In the News
The Penile Trap
Jun 16, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Ouch, Potty Training
Parents of toddlers are so busy installing stair gates and electrical outlet covers — or, as child safety experts such as myself call them, “thing-a-ma-jigs” — that they have likely neglected to address the biggest death trap in their house:
THE TOILET SEAT!
Pregnant with Boy or Girl? Find Out with At-Home Prediction Test
Jun 15, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News,Pregnancy
If you are pregnant and eager to find out if your baby is male, female or Boy George, you may be able to tell as early as 10 weeks after conception, according to makers of an over-the-counter gender prediction test.
IntelliGender, creator of the “Boy or Girl Gender Prediction Test,” says scientists isolated certain hormones that when combined with a “proprietary mix of chemicals” react differently if a woman is carrying a boy or a girl.
It claims that within 10 minutes of taking the urine test, a woman will be able to tell her baby’s gender. The specimen will turn orange if it’s a girl. If it’s a boy, the toilet seat will automatically stay up.
IntelliGender would not say what hormones or chemicals it uses it in its test, which boasts a 78 to 80 percent accuracy rate, because of a pending patent.
Of course, you can also undergo another kind of test with 100 percent accuracy: If your left breast is bigger than the right during pregnancy, you’re having a girl. If the right is bigger, it’ll be a boy. If you can’t tell which is bigger, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered to feel you up and predict the gender for free!
Because Bar Hopping is SO 2008: Let’s Go Baby Hopping!
Jun 15, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Baby Jumping Festival, Safety First
I think I’ve just discovered a fun, new baby shower game!
End-of-Week News Deliveries: iPhone Goodies; Dehydrated Gosselin Tot; Beckham’s Golden Balls
Jun 12, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
10 reasons why “wannabe moms” worry. Heck, when are us women ever NOT worrying? I worry there is no good answer to that… [lilSugar]
New “Baby Brain” iPhone app helps frazzled moms and dads get organized. Now if only you could remember where you placed your iPhone… [Baby Scoop]
Kate Gosselin tells daughter, “No water for yooo-ooouuu!” [CelebWarship]
“I Can Spell Simple Words” language-building tool, for ages 4-7 and Jessica Simpson. [TotSnob]
DILF David Beckham unveils new Armani underwear ad. You’re welcome. [popbytes]
Teri Hatcher tries to have nice moment with daughter on the red carpet, only to have photographer distracted by the fact that “they’re real — and they’re spectacular!” [Ayyyy!]
Pregnant Man Pops Out Yet Another One
Jun 10, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Pregnant Man
"You sure that's not just last night's lasagna?"
Thomas Beatie, a.k.a. “Pregnant Man,” has given birth to his second child, a bouncing baby boy, reports The Official Pregnant Man News Bureau, a.k.a. “20/20.”
Sources close to the couple say that it was a “natural childbirth” and that they have not yet decided on the boy’s name. Thomas’ wife, Nancy, 46, will be breastfeeding their son, as she did with their daughter, Susan Juliette, who was born last June.
Popping out two kids in one year? Yowza. At this point, his lady business is probably praying he completes the gender reassignment surgery.
For those who crave more details about Thomas and his growing family, don’t worry — a multi-page spread in People magazine and EXCLUSIVE broadcast interview with Baba Wawa is sure to follow.
This Just In: Chronic Sleep Deprivation Not Healthy for Teenagers! News at Eleven.
Jun 9, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News,Teens | Tags: Health
In today’s “duh” report, a study reveals that teenagers who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to be depressed. Captain Obvious agrees.
End-of-Week News: OctoNut’s “Guilt”; Killer Playgrounds; Stylish Klan Kids
Jun 5, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
OctoMom confesses she has guilt about “coercing” sperm donor and screwing up kids’ lives. Then noted, “That confession should be worth at least an Escalade, don’t ya think?” [ABC]
A convertible high chair that transforms into recliner, swing and high chair. But does it scrub floors, too? [Tot Snob]
Mom Mistakes The White House for The Shite House
Jun 5, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News
"Is there a Diaper Genie in the Lincoln Bedroom?"
A woman raised a few eyebrows (and offended a few noses) at the White House when she forwent the usual, you know, restroom and instead changed her baby’s diaper on an elegant antique bench in the historic Cross Hall, near the East Room.
