Cool Mom Picks From October 2006
It's a Nice Day for Some Black Bedding
So you had to take out your belly ring, and your maternity pants cover up your lower back tattoo. But just because you've sacrificed a little of your own rock n' roll style for motherhood doesn't mean you have to give up entirely.
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Flash Me
Although I love form and fashion, I'm a sucker for function as well. In fact I nearly cried tears of joy when shopping for baby stuff and discovered a combination baby swing/high chair combo. That's why the flash card and mobile combination from Wee Gallery makes me happy as a clam.
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Premium Pow-Wow
The Christmas of my childhood generally consisted of a full stocking and one big gift, which we certainly preferred to the alternative of fourteen crappy plastic toys and a few itchy grandma sweaters. It was way cooler to get something like a ballet barre, a rocking horse, or a teepee.
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Crazy Legs McGee
While I'm not wholeheartedly welcoming back 80s trends like leggings and cinched belts over long sweaters (Earth to fashion designers, come in...) I am delighted about leg warmers. You heard me, leg warmers. But only because I'm not the one expected to wear them.
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Chocolate: It Does a Boobie Good.
With so many important causes that speak to me, I find it hard to keep track of them all. And while I do attempt to donate time or money to at least one charity a month, I'm fairly certain that I can singlehandedly fund breast cancer research with this one.
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One-Stop Rocking
Wouldn't it be amazing if there was one site that sold all the cool music that CMP recommends? And wouldn't it be even more amazing if you didn't have to dig through a bunch of other music--the kind we don't recommend--on that site to find the good stuff that has been carefully tucked away?
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Moses Should Have Been So Lucky
With child #1, I was obsessed with that baby mega-store's registry list. And while I got all the practical items that I may or may not have needed, this time I'm hoping for a few splurges that I've been coveting. Take for example the extraordinary moses baskets from Baby Starlet.
One Size Fits Bump
At 6 months pregnant, I'm already wearing a size large in most of my shirts. Okay, all of them. And even then, I'm still pulling down my not-so-flattering shirt to cover the band that barely keeps my pants up.
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C is for Cure
My mother-in-law successfully beat breast cancer several years ago, and while she doesn't talk about it much, we all know it's a cause she adamantly supports. We do our best to buy breast cancer stamps and wear any pink ribbon paraphernalia she sends us, but I'm always on the look out for something extraordinary that expresses our support for her courageous battle.
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I'll Pass on the Plastic Flavored Juice
It's one thing when you sniff your kid's clean plastic juice cup and it smells like a menagerie of the last few days of delightful drinks. Ick. But it's a whole other issue when you read about the leakage of chemicals from the plastic into your kid's digestive systems. That's just plain bad news.
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Return to (Stylish) Sender
After addressing way too many of my two-year-old's birthday invites, I realized the only return address labels I had were the free ones from charities that remind you you still need to send them a little something-something in return. These labels aren't so bad on a credit card bill, but perhaps not the greatest choice for my fancy photo cards and personal letters.
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