Daddy Types: December 2005 Archives

December 2005 Archives

December 31, 2005

Plush Baby Dinosaurs In A Nest Swimming Pool

At our third Christmas session last night, the kid got this very cute set of Melissa & Doug plush baby dinosaurs from Grandma. [Melissa & Doug have clearly been able to break their brand out of their original Cute Wooden...
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"Where Do Babies Come From?": The Video Game

Sega recently released Where Do Babies Come From?, a sequel to its Nintendo DS wooing game, Feel The Magic. Both games are set in a stylized world populated by silhouettes [who all apparently have the same day job, modeling...
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Plush, Snaps, Origami, Animals: Snapazoo

Ross Miller originally created the Transformer-like velour Snapazoo in the early 1980's, and it sold well in the US [Miller is from Massachusetts] and Europe for a while before it went out of production. In 2005, the Japanese indie toy...
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December 30, 2005

Mini-Boo Update: User-Testing = Launch

So the last couple of nights, and some portions of the last couple of days have been occupied with the final construction of the kid's Mini-boo. Our nomadic lifestyle helped "Santa brings your presents to three places because he doesn't...
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The World According To Matt Haughey

Like Matt, I've been catching myself saying things I'd heard before from parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. Unlike Matt, I didn't have any deeper insight into what it might actually mean. That said, I am bracing myself to be ignored by...
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New Study On Birth Coaching: Eh

According to a new study of 320 first-time mothers published in the Jan. issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, there are only minimal measurable benefits to coaching during labor: final stage pushing only lasted an average of...
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Dads on NPR: Thinking Of The Children

NPR, which used to be the aural carpet to my work-at-home days, has been largely replaced by the kid's aural playmat, so to speak. But in the last 12 hours, I heard these two dads talking about the major changes...
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December 29, 2005

What I Like Best: No Elmo

Just as we'd been making progress on pronouns [how do you explain "I," "me," and "you" to someone totally new to the concept? It's tricky.] we were introduced, thanks to a presumably well-meaning gift in the mail from a dear...
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Relax T-shirt From NWA

Nippaz With Attitude has introduced a Frankie-style "Relax" T-shirt for babies. It comes in sizes 0-6 and 6-12 months, but to get the true, 80's oversized-T look, I say go for the big size. Just imagine how peaceful discussions of...
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"Plastic Bag Is Not A Toy."

From the time she was born, I used to chant that to the kid every time I had a shopping bag in my hand, or every time I'd take out the trash or unwrap something. In case the dangers...
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We're Co-Sleeping, We're Proud, Get Used To It

The NYT reports on the growing Co-Sleeping Pride movement, in which literally several new parents who have been co-sleeping in secret shame have come out of the closet now that Dr. Richard Ferber has backtracked from his previous "cry it...
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In Other News Of The Apocalypse, The Man Show Host Adam Carolla To Reproduce

Decades of giving teenagers in SoCal blowjob advice on Loveline seems to have finally paid off for Adam Carolla, who's wife is now pregnant with the couple's first child. If you are the viewer of Carolla's latest house renovation TV...
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December 28, 2005

Chris Rock Drives A Maclaren!!!

This is how Chris Rock rolls, in a Maclaren Twin Traveller. [us via cbb] The Maclaren Twins are available in Rally ($289) or Techno ($359) at babystyle. [babystyle.com] Babies r Us only has Techno at the moment....
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Hugh Jackman Bags Babe, Is Stud

Hugh Jackman's kid Ava Eliot is 5 months old, which, in Australia, is old enough to wear a kitchen garbage bag made out of fleece. [If any Australians out there could stop gnawing on their placentas long enough to...
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December 27, 2005

Regarding The Fate Of Mrs. Rod Stewart's Placenta

So new parents Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster kept her placenta in the freezer until they could get a tree to plant on top of it. Once grandma Lancaster got a walnut tree, they took it out back, dug a...
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Baby Monitor: Safety 1st, TMI Awareness 2nd

