Spawned with Kristen and Liz of CoolMomPicks

Today, Liz is joined by Lauren Smith Brody, the fabulous author of The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After Baby. Join us for a fun, revealing, extremely honest chat about getting over mommy guilt (argh!), how to look and and feel human again, how to carve out me-time, and why single moms are our role models. | Comments/Questions? Find us on social @coolmompicks using hashtag #spawnedshow or drop us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com | And fear not...Kristen will be returning next week!

This week, we're sharing the Mother's Day PR pitches in our inboxes that are so hilariously bad we couldn't help but laugh about them. And uh....save them. To share with you. Because we love you. Want to say hi to Kristen + Liz? Share the best or worst gifts you've ever gotten? Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook or IG @CoolMomPicks and use the hashtag #SpawnedShow. 

This week, Liz and Kristen sit down with the one and only queen of kids music, Laurie Berkner! Tune in for a fun talk about what to do when your kids outgrow the kid stuff, learn tips for connecting over the music they do like, and behold: our own first teenage concert confessions! Some of which are more embarrassing than others. (Ahem, Kristen.) 

Upon popular request, it's an entire Cool Picks of the Week episode, filled with beauty saves and splurges right from our own make-up bags. Did Liz really spend $72 on a mascara? Is that $5 lipstick as good as the $30 one? We'll give you the inside scoop on our favorites that we hope you love just as much as we do. You can find links from our show over on our podcast page. And feel free to send us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com or tweet us @coolmompicks #spawnedshow. 

With so many parents asking us about how to manage social media and kids, we decided to spend a show helping parents navigate this challenging topic. On this episode, we discuss some of the recent studies about kids and social media, and then tap into our own experience as parents and tech experts to share our tips, tricks, and practice advice. And of course, we end our show with our cool picks of the week. You can find all the links from this show (there are lots!) on our podcast page. And feel free to hit us up on social media: @coolmompicks #spawnedshow on Twitter and Facebook. Or email us: spawned@coolmompicks.com.

Who doesn't want more time in their day? On this episode of Spawned with Kristen and Liz, we take a close look at 5 popular time organization techniques from the experts and talk about how they could work (or not) for parents. We bet you'll appreciate these smart ideas that could really help make your life as a busy parent easier. And, as always, we share our cool picks of the week. You can find everything we mentioned on the show over on our Cool Mom Picks podcast page. And feel free to drop us a line and let us know what you think about the show. We're on Twitter (use #spawnedshow), Facebook, and Instagram. Or, email us at spawned@coolmompicks.com. 

With the popularity of the new Beauty and the Beast movie, we just had to address the issue of princess culture and whether it's healthy or hurtful. Can you still be a feminist parent with daughters obsessed with princesses? How does this all affect our sons? We tap into books, articles, research, and our own parenting experience as we chat about this controversial topic. You'll find all the links from our show over on our Cool Mom Picks podcast page. And, be sure to subscribe to our podcast so you never miss an episode! Thanks for your emails, tweets, and kind reviews. 

Whether you've got a kid who eats everything or the same four foods over and over, we've got tips, tricks, and helpful advice from our Cool Mom Eats food editor (and mom of 2), Stacie Billis that you won't want to miss. Tapping into her background in child development as well as her many years as a food writer, Stacie shares her advice on everything from how to get kids to eat better to ways to encourage picky eaters to try new foods, all without driving yourself crazy. Or, too crazy, that is. Plus, we share our cool picks of the week! Head over to our Cool Mom Picks podcast page to get what you might have missed during the show, and feel free to reach out to us with questions and comments. We love hearing from you! We're on Twitter @coolmompicks #SpawnedShow, Facebook, or drop us an email: spawned@coolmompicks.com. 

That's right, the Dr. Harvey Karp joins us for this very special episode to answer your sleep questions, like when babies are really supposed to sleep through the night, what's the right (and wrong!) kind of white noise, plus how to handle sleep issues with older kids. And, he shares the inside scoop on his brand new SNOO smart sleeper, and how it's helping babies and parents get more sleep. Let's just say we both breathed a collective sigh of relief after chatting with him, and we hope you will too.You can see all the links we mention on the show over at our Cool Mom Picks Podcast page. And we'd love to hear from you! Drop us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com, or tweet us @CoolMomPicks using #SpawnedShow. Thanks so much for listening! 

It can be tough to know where and when to start when it comes to kids and money. And don't even get started about the allowance question. How much? And for what? Well, we've got ALL the answers thanks to our special guest Beth Kobliner, who's a financial expert, and NYT bestselling author. We're chatting about her new book "Make Your Kid a Money Genius" and tackling our questions and yours, too. Plus, she tells us what we're doing right and wrong with our own kids. You won't want to miss this!You can find all the links from this episode on our Cool Mom Picks podcast page. And feel free to reach out to us on Twitter #SpawnedShow, Facebook, and email: spawned@coolmompicks.com. 

We thought it would be fun to do an Oscars episode, but then realized we hadn't seen any of the movies (unless you count a couple of the animated feature). Ah, parenting! So instead, we're talking about all the things that change when you have kids, from sleep to finances, to exercise and yes, not seeing the Oscar-nominated movies. And of course, we've got our cool picks of the week. Got a show idea? Want to say hello? Drop us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com or catch us on Twitter or Facebook. You can find all the links from our show over on Cool Mom Picks. Thanks for listening! 

Considering pretty much everyone had something to say about Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech, we figured we'd jump on the bandwagon too. On today's episode, we're sharing our first reactions, our controversial tweet that got us a couple unfollows, and why Liz played it for her kids. Oh yes she did. Plus, as always, our cool picks of the week. You can find all the links we talk about on our show over on our Cool Mom Picks podcast page. Feel free to drop us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com, tweet us @coolmompicks with #Spawnedshow or catch us on Facebook. 

We've decided this is finally the year to actually tackle all those darn New Year's resolutions we make and just never seem to be able to keep. Whether you want to lose weight, eat better, take more time for yourself, read more, get your finances together (you get the idea), we're sharing our own advice, plus tips and tricks from the experts, on how to actually make 2017 of getting sh*t done. You can find all the links from the show on our Cool Mom Picks podcast page. And we'd love to hear from you! Drop us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com, or tweet us @CoolMomPicks with #SpawnedShow. 

We decided that what we needed (hey, maybe you too) was some good old fashioned almost pee-your-pants laughter, so on today's episode of Spawned, we're sharing some of the best holiday humor from around the web. From weird Pinterest hoilday crafts using things you won't believe people used to make crafts, to hilarious holiday tweets, plus funny holiday cards, blog posts that made us cry-laugh, and lots more. We bet there's at least something in this episode that will make you chuckle or we'll give you your money back. Heh. You'll find all the funny links we discussed on our podcast over on Cool Mom Picks. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us an email at spawned@coolmompicks.com, or tweet us @CoolMomPicks with #SpawnedShow. We're also on Facebook, Instagram, and MySpace. Okay, not really on MySpace but just making sure you're paying attention. 

For this special extended version of Spawned, we tackle your funny, smart, challenging, and hilarious holiday questions. How do you deal with the "Is Santa real?" question? What should you do about unwelcome holiday guests, animal and human? How to you manage overly involved grandparents, disgruntled tweens, and the mother-in-law? We've got answers to all this and a whole lot more. Listen to see if you agree with our advice. And hey, let us know if you think we're wrong. Feel free to email us your own answers to any or all of these questions at spawned@coolmompicks.com. You can also tweet us @coolmompicks with #spawnedshow or catch us on Facebook. Thanks for listening!