Inconceivable Actually Sounds Pretty Conceivable

Haven't seen it, but NBC's new soap opera/series Inconceivable is set in a Beverly Hills fertility clinic, and is full of "come on, that'd never happen!" storylines and ethical dilemmas that, at least according to Slate's Liza Mundy, are barely...
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Daycare & Preschools Are Epicenters Of Flu Epidemics

Ring Around The Rosie indeed:New data compiled by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, reported in October 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, suggest that otherwise healthy 3- and 4-year-olds drive flu epidemics, a pattern...
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Freaking Out Children's Tiny Minds For Science

I'd always wondered when the kid was going to stop grabbing at the balloon string in Goodnight Gorilla, now I know. A potentially huge research finding--that children under three don't develop the capacity for symbolic thinking--that could have far-reaching implications...
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Parenting and Kid Gear Search Engines

Nabeel at Startup Dad writes:So, there's a cool new website called Rollyo and it let's you search a fixed set of sites... Two that might be of interest to Daddy Types readers on the hunt: Dooce created one focused on...
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Robot Crib Rockers: You're Getting Sleeeeepy.

So apparently there's an Australian company that's launching some synchronized, remote-controlled, crib-rocking caster system called Lullabubs. I worry that lately I've become a bit jaded or cynical when it comes to baby gear marketing, bloglinking clusterf--never mind. What interests me...
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Lleyton Hewitt: Tennis Star, Dad-to-be, Baby Pimp, Humanitarian

So no sooner to I get all guilty, defensive, and protective of my celebrity dads' privacy than I see dad-to-be Lleyton Hewitt and his pregnant wife have sold themselves--and their about-to-be-born child--to an Australian gossip magazine for $1 million. For...
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Seal Drives An Urban Jungle! Leni Drives A--Huh? An Eddie Bauer?

Here are some highlights from the latest installment of the Seal-Klum Paparazzi Ambush Hour: Seal's definitely rockin' the Euro Mountain Buggy, aka the Urban Jungle. [tiny brunopress pic here] Mrs. Seal can be seen driving the Mother of All Wagons...
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Tables & Chairs For Kids: NYT, For One, Welcomes Our DWR Overlords

When I saw the classic Nanna Ditzel Toadstool set with a Playsam car on it in the New York Times' "This Season's Greatest Tables & Chairs For Kids!" I said to myself, "Kudos to Kid-o for getting that sweet placement."...
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Is A 400 SF Apartment Big Enough For A Baby?

As part of their "Good Questions" series, a New York parent-to-be asked Apartment Therapy's readers: Can you survive living with a kid in a 400-sf East Village apartment? A lot of comments are all Therapy and no Apartment, and there's...
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