More coolness from recent weeks…
Keeping the baby close to your heart. Literally.
So you've done the ID bracelet. You've done the locket. You've done every cool keepsake-y baby gift known to man and yet you're still not satisfied. You want the newest, freshest, coolest, latest. Voila: The brand new Baby Coins from perennial CMP fave, Julian &...
A Pillow Worth Grabbing
Everyone knows that babies go nuts for tags, but not everyone loves the mass produced tag blankets made from synthetic materials. (Raising hand here.) In which case, the Grabby Taggy pillows from the wonderful shop, Nico & Zoe might be more your style. We found...
96 Pictures Are Worth 96,000 Words, Plus Your Signature
Living far from friends and family means that the holiday card has the burden of making up for a whole lot of missed milestones. But who can pick just one picture to represent a whole year's worth of cuteness? Well, now you don't have to thanks to Ringobaby's...
Laptops All Around!
As the day of giving thanks approaches, I think it's important to think about how privileged we all are just to be able to sit behind our computer screens, connecting to other parents, doing a little shopping, playing a little Snood. Starting tomorrow, not-for-profit...
Tuning Out
I used to say that I'd never lie to my child. But the older he got, and the more obsessed he became with watching registered trademark cartoon characters, the more often I've found myself saying, "Sorry honey, the television is broken again." BOB gets...
Psst…Girls Like Trains Too
I know that traditionally, it's boys who like cars and trains and trucks and girls who like...I don't know. Sparkles. I guess. So what do you do when you've got a daughter like mine who likes the cars and trains and trucks? You hook her up with a pair of super cute...
Peace, Love and the Blankies
I think we can all conjure up a few music artists today whose tunes are snappy, but whose life choices and lyrics might be a little, um... toxic. That's why I dig the idea of cartoon character pop stars. For starters, their managers can make sure they're focusing on...
Delicious, Not Deceptive
There's been quite a bit of buzz among parents lately about whether hiding healthy foods in other foods is the right thing to do. For those who prefer to keep nutrients in plain view of the family, I've found a great resource in the Smart Foods Healthy Kids web site....
The Name’s Superoboturbo (Shortened From Superoboturbostein)
My son is currently more into electronics than art, preferring robots to Rothko. Go figure. So when it comes to the pictures that we'd all like on his walls, I never thought I'd find what I found from the artist Superoboturbo at Kindergallery. He's introduced us to a...
Phooey!
Back in my younger days, I had a thing for the Tin Tin series of comics on my shelf. They were in French. I didn't speak French. It didn't matter. The illustrations allowed me to create my own story in my head. That's just what I was reminded of when I got a copy of...
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...