babies

The economy is being blamed for a drop in the number of Americans having babies. That's not surprising given a recent government report that said parents could expect to spend $221,000 to raise a child from birth to age 17. This is the first time the number of U.S. births has dropped in 10...

I have no idea if Brad Pitt has a wipe warmer in his house to keep his childrens' bums clean and warm, but he does support using baby wipes for underarm hygiene.While that's a heck of a tip, if Pitt or anyone else has a wipe warmer to keep their baby's backside warm while being wiped clean, then...

I have a theory about my safety in traffic when riding my "mamabikeorama," a bicycle-built-for-me-and-my-kids. I feel I'm safer on it than if we were riding in the manliest of SUVs. Why? Because my toddler rides between the handlebars, totem of cuteness. Who'd get road rage against us, even if I...

WalletPop contributor Aaron Crowe has an interesting post about how thanks to the recession, more men are considering vasectomies. I'm sure that's true, but after reading that, I thought I'd mention that earlier this month, U.S. News & World Report had their own blog post that put out the idea...

The economic crisis that began with bad mortgages could kill 400,000 babies worldwide every year through 2015 as poverty spreads. "While much of the world is focused on bank rescues and stimulus packages, we should not forget that poor people in developing countries are far more exposed if their...

Nadya Suleman, the 33-year-old single mother of six who recently gave birth to eight more children through in-vitro treatments, has launched a Web site asking for donations to help support her growing family. The site, which accepts payments by Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, Discover and PayPal, features...

The mother of the surprise octuplet babies, it turns out, has no involved partner -- their dad was sperm donor but is not actively involved in their lives. What's more, the six other children at home, all conceived through fertility treatments of some sort, are children of the same man. Further:...

This coming New Year's was supposed to start with a bang for me -- literally. It was going to be the year my husband and I were finally going to make that baby. When we first discussed the time line a couple of years ago, my clock wasn't ticking that fast and 2009 seemed like an ideal year to...

I distinctly remember how cowed I felt when I visited the house of another family from my birthing class. It was my first child, and the classmates from our birth preparation series were all we could see of our "peers" as new parents. We had one Baby Einstein video. They had the entire...

As it turns out the disposable diapers which many of our parents and most of my friends who are parents are using are not only bad for our environment but also incredibly expensive compared to the cloth diapers of yesteryear. In order to save cash and to be better stewards to the environment many...