Neither of our places in NYC or Washington are big enough to put us out of earshot of the kid's crying, so we've never had a baby monitor. [Note to the various people whose emails about baby monitors I have...
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Limbo Doctrine In Limbo

Apparently, limbo is about to be banished from Catholic doctrine quicker than a baby who dies without being baptized is banished from Heaven. The NY Times has a rather flippant article on how the Church is trading in centuries of...
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Curds And Whey I Understand

Back in the breast pump days, on through the formula days, and now into the milk milk era, we've stuck pretty close to a 45 minute/1 hour time limit for the kid's milk. After a bottle or a cup had...
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Yes, For The Moment, I AM Chopped Liver

What is up with that? On and off for weeks now, the kid has been melting down if it's not Mommy who: - gives her a bath - puts her to bed - opens the applesauce - changes the channel...
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December 26, 2005

There's More Handmade Christmas Where That Came From

For Christmas, her granddad got the kid this chair, made by his brother Alvin. Quite the craftsman, Uncle Alvin makes and sells a fair amount of children's furniture here in southern Utah, but this is the first of his...
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December 24, 2005

S'Morey Christmas To All

And to all a good night. Unless you the type who's not into Christmas, in which case, enjoy your Chinese food....
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December 23, 2005

The Boy In The Water-Filled Plastic Bubble

One of the odd pleasures of going to St. George, Utah is the D.I., Deseret Industries. It's a giant, Salvation Army-style thrift shop that's the denominationally correct repository of choice for all the stuff Mormons get rid of, and...
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Not Much Of A Review Of Paul McCartney's Kid's Book

While it's mostly a too-kind report of a bookstore reading with an audience of pre-selected children, I'd kind of hoped this UK Observer article would be more of a review of Paul McCartney's first children's book, High In The Clouds....
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Urgent: Parents Should Read New TSA Guidelines [At The Onion]

While most media attention has focused only on the new permissibility of knives and scissors, so far only The Onion has uncovered this new TSA guideline: "Seat kickers now under strict 'shoot to kill' disciplinary guidelines." Fortunately for the kid,...
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Tufted Wool Rugs By Graffiti Artists

I don't know how well these'll match the giant model car wall hanging in your nursery, but I'll throw them out there anyway. The group of London-based street artists who run Toy Culture have transformed some of their tags and...
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December 22, 2005

Al-Most. Fashionbeast "8-Bit Clothing" By Malcolm McLaren

I gotta admit, I'm feeling pretty good if I have just about the same idea about clothing as Malcolm McLaren. I mean, the dude invented punk, for Sid's sake. But even after reading about McLaren's new line of video-game inspired...
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December 21, 2005

Mini-boo Update: Dremel Make The Baby Cry

... Yes, all you suburbanites with your basement workshops and garages and such can chuckle silently to yourselves. Hell, laugh at the top of your lungs; no one'll hear you. It turns out the banshee-like whine of a Dremel cutting...
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Was It Good For You, Too? Orgasmic Childbirth

Now, for your clueless male convenience, all those mysteries--pregnancy, childbirth, the female orgasm--are wrapped up in one, convenient package called childbirth. Is it true? Is it just propaganda from the anti-epidural lobby? Or just one more lifechanging thing you're not...
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Congratulations, Gavin Rossdale! [Both Times]

It used to be a guy had to pull a Federline [1] to hear the "Guess what, you're a dad!" announcement twice in just a few months. But Gavin Rossdale shows there's another way: get your girlfriend wife [thanks, A]...
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Jellio Turbo - Recommended For Children Under 3

I remember a tobacco executive use the words "surprise and delight" while describing her company's marketing strategy. Sounds better than "turn into junkies and bleed till they die," I suppose. I mention this only because the fine folks at Jellio...
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Art: Juergen Teller, New Dad

I'm always interested to see what happens to an artist's work when he has a kid. Partly because the new presence ususally makes himself or herself felt in unexpected ways, but mostly because good artists are usually very attuned...
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December 20, 2005

