Strollerderby : cute

The Chubbiest Cheeks You Will Ever See

Brett Singer — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:00:00 GMT

You know the drill. Cute babies. Those cheeks. Oy! Those cheeks! What a punim!

But this is just ridiculous. Look at those things.

Someone on the site I found this on expressed dismay at the size of the cheeks: "omg that should be child abuse letting an infant get that fat! sick!" Someone else responded with "some babies are chubbier than others... " I think it's just the way the photo was shot. But I could be wrong. Cute, though.

Source: wizonk.com

Babies in Tuxedos

Brett Singer — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMT

I may be a cranky so-and-so but I'm also a bit of a mush. Case in point: these pictures of babies in tuxedos. They're cute. What can I tell ya? Try and look at these and not say "awww" at least once.

I had to add another one from TuxyBear.com because it was too cute to ignore. It's also a one-piece tux, which sounds complicated to invent. So I'm impressed, although I wonder how tough it would be to do an emergency diaper change with a one-piece tuxedo.

This one, from ClassicBabyTux.com, moves. Which makes it the winner.

Source: urlesque via buzzfeed

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Baby Einstein Wants You To Feel Good About TV

Spiderman Rescues Autistic Boy

Can You Do the Hula Better Than This Kid?

JeanneSager — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:28:00 GMT

We figured you could use a pick-me-up in the middle of the day. And what's better than a baby, a diaper and a cheese-eating grin?

A baby, a diaper, a cheese-eating grin and a hula hoop.

Courtesy goes to the Daily What for finding baby JC and his smooth moves. Seriously - he's better with that thing than I am. I'm a white girl - we can't dance. And apparently we can't hula hoop either.

Sigh.

I'll let JC's hips do the talking . . .

Do you feel better now? No? What kind of parent are you? Sheeeeeeeeesh.

An Extra Push - The Cutest Thing that Will Happen to Your Life Today

Cole Gamble — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:00:00 GMT

So cute I barfed on my keyboard. Anyone knowhow to get that out?

Octo-Mom Erupts! Video Showdown with Octo-Mom and Her Mother Over Babies

Musical SpongeBob Rectal Thermometer. Fun for Your Kid’s Butt?

Mother Sets Fire to Her Daughter's Gloating Rapist

Elizabeth Hasselbeck Thinks Everything (Including Aerial Wolf Killing) is About Abortions (PLUS VIDEO)

Girl, 3, raised by dogs after her alcoholic mother neglected her.

sorry the links aren't as cute as the post.

Doggie 101: How to Hug a Baby

JeanneSager — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:21:00 GMT

If you're one of those parents who starts hyperventilating at the mere thought of a dog around your precious bubbala, a warning: don't read this post.

Because this is full-on doggie/kiddie loving at its best!

The folks over at D for Dog, offer up a Doggie 101 class aptly titled "How to Hug a Baby." They walk your canoodling canine through the obvious - 1. First, spy a baby - to the proper "hug, smile and lean" for the camera.

My daughter's past the baby stage, and these days the hugging is more "pre-schooler wraps arms around the neck of dog and nearly cuts off her breathing." We always step in with a quick "gentle, be gentle!" But I think the kids who've been rolling around on the floor with the dog from day one are usually a little more adept at figuring out the dividing line between loving the dog and LOVING the dog.

You have to watch your dog cuddling with the baby, but a big part of the relationship is built on knowing how your dog is around other people. Do they have to be more gentle with a baby than with us? Sure, but you'd be surprised how acutely aware dogs are of the difference. My seventy-pound lap dog might galumph right over me, but she knew from the get-go that she had to turn on her mother radar with our daughter.

So get on over to D for Dog. The pictures alone are worth a look, but if you're a dog lover the tutorial is definitely a bonus laugh.

Image: D for Dog

Babies Understand Presidential Material

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:03:00 GMT

This series of photos is so good that a comic strip artist couldn't have invented anything better.

If you haven't yet had the joy of finding these priceless pictures in your inbox, you're in for a real treat. In honor of our new president, I offer you this proof of babies' innate intelligence:

It's all right, little fella. The trauma is over.

Photos: Email without attribution; many are from Yes We Can Hold Babies

They Say: Women Have Special Instinct for "Cute Babies"

Kate Tuttle — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:32:00 GMT

Researchers in England have reported that women are more sensitive than men to signifiers of cutness in babies that include chubby cheeks, button noses, and big eyes. Apparently women scored more highly than men at selecting a computer-generated composite image that blended the features linked most highly with cuteness over another image, also computer-generated, showing a sad little hypotethical baby lacking said features. Men (and menopausal women, it should be added) apparently saw little difference between the two. The drop-off in women's sensitivity to cuteness when they enter menopause leads the researchers to hypothesize that the cause for any gender difference in cute-fancying is hormonal, rather than societal, in nature.

