About One Mom's Moxie
The homework's done. Here's what to buy.
One Mom's Moxie started in 2011 as a mom blog: honest reviews, big giveaways and a lot of exclamation points. For five years it did what the best small blogs did back then — tried products at home and told readers the truth about them.
In 2026 we brought it back with the same promise and a different method. We're a small editorial team that researches gear, toys and gifts for kids aged 0 to 10 and turns weeks of reading into a page you can act on in five minutes.
What we do
- Buying guides. "Best X for Y" with a verdict at the top, a comparison table and a "Skip if" for every product.
- Gift guides by age and budget. Because "gifts for a 2-year-old" is a different question from "gifts for a 2-year-old who already has every truck."
- Checklists and calculators. Registry lists, packing lists and the math nobody wants to do at 11 pm.
What we don't do
- We don't accept payment for inclusion or ranking. Ever.
- We don't say "tested" unless someone on the team actually used the product.
- We don't give medical or safety advice. When a topic touches safety, we compare specifications, cite the standard or the study, and point you to the AAP, the CPSC or your pediatrician.
How we work
Most of our research is desk research: manufacturer specifications, recall databases, independent lab tests and thousands of verified owner reviews. We use AI tools to help gather and organize that research and to draft. A human on the team edits, fact-checks and approves every page before it goes live, and every page shows the date it was last reviewed.
Read the full method on How we pick.
Meet Olivia
Olivia is the voice behind One Mom's Moxie: the one who writes the newsletter, the intros and the occasional opinion piece. A parent and a research nerd with 15+ years in technology consulting, Olivia believes most baby-gear decisions take five minutes once someone has done the homework.
Olivia writes under a pen name. The person behind it is a member of our editorial team.
Who runs this site
One Mom's Moxie is operated by FIND IT, a consulting company. We're reachable at hello@onemomsmoxie.com, and we answer.
Giveaways
Yes, they're back. We run a few a year with brands we'd recommend anyway, and we say so when a brand provided the prize. See Giveaways.