Be Unique Somehow At Baby Gap Outlet

You know the trouble with Baby Gap; it's the same with Grownup Gap: if you get anything but basics there, you run the risk of running into a hundred people on the street--or at the mall, for you suburban types--wearing...
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JOY Division: Carter's + Target? It Just Don't Add Up

In this time of giving and holiday cheer, it's important to remember the less fortunate, to offer them our love and support, and to share with them of our bounteous blessings. That's why I'm announcing that Daddy Types will give...
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Moving For The Schools. To Tribeca

Hats off to Curbed for reporting on a print ad for Tribeca Green, a new rental building in the much-praised PS 89 school district, that read: Jack and Ellen met at Goldman Sachs. Now they're taking their kids public. Let...
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Dear Sir, I Have Invented A Revolutionary New [Insert Child-Related Product Here]

Here's an email I received this morning. It's not unusual for me to get 2-3 of these kinds of email each week, and most of the time, I don't mind it at all. I'm a huge fan of parent-led innovation,...
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December 19, 2005

I.D. Mag's Intriguing Baby Products Of 2005

I was doing a last-minute Christmas gift run at Barnes & Noble, and so I stopped to read me some free magazines, including I.D. [Now, I like I.D., but most major designers--and hence, design media--aggressively ignore baby-related products, so I've...
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Don't Call Them Orphanages, Don't Mention Borat

The adoption business is like no other. Can you imagine a company that charged you tens of thousands of dollars for its services and then inflicted constant delays on you, all the while withholding the reasons for those delays? You...
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Pampers Changes Diapers: "Glitch" or "Enhancement"?

I remember when Pop-Tarts got smaller. Not signficantly smaller, mind you, just shorter, a little off the top. And then when they switched from six/box to eight? They started out as a free bonus pack. Those were the days. All...
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"I Put A Baby In You," by Boston Rocker [sic] Robby Roadsteamer

Imagine if Ben Affleck never left home, but instead became a funny, cranky, impertinent local rocker, railing against uptight Bostonians who use words like "impertinent." When describing his music, Robby Roadsteamer makes references to showmen like Aerosmith, the Cars, and...
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December 18, 2005

Gocco Gonzo

Please do me a favor and don't tell me about anything cool. Especially if it's just going out of production, like the Print Gocco, for example. No sooner did I find out what a Gocco was--an incredibly easy-to-use home silkscreen/printer...
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Newborn Survival Kit: Coupons From Anvil Paper

The fine designers and letterpress folk at Anvil Paper have come up with a very nice gift idea for new parents who you know reasonably well. The Newborn Survival Kit is a set of five coupons--like McDonald's Gift Certificates,...
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More Expensive Than A Bugaboo, But Per Child? It's A Bargain

True, this stroller costs $989, $1,124 with the three canopies shown here. That's way more than a Cameleon, even. But if you look at it on a per-child basis ($164/187), the Bye-Bye Buggy is one of the best deals...
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Mirrored Crib Turns Child Into His Own Babysitter

Insitutional cribs have a no-nonsense design and construction that I find very refreshing. No tole painting, no decorative finials, no frills. Of course, part of the appeal comes from the fact that I don't see the inside of a...
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Awesome Japanese Wooden Clock Looks Like A Baby Nosepicker

Thanks to its meticulously crafted inner workings, Vinta's gorgeous Wooden Clock makes one complete rotation every twelve hours. It's innovative sculptural form enables you to "feel the time" in a spatial sense, not just "read the time." Just make...
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December 17, 2005

And Yet, I Want To See More John Deere Baby Gear

It's one of the most thoroughly licensed-out brands around these days, but I can't help feeling there ought to be more baby-related stuff from John Deere. According to the official John Deere Gifts online shop, there are two bodysuits...
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December 16, 2005

Full-on MacGyver: A Mini-boo Update

Here's what's I got so far with the Mini-boo, the Bugaboo-esque toy stroller I'm making out of a Riesenthel Carrybag. So we've figured out how to do the fabric; we're going to stitch the bag together in a couple of...
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Hold The Phone, I Just Clicked On A Gmail Ad

