Boots that don’t make you say Ugh

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion

The chic streets of Manhattan on foul weather days belong to Hunter Boots this year. These all-weather, all-natural rubber wellies in colors from pine green to flashy silver are keeping the annoyingly toned calves of stylish New Yorkers warm and dry everywhere I look....

Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any reclaimed wool for upcycled art projects?

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

One of the stand-outs to me at this year’s overwhelming Toy Fair show weren’t actually toys at all, but the lovely handmade wall art from CMP fave Cate and Levi. Like their original, one-of-a-kind stuffed animals, the critters are pieced together...

Smitten with mittens

by Delilah S. Dawson | Kid Style

I know what you’re thinking– Why is the Georgia girl recommending mittens? Because I’m the biggest sissy about cold, that’s why. But I’m proud to say that we have three whole inches of snow right now, and I sent my kids straight outside...

Organic crib bedding to grow with

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Here’s what I’ve learned: Your daughter may be all Thomas, Thomas! now but in no time at all, that train love will become Abby Cadabby, which becomes Uniqua which becomes I only like things that are purple and turquoise but mostly purple. Which is why I...

Headbands are the new baseball caps. Thank God.

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I’ve been following the headband trend, waiting for something that I could possibly get away with, you know, as I glamorously work from home and chase three kids around. Sorry if I just can’t do the whole feather and lace thing these days.But a couple of...

We need to move it, move it.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Doing Good, Food + Recipes

Michelle Obama may be known for her sculpted arms, but her commitment to health and exercise goes a lot deeper. Last week, the First Lady introduced a new initiative, Let’s Move!, which is supported by the newly created Partnership for a Healthier America. Their...

We don’t have to get pregnant to wear Liz Lange. Or some of us don’t.

by Stephanie Slate | Fashion

And as a Canadian mama, it was with much excitement that I used to take trips south of the border and bring home some lovely Liz Lange maternity clothes. Well now I’m going to have to get myself an American address since it looks like there are some brand new...

Oh, The Pictures You’ll Take!

by Catherine | Cool Tech

My daughter loves Dr. Seuss. She also loves the camera on my iPhone. Put these together and you have a four year old in Seussian snap happy heaven, and a mother who can’t check her e-mail or play Words With Friends when her kid is around.The Dr. Seuss Camera,...

Organic baby clothes that do that old ovary-awakening thing. Darnit.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

For some time now I’ve had my eye on the beautiful organic baby clothes from L.A.’s PAIGELAUREN baby. These suuuuper soft, really lovely designs are just the kind of thing that make the perfect gift for your picky mama friend who likes her baby clothes...

Want Your Enfant To Passez La Baguette? There’s An App For That

by Catherine | Cool Tech

I have this fantasy of one day living in Paris, in some old, sunwashed apartment on one of the old arrondissements. Trouble is, although I read French – a hangover from graduate studies – I don’t speak much of it, and what little of it I do speak is...