Cool Mom Picks

Avast, ye scurvy junk food

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:17 -0500

It had to happen eventually--first Cookie Monster, and now pirates have gone on a health kick.

A kinder, gentler gift wrap

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:15 -0500

I've admitted here before that I'm a terrible gift wrapper, but as long as there are children aging in the world, there will be presents to wrap.

Read it again (and again and again and again)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0500

We've all been there; the kid has found his Most Favorite Book Ever, and he wants to hear it over and over.

Y water? Because we like it.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:15 -0500

Since bringing home a few bottles of Y Water to try out, my kids have been asking for it pretty much hourly.

The one page baby record book

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:40 -0500

We've all experimented with the best way to keep track of a newborn's schedule of eating, sleeping, and pooping. If the pen-and-paper way isn't for you, then Sarah Masci's stylish and eco-friendly Lullaboard may do the trick.

Easy peace-y

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0500

I think somewhere in my heart I'm a damn dirty hippie with all this suppressed nostalgia for the Woodstock era.

The leg room's not bad but they don't serve lunch

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0500

When I saw the Cardboard Designs airplane at Arte Bebe, I immediately sent it to my husband the pilot.

Doing more with less

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:40 -0500

I tend to prefer big honking statement jewelry - huge pendants, chunky bangles, cocktail rings that make it impossible to shake hands. But there's something indescribably lovely about teeny and subtle when it's dancing at your tanned collarbone.

This Works. Says them. And us.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:30 -0500

Each morning, it takes a vat of coffee to get me going and ready to face another day in charge of three young lives. So yes, I was eager to trying out a shower gel with the word "energy" in it.

Cool Beans

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:15 -0500

Magic Beans may sound like something a frat guy tried to slip me back in college, but it's actually the name of a super stocked Boston area baby gear and toy store.

The dress that makes me want a third baby. (This time a girl.)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:42 -0500

I have two boys, and while I adore them, I've always felt like I missed out a little when it comes to shopping, because boys really get the short end of the stick for play clothes.

Let's go to the clip

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:22 -0500

Just when I think I've seen every hair clip known to man (or diva-in-training), I discover the adorable children's barettes from artist Hayley Hackler

Like a craft fair without the parking hassles

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:20 -0500

I just discovered the wonderful Poppytalk Handmade, and I am wondering where it's been all my life.

The joy of bins

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0500

With three kids running circles around me, I've made some concessions when it comes to cleaning up. And one of them is that I'm not going to be doing all of it.

Eco-Fingerpaints inspire a hair less dread than ordinary fingerpaints

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:40 -0500

When the kids ask to fingerpaint, I conjure up visions of them covered in gelatinous, who-knows-what goo which doesn't make me too eager to indulge them in their favorite medium.