Babble

Just last week, we were musing over moms who do a little somethin'-somethin' on the side to help make ends meet. No. Not that, pervs. Although if you could find enough "clients" who like their "professionals" sticky and smelling of spit-up, you could make quite a bit of extra...

The worst thing about going outside in the summer is the bugs. When its hot, you can always drink more water, take a shower, hire some local kids to fan you... wait, scratch that last one. But with bugs, they bite, and that itchy gift stays with you long after you go inside. It's even more difficult...

Bridget M from Madison, Wisconsin is our StrollAway winner and she has this fabulous advice for taking care of baby business: "My best solution to storing all manner of crap - baby and otherwise - is to switch out as much furniture as we can afford for pieces with storage included. Replace coffee...

What's great about "advice" is that, in trying to be many things to many people, it often comes out sounding unintentionally dopey. From About.com's singleparents site (I guess kids in two-parent families can watch as much TV as they want to?) comes these tidbits: "The American...

Based on Randy Pausch's distillation of all of the advice he wouldn't be around to pass on to his kids, the New York Times ' Well Blog solicited the best parental advice that readers have received or given . The contest turned up some tidbits that I wish my parents had passed on to me. Or...

A survey has concluded that men with QDS (Quickie Dickie Syndrome) are doing just fine, thank you. The "optimal" time for intercourse is -- wait for it -- between three and thirteen minutes . That's quite a range if you think about it, especially for parents. Three minutes, you can do your...

There are only so many topics to write about when you work at a magazine. Like worms after a rain, it's no wonder that so many of them squish out onto the newstands month after month. Like, say, a feature on "Easy Fitness In Ten Minutes A Day!" which is guaranteed to include the chestnut...

As a new parent, the whole baby thing can be overwhelming, to say the least. There's this idea we should just know how to do stuff naturally, like breastfeeding or interpreting the baby's cries correctly with little or no instruction. But of course, it isn't that instinctive. The lucky moms...

Page Six reports on a new book where the mommies of various famous folks reveal how they raised their offspring. If the rumors that Brett Ratner is a jerk are true, we may have his mother to blame. Momma Marcia Ratner apparently "coddled, pampered and ultimately embarrassed her son Brett."...

With the fourth edition of "What To Expect When You're Expecting" slated for release next month, Jezebel asked the question, what should women really, actually expect? I'll totally take that one up, and perhaps some of you will too. First, anything goes, and good luck trying to predict...