Once you have kids, you're on the go for the next-- oh, eighteen years. Going to music class, going to preschool, going shopping to replace all the shoes they outgrow. But one way you can stay put is with our free newsletters which deliv…
One of our favorite sections of Cool Mom Picks is titled Baubles & Bags (and one of yours too, based on the comments here), because we know that being a mom doesn't mean you have to give up your bling. From diaper bags that are prettier …
Along with standing and getting out of diapers, one of my favorite so-called "developmental milestones" was when my kids grabbed another's pudgy little hand and declared this person their "fwend." Capturing these moments of first love ma…
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…
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 …
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, …
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 …
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…
There's a running store on my block with a BOB stroller displayed in the window. Every time I pass it, I marvel at the lean, mean, baby-transporting machine. So when I had the opportunity to give their new 2011 Revolution SE a road test,…
Here at Cool Mom Picks, we've got a whole lot of New Year's Resolutions: 1. We resolve to offer a most excellent giveaway in our newsletter every single month. This month, we have two gift certificates to Polarn O. Pyret worth $125, only…
We've had the best time this month just giving away $500 Best Buy gift cards at Cool Mom Tech to our deserving and ever-awesome readers. But our mad benevolent giving frenzy is not over yet -- click over to our Best Buy Wish List post ab…
You know how much we love giving things away to our readers. Especially this time of year. The way we see it, mamas don't get year-end bonuses for changing 87 diapers in the dark or getting a kid to finally eat broccoli without ketchup. …
Yes, we're thankful for turkey, and pie, and those little buttery rolls, too. But mostly you. That's why we mamas work so hard to bring you the coolest finds, the best deals , and the most marvelous giveaways. If that sounds pretty good,…
I am fond of the polka dot. As a little girl, I had a white dress with red polka dots and it was my absolute favorite. Now, as a mom, I tend to restrict my dottiness to dressing my daughters and for their nursery. One of the many fabulou…
Yeah, we know. It's the week before Halloween, and pretty much everything is "so fabulous it's scary." Still, subscribing to the Cool Mom Picks newsletter truly is a treat. And there's no trick-- we promise. So what's coming to haunt you…
To celebrate the launch of our new sister site, Cool Mom Tech last week, we got together and threw a bicoastal launch party sponsored by the amazing techcessory mavens at Logitech . And what a party it was! Because we couldn't invite eve…
If you're reading this, you are fabulous, and we love you, and we want to bring further awesomeness to your inbox a couple of times a month, plus chances to win fantastic prizes. All you have to do is subscribe to Cool Mom Picks before T…
I love small things. I do. Crazy about little things. So when HP offered up the new HP Mini 210 and the utterly adorable HP V5040u Camcorder to review, we leaped at the chance to see if they were as fabulous as they looked. The answer: Y…
We wish we could give every single one of our subscribers a million dollars. Tax-free. That's just how much we love you. Until that day, we can make at least one of you happy with a super awesome giveaway worth $1200. (Really!) [Super fa…
If you're a regular Cool Mom Picks reader but have yet to become a newsletter subscriber, then let us just say that this is the perfect time to join. Because you might just win an incredible prize package valued at $500 from Micralite , …
We are all staunch devotees of the members-only luxury sale site, Ideeli , which has perhaps the most consistent array of high-end designer clothing and accessories at fabulous prices, along with giveaways that even we find ourselves ent…