I love shopping online. Real brick and mortar stores can't compete with the ease and convenience of e-commerce. The only real drags are the cost of shipping, especially when you're shopping from a dozen different online retailers , and t…
At Cool Mom Picks, we get a kick out of finding cool stuff to make moms' lives easier. Then along comes a community partnership like ONE Moms that's helping make moms' lives easier in a truly profound way: Keeping mothers and babies safe…
We love a great deal as much as you do, so we're thrilled to be introducing a cool new deals program just for our Facebook fans. We set it up so that our readers can score awesome discounts on some of our favorite, rarely discounted bran…
Though three kids doesn't seem like such a big family anymore, whenever we travel I'm reminded that our party of five was never meant to be the norm for hotel rooms. We've had to squish cots into a standard room, spring for two adjoining…
This message is brought to you by Visa The family vacation is a rite of passage, whether it's that first big trip to your child's dream amusement park, a weekend camping trip, or a European tour. If you're the one walking around with cam…
Considering my oldest daughter just turned seven (7!) last week, I've spent the better half of the last few days singing Happy Birthday. So it seemed only fitting that I'd have barely any voice left when I filmed myself doing the same fo…
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This post is sponsored by Yahoo! Every time you click here to make Yahoo! your homepage, you're showing your support for our charity. Recently, our sponsor Yahoo! came up with a cool idea: Ask our readers to make Yahoo! your homepage thi…
We're thrilled to be working with Posterous , a free service helping parents safely and easily share photos and videos. With four kids and very photo-hungry grandparents, you can only imagine how much we get badgered every time we return…
I bum out watching my daughter draw a self-portrait, or even a dog, stop midway, then scribble all over the entire thing in frustration because her picture doesn't look "perfect." Maybe that's why I am particularly fond of these new arti…
I grew up watching The Muppet Show, but like many of us, didn't completely get all the awesome humor until I was an adult watching it again with my kids. So when I heard that there's a new Muppets movie on the way come November, I may ha…
Though I love my suburban life south of Boston, there are times I glance over at what is going on in NYC and get envious of all the cool stuff they have. You know, like great deliver-to-the-door sushi, endless entertainment options, and …
If you have yet to visit, there's a deliciously gorgeous, high-end new site for the foodies mamas among us: Gilt Taste. It's like everything that's great about Gilt plus everything that was great about Gourmet . Gilt Taste in fact is hel…
It's a Pinkalicious world, but I am not a Pinkalicious girl, and neither is my kid. We're more into the Cowboy & Octopus thing. Of course there's nothing wrong with loving the books prominently displayed at big box stores, because, hones…
As much as I love Threadless, I only need so many t-shirts, y'know? But it was only a matter of time before someone would realize that the model of letting the community submit artwork and then vote submissions up for production would ca…
There are no shortage of deals sites out there these days, and I'm all for it. Who wouldn't want a few extra bucks in their wallet? But after getting hordes of emails for 55% off dental services and a bunch of other stuff I wouldn't cons…
I can hardly believe that Earth Day is older than I am. (Ah, feeling young -- what mom doesn't love that?) Begun in 1970 as a means of demonstrating broad public support for the environmental cause, Earth Day is a reminder that this plan…
If you've been reading Cool Mom Picks for a while, you know that we are always looking for sustainably-made, eco-friendly products from conscientious companies, big and small. So for this Friday's Earth Day , instead of giving you more g…
You might remember when we told you about YesKidzCan!, the folks who are helping your kids figure out ways they can start changing the world for the better right now. We love their mission and their Act of Kindness kits, but now they're …
I'm a big fan of all the members-only online shopping sites. I've bought many outfits, handbags and even a vacation through them, but now I can expand my shopping arena to the world of art. Real art. As in, by real artists. And the best …
I've often said to new mom friends that if I had to do it over, I'd have spent less on the crib. Not that I didn't adore our crib for the four years that we used it; but there has to be a better way than shelling out a fortune, even for …
A year ago, I never would have thought I'd be excited about weekly meal planning. I was far too cool and spontaneous to be one of those people who actually planned what dinner we would be eating a day in advance. Please. What a silly mam…
We've so enjoyed being a part of the More Birthdays campaign on behalf of our amazing sponsor, the American Cancer Society. Over the past few months, we've shared some of the ways you can send a personalized celebrity birthday wish to an…
My kids have some of the greatest toys in the world. In one of the messiest playrooms in the world. If there's anyone who needs some design and organization tips , it's me. And I've found just the resource. [don't miss a cool giveaway af…