Funny Baby Gifts That Keep Parents Laughing | Baby Shower Gift Guide

by Liz Gumbinner

We share funny baby gifts for new parents all year around here, so why not create an entire category for our favorite funny baby gifts in our Baby Gift Guide? And so we did. I mean, what new parents can’t use a good laugh during some of the most...

The best subscription gifts for kids this year: 40+ ideas for every age, and every interest

by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings

All year long, we adore sending subscription gifts for kids, which are always some of our favorites to give — and also, happen to make perfect last minute gifts for birthdays, holidays, or other celebrations. Our kids love to receive boxes in the mail each...

We found 50+ seriously cool gifts for men and women, all under $15

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

We’ve shared our favorite gifts for kids under $15, and now of course, we’ve got gifts for adults under $15. After creating these affordable holiday gift lists for years now, we have one rule: No stocking stuffers! In other words, a lip balm from the drug...

If you’re smart, you’ll stock up on these things for winter before they run out. Again.

by Caroline Siegrist | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

With winter around the corner, I know so many of us are in full prep mode. Or at least as close to full prep mode as we can be while also managing work, online school, and preventing a household COVID outbreak. Oof. So I’ve tried to take some of the leg work out...

The GenX midlife crisis: It’s real, you’re not alone, and it’s not your fault. | Spawned Ep 207

by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Books for Adults

This week on Spawned, I have a fantastic, encouraging conversation with Ada Calhoun, prolific author and writer, who’s always got her finger on the pulse of culture. Her latest book, Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis (from Amazon,...

Meena Harris on the importance of diversity in children’s books, and raising kids who care | Spawned Ep 204

by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Books for Kids, Doing Good

A few days ago, just before an intense week of protests and democratic uprising across America, I was grateful to talk to the truly delightful, brilliant Meena Harris. She’s an activist, strategist, mom of two, and now, author of the wonderful new...

The best children’s books of 2019 to read in 2020: All the lists in one convenient place.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

It’s time to make your 2020 reading list! This is our fifth year to round up all the year’s best-of lists of children’s books, all in one convenient place for you, so you can have quick access to dozens of ideas when you’re at the bookstore or...

15 cool gifts for the guy who has everything. Except…well, these.

by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Gift Guide

Oh, men. We love them, we love shopping for them, but we hate when they seem to already have everything they need — maybe because we’re all such amazing gift givers? Ha. Fret not! Over the years, we’ve put together a lot of fabulous guides to cool...

Gifts for the cool dad who’s the first to say “I’m not babysitting, I’m parenting.”

by Liz Gumbinner

Gifts for the cool dad who’s the first to say “I’m not babysitting, I’m parenting.” Does he get brownie points for raising his own kid? Scheduling playdates? Doing laundry? He’ll be the first to tell you no.  But that doesn’t mean you can’t...

The best baby shower gifts under $50

by Cool Mom Team

If you’ve got up to $50 to spend on baby shower gifts, we’ve scoured the corners of the interwebs to find the absolute coolest ones. Whether you want a practical baby shower gift, something a little outrageous, or something so sweet + sentimental...