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One of the more interesting product demos I saw at ABC was from a company called SoundScience. They make a CD to help babies sleep, but unlike "lullaby CDs" this one concentrates on the low frequencies infants were used to in the womb. And unlike other "womb sounds" products, they...

First, in the interest of full disclosure, David Netto (an occasional contributer to Babble ) makes my favorite children's furniture. We've had a Netto crib, changing table and dresser in our house for over four years now. Back when I was shopping for children's furniture in early 2004 there...

With nearly a third of babies in the U.S. delivered by C-section, many researchers are wondering how if, at all, the experience of undergoing labor contractions, which release hormones that are linked to maternal behavior, affects a mother’s bond with her baby. A new study from Yale University has found...

Before you have kids you think the weird toys will be the ones that don't look like anything in particular - the toys that just rattle, have a lot of black and white stripes and seem to have the sole purpose of being put in a baby's mouth. But as it turns out, the truly strange baby toys are...

Next time I'm on a plane and there's a baby crying, I'll try to think that it could be worse. I could be sitting next to an actual birth. That's what happened on a Korean Air Lines flight the other day. En route to the Philippines from New York City, Jacel Brown suddenly went into labor...

Interesting article over on Forbes.com about the BornFree people. Turns out they not only make the bottles, they help make sure that people know how dangerous the BPA-filled versions are. Apparently, when BornFree began back in 2006, very few people cared about BPA. So what does a dadpreneur (that's...

Last week I wrote about this diaper caddy from Skip Hop , and although I'm not a big fan of bringing your diaper changing gear from room to room, I thought it was a pretty good product. But in the comments Babble reader "Rocket" had this out-of-the-box solution: put a saddle bag on your...

Album di Famiglia brings us Pepe booties, made with leather soft enough to nuzzle baby's delicate feet in. In two styles and three handsome colors, these wonderful finds are precious and rare. So rare, it was very difficult to find sources to purchase them. Though the Pepe website is under construction...