September 5, 2006

Dad-made Baby Bed, A La Francaise: Lit De Camille

"Chez nous, faire le lit des enfants est une tradition. Mon grand pere a fait celui de mon pere qui a fait le mien...J'ai donc dessine celui de ma fille." "In our family, making a child's bed is a...
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1,400 Chinese Nannies Can't Be Wrong, or NY Magazine Has This Country By The Parenting Shorthairs

And by "this country," I mean "Connecticut." The NY Times wades into the whole Chinese Nannies For The Children Of The Overclass thing a bit late, but don't worry, they've got a new angle: Chinese Au Pairs. See? Completely different....
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Jack & Baby Bear: The Michael & LaToya Of The Puppet World

We've only watched Jack's Big Music Show on Noggin a few times, but I had a call today, so...[click], there it was. As I watched the first few minutes with the kid, though, [who loves it, by the way]...
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Carbon Neutral Diapers, Now In Cloth, Too

Carbon Clear has been offering a carbon and greenhouse emissions offset for disposable diapers for a while now, inspired by the birth of company founder Mark Chadwick's daughter. Treehugger reports that Carbon Clear has just expanded to include cloth diaper...
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HRH Haakon Crown Prince Of Norway Has Not, As Yet, Confirmed His Attendance

But a company called Mutsy USA, Inc. is on the exhibitor list for this weekend's ABC Kid's Expo in Las Vegas. Stay tuned. [via dt reader mark] Previously: Mutsy coming to the US, Crown Prince Haakon still checking his calendar...
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Taba Naba: "And Have A GREAT Time!" 4,890 Times.

This YouTube clip only shows it's been watched 4,890 times, but I swear, we've watched it that many times this week. And it's only Tuesday. "Taba Naba" has consistently been the kid's most requested video clip when she wants...
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Japonais, 111 East 18th St & Park Avenue South - CLOSE ENOUGH

Metrodad scouted this one out: "No changing room, but they have an individual W/C next to the Mens/Womens rooms that has a marble countertop and ample space. Great place to change diapers."...
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Scientists: 'Blues Clues' Teaches Your Child Important Life Skills

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have shown that by the age of two, most kids have already developed important life skills like webcamming, but are just beginning to learn how to yell at a TV screen. The study sat kids...
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Half King Bar, 505 West 23rd St & 10th Avenue - YES

go for the burgers, stay for the changing table in the unisex bathroom. impressive. scouted by metrodad, laidoffdad, and dt...
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The Conran Shop, 407 East 59th St at 1st Ave. - NO

there should be sofas and lounges enough to throw down in a pinch, though. scouted by dt reader henry...
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