I have to wonder, though: if this heightened sensitivity to cuteness is being somehow linked to a so-called maternal instinct, wouldn't that indicate a kind of skewed instinct? I mean, what about mothers whose babies aren't so cute? Do they exhibit less attraction, less bonding, less devotion? What kind of maternal instinct would that be? On the contrary, in our house it's I, the woman, who seems to believe that nearly every baby is just incredibly cute, while my husband, the man, makes fine distinctions between babies who are and babies who, regrettably, kind of aren't. I like to think this means I'm more maternal than he is, more willing to take a baby as it comes and love it up, rather than hold it at arm's length if its cheeks are quite up to the chubbiness quotient my hormones have prompted me to desire. In other words, isn't "maternal instinct" (if it exists at all) related to the ability to love even a very sad-looking little baby, the Charlie Brown Christmas tree of babies, just as if it were straight from central casting?

At the very end of the BBC article reporting the study, a small sad hint at the ugly side of all this:

Further research will explore whether cuteness sensitivity is a factor in post-natal depression.

Would that mean that post-partum depression arises out of having a not-quite-cute-enough infant, or from having an under-developed ability to perceive the cuteness of the baby in one's arms? I await their findings with a skeptical eye.

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Video and Pics: Lego Inauguration

Brett Singer — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT

This is cute.

Legoland California (the Lego theme park) has created a full Lego version of the Inauguration Ceremonies, complete with Lego versions of various folks, including outgoing President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, the Cheneys, and of course, Barack and Michelle Obama.

Here's a video featuring spectator reactions and a British reporter using the word "loo":

And SFWeekly.com has a nice slideshow of images, including this one, which depicts the swearing-in ceremony:

And the lines for "The dreaded inauguration Porta Potties." (All Porta Potties fall into the "dreaded" category as far as I'm concerned.)

One more: Lego Aretha Franklin, who appears to have a large, um, Lego chest:

As the blog Feministe puts it -- "All hail the Lego-in-Chief!"

You can get information about the real-life Inauguration here.

Source: LA Times, Feministe, SFWeekly

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Who's Cuter – The Cat Or The Baby?

Brett Singer — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Not that it’s a contest. But it is a fair question.

Personally, I'm much more of a dog person, so I'd have to go with the baby. If this were a puppy, there might be a competition for my vote. But since I became a parent, I've become a sucker for babies. So even if its a Cocker Spaniel pup instead of that cat, I'd still probably go with the human child.

How about you? Anyone think the cat is cuter than the baby?

Source: BuzzFeed

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Elephant Cares For Injured Dog

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:45:00 GMT

It's only fair to warn you that if you watch this video, you are liable to have a cuteness conniption fit. And if you show it to your kids, they are likely to beg you for a trip to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

That's where Tarra the elephant lives. Recently her best friend Bella suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury. Rather than roaming on the nearly 3,000-acre sanctuary, Tarra stood vigil for three full weeks outside the sanctuary office, where Bella was recuperating. This loyalty is not uncommon in elephants, who typically form lifelong friendships--except that Bella is not an elephant herself. She's a stray dog who lives on the sanctuary.

Perhaps thanks in large part to Tarra's support, Bella is now all healed and once again frolicking alongside her elephant friend and letting Tarra rub her belly with her giant foot.

Photo: CBS, via Jezebel

Kid and Kangaroo Best of Friends

Rare Baby Rhinos Found

Brett Singer — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT

If this doesn't prove that all babies, human or animal, are cute, I don't know what does.

Agus Primabudi of the Ujung Kulon National Park in West Java, Indonesia told reporters that scientists found "Four Javan rhinos of six to seven months" on the beach while doing field research. The Javan rhino is the rarest rhino species of all.

Mostly I'm posting this because the pictures are kind of cute, if a bit grainy. But I also like to think that perhaps this means that there are species out there that we thought were extinct but really aren't. It's a big world, after all, no matter what Disney says.

Plus this post you can show to your kids, unlike the EVIL LEGO SANTA CRAB.

Source: Yahoo News

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Babble Talk: Financial Advice from a Three-Year-Old

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:30:00 GMT

If only money existed in reality the way it does in kids' minds.

After I spent much of a day stressing about paying for holiday gifts, Babble’s Kids Say the Cutest Things page really put things in perspective for me. Here’s three-year-old Sebastian on his family’s finances:

"Why do you have to go to work, Daddy?" Dad: "To make money so we can buy food and toys and stuff." Sebastian: "Wait right here, Daddy." He runs out of the room and comes back 30 seconds later with his piggy bank. "I have money. You don't have to go to work."

