Babies

How To Piss Off A Parent

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Us Weekly, Nicole Kidman, Cookie Magazine, Homeschooling, Breast Feeding, Pregnancy, Amanda Peet, Parenting, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Babies, Cosleeping, Vaccines, Sids, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Amanda Peet's real mistake? Daring to give other parents advice. She should know by now that the only answer is a wistful smile and a silly anecdote.

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Docs to Women: Pay No Attention to Ricki Lake's Home Birth

Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Gynecology, Baby, Midwives, Giving Birth, Childbirth Pain, American Medical Association, Ob/Gyn, Home Birth, Babies, Childbirth, Living News
Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein

The physicians of America have issued their decree -- they don't want you having your babies at home with midwives -- we can't imagine why not. They have no evidence to back up their claims.

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Green Gripes: Dirty Diaper Dilemmas

Gay Browne | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Diapers, Green Mom, Ecomom, Landfill, Babies, Disposable, Parenting, Green News
Gay Browne

From our vantage point the choice between cloth and disposable diapers doesn't feel like much of a choice at all. But the facts on disposables will turn your stomach faster than the scent of a freshly filled Huggie.

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Cosmetics and Chemicals Hurting Babies?

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Eco-Friendly Nurseries, Chemicals, Babies, Phtalates, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Bedding, Living News
Robin Wilson

What is the logic of focusing on organic bedding and baby food, when you forget to protect the mother against chemicals in the environment?

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When Every Day is Take-Your-Kid-To-Work Day

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: USA Today, Parenting, Babies, Working Mothers, Children, Childcare, Work/Life Balance, Babies at Work, Work Life Balance, Morale, Morale at Work, Business News
Laura Vanderkam

I suspect that taking advantage of babies-at-work policies can actually make life harder on parents, which is probably not what anyone intended.

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Computerized Diapers

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Itzbeen Baby Care Timer, Babies, Thomas Jefferson, Diaper Check, Ben Franklin, Gadgets, Thomas Mann, Lena, Diapers, Technodiaper, Itzbeen, Living News
Pamela Paul

In the New York Times yesterday, a story about high-tech "babytronics" highlights some of the latest gadgets for parents.

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Fetuses Get Waitlisted

Pamela Paul | Posted 02.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Daycare, Waitlisted, Baby Boomlet, Fetuses on Waitlists, Fetus, Childcare, Fetuses, Preschool, Toddlers, New York City School Admissions, Babies, New York City, Living News
Pamela Paul

Sensible folks outside of Manhattan tells us nutty New Yorkers to just send our kids to day care. But then, some of us forgot to put our fetuses on the waitlist.

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A Peaceful Revolution: Bringing Humanity to the Workplace

Carla Moquin | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Babies at Work, Families in the Workplace, Labor, Work-Life Balance, Babies, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News
Carla Moquin

Babies in the workplace (which was actually the "norm" in human history prior to the Industrial Revolution) rekindles awareness of our humanity in the workplace.

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No More Tears or Toxic Exposures from Baby Shampoo

Stacy Malkan | Posted 02.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Beauty Industry, Babies, Chemicals, Toxic, Phthalates, Living News
Stacy Malkan

This is what it's come to: avoiding baby products in order to avoid chemicals. This, of course, should be a wake-up call to the beauty industry.

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Michael Is The Most Popular Baby Name (Or Is It Jayden?)

New York Times' City Room Blog | Jennifer 8 Lee | Posted 10.12.2007 | Home

Read More: Babies, Immigration, Names, Naming, New York City, Name, Baby Names, Home News

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says the most popular name for boys last year was Michael, according to its 2006 baby name d...

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Make a Baby, Win an SUV!

Brigitte Macdonald | Posted 09.05.2007 | Living

Read More: Birth Incentive Programs, Vladimir Putin Programs, Babies, Russian Death Rate, Russian Birth Rate, Living News
Brigitte Macdonald

Russia is paying its citizens to stay home and make babies. Top producers could win televisions, video cameras, refrigerators, and even an SUV.

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DeLayed Babies

August J. Pollak | Posted 08.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Babies, Cartoon, Comic, Delay, Immigration, Politics News
August J. Pollak

When former Congressman Tom DeLay suggests abortion is the cause of illegal immigration, the need for faster American baby production becomes even cle...

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