Cool Mom Picks From June 2008
Ja, Mon
That's it, it's official. Organic baby gifts are officially taking over the world. Not that we take issue with that, mind you. What could be better than knowing that the bibs and blankets your little one is bequeathed are free of icky chemicals and helping the earth to boot?
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Attention Parents of Hypochondriacs
When my daughter was a toddler, it wasn't only cleaning supplies that had to go into high or locked cabinets -- we also had to hide the band-aids, lest she plaster herself head to toe every time she experienced a boo-boo. Real or imagined
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East Meets West
I'm pretty sure that even if I weren't Chinese, I'd still have a penchant towards Asian-inspired kids clothing. Given the chance, I could probably dress my daughter in gorgeous lotus fabrics and mandarin collar dresses all year long. But yet again, my poor son gets left out of the cool clothes club.
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Happy Camper Week: Built NY Munchlers
With extra protective parents and a ton of great outdoor resources right near our home, I saw my fair share of day camps growing up. So along with my swimsuit and an extra change of clothes, my mom always had to pack me a lunch.
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Big Brands Doing Cool Things: Aurora's Eco-Plush Animals
Mostly we're fans of handmade plush around here, but we also understand that not everyone wants to spend $85 on a penguin hand-knit from recycled sweaters then hand-stuffed with locally harvested cotton.
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Dear John (Or Aiden or Chloe or Oliver) Letters
I've recorded tiny details in baby books for my two girls,
but for kiddo #3 I hope to
present him with a book of love letters that I've written
especially for him, inspired by the words and photographs of Bev
Hawley.
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Happy Camper Week on Cool Mom Picks: The Camp Pack From Mabel's Labels
If you've got a kid heading off to sleepaway camp or even day camp, you're pretty much hoping that he'll come back home again with the same stuff you sent him there with. Except maybe that peanut butter sandwich. Because that would be gross.
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Secret Agent Ma'am
My daughter adores cartoon characters, as she is biologically programmed to, but I don't necessarily like cartoon characters all over her clothes. (God love Diego for teaching my kid what an ocelot is but I don't feel the need to reciprocate by advertising the show for him.)
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Attention Pretend K-Mart Shoppers
Pity the average supermarket shopper; we have to push around banged-up, one-wheel- jiggling, sticky-handled metal shopping carts when we do our food shopping
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The Sony Alpha DSLR-A 300K: Cool Mom--and Cool Dad--Approved
I can say without exaggeration that our apartment has been overrun by the most obnoxiously adorable everything in the world for Liz to consider for review. She recently caught my attention, however, with an e-mail from Sony about a new camera. I like cameras. I like new things. I can only imagine I'd like a new camera.
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A Dandy Alternative To Backpacks For Kids
My three year-old has entered that phase I'm lovingly describing as Her Jerk Phase. As in, the movie The Jerk. Remember that scene where Steve Martin says "The ashtray, the paddle thing and the remote control. And these matches. That's all I need. And this chair." Well that's how it is getting out of the house with my daughter these days.
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