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Evening Feeding: What Friday Needs Are Some Babies And Dogs – Aww!

Evening Feeding: What Friday Needs Are Some Babies And Dogs - Aww!

Squee worthy babies and dogs who love them (Your Tango)

Princess is as princess does  (Babble)

The moment we knew our daughter had Asperger’s (HuffPo Parents)

Major IVF breakthrough?  (HuffPo Women)

The waterfall braid (The Frisky)

I look like a German man (The Hairpin)

Winning lottery ticket found in cookie jar  (The Stir)

Jennifer Lopez would like more children (Celeb Baby Laundry)

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Beyonce Is Officially (Supposedly) Pregnant Again

Beyonce Is Officially (Supposedly) Pregnant Again

The world is buzzing with the buzz that Beyonce, Blue Ivy and Mr. Beyonce are indeed expecting to add to their brood with a new little baby! According to E Online, “multiple sources” have confirmed that Beyonce is expecting and Blue Ivy will be a big sister! I don’t know how to process this news considering we have Kate Middleton, Jessica Simpson, and Kim Kardashian all expecting babies and I think it should be only fair that I get a break from all this baby business, but no one has consulted me. More »

Morning Feeding: Dear Dad All Alone With The Kids

Morning Feeding: Dear Dad All Alone With The Kids

Dear dad alone with his kids  (HuffPo Parents)

Signs you are addicted to Candy Crush (Babble)

Scandal might be getting its own clothing line  (The Frisky)

Things my yoga instructor said that almost made me quit yoga  (The Hairpin)

The unhealthy ways Victoria’s Secret angels lose weight  (HuffPo Women)

Penelope Cruz has a huge bump  (Celeb Baby Laundry)

Can a woman find herself after age 50?  (Your Tango)

Mom arrested for putting kid up for adoption on Craig’s List  (The Stir)

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Our Favorite Young Scientific Genius Kiera Wilmot Will Not Face Criminal Charges For Not Committing A Crime To Begin With

Our Favorite Young Scientific Genius Kiera Wilmot Will Not Face Criminal Charges For Not Committing A Crime To Begin With

I have no idea what a “diversion” program is but I hope it has something to do with Being! Safe! At! Science! because basically that’s the only class our girl Kiera needs, because I don’t want her to blow her hand off when I’m hoping she goes on to do great things in college. And I say our girl because Kiera is OUR girl, over 200,000 of you signed a petition protesting her arrest and we talked about her on Twitter a lot. More »

The Krim Family Are Expecting A Baby Boy After Horrific Tragedy Last Year

The Krim Family Are Expecting A Baby Boy After Horrific Tragedy Last Year

It was one of the worst cases involving a nanny that most of us have ever heard of and so many parents were grief-stricken and horrified along with Marina and Kevin Krim after their town young children were allegedly murdered by their family nanny. In the weeks and months following the deaths of their two young children, the Krims have started the Leo & Lulu fund and have spoken about finding hope along with their surviving daughter Nessie, age four, after this heartbreaking tragedy. Yesterday the family posted this on their Facebook page. More »

Live Music For Premature And Sick Babies May Help Heal Them And Also Teach Them To Rock Out

Live Music For Premature And Sick Babies May Help Heal Them And Also Teach Them To Rock Out

This, of course, makes sense as any parent with a fussy newborn can tell you they have spent countless hours wearing out their floorboards humming or singing to their newborn in order to soothe them to sleep. The idea of musicians serenading babies in hospitals is just too adorable, and if it is beneficial to the babies then hopefully more hospitals will allow programs like this. More »

It’s Not That Our Milk Engorged Breasts Aren’t ‘Sexy’ – We Just Don’t Appreciate You Using Them For Your Creepy Dating Website

It's Not That Our Milk Engorged Breasts Aren't 'Sexy' - We Just Don't Appreciate You Using Them For Your Creepy Dating Website

I get that some men (and women)  find the idea of a lactating women sexy. There are thousands of porno movies devoted to just this topic, with titles like MILFs I’d Like To Milk and Dairy Farm Girls (See? there’s that farm thing again) but what’s so stupid and offensive about this billboard is that is takes the nonsexual act of feeding a baby and appropriates it to hooking up on a dating website. And it further sexualizes the nonsexual act of breastfeeding by blurring out the image of the breast being used to nurse the infant More »

As The Body Count From The Texas Tornados Rises, You Can Find Me Over In The Corner Crying

As The Body Count From The Texas Tornados Rises, You Can Find Me Over In The Corner Crying

When I’m older, at least when my kids are safely tucked away in college (hopefully) I’m going to buy an old school bus and fill it with diapers and formula and pet food and cases of booze and when something this horrific happens I’m going to gather a mess of other old ladies and we can head down to places like Texas when tragedy strikes. You can join me, the line forms to the left. Bring extra Kleenex. More »

I Discipline My Stepkid, My Non-Stepkids, And I’ll Discipline Your Kids Too

I Discipline My Stepkid, My Non-Stepkids, And I'll Discipline Your Kids Too

Being a parent is hard. Having a blended family is hard. But the issues you mention are all little problems! And these little problems all have little solutions and what worries me is that teens have BIG problems, drinking problems, unprotected sex problems, drug problems, driving problems, school problems — and if you can’t nip these totally unacceptable little problems now then imagine what will happen when the big problems do, and trust me, they will. More »

Bad Mom Advice: Screaming Toddlers And Naked Kids – Join My Radical #Meltdown Project And Always Naked Revolution!

Bad Mom Advice: Screaming Toddlers And Naked Kids - Join My Radical #Meltdown Project And Always Naked Revolution!

Think about it, your parent has dragged you to a gigantic place that is usually crowded and most of the time, it is at a time when there are a million things you would rather be doing. There are cartoons to be watched. There are toys to be played with. There are birds! They are outside! There is possibly a bird in your yard! This bird could possibly be doing something amazing like pooping on your parent’s car and you are missing all of it! Plus, your parent has been a total dick while at the store. They have spent way too much time fondling organic grapefruits and checking their cell phone messages and every damn time you want something fantastic like a package of cookies or a brightly colored box of something with a manic looking cartoon rabbit on it your parent has said “no.” More »

I Never Knew Putting A Diaper On A 5-Year-Old As ‘Punishment’ Was Part Of The Montessori Program

I Never Knew Putting A Diaper On A 5-Year-Old As 'Punishment' Was Part Of The Montessori Program

As a parent I have always envied parents who sent or are sending their children to a Montessori school. My children did not attend Montessori, but if I had littles ones I would probably consider it. I think the whole idea of a school where children learn concepts via discovery is pretty cool, but I guess the school is only as cool as the teachers staffing it and in this case in Highland, Indiana, I think it’s safe to say that was this teacher and her aides did was very NOT cool More »

Woman Abandoned Her Newborn Under A Tree And I Would Have Happily Taken That Baby

Woman Abandoned Her Newborn Under A Tree And I Would Have Happily Taken That Baby

One thing I will never understand about moms who give birth in secret is why they leave their babies in the worst possible places instead of like, giving them to me or some other woman who would happily take their babies from them. I guess there is mental illness involved, considering moms who do this are obviously desperately unhappy to have given birth, and are probably in an extremely fragile mental state, but sheesh stop leaving your newborns in terrible places and take them to a hospital where they can receive medical attention and be adopted into a loving home. More »