Cool Mom Picks From July 2009
Last Chance to Win One Kings Lane Shopping Spree!
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The waste-free lunch kit with something for everyone
The day I realized how many plastic baggies I was using in my kids' lunches each week was the day I began trying every sort of reusable container and wrap out there.
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In the pink
There aren't too many pink posters I'd hang in my daughters' post-feminist non-pink bedroom, but artist and graphic designer Robin Rosenthal's counting bird poster would easily make the cut.
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Learning disguised as catchy pop songs, cool characters, and charming illustrations.
We don't own a lot of kids' DVD's in my house, primarily since it's so hard to know if we will get our money's worth or they will be watched twice before my daughter gets bored and just wants to throw the disk around.
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Favorite baby carrier? Reader Q&A
I emailed a few months ago asking what your favorite baby carrier was
and your reply was The Rockin Baby Sling, which I ordered and love. I
am now looking for an Ergo/Beco type carrier.
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Let them wheat-free eat cake
Since giving up wheat, there are a few foods I no longer miss, and others I dream about regularly. One of the items I've fantasize about binging on is chocolate chip cookies. I'd just not found a suitable replacement without the gluten.
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Diaper bags that look like nothing of the sort. Which seems to be the point these days.
It's hard to believe a few short years ago, a diaper bag looked like (gasp) a diaper bag.
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Why settle for a mere octopus, when you can make a Socktopus
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Snug as a pea in a pod. Or at least in a baby sleep sack.
While I can't say that sleep sacks miraculously kept my kids from waking up, they at least kept me from needlessly running to their cribs to cover them up or untangle them from their web of blankets.
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World's best pillow fight pillows (sound effects included)
For years, I dreamt about a playroom -- a place (that wasn't my living room) where my boys could make a mess with their superhero toys and have pillow fights and stand on the furniture without making me insane.
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You know those professional baby photos you had taken? Might want to actually hang them some time.
When I discovered the gorgeous handmade frames from O'Brien & Schridde Designs, I developed a raging case of frame envy. If there is such a thing. (Dr. Freud?)
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