I still fondly remember Momma's Jewels as the first teething jewelry I had seen that didn't look like teething jewelry. My feeling has always been that if you're going to wear jewelry, wear jewelry that looks fabulous to everyone around you. Not just [...] 
We've all got play dough connoisseurs for children at Cool Mom Picks, so I know that a few of the organic versions I've had a chance to try out recently have some tough standards to live up to. Alison has trouble saying her L's. She uses a W sound instead of an L sound. We were trying to teach her to say L's one day.
Me: Alison say, la la la
Alison: la la la
Me: la la la... lemonade
Alison: la la la... wemonade
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I got my nightly call' [...]
We went over to Pennie’s house yesterday to celebrate her birthday and Madison said, “Mommy, would you feel bad if I thought Pennie was prettier than you?”
And I said, “Of course.”
No, I said, “Nope, I think Pennie’s beautiful.”
And she said, “Oh, OK. I think Pennie’s prettier than you are.”
She is, [...]
1) Driving behind motorcycles. I saw this really gory video in Drivers Ed and I’ve never quite recovered from it.
2) Snakes. Just in general.
3) The phrase “Mommy, What if I went downstairs and accidentally peed in the litter box?”
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Considering my youngest is getting all her molars and eye teeth in at the same time (no kidding), the super smart Ringley teether, a mom-invented natural wood and organic terry cloth teething toy, is in regular rotation around my place. But now the Ringley [...] Every parent knows what a Cool Parent point is, right?
You know, you earn Cool Parent points in those moments when your kids don’t think you’re a nerd, a geek, too bossy, or someone who is ruining your life.
You collect Cool Parent points when you do [...]
When my mom died and my sister and I divvied up her belongings that my father did not need, I ended up with the coveted “The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.” It was profoundly sentimental to me because it was the duct-taped book that my parents had used [...]
When my mom died and my sister and I divvied up her belongings that my father did not need, I ended up with the coveted “The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.” It was profoundly sentimental to me because it was the duct-taped book that my parents had used [...]
There’s an incredible blogger and mom in Atlanta named Anissa. If you haven’t read her before, you should puruse her archives. She’s sassy, funny, smart, and strong.
She began blogging about her daughter’s fight against cancer awhile back. But now she’s in the hospital. She’s suffered a massive stroke.
Please send [...]
This is a topic that is very timely for me (Thanksgivingmom) right now, but is something that all of us in open adoption deal with at least once during the year: birthdays.I know that birthdays can be an extremely emotional time, for everyone connected to adoption, not [...]
By Kristen Kardos
DONA International explains a doula as follows;
The word “doula” comes from the ancient Greek meaning “a woman who serves” and is now used to refer to a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after [...]
Mid-day Saturday, my seven year old son sat in our living room defying me.
"I'm NOT going!"
"You don't know you don't want to go," I said. "This is going to be so cool -- it's a skateboard event!"
"Mom," my seven year old daughter' [...]
Toys and games — what an great category! Is that present for mom or dad, or one of the kids? Does it matter? A lot of these present suggestions really are good for the whole family, cliche or not. Click on the gift guide logo on [...]
Like most folks this year, money is tight at our house. We're not taking any lavish vacations or buying a Mercedes Benz and putting a big red bow in it to surprise daddy with it Christmas morning. (sigh, maybe next year...not!) This year I am doing' [...]
There's a good reason our readers are tremendous fans of the keepsake jewelry from Julian & Co, and that's because you are all smart. And have good taste. And like things that make you cry. 
When I was little, I went to church with my grandma and grandpa whenever I was at their house on Sundays. Since my mom worked several jobs when I was little, I was at my grandparents’ house a lot.
One thing that I can vividly remember about that [...]
PMom e-mailed me this question for the Monday Consult:
"I have a 3 yr old daughter who doesn't want to wear clothes with full sleeves in fall or different clothes. We have tried giving her candy, have taken her sleeveless outside. It's (an) everyday struggle'" [...] 
