Fitness gift idea: The 3 best sport belts for your essential gear

by Julie | Fitness + Health

I’ve logged thousands of miles running and cycling, which is not only a good way to counteract my love for carbs, but also to evaluate how I can comfortably carry all the stuff I need while I’m out. I’m talking about my phone, my keys, my earbuds,...

Eat It and Like It! family brunch event with Cool Mom Picks and LiveHealth Online

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Recently, we were introduced to LiveHealth Online, a smart new Internet-based service and mobile app from WellPoint that allows you to choose from a list of board-certified doctors and get medical care and advice right from your home. Seriously, you can show a doctor...

Sync Smartband: A little peace of mind around their wrists

by Christina Refford | Fitness + Health

These days, there’s no shortage of cool tech that families can wear around their wrists, but it’s about to get more useful and sophisticated with the development of the Sync Smartband. Made in sizes for kids and their grown ups, this little watch-sized...

You know that whole thing about ingredients you can’t pronounce? Enter TellSpecopedia

by Liz Gumbinner | Websites We Love

I have just discovered the new ingredients database, TellSpecopedia, and I warn you, click over and it will be hard to leave. This clean, easy to navigate site currently details more than 1,300 ingredients found in foods and cosmetics from the common to the...

The Pact App: Because one way to get in shape is to bet money on it.

by Julie | Best Apps

Most of us have good intentions where it comes to eating healthfully and exercising, but we don’t always follow through. But thanks to a fascinating new app called Pact, you can raise the stakes and hold yourself accountable — as in, financially...

The Sense sleep monitoring system: It knows when you’ve been sleeping. It knows when someone’s snoring keeps you awake.

by Julie | Life and Home

As every parent would probably agree, sleep is essential but often elusive. So when we heard that the Sense sleep monitoring system had totally blown its Kickstarter goal out of the water, we weren’t surprised. But we were super curious to learn more. Sense uses...

The Timeline Project: A very cool way to help women visualize goals.

by Julie | Social Media

I’m a planner: I like knowing what I want to get done, and when I’m going to do it. But I’m also a sucker for dreamy design, so it’s no surprise that I’m smitten with The Timeline Project, a new way for women to visualize your future....

Duux: The ultimate air purifier for a baby’s room

by Kate Etue | Babies, Life and Home

I invested in an air purifier years ago–a big, huge machine that was noisy and ugly, but sure did work to remove the dust and pollen from the air that makes us so sneezy around here. It never made it to our current home, so  I, for one, am pretty excited about...

Wearable blood pressure monitors? Reader Q + A

by Jeana | Fitness + Health

Over the years, I’ve appreciated Cool Mom Tech’s recommendations for fitness and health trackers that record heart rate, sleep and activity patterns. Have you found gadgets, preferably wearable, that monitor blood pressure? – Karine Hi Karine, thanks...

Fitness gifts for dad: The best wearable fitness tech to keep him going and going and going.

by Julie | Father's Day Gifts

Dads may love gadgets, but there are some dads who prefer the kinds that help get them off the couch. With wearable tech booming this year, we’ve rounded up some favorite fitness gifts for dads who want to get in shape this Father’s Day– or who are...