Now, I know there are a few people out there who click through the ads that appear on Daddy Types, and I must say, I'm always grateful. I hope they're useful and informative and add to whatever value the...
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Muji Giraffe Made From Re-Used [sic] Yarn

This Muji stuffed giraffe is made from the leftover cotton yarn that would have been thrown away at the end of a production run, so it's not technically "re-used," which'd be slightly gross, but "reclaimed" or "re-scued" which is...
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Muji Suburbia In A Bag

Muji has cute little bags of wooden blocks in the shapes of the icons of the world's great cities--London, Paris, Tokyo, New York. [The NYC one, for example, includes the Chrysler Building, the Statue of Liberty, MoMA's original building--and...
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December 15, 2005

If You Can't Read This, Let Me Know

I noticed a big spike in "404 - File Not Found" errors recently in server logs, and I can't figure out what's causing it [besides the obvious that whatever link someone's clicking through doesn't work...] If you have been getting...
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Toast Plush By Funfun Via Cute Overload

The title says it all, really, and if I could pour syrup on it for you, I would. Toast plush by Funfun may be available in LA, SF, and NYC at Giant Robot, Kidrobot, and at Super7. More cute...
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German Uber-Wagen Spy Shots

Q. What has 8 or 10 cylinders, around 500 hp, ultra-low profile 19-inch wheels, deep airdams, throaty double exhausts, plenty of room to haul the kinden and their gear, and is covered, either with useless disguises or with windblown Swedish...
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Bill Maher Steals Dad's Cab In A Snowstorm

I'm sure the woman who sent this in to the NY Daily News gossip column thought she was standing up for the man in the story. But let's face facts: no man--even a man with a baby and a stroller...
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Kaiser Studies Kids 0-6: Media? They're Soaking In It.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has just released the a hugely important study, "Zero to Six: Electronic media in the lives of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers." It's the first ever study of electronic media that looks at kids under the...
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No Men Were Harmed In The Production Of This Babywearing Article

Sorry dads, but according to the NY Times, babywearing--as practiced in NYC using the baby wraps of the world, including "the mei tai from China, the Mexican rebozo, the Korean podaegi and the kanga from Kenya," and the "waterproof slings,...
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One Embryo: 100 Swiss Francs.

The Swiss National Bank recently announced the winners of the design competition for the new Swiss Franc notes. The most obvious feature--even more eyecatching than the skull on the 1,000 or the HIV virus on the 200--is the weeks-old...
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December 14, 2005

What Would Le Corbusier Do?

First shown at the 1929 Salon d'Automne in Paris, the LC-6 dining table by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, instantly became a design classic. It has been produced by Cassina under exclusive license from the Le Corbusier...
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Now We're Talking: "Please Make A Baby-Sized [Katamari Damacy] Shirt"

The day of sweet video game baby gear may soon be upon us. Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi is no fan of moneygrubbing, Game-Logo-Here merchandise, but when pressed, he approved a handful of t-shirt designs that make oblique or subtle...
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Baby, Earn Your Keep Boardbooks From McSweeney's

Author/illustrator Lisa Brown's internationally reknowned "Baby Be of Use" instructional boardbook series has revolutionized infant and child productivity rates in the developing world. And the Walton Family's richer and the rest of us are a little less poor because...
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December 13, 2005

A Dad's Perfect Night In The Slope

What makes "a classic Park Slope evening," you ask? Here's one dad's answer: babysitting exchange, Al Di La for dinner, Blue Ribbon for dessert, ...and a Paul Bettany/Jennifer Connelly/child sighting. Gawker Stalker [gawker]...
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30-to-2: Heart Association Changes Infant CPR Recommendations

That's why she's called Alpha Mom. While I've been downloading clips of sick&twisted kids TV shows, Alpha Mom's Isabell Kallman has been busy mobilizing her editorial staff to report on actual, important--lifesaving, even--news. Turns out the American Heart Association just...
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And In Other Pregnant Skydiver News...

