Smart Mom Picks

As mom to a 5 year-old little girl, I can’t help but be concerned about how my daughter will be influenced by our culture’s definition of, and obsession with, beauty. I’ve already had several instances of her coming to me saying, “I don’t look cute in this.” And to think I assumed I had until [...]

There are times that I dream of having a fabulous, luxe outdoor living area in our backyard. It would be a fully stocked, mack daddy place. I’d have a full size kitchen out there complete with warming drawers and a kegerator. I’d have a gigantic fireplace and a cool chandelier. I’d have a comfy lounging couch. [...]

I’m just going to say it: if your kid is rocking this bike through the neighborhood, you are officially the coolest parent. Ever. Coined the “ultimate pre-bike”, the Wishbone limited edition Endangered Snail Bike has original art by Neal Whittington and was inspired by the endangered giant kauri snail of New Zealand. With gorgeous green [...]

Here’s another product from the “Why Didn’t I Find These Sooner?” files. My daughter desperately wanted her ears pierced. So, we promised her that, for her 5th birthday, we’d take her to the mall and have the deed done. $39 and a crying child later, she had her ears pierced. Great! They looked adorable. But [...]

What’s the old saying…a place for everything, and everything in its place? This is not how things roll at my house. We currently live by: everything is on the floor, even though it should be someplace else. (By the way, that “someplace else” is usually a plastic tub). We just don’t ever seem to have [...]

Every momma out there loves to track their child’s growth. From pencil marks on a door frame to elaborate growth charts that hang on the wall of their bedrooms, there are many ways to measure your little ones. And Miss Natalie’s Growth Chart is a divine way for simplistic moms everywhere to record those milestones. Packaged [...]

I have two children that love the water; one is a competitive swimmer and one is just an infant. And since the oldest doesn’t need a Sea Squirts Swim Assist Vest, the younger one is going to have to grin and bear it. And how could she not? While she likely won’t appreciate the design [...]

Every day another sandwich …and another sandwich bag. In fact, more than 20 million sandwich bags from school lunches go into landfills in the U.S. every day! While I’m all for reducing, reusing and recycling, it gets a bit dicey when you’re trying to cram a sandwich into your kid’s lunchbox sans bag and it’s [...]

Congratulations, your baby has graduated from a crib to a real bed! Now for the bad news: most toddler bedding is a snooze. When it’s time to head into your average department store to buy sheets for the new Big Kid bed, you will most likely be greeted with a cavalcade of pale pink puppies, [...]

Let’s face it – as parents, we all think our kids are prodigies at something. My kid was swimming in the 8 foot end of our pool at 18 months of age and I was absolutely convinced he was the next Michael Phelps. However, right now the only similarity between the two is that they [...]