Scheduled C-Section: That Is SO L.A. [Times]

The LA Times has a long article on the increasing popularity of C-sections in general and scheduled C-sections in particular. Although the complications, risks and benefits of various types of birth are still being studied, the Times generally makes the...
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ABC Carpet, 888 Broadway at 18th St - NO

A reader Angela reported that the women's rooms not only had changing tables, but that they were stocked with 7th Generation diapers. Well, the men's rooms ain't got nuthin', not on 2, not on 4....
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Disney Store, 711 Fifth Avenue at 55th St - YES

There's an actual padded countertop built in. Bathrooms are downstairs....
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Two Boots Avenue A, 44 Avenue A at 3rd St - NO

This is the location with the video store attached....
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Like My Shiny Mud Balls, Baby

Well, nobody does media-fuelled obsession with betterment than Japan, as the pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo about the supposed developmental benefits of making hikaru doro-dango [shiny mudballs] shows. There was a TV show about them on NHK a few years back, and...
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Buy Retail, Sell Wholesale: Seimi Bassinet from Netto Collection On Ebay

Considering their useful lifespan and wear, when Bugaboos turn up on ebay, they hold a pretty remarkable percentage of their original value. Bassinets, meanwhile, get almost no wear, and they only get used at all for a few months,...
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The Lying, The Pitch, And The Boardroom

So that reality series that ABC cancelled before it ever aired, where gay dads won a house on a Texas cul de sac after The Blacks and The Asians and The Tattooed Ones got voted off by the neighbors? The...
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Amazon Wants To Bury You With Seventh Generation Promo

Just when you were beginning to see daylight peeking through the mountains of Seventh Generation products you bought last time Amazon offered a $40 gift certificate, they go and do it again. This time, you get $40 to spend at...
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The Ancient Art Of Diaper Origami

At bare minimum, when you're folding a dirty diaper, you have to make sure the contents don't escape. Once that's done, though, there's a universe of artistic and aerodynamic expression available to you, as Kevin demonstrates in his recent post,...
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