Until Shayna Richardson of Siloam Springs, Arka. took her first solo jump out of an airplane--and crash-landed on her face in a parking lot when her chutes didn't open, and survived, only to learn that she was two months pregnant...
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You Gonna Finish That?

Question: Did you eat more slightly used food off of someone else's plate now or in college? and does it make you a little less judgmental about the Salvadoran busboys who cleared your dinner at Outback Steakhouse the other night?...
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December 12, 2005

Sweet Digital Camera Helps Get The Dad's Job Done

Actually, my wife got it this summer, so I guess it's ideal for parents, but let's face it: more often than not, dads are still the Designated Photographer. The Fujifilm FinePix E550 is an excellent digital camera, but not just...
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From Our Man On The Street In NYC

1) It's butt cold. So you bundle the kid up for the street, only to have her meltdown in every sense of the word in the line at the post office. 2) I was surprised by how good the Sand-colored...
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Shibori [Ancient Japanese Secret Tie-Dye] Onesie

I found this on flickr while searching for cool homemade Onesies and other one piece baby gear. It's a Japanese technique called shibori, a tie-dye process that's far older and superior to the Deadhead version. I'm not quite sure how...
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December 11, 2005

Personally, I Blame Clement Hurd

While I was out late this afternoon, my wife called me to let me know the kid had started smoking. When asked, the kid had no words or concept of what she was doing, but she had very distinctly picked...
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Ferdinand: Maine's #1 Source For Drum-Playing Squirrel Baby Gear

Locals in both places wear nothing but LL Bean; they talk funny, and there's nowhere to park. It's no wonder people often get Maine and Boston confused. The easiest way to tell them apart: Beacon Hill is in Boston,...
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Sometimes The Cover-up IS The Crime

Let's get one thing clear right up front: That patriotic little ditty by recording arist/false prophet/ex-Attorney General John Ashcroft? Let The Eagle Soar. The source of "building blocks to help [children] develop independence and self-esteem that leads to bright futures"?...
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Where's All The Video Game Baby Gear?

Seriously, there are so many Onesies with heavy metal and "punk" logos on them, but I can't find one single Space Invaders-related baby item, or a Pacman or a Mario or a Grand Theft Auto or Halo or anything. Whatsupwithat?...
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December 10, 2005

B Bar, Bowery & East 4th St - NO

But it's super quiet in the late afternoon, and they serve lunch until 4:30. In a pinch, you might try the wide counter between the sinks....
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December 9, 2005

Blobby Farm: More Crafty Hipster Goodness

Blobby Farm is in Indiana--apparently, it's The Crossroads (Of Craftiness) State. The folks there make all sorts of unique plush characters by hand, characters which are all imbued with little profiles of telling personality quirks. Loaf 5 Jr., for example,...
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Daddy Types: The Crib Blog

Because I can't resist, here's a pic of me (and yes, that red blob is the kid in her Widgeon coat) at the woodworking shop. The bed is designed to use a minimum of materials (two beds use just...
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Step-Dad Matt Damon To Be, What, "Biological Dad"?

Another man within the orbit of Angelina Jolie is getting all daddied up. This time it's Matt Damon, who's shooting a film, The Good Shepherd, with Jolie in NYC at the moment. Damon's already doing the step-dad thing with his...
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Sweet Chair For Sitting Indian Style [Feather Or Dot]

Whether you're practicing medititation for hours at a time [yeah, that'll happen] or sitting on the floor with a kid all day [now we're talking], the Salubrion Chair was designed to help your back, your posture, and your blood circulation...
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FDA Issues Paxil Warning: Pregnancy Just Got More Depressing

The FDA issued recommendations that pregnant women taking Paxil should consult with their doctors about switching because of a significantly increased incidence of fetal heart defects associated with the antidepressant. I'd go into more detail, but unfortunately, I don't know...
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Why Does A Female Monkey "Fancy A Cooking Pot"?

