The Daddy Types Baby Tattoo Design Contest

A company's selling "If lost, please call " temporary tattoos for kids, but they still require you to write your phone number on there with a marker. Set aside the lost&found strategy questions of tattoing vs. labeling vs. stuffing a...
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"If Found, Call This Number" Temporary Tattoos

So the idea behind Tattoos With A Purpose is that they're an unlosable, unobtrusive way to attach your emergency contact information to a kid. Like any other temporary tattoo, TWAP's go on in seconds and last up to 7 days....
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Philippe Starck Maclaren: The First Online Photos

Finally, the first online photos of Philippe Starck's stroller and changing bag for Maclaren have surfaced. The snap judgment: not a jaw-dropping surprise, but worth a closer look. The Starck Maclaren won the Innovation Award in last month's giant Kind...
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The Walk-O-Long, (Formerly Known As The Not-A-Leash)

The Walk-O-Long was invented by a dad whose daughter started to walk right after he had back surgery. Seems her arms were shorter than the average gibbon (aka human-length), and holding her hands meant bending over in a way that...
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And The Kid'll Have The Massaman Beef Curry

The traditional first solid food for Japanese babies is rice, not rice cereal. They cook it with milk to make it softer, and then gradually thicken it up. By a year or so, kids are eating straight rice. Of course,...
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Open House (In More Ways Than One)

Remember that architect's dream home, the West Village penthouse with the subway doors in the kitchen and the glass-and-steel flying staircase? The one where the architect and his wife had twins soon after completing their 7-year-or-whatever renovation? Well, not only...
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And In Other Sucking News: Pacifiers May Prevent SIDS

A woman stopped me on the street today to tell me that pacifiers may prevent SIDS. Literally. Of course, she only told me after testing my parental knowledge of SIDS prevention on-camera. She was from ABC News, and the Kid...
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Apprentice Dad Skips Birth To Suck Up To Martha Stewart

Here's the scenario: You run a small ad agency in Philadelphia. Your kid's 5. You're wife's pregnant. You apply to be on The Apprentice with the recently-released-from-prison Martha Stewart. Then you audition. Then you audition again. Then you make the...
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Wodeo Season! Infant Western Wear Season! Wodeo Season!

As PBR returns to the OLN--the 2006 Pro Bull Riding World Cup Final is early this year, Nov. 3-6, tickets go on sale next week--a man's heart turns to dressing his child up like a cowboy. Or at least it...
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