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- Style+Beauty
- Cookie Sheet: Lela Rose Famous for creating the Bush girls' dresses for their father's inauguration, the Texas-born fashion designer and mother of two, Lela Rose, spent six months going door-to-door in Pennsylvania campaigning for Obama. How does this busy mom do it all?
- Hair Products Whether you're looking to clean up, lift up, or brighten up your locks, we've got you covered with our picks from the newest in hair care.
- Travel
- City Guide: Providence, Rhode Island The capital city is the perfect walkable northeastern metropolis with equal parts history and culture
- Road Trip Games Make the drive a fun adventure with these classic road-trip games. Don't forget to bring a few prizes—with a little incentive, these games double in fun.
- Food+Parties
- Recipe Newsletter Sign up to get our can't-live-without recipes each week.
- Q&A: Dan Barber This New York City-based chef operates two Blue Hill restaurants: one in Greenwich Village, the other at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in bucolic Pocantico Hills, New York. Both outposts feature locally grown, seasonal produce with a heavy emphasis on friends and family.
- Bread Salad Recipe A recipe for bread salad by Alice Waters, author of Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea.
- Party Favors Tired of the usual postparty haul of plastic trinkets and sugary treats? These six unique favors go the extra mile.
- Entertainment
- Cookie Sheet: Jonathan Coulton The computer programmer turned Internet music star on touring with two young kids at home and his ever-changing treat policy.
- Cookie Sheet: Christine Coppa The writer behind Glamour.com's hugely popular blog Storked! dishes about life as a single mom and shares an exclusive excerpt from her new book, Rattled.
- Christine Coppa's Rattled! An excerpt from Glamour.com's Storked! blogger's new book
- Cookie Sheet: Lyss Stern The author is the epitome of the stylish, unflappable, do-it-all mom, but even she gets frazzled now and then (phew!)
- Cookie Sheet: Kathy Ireland The supermodel and supermom is one busy woman. When she's not managing Kathy Ireland Home or getting her photograph taken, she's running after her three kids.
- Remembering Barbie Cookie staffers share their childhood memories of the doll as she celebrates half a century of toy-store domination.
- Alice Waters's Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea An excerpt from the chef's cookbook.
- Original vs. Remakes We took the two Witch Mountains—and four other recently remade classics—and pit them against one another, head to head, film to film, to see which version comes out on top for today's kids.
- Original vs. Remakes, Part 2 In the second installment of our classic vs. remake showdown, we took the two Freaky Fridays—and three other recently remade classics—and pit them against one another, head to head, film to film, to see which version comes out on top for today's kids.
- Audiobooks Sixteen of the best children's audiobooks narrated by actors.
- Burn After Reading Review Being that you're a parent, there's little hope of seeing films the first time around. Our reviews editor wades through his Netflix queue to help you prioritize yours.
- Gear+Shopping
- Online Sales The best sales on the Web this week
- Best Strollers Finding the right stroller for you, your child, and your lifestyle can be a major headache. We had suburban and urban parents around the nation test 19 of the top-selling strollers—in all price ranges—to see which ones are worth your time and money.
- Birth Announcements It's hard to find a birth announcement that's special enough to match your new arrival. From graceful and sophisticated to sweet and whimsical, here are our favorites.
- Photo Birth Announcements Your baby is here, and you want to get the word out without spending hours analyzing letterpress styles. Here, the best sites that allow you to create beautiful custom photo birth announcements in just minutes.
- Home Front
- Barbie's Dreamhouse As the famed doll turns 50, we celebrate all of those plastic (and even cardboard!) structures that she has called home.
- Budgeting For Baby How much does it really cost to have a baby? Find out how to financially prepare for your bundle of joy.
- Crib Bedding Keep your baby snoozing sweetly with these charming bedding picks for the nursery.
- Cribs Since babies spend a good portion of their early days asleep (and you spend a good portion of your days getting them back to sleep), choosing the right crib is essential.
- Alphabet Posters Looking to adorn your kid's wall with the ABCs? Finding something that's both cute and modern is as easy as 1-2-3.
- Thank You Cards Even though you (probably) don't coordinate matching outfits, we know that sometimes it's fun to sync up with your little one. Here are eight pairs of note cards that let you express your gratitude in similar style.
- Editors' Picks: Pregnancy Pick-Me-Ups Cheerful remedies for feeling sick, tired, and fat from Health & Beauty Director Jenny Tung.