I’ll bet Sebastian’s dad thought, for at least a moment or two, “Maybe it’s not that important to go to work today.” Darn kids, always distracting us from our practical worries.

Photo: costaricapages.com

Toddler Befriends an Orphaned Baby Orangutan

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:20:00 GMT

This is one of those things that's so cute it verges on obnoxious. A one-year-old orangutan named Rishi, born at an animal sanctuary, was rejected by all of the males in his group. So the little guy was sent to The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in Miami, Florida.

When photographer Barry Bland went to take photos of Rishi in his new home, he brought along his two-year-old daughter, Emily. As you can tell from these photos, Rishi and Emily became fast friends, which actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it: they both communicate largely with their hands, they have the same interests (playing, eating, napping), and they are both the most winsome members of their respective species.

Photos: CFP

Elephant Cares for Injured Dog

Five Super Cute Baby Animal Videos

SunnyChanel — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:40:00 GMT

There are many uses of this video collection of adorable, cute and totally irresistible baby animals from YouTube. Perhaps you:

You just read one of our sad 'humans totally suck' posts and need some cheering up.
The baby/toddler/kid in your life is inconsolable, nothing shushes up a crying kid faster than seeing some hot mammal cuteness
You’re having one of “those” days.
You’ve always wanted a puppy, kitten, tiger cub, baby panda, or baby hippo but your landlord won’t let you have one. Live vicariously through these.
You just have a thing for cuteness, babies or sickeningly sweet videos of random animals.

If any or all of those apply, click thru to check out some total cuteness:

Panda Kindergarden
Cute Kitten Aimlessly Wandering
Totally Cute French Bulldog Puppies
Hot Baby Tiger Cub Action
Baby Hippo - Who Knew They Could Be So Cute

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I Dare You to Find a Cuter Kid Video

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:03:00 GMT

The eight painstaking years I spent studying French just paid off. I don’t know who this girl is or where she came off, but I am pretty sure that she will one day inherit the earth.

Just in case you temporarily forgot that little kids speaking French is the best part of life, I share this video with you of a master storyteller with the most zurbert-able cheeks you’ve ever seen. She spins an impressive tale involving Tigger, poverty, a clawed mammoth, a suicidal hippopotamus, and allergies to magic. Truly, this is not to be missed.

Photo: gledwood2.blogspot.com

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

Another non news photo

Brett Singer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT

This one doesn't even feature cute animals.

It's a bit of street art from Banksy, who I guess saw these phone booths and had one of those Ah-HA! moments. Kinda fun. Hey, anything for a smile these days, right?

Source: banksy via arollerskatingjam

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A photo that has nothing to do with the news

Brett Singer — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:00:00 GMT

It doesn't have anything to do with parenting either, but it is that rare post that you could show to your kids.

I want to say something cynical, like, "Oh, this is clearly Photoshopped," or even just, "Ah, who gives a crap." But I have to admit that I saw this over on Yahoo! Shine and smiled when I realized what I was looking at. So I figured I'd share. Enjoy.

Source: Yahoo! Shine

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Video of baby panda playing

Brett Singer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:00:00 GMT

I'm not a compulsive news watcher, but between the election, the economy, and the war, I can't tear myself away. Every now and then, though, you need to look away. And hey, what could be better than a baby panda?

This is a particularly cute baby panda. He rolls on the ground. He plays. He's not running for political office. Perfect.

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Woman Raises Rabbit in Her Bra

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Breasts and baby bunnies: two cuddly, loveable entities. Put them together, and you get a healthy three-month-old rabbit who answers to the name Miracle and enjoys watching a good game of cricket.

When her dog killed a rabbit, Cherida Cannon planned to make a good soup—until she noticed that the hare was pregnant. She extracted the living baby from the dead rabbit’s womb and turned her over to the care of her sister, Margi Heath.

Heath nursed the baby to health by keeping her inside her bra, which seemed to her like the warmest, most womblike place for the bunny to be. Whenever the bunny got hungry, she popped her head out of the brassiere, and Heath fed her infant formula with a syringe.

Miracle is now almost grown up and quite tame. Heath walks her on a leash and often takes her to local cricket games in a cat carrier.

Photo: Julian Simmonds/The Telegraph

Walking: Why Can't Babies Do It?

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:35:00 GMT

I'm sure none of you has time to watch a video of an infant getting pushed around in a mini wheelchair by her hipster parents. And yet....