Just in time for Christmas, a new study reveals that baby vervets [yeah, I didn't know either, and I go to the zoo a dozen times a week. It's a monkey.] prefer gender coded toys "Just like most human boys...
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December 8, 2005

The Daddy Types "MacGyver Your Own Damn Gifts" List

The holiday season doesn't usually drive me to swear this much. But I guess somewhere between the third breathless press release for the cheesy department store baby clothes, a Disney Princess catalog that's so nauseatingly pink it makes Pottery Barn's...
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Imagine All The People Getting The Hell Outta My Way

I had to go from the West Side to a meeting downtown, so the kid and I headed over to the B train at 72nd Street. B is for BIG mistake. Turns out someone had been shot on the corner...
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Feel Guilty For Not Carrying Your Kid More Yet?

I'm all for carrying your kid, keeping her close, etc. etc. I may not be so into it that I'd get all in your face about it the way some Metafilterites have in this thread, though. Interspersed with some decent...
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OperaMan To Become OperaDad

Seems that Adam Sandler and his wife are going to have a baby next spring. Lovely, but I have four words to say to that: hot water burn baby. Sandler, wife, expecting first child [canoe.ca] Watch "Hot Water Burn Baby,"...
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December 7, 2005

Save The Children [While Damning Your Own Black Soul To Hell]

I've got a Prada cashmere cap warming my bedhead right now, so I know it isn't me; this book is a $%&(*ing menace and needs to be smothered in its crib. I'm talking about This Little Piggy Went To Prada:...
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San Francisco To Become Paradise For Coffee Shop Whiners?

Seems that San Francisco is a hard city to live in for young middle class families, so they're all planning on moving (or at least half of them, according to one study). If you're one of those cranky bastards whose...
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Have Yourself An Indie Sonofabitchin' Christmas

I am SO behind Dutch's idea of skipping big box stores and mass manufactured crap for Christmas [&c.] and buying--IF you're buying, which I'll get to later--independent, handmade, and local stuff, which rocks a hundred times better anyway. Check out...
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December 6, 2005

Getting Mistaken For The Manny? Seriously?

Maybe it's an East Coast thing, or maybe it's because I look a lick or two over 18, but I've never had anyone mistake me for the manny. In fact, I've never seen a manny in the wild. Or if...
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Grant Your Kid +5 Geekhood w/Plush D&D Dice

Fuzzy dice are usually the province of wannabe-tacky pimps. But if you get your kid some fuzzy Dungeons & Dragons polyhedral dice now, while he's young, you can be pretty sure you'll save him from a life of frontin' and...
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Canadian Baby Leather Industrial Complex Expands Into Bib Market

Not content merely with domination of the world market for cartoon-cute elastic booties, Canada's Baby Leather Industrial Complex is now expanding into bibs. Mally Bibs are made by a multinational leather bib megacorporation which goes by the name Nicole Garza...
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Today Only: 7th Gen 50% Off At Drugstore.com

While Drugstore.com doesn't provide the visceral satisfaction of trampling old people on a budget underfoot or of wresting the last pack of newborn diapers from the bleary-eyed father of triplets, you gotta give them credit for trying to spark a...
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The Cocoa Bar, 228 7th Ave, Park Slope - NO

Apparently the bathroom's out of order altogether, and so a blogger circled the wagons while his sister changed her kid's diaper on the chair. Naturally, chaos ensued, at least online. POSTCARD FROM THE SLOPE_DIAPERING DUCKY [OTBKB via Curbed, whose commenters...
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Sythesizers For Kids

There's a comment thread on Music Thing full of suggestions for synthesizers that are appropriate for a 1-year-old girl. And by "appropriate" they don't mean "pink"; electronic music is not just for girls, you know. No, they mean "Tough knobs...
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I Want A Kid-o Bib: A Must For Christmas

Not only a Kid-o bib, of course, will do, but I'm just saying. That all-too-familiar frustration with the horrible design of most baby gear probably intensifies when you open an awesome baby store, because Kid-o has introduced quite a...
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December 5, 2005

