Category Archives: Babies

18 body sign questions to see if you’re a baby expert

Which of the following is a common sign of jaundice in an infant:

…If a baby’s eyes tear up while drinking from a bottle or breast, it can be a sign of: A.

…In a test of more than 200 noise-producing toys, how many had an unacceptable noise level and could increase the risk of hearing damage?

…D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Authors of Baby Body Signs which contains a myriad of medical information that can help parents and other caregivers prevent and detect various disorders in their babies. … The answers to the following questions can all be found in the pages of Baby Body Signs , as well as in medical textbooks, journals, and history books.

Free Arm and Hammer Diaper Pail Contest!

All you have to to do is watch “Real World Cribs,” the newest show from DadLabs.com for a chance to win a new Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail from Munchkin. In the style made famous by MTV, tour cool nurseries and meet interesting parents in the premiere webisode. … And to enter to win the diaper pail, all you have to do is enter the name of the best starring role for a dad in a motion picture. We’re looking for the character here, not the actual actor person. If you are commenting for the first time, other readers can not see your email, but we will use it to contact you if you have won the prize.

And the world’s oldest first-time fathers are…

Italian men become fathers at a later age than any other nationality, and do little or nothing to help their wives once their babies are born, statistics office Istat said Thursday. Italian men have their first child at an average age of 33, compared with younger than 31 for fathers in Spain, France and Finland, Istat said. Part of the problem is that many Italian men live with their parents for longer than elsewhere in the world, with 40 percent of 30-34 year-old Italian males still staying at home.

New Dadlabs book out in time for Fathers Day

Our friends at DadLabs.com are at it again with a new book that tries to put in prose what they do so well in video. … It has many practical tips on subjects like picking a baby name and how to change a diaper, just as you will find on DadLabs TV, but much of the value of this book is the ability to laugh at the early stages of parenthood, just as your pregnant partner is taking it so seriously. There is a time for soulful feelings about incipient fatherhood, but also a time for having a beer and making some crude jokes using all the new vocabulary you’ve just learned in Childbirth class.

Famous older dads

For you men hoping to have a baby at a more advanced age, here are a list of your potential heroes: David Bowie (at 53), Mick Jagger (at 57), Michael Douglas (at 58), Rod Stewart (at 60), Paul McCartney (at 61), Eric Clapton (at 59), Pierre Trudeau (72), Charlie Chaplin (at 73), Saul Bellow (at 84), Pablo Picasso (at 68), David Letterman (at 56), Larry King (at 65 and 66), Woody Allen (at 51), Warren Beatty (at 62), Dennis Quaid (50) and Jack Nicholson (at 53)

Review: Cloud b Twilight Ladybug

In general, I like toys that teach – stationary toys that don’t do anything quickly become one-hit-wonders in my household. Instead, I reach for toys that educate in some way – they needn’t be fancy, only captivating. The Cloud b Twilight Ladybug is anything but a one-hit-wonder. Honestly – it is the one toy that [...]

Older Dads Father Dumber Kids?

A recently released study finds that children of older dads score lower on IQ tests even after weighing socioeconomic factors. Australian and US researchers analyzed test results of more than 33,000 US born children born to fathers between the ages of 14 and 66.

… The lead author, John McGrath says that he was surprised by the results, since a lot of the “blame” for DNA errors usually goes to older eggs in the mom.

From the “There but for the grace of God…” department

Miles Harrison, 49, was an amiable person, a diligent businessman and a doting, conscientious father until the day last summer — beset by problems at work, making call after call on his cellphone — he forgot to drop his son, Chase, at day care.

… This is a particularly chilling article on how leaving babies in the back seat of cars to die in a closed car is a tragedy that happens to all sorts of people. … When airbags were put in cars, new laws required babies and children to move to the back seat, putting them out of sight, and sometimes tragically, out-of-mind.

Review: Munchkin Mighty Grip Glass Bottle

With the plethora of new glass bottles on the market you might look at the bottle and say to yourself “huh, I’ll just grab these and go” – but you need to look closer; not all glass bottles are created equal! The Munchkin Mighty Grip Glass Bottle (pictured above) is an excellent bottle to seriously [...]

Maxi Cosi Mico car seat Review

Snapping in the seat to the base in the car can be a bit tricky, but you get used to it. The Mico will carry your baby from five to up to 22 lbs and the shoulder harness, buckle and infant head cushion are all adjustable as your baby grows from infant to toddler.

… Snapping the seat to the base in the car can be a bit tricky, but you get used to it.