Looking Back, The Five O'Clock Nap May Have Been A Mistake

After a day of driving; finding the playground at some Maryland Chick-fil-A (my favorite Christian chicken sandwich restaurant) was too big for her but staying too long anyway; and then running through a few hours of the kid's amped up...
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Have You Had A Visit From The Storkcraft?

John's a dad-to-be who's right on the brink of buying a bunch of nursery furniture. His wife's been taking him to babies r us like every night, apparently, and he just wants to know, "Is Storkcraft any good?" Storkcraft, as...
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from the Stupidest Ideas In The World Dept.: Caffeine for Kids

"I have more energy and I like them a lot. I would suggest that anyone try them!" 12-year-old gymnast Taylor Foster continued, "!!!!!" She was talking, of course, about Spark, the caffeinated drink for kids from the Texas-based direct marketing...
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Seal's Station Wagon Can Kick Your Station Wagon's Butt

The Klum-Seals hit the town last week, where they got ambushed by paparazzi hoping to score a photo of the new kid. Meanwhile, Seal looks to be toting Henry in a carrycot that's part of a stroller; that thick...
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Mountain Buggy Adds A Car Seat Adapter

If the only thing holding you back from buying a Mountain Buggy was the inability to lash a butt-ugly American car seat onto it, your wait is over. Mountain Buggy has introduced a car seat adapter for its strollers, which...
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And Tango's Daddy's New Girlfriend Makes Four

As if you didn't have enough penguin mating drama to keep up with this summer, now comes news that Roy and Silo, a same-sex penguin couple in the Central Park Zoo, have split up, and Silo has taken up with...
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Elimination Communication Hits England (Or Returns, If You Count Those Stonehenge Druids)

On the occasion of some how-to books, The Times of London has a one-eyebrow-raised article on that crazy American trend, "elimination communication." [China and India, where there are two billion-plus early potty trainers/trainees, gets a one-line mention somewhere deep in...
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