Dad, Playtex, Bond Over Diaper Genie Of Death

For whatever reason [selfless dedication to customer satisfaction? lawsuit-driven CYA?] Playtex does not want you to keep a Diaper Genie with a broken, exposed rotating razor blade. Who knew? Customer Service [jasons.org]...
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T or A: Dads And The Etymology Of The Touchdown Celebration

Carolina Panther Steve Smith may have more touchdowns and completions than his fellow receiver, Cincinnati Bengal's Chad Johnson, but Johnson's got the better--or at least the more buzz-worthy--end zone dances. So what's up with that? After watching "change the baby's...
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NYT: Clement Hurd Still Hazardous To Children's Health

Apparently, the cigarette--and the bong, Soloflex machine, and the Book of Mormon--are just the tip of the iceberg. Writer Karen Karbo points out a lot of other things in Clement Hurd's Goodnight Moon that could be sending the dangerously wrong...
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What's On YOUR Christmas/Holiday List?

Yes, I've been working on a holiday gift list for the site; it's not quite ready yet, but I'll have it up in a day or so, I hope. In the mean time, I'd love to hear--and several wives and...
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I'm Dreaming Of A [Sweet Homemade Toy Stroller] Christmas

OK, this was going to be a surprise, and then I thought, what the hell? If it's a surprise for the kid, fine, but why am I keeping it a secret from you? Because she's still obsessed with them, I'm...
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Star Fleece: Warmplus Favorite By American Widgeon

When the kid wore her new red Warmplus Favorite fleece jacket on the train the other day--a lovely gift from my stepmother [the jacket, not the train, I mean]--a mother nudged her tween daughter and said, "look, honey, she has...
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December 2, 2005

How (Not) To Spend Your Anniversary The Daddy Types Way

1. your wife goes on a sudden daytrip for work to Cambridge 2. you go on a sudden daytrip for work to Miami 3. the kid goes on a daytrip--to Grandma's office (at least it's a Friday) 4. You all...
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December 1, 2005

Goodnight Nothing, Goodnight Bush: Baby Bush Toys

A Rubik's Cube-like "twisty thing" that's red on every side. A puzzle with one circular piece ["ages 5 and up."] A "Special Edition" of Goodnight Moon where every page is blank ["Your child's self-esteem will soar as they pretend to...
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For Unto Us A Sean Is Given

Just when you thought the K-Fed family couldn't get any wronger, Britney had to go and dress the kid's nursery up like The Nativity. At first, I worried that little Sean's swaddling clothes weren't flushable gDiapers, but who cares now?...
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Heath Ledger: Everything But Breastfeeding--And Changing Diapers

Witnessing the birth of his child made Heath Ledger rethink his previous definitions of masculinity in a way that playing a gay Wyoming sheep herder didn't. He ruminated a bit on the topic with a reporter from his hometown paper,...
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Congratulations, Ben Affleck! Jen, You Can Pick Up Your Crowning Earrings At The Nurse's Station

The Garner-Afflecks have had a baby girl, Violet Ann Affleck [family names], thanks, apparently, to the magic of Pitocin. Garner was induced a week ahead of her Dec. 8 due date, presumably so Violet could make the deadline for the...
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Blue Tree, Red Bikini

There are so many ledes in Alex Kucynski's NYT shoppertainment story, it's taken me all week to sort them out: the awesome Pennywhistle Toys on Madison Avenue between 91st & 92nd st closed down?? This is apparently only relevant because......
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The Squirrelly, Asst Vice President Of Alphabetizing

So Matthew reports that The Squirrelly has learned almost all 23 letters of the alphabet:Yes, only 22 months old and he's already mastered life's most basic skill: the ability to fake his way through things that he doesn't entirely understand....
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NYC Overrun By Immigrants...Little Immigrants From Heaven

According to the NYT, the under-5 population of Manhattan increased 26 percent between 2000 and 2004. SHOCKING. The most likely explanation, they say, is not Mexicans in East Harlem [seriously], but high-income families who don't "disappear into Brooklyn and New...
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