We weren't kidding when we said we had a week's worth of awesome birthday giveaways to celebrate Cool Mom Picks' fifth birthday. It's been so fun for all of us to read all your comments and suggestions in your entries and get to know you…
I just saw the cutest ever sippy cups--so cute in fact that despite the fact that my girls are (thankfully!) almost past the sippy cup stage, I immediately thought about whether I could justify owning them. The sippy cups from SugarBooge…
We hope you've been having as much fun with our fifth birthday week celebration as we have. And it's still going. How fun are these goody bags, mamas? (Answer: Very fun!) Today we've got five of the wildly popular Go GAGA Messenger bags …
One of the fun things about judging the children's category of the Handmade Olympics this past week, was discovering so many super incredible new finds for you all. It certainly balanced one of the hard things--actually having to pick am…
There's plenty of websites where you can go check out this week's grocery sales , if you're into that sort of thing. (Not judging, just, um, snore .) And we've reviewed plenty of websites and apps to help you do your weekly meal planning…
I have come to love looking forward to my Foodzie tasting box at the beginning of each month, and all the little nibbles and gourmet noshes contained therein. A few weeks back, I opened my box to such an amazing treat: Mini cupcakes in v…
The fun continues in our big fifth birthday week celebration! It's like the birthday gift that keeps on giving. To you. How fun! Today we're giving away five more goodie bags, packed with some of our faves. Starting with a super swanky, …
If I can give you a tip in the sneaker trend department, it's that laces are going away. Not in favor of Velcro, but in favor of nothing at all. I'm seeing lots of plain, unlaced eyelets, all preppy boat-shoe style. So cool. If you're a …
The best post-baby gift I ever received was half of a chocolate cake--which I ate with a spork at midnight in my hospital bed. But if you're looking for a gift that's thoughtful, hip, memorable, and won't leave crumbs in the baby's hair,…
KRISTEN: Back in early 2006, a few months after I started blogging, I thought it might be fun to start another blog that highlighted the cool, handmade goodies I found so many online moms making and selling to help keep their households …
Lovely, Love My Family by the Roots is one of those songs that gets stuck in your head in a good way. My girls discovered it after watching it on Yo, Gabba Gabba! oh, maybe 6,000 times and it's been a favorite around here ever since. So …
Every shower needs a centerpiece, and this one beats the strained peas out of a diaper cake, or one of those Cake-Wreck-y pregnant belly confections that are a little too reminiscent of Sigourney Weaver in Alien. It's the lovely Wishing …
We'd never recommend you give our forefathers the finger (especially on President's Day!), but in the case of these adorable knit finger puppets from Wee Knits , we'll make an exception. Their Patriotic collection of finger puppets inclu…
This week, I popped into one of my favorite NYC department stores to leave my drool marks on the jewelry cases--kind of like a wolf marking his territory. Hey, maybe if I drool on this case here no one else will buy it? And then they'll …
Even if I had known about One Year to an Organized Life with Baby when I was first pregnant, I probably would have been too disorganized to read it. We had recently moved to a new house and to say we were unprepared is an understatement.…
Having just observed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day last month, my kids are familiar with this major figure in black history. But I want them to know that history goes well beyond one man (or woman), and the fact that February is also Bla…
The thing about typical art for kids' walls is that it can feel a little... transitory. You know? Like, it's only up for a year or so before the kid moves on to a new thing. That's why this amazing wall art is so perfect. You just can't …
We're always on the look out for cool services that help make our busy lives easier. Over at Cool Mom Tech, we recently introduced our readers to our sponsor Posterous and their new smart Posterous groups service, and our readers were re…
I am looking for an online meal planner and shopping list generator...any suggestions? As I sit down to plan the meals out and do up a shopping list, I think to myself, there has to be a digital way to do this. -Aine If you really want e…
I couldn't even begin to count the number of times I've mis-snapped my baby's onesies and sleepers during a middle of the night diaper change. Heck, I've even done it during the day. And now, since finding Magnificent Baby, I'm seriously…
The CPSC issued a recall of IKEA SNIGLAR cribs in the US and Canada, because the four bolts that secure the mattress support may not be long enough. Check your crib and see if the mattress support bolts extend through the nut. If so, you…
I'm not a big fan of baby gates. Sure, I appreciate the protection they offer, don't get me wrong. But more often than not, they're ugly. Now, I'm no interior decorator, but I do like my home to look good. And bland wooden baby gates sim…
As a mom of two girls, I haven't had the pleasure of exploring any of the typical themes for boys' bedrooms, like cars, boats, fish and monsters and I'm fine with that. However, robots, at least in my mind, are cool for anyone. I am all …
Yesterday, Cool Mom Picks editor-in-chief and publisher Liz Gumbinner joined NurtureShock co-author Ashley Merryman to talk with Katie Couric about some of today's hot parenting topics on Katie's excellent CBS News webshow, @katiecouric.…
