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Top 5

Babble Best: Organic Baby Food

by Nicole Feliciano

Our five favorite all-natural eats.
Babble Best: Baby Swimsuits

by Oz Spies

Our five favorite suits for baby's first swim.
Babble Best: Travel High Chairs

by Kate Bayless

Dine out with these five portable eat seats.
Babble Best: Maternity Jeans

by Nicole Feliciano

The five best denim options for mothers-to-be.

Essays

The Parent Trap

by Nan Mooney

Single, broke and pregnant, I moved back home at age 37.
One is the Awesomest Number

by Jeanne Sager

Why I don't want a second child.
Revenge of the Kids

by Candy Spelling

Why I pity Joan Crawford.
What's Wrong With This Picture?

by Kerry Cohen

My autistic son doesn't need to be fixed.
Global Naming

by Anna Dilemna

What do a Utahan and a Colombian name their Swiss baby?
Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner

by Sasha Brown-Worsham

Why I won't dress my kid in an Obama onesie.
Dating Games

by Emily Mendell

My husband, kids and I search for the perfect playdate.

Five-Minute Time Out

Five-Minute Time Out: Two Angry Moms

by Jessica Wakeman

School-lunch crusaders take on the USDA and the slushie.
Five-Minute Time Out: Logan Levkoff

by Nicole Feliciano

Tackling birds, bees and the family bath with a sexpert mom
Five-Minute Time Out: Kay Hanley

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel

The Letters to Cleo lead singer now rocks the Care Bears.
Five-Minute Time Out: Autism: The Musical

by April Peveteaux

On stage and on the spectrum.
5-Minute Time Out: 10 Tax Tips

by Heather Cassell

What your family needs to know about the new credits.

Message Board Topics

Essays

C'est Bon?

by Rachelle Atkins

An expat fact-checks France's rep as a parenting paradise.
Hands Across America

by Pamela Paul

Is baby sign language an essential or a rip-off?
TV or Not TV

by L.J. Williamson

Should we feel more or less guilt about how much our kids watch?
The New Economics of Parenthood

by Melissa Rayworth

We're saving less and spending more — much more.
Milklore

by Miriam Axel-Lute

Your baby is not lactose intolerant. Trust me.
Cry, Cry, Cry

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel

The latest (not entirely reassuring) research on colic.
Where, Oh Where Is Superfudge?

by Rachel Shukert

In today's kid books, all the good guys are rich.

Essays

Helen Hunt

by Mina Hochberg

"One bad line reading by a kid can ruin a movie."
Matthew Broderick

by Mina Hochberg

"It's scary to be responsible for somebody."
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

by Gwynne Watkins

Baby Mama's stars on the absurdities of city parenting.
Uma Thurman

by Mina Hochberg

"If you try to lie to your child, they'll sense it."
Jodie Foster

by Justin Clark

On swear jars, seal kisses and SpongeBob popsicles.
Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips

by Ada Calhoun

On Supernanny, breastfeeding and her Beach Boy father.
John Linnell

by Gwynne Watkins

They Might Be Giants on babies, bad shows and Brooklyn.

How We Live

How We Live: The Tolmachs

by Virginia Conesa

Peek inside another family's home.
How We Live: Wild Blue

by Nicole Polec and Steph Auteri

Peek inside another family's home.
How We Live: The Leshems

by Nicole Polec

This photographer family has a studio apartment — literally.
How We Live: The Novogratzes

by Nicole Polec

Inside the home of two hot designers (and their six kids).

Special Issues

The Christmas Special Issue

by Babble

Santa, religion and the perfect present.
The Nanny Special Issue

by the Babble editors

Adventures in babysitting.
Summer Travel Special Issue

by the Babble editors

Everything you need to skip town.

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