 14
If your child loves puzzles as much as mine, maybe you've got a collection (like we do) featuring boring animals and licensed characters that really have no business being called "a collection."But puzzles based on original art, like these from Seattle-based...
Getting your fixx of indie
Just in time for the holidays, our blogging friends at Indie Fixx have come along with their very own online boutique, appropriately named the Indie Fixx Shop. Perfect! You'll have fun browsing the beautiful site for all kinds of very reasonable jewelry, yummy bath...
UMI Oh My
I, sadly, don't have unlimited funds to set my toddler up with one pair of shoes in every color for every occasion. (Oh, the tragedy of it all.) So what I try to do is find something cute that she can wear with dresses, but also lets her kick up the asphalt on the...
More Picks! More Picks!
So how much great stuff is out there for the holidays these days? SO much great stuff. And how much time do you have to spend on the web looking for it? Um, not so much time. Well, beautiful readers, that's what Cool Mom Picks is for. So through the holidays, we're...
Sets With a Story
I'm really not a "cute baby set" kind of present giver. I generally choose interesting separates and put them together but it doesn't often have that wow factor I want for really great friends.But then I found Lil Squirtz, a super cool family...
Spreading Joy
We're among friends, mamas. Let's admit that while we're always touched by the thoughtfulness of friends and family towards our babies, there's an entire category of ohmygod you shouldn't have but SO glad you did gifts. Among them, the brand new line of...
Shockingly, Bigger Babies Get Cold Too
Nothing like a chilly night to make parents thankful for those smart little sleep sacks--unless you're like me, and your enormous 10-month-old has surpassed the weight and age limits on all the sacks out there. But hooray Köhlrbaby, hero to all parents with large...
A Rattle With Your Baby’s Name On It
Ever since our Safer Toy Guide went live, I'm growing more and more into the idea of getting all the mass produced plastic stuff out of my baby's hands and mouth. (Hear that, grandparents?) Wood and knit rattles were good enough for babies for decades and hopefully...
Picky Eaters? It’s Natural.
That stage between baby food and fully independent dining (you know, with utensils and napkins and food that's actually ingested) can be pretty awkward as I've now learned twice. Not only are toddlers not yet adept at transporting the food from plate to mouth, they...
Dreaming of Boobs. And…Boobs. Maybe Also Boobs.
People often ask me what my baby girl really wears. Is she always in fabulous, splurge-y one-of-a-kind pieces?Um, no. Case in point: One of my favorite go-to garments is the sweet, simple dreamer onesie, courtesy of mom Kristin Hammond's shop, Baby Brewing....
This Farm is Muy Loco
My younger daughter and I are commuting together these days. But my morning radio show of choice? Not so good for the under 5 set. Lately I've been mixing it up with some music and learning all in one with Professor Pocket: Our Silly Farm Adventure. This much lauded,...
Saving The Earth One Empire-Wasted Toddler Dress At A Time
This cozy lounge dress is simply adorable and stylish, no doubt about it. So would you be surprised if I told you that the vivid blue you see is 100% organic cotton from genius kids label Kate Quinn Organics?The puffed sleeves, asymmetrical neck and empire waist makes...
The Princess and the Pen
I'm not a fan of princess-y stuff per se, but I'm not above using small doses of it here and there when it's really needed. So when we came across the EpiPen Princess, a pink pouch for holding potentially life-saving injectors for kids with allergies, I thought yep....
Paging Dr. Mom
Seems like every time my girls and I hit the neighborhood playground, there's a mini injury of some sort. We've had the bee sting, the bloody nose, the scraped knee, and the invisible boo-boo that needs more TLC than Neosporin. You know the one. The MediBuddy, the...
Not Your Mother’s Polyester
I'm a mom who tends towards cottons and natural fabrics. So when I heard about the quick-drying kids duds from Milk Factory I admit I was skeptical. But I've come around.Two smart Vancouver momtrepreneurs created this line of quick-drying performance gear and...
Geneticist Humor
Yes, I'm pregnant. No, it's not my first. It's a boy, and yes, we have a name. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go to talk to that person over there who's going to ask me the very same questions. Pregnancy brings out the curiosity from everyone around you - and I...
Just Call Her Spike
You wouldn't know it to look at me, but this mellow mama's got a punk rock interior. Fortunately (I think) my older daughter's inherited a bit of my hidden dramatic side. So we had the best time recently playing with the Hair Putty from Love Me Baby Me, a line of...