- That Mom We all have a moment when we spy That Mom. She's the one who looks like she knows something we don't. It's the way she belts her sweater, or the way her ballet-flat-and-skinny-jean combo radically upgrades the drop-off uniform. Lucky for us, these fashion mavens aren't stingy with their secrets.
- First Marriages When it comes to guiding the country, the dynamics of these five White House couples prove the power of the First Lady.
- Summer Camp With summertime around the corner (well, we wish!), it's time to start thinking about choosing a camp for your child. But with more than 11,000 camps in the United States, how does a parent choose?
- Brain+Body
- Guide To Pregnancy Dig in for expert advice (on what to read, eat, watch, and wear), editors' lifesavers (from nausea cures to the real nursery essentials), and personal musings that, much like motherhood, may make your heart explode.
- Pregnancy Resources Too much information is a crazy-making thing. Pick from our favorite pregnancy websites and books, and call it a day.
- Eco Diapers You've settled on the crib made from recycled materials and stocked up on BPA-free bottles, but what's a new mom to do about the doody? Here, green and easy (we swear!) alternatives to the plastic diaper.
- Disposable Diapers A list of green and easy (we swear!) alternatives to the plastic diaper.
- Healthy Travel Find out how to keep your family healthy while traveling with tips from an eco-dad and the author of Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home.
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- From the Magazine
- When new articles from the April issue become available online, they will be added to this page.
- Style+Beauty
- Cheap Beauty You're probably cutting back in lots of ways these days, but that doesn't mean you have to shortchange your makeup routine. We asked beauty pros to recommend their favorite bargain gems.
- Rebecca Taylor For designer Rebecca Taylor, the mother of 2-year-old twin girls and a 3-month-old boy, dressing well while pregnant was surprisingly hard. But by her second go-round, she had it down to a science. Here, her secrets (including lots of nonmaternity staples).
- Mother Of Invention: Liz Earle How does this mom of four keep her skin milky-fresh? By living on a farm and running a natural beauty line.
- Beauty & The Bump From the unsightly acne to the heaving Victorian bosom, pregnancy's assault on and endowment of your body is a perfect metaphor for motherhood itself. Here's what to use, what to shelve, and what to do about that whopper on your forehead.
- Pretty Easy: Spring Fragrances Whatever your fragrance whim—clean, sweet, or sexy—this season's scents tap into every mood and fashion moment.
- Spring Accessories Bold springtime accessories guarantee a quick fashion fix without a lot of fuss.
- Rain Gear Rain, rain, DON'T go away. Little boys and girls--sporting this season's stylish wet-weather ensembles—want to play!
- Kids' Raincoats And Boots With this splashy mix of rain coats and boots, soggy days will no longer feel like such a ... drip.
- Food+Parties
- Easy Egg Recipes When there's a carton in the fridge, a healthy meal is always just a beat (or a fry) away.
- Easy White Fish Recipes Get started with these three light, made-for-weeknight meals.
- Nina Planck Pointers from Nina Planck, author of Real Food for Mother and Baby (Bloomsbury) and former director of New York City's Greenmarket.
- Robot Party The nuts and bolts of throwing a robot birthday bash.
- Entertainment
- Helena Christensen For photographer, designer, sometime model, and mother Helena Christensen, spring's freshest makeup looks have everything an overextended mom wants: They go on quickly, are easy to pull off, and come across as just sexy enough to get you noticed.
- Helena Christensen Photos A slide show of Helena Christensen wearing spring's freshest looks.
- Nancy O'Dell In her new book, entertainment reporter Nancy O'Dell shares some little-discussed tidbits from her very public pregnancy (perma high-beams! weird rashes!). Here, she talks to Cookie about the behind-the-scenes reality of motherhood in the limelight.
- Buying Barbie As the infamous doll celebrates her 50th birthday, four feminist-leaning moms weigh in.
- ABC Books A child's love affair with letters can start long before she's mastered her alphabet. We've rounded up our favorite ABC books, from classic to contemporary, simple to surreal.
- Home Front
- Animal Prints These three rooms show you how to let wild things creep into a nursery or kid's bedroom without trampling all over your design.
- Autistic Partygoer The author and his autistic son would love to come to your kid's birthday, thanks. Here's how to make everyone feel right at home.
- Preconceived Notions Do you have to be financially responsible before having a baby? Yes, but only to a point.
- Finance Chart Your kids are (and should be) blissfully unaware of the economy's ups and downs, but it's still important to teach them the value of a dollar.
- Paris Parents After assignments that took them to nearly every global conflict of the past two decades, two journalists become parents, move to Paris, and create a life of peace, calm, and predictable routines.
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