You'll thank me, I swear.

Photo: work-stuff.co.uk

Awww…a baby otter…

Brett Singer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:00 GMT

This is just cute.

After a couple of weeks of election coverage, I thought everyone could use a little "awww" moment. These photos are of an "oriental small-clawed otter"; five of the little tykes were born on Friday at the Veszprem Zoo in Hungary. I'm a sucker for baby animals.

image/source: Yahoo! News

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Why the puppy games are better than the Olympics

Brett Singer — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

OK, that's not true. But if you haven't seen this dopey show on Animal Planet, you're missing out on something very cute.

Here are a few highlights:

1. Commentary: "It's going to be tough to impress the judges." True – because they're goldfish. "This is like a chess match." Indeed – if chess opponents gnawed on the pieces and sniffed each others' butts. Bob Costas doesn't get lines like these.

2. No controversy: As far as we know, the opening ceremonies were real, no protesters, journalists or grandmothers were arrested, and no one is complaining about the puppy's potentially sexist costumes.

3. Who won? Who cares?: They're, you know, dogs. They have no idea where they are or what they're doing. You can still cheer for your favorite breed (the Cocker Spaniel is really cute) but at the end of the day, it's all up to the judges… who are goldfish.

4. Two words: Waterbowl Cam.

Not sure if they're going to air this again or not, if so, I highly recommend watching it. There are a bunch of video clips on Discovery.com; here's one of the Gymnastics event.

source/image: Animal Planet

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Olympics Opening Uses One Girl's Voice, Another Girl's Face

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:42:00 GMT

I’m going to try very hard to report this story without cursing.

While watching a live rehearsal of the Olympics opening ceremony, a high-ranking Chinese official decided that the first grader singing the national anthem was not cute enough to make a live appearance, in part because she has crooked baby teeth. (Right, because only seven-year-olds with perfect teeth are cute.) So, at the last minute, the government picked a child actress who does TV ads (pictured) to lip synch to the other girl’s voice.

“Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke becomes instant star with patriotic song,” read the headlines in China the next day. There was no mention of Yang Peiyi, the real singer of “Ode to the Motherland.” The truth came out when the ceremony’s music director spoke to Beijing Radio. “She doesn’t deserve to be hidden,” he said of Yang, although he ultimately defended the decision to put the “best voice” with the “best performance.”

If this is China’s way of putting its best foot forward while the world watches, I for one would prefer it stop trying so hard.

Photo: AP/Zhou Liang

Team More Mature than Coach

Your baby is ugly

Brett Singer — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT

CBS News sent correspondent Steve Hartman into the field to ask people if they thought his baby was cute. But Steve did something tricky: he used a distorted image of his offspring (not the image at the right; that's Baby-faced Finster from Bugs Bunny). The idea was to see if anyone would say, "Dude, what an ugly kid."

Of course, no one did. That's generally not the way polite folks behave, especially not on camera. Steve's not-exactly-Earth-shaking conclusion: "cuteness is relative ... if the baby's your relative, it's cute." (Maybe CBS' abysmal news ratings aren't all Katie Couric's fault, hm?)

What would have been more interesting would be to have two sets of parents explain why they found their baby to be cuter than someone else's. Personally, I prefer my children to other people's children, and I think most parents feel the same way. That said, some kids, like some people, are cuter than others. Angelina Jolie is more attractive than, say, Bea Arthur. It would therefore stand to reason that some babies are cuter than others.

But when it's your kid, you think they're beautiful. Which is the way it should be. The only time this belief becomes potentially problematic is when you force that opinion on other people, ad nauseum. There are times when parental worshipping at the altar of adorableness can become utterly unbearable.

This might just be me, or maybe not. Have you ever wanted to tell someone to just shut the hell up about their baby? Does "aw, isn't my Susie gorgeous?" ever start to sound like "isn't my Susie way more gorgeous than that little monster you have?"

(For the record, I find my children cute -- most of the time, anyway -- but I try to keep that to myself as much as possible, at least when there are other people around. Do I pull out photos for folks to admire? Of course. But that's only because MY children are OBJECTIVELY cute. Ba-dum-bum.)

image: heo.com

Video: Do NOT Mess With This Kid

Brett Singer — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT

Maybe if the child in this video grows up to be the type of kid who sucker punches someone after a little league game, I wouldn't think it was so funny.

Then again...

The way she says, "But if he comes in here..." with the hand movements. Cracks me up.

Maybe this is what happens if you put your kid in a lobster pot, or try to sell 'em on Craigs List.

I want to see this kid and Will Ferrell's landlord do a buddy comedy. Way funnier than Jack Black.