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Toddler On Board
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Toddler On Board

"Won't someone shut that child up?" said a bathroom attendant as I hurried into a cubicle at Milford Sound wharf. I didn't tell her that was my child running around the waiting room, shrieking at the top of his lungs, as my husband struggled to catch him. Yes, perhaps my plans for a peaceful 10-day family road trip through the scenic South Islan...
Babble Best: Tuscany
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Babble Best: Tuscany

Bringing kids to Tuscany, the most romantic of Italian regions, seems almost as absurd as letting your five-year-old order a $50 truffle-garnished hamburger. Will your brood be able to appreciate fully the vineyard dotted vistas, quaint piazzas, and history lessons around every corner? Not very likely. But there is plenty in Tuscany to appeal to th...
Travels with Baby: Soldier Boy
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Travels with Baby: Soldier Boy

Twenty years of global travel has made me pretty choosy about souvenirs, but Milo is too green to resist the siren song of the colourful wares festooning the tourist trails. Not that his acquisition lust is confined to the kitsch cranked out for foreign visitors. It started in a Budapest subway station, when he caught sight of some Yu-Gi-Oh-ish tra...
Hey, Mickey!
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Hey, Mickey!

I have never been anti-Disney snob; I don't understand the freelance disregard for something that clearly brings joy to so many kids. But when my parents invited me and my children on a weekend trip to Disney World, I was torn. I'd never so much as been on an airplane with my three- and one-year-old boys, and I viewed Disney as the Everest of toddl...
Travels With Baby: Wing and a Prayer
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Travels With Baby: Wing and a Prayer

Flying to Osaka For a long time, we were paranoid about how the kid would behave on a plane. But then we realised what a baby did mattered less than what the parents did in response. As long as you made good faith — or at least visible — efforts to keep your kid quiet, the people around you are usually forgiving. And besides,...
Band On The Diaper Run – Touring The United Kingdom
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Band On The Diaper Run – Touring The United Kingdom

Things we like about England 1. Hobnobs (good oatmeal cookies). 2. Boots brand chapstick. It's way less waxy than ours. 3. Clotted cream and scones (our nanny can't get enough) 4. Real BBC news television. The news seems a bit more realistic and less sensationalised than let's say, um, FOX. 5. Television actors aren't as overp...

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Pre-teens Deliver Baby

11:30 AM Who needs a doctor, a hospital or all that fancy - not to mention expensive - medical gear when you’re having a baby?  Certainly not Alana Sanders.  She’s got her own deliver... read more

Employer Tells Pregnant Woman To Keep Quiet About Pregnancy

10:30 AM A UK woman is claiming that her supervisor told her she wasn’t allowed to discuss her pregnancy with co-workers because some of them had suffered miscarriages. Traci Winchcomb... read more
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FameCrawler

Jennifer Aniston Plays Single Mum In The Switch

11:15 AM Look for Jennifer Aniston to become a mum this year - in the movies. In the upcoming film The Switch, Aniston plays a 40-year-old single woman who decides to have a baby on her ow... read more

Nadya Suleman’s Kids To Be Out On The Street?

10:03 AM Uh-oh, Nadya Suleman is in trouble again. The owner of the house she bought last year is threatening to foreclose on her. What is she going to do, where is she going to go? H... read more
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Droolicious

First Look: 2010 Bumbleride Indie Twin

10:00 AM Recently we told you about the new 2010 Bumbleride Indie. Today we’re going to tell you about the 2010 Bumbleride Indie Twin. (more...)... read more

Calico Critters Cozy Cottage

4:15 PM Go hopping mad for this quaint cozy cottage. Part of the Calico Critters collection, this cottage comes furnished with a bed, stove, ladder, table and chairs.  You also get a fo... read more
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