by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
Now that you’ve all got those shiny new iPhones and iPod touches for the holidays (or at least a few million of you do), it’s time to start loading up on apps for the kids. A good place to start is our editors’ picks for best kids’ apps of the...
by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year
We use our gadgets as just one tool in a huge arsenal of parenting tricks to help us entertain our little ones. When we do, here are the apps that keep our kids happy, with lots of emphasis on storytelling, imagination and creativity. Toca Boca appsLiz + Kristen:...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
To continue our “Are you ready for this?” series, I’ve received a slew of questions recently about when it’s appropriate to give kids an e-reader or tablet like the NOOK Tablet and Kindle Fire. Overall the assumption is that they’re a...
by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps
*EDITORS NOTE: PLEASE SEE UPDATE BELOWWhen I was a kid, I used to LOVE those video segments on PBS shows like Reading Rainbow and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood that featured things being made or built. There was one visit to a crayon-making factory I hold in...
by Cool Mom Team | Babies
Little did those Angry Birds know that those pigs would be the least of their worries. Because, as it turns out, now they have to watch out for drool and baby food too. This hilarious handmade Angry Birds bib comes from Etsy’s Ai Tenshi. This flannel bib with a...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Now that we’ve turned back the clocks (we did, didn’t we?) there’s one more reason my kids will be waking up too early. And one more reason I’m glad to have come across a decent learning clock made for kids and their sleep-deprived...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
The candy is bought, the costumes are (almost) finished, and the kids are already bouncing off the walls in anticipation of the night we let them stay up way too late eating sugary treats. If you want to ramp up their excitement a wee bit, just grab a copy of this...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
I only became familiar with html a few years ago, so imagine the advantage my kids will have now that I’m reading them HTML for Babies at bedtime. Okay, so I’m joking, but it might just be one of the best geeky baby gifts ever for your favorite web geek....
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
You can really never have too many lullabies, can you? I love lullabies for bedtime, of course, but also to play when we need to calm down after lunch, or on lazy rainy afternoons. And when the lullaby is as pretty as this one from America singer-songwriter Laura...
