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Licking Your Child's Pacifier May Be The Best Way To Clean It

Rich Ledoux — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:55:47 +0000

As the parent of a child who uses a pacifier, or binky as we call it, some new research out of Sweden has made me happy. A new study found that when parents at least occasionally cleaned pacifiers by licking or sucking them (which is the category my wife and myself fall under, by the way) rather than washing them or boiling them, their kids were significantly less likely to develop some real health problems. Here's more:

For My Granola Munching Parent Friends: Grow Organic Vegan Cartoon [VIDEO]

Michelle — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:09:42 +0000

I could no sooner be a vegan than I could instantly turn Chinese, but lots of my (insane) friends are…and they’re parents. So thought I’d post this cute little ditty you can start brain washing your kids with it. (The vegan part, not the totally OK organic part.) Love you mean it.

Eight Percent of Parents Regret Their Child's Name — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:17:54 +0000

Naming a child is usually the first big decision a new parent makes, and one that almost one and ten would like to do be able to do again. A new survey by Your Domain Name has found that eight percent of all parents admit to baby naming remorse, which is up from the three percent [...]

I'm Down With OPK

Michelle — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:03:42 +0000

That stands for Other People’s Kids. There is something special about developing a friendship with Other People’s Kids. First of all, kids are (for the most part) awesome. Secondly, they’re not your kids so you don’t have to boss them around and they clearly appreciate that. So many of my friends have kids that it’s [...]