Babble

Doctors have determined another way mother's can do it wrong, this time in the womb. Now don't get stressed out, but if you are stressed out, anxious or depressed you could be totally screwing up your baby's early sleep patterns. Researchers found that mothers who were anxious or depressed in pregnancy had babies and toddlers with more ...

As the school year starts I'm facing about 250 days of making peanut butter sandwiches, I'm thinking this is a contest I need to get my daughter into. Jif brand peanut butter is running the Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich contest and the award is a $25,000 scholarship fund. Last year's winner was twelve-year-old Alexandra ...

In an attempt at damage control after pet food recalls, toothpaste recalls and toy recalls, China has banned two factories from exporting products after the huge Mattel lead paint recall. The Hansheng Wooden Products Factory and Lida Toy Company both had their export licenses pulled this week. Hansheng is the company which makes 1.5 million ...

I like labeling where things go and I love graphs, I think because both these things feed into my intense need for things to make sense. AJ at Thingamababy understands that and has created an in depth analysis, complete with thumbnails images of the recalled toys, of the recent massive Mattel toy recall. AJ notes the complete absurdity of ...

The New York Times covers the no-gift birthday party 'trend'. Increasingly parents are asking guests to forgo gifts and instead donate to a specific charity. The trend is part philanthropy and part a defense against the clutter a large birthday party can bring. Judith Martin, Miss Manners, says the idea is ridiculous, “People seem to ...

I just read this article in the New York Times about parents absolutely outraged by the Junie B Jones children's book series. I'm stunned one can be outraged by Junie B Jones but there it is, parents from all over the country are up in arms over Junie's 'poor behavior' and abhorrent use of the